Round 1
Australia
1996-03-10 · Melbourne · Australia
Weekend schedule
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Race
P1HIL
| Pos | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time / Retired | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 5 | Damon Hill |  Williams | 58 | 1:32:50.491 | 10 |
| 02 | 6 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 58 | 1:33:28.511 | 6 |
| 03 | 2 | Eddie Irvine |  Ferrari | 58 | 1:33:53.062 | 4 |
| 04 | 4 | Gerhard Berger |  Benetton | 58 | 1:34:07.528 | 3 |
| 05 | 7 | Mika Häkkinen |  McLaren | 58 | 1:34:25.562 | 2 |
| 06 | 19 | Mika Salo |  Tyrrell | 57 | +1 lap | 1 |
| 07 | 9 | Olivier Panis |  Ligier | 57 | +1 lap | — |
| 08 | 15 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen |  Sauber | 57 | +1 lap | — |
| 09 | 16 | Ricardo Rosset |  Footwork | 56 | +2 laps | — |
| 10 | 10 | Pedro Diniz | Ligier | 56 | +2 laps | — |
| 11 | 18 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 55 | +3 laps | — |
| DNF | 20 | Pedro Lamy |  Minardi | 42 | Safety belt | — |
| DNF | 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 32 | Brakes | — |
| DNF | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Minardi | 32 | Clutch | — |
| DNF | 11 | Rubens Barrichello |  Jordan | 29 | Engine | — |
| DNF | 8 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 24 | Throttle | — |
| DNF | 17 | Jos Verstappen | Footwork | 15 | Engine | — |
| DNF | 3 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 9 | Collision | — |
| DNF | 12 | Martin Brundle | Jordan | 1 | Collision | — |
| DNS | 14 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | — | Collision | — |
| DNQ | 22 | Luca Badoer |  Forti | — | — | — |
| DNQ | 23 | Andrea Montermini | Forti | — | — | — |
Circuit
Albert Park Circuit
Clockwise · Street circuit
Circuit Length
5.303km
- First Grand Prix
- 1996
- Number of Laps
- 58
- Turns
- 16
- Race Distance
- 307.574 km
- Layout lap record
- 1:33.421Jacques Villeneuve (1996)