Australian 96: The Result

Race Resume:

Warm-Up lap:
 -Lamy starts from pits
 -Hill lays rubber at the start, Villeneuve does not - for a moment
  Hill leads Villeneuve
 -Frentzen retires with mechanical failure
Start:
 -Villeneuve makes perfect start
 -Hill slides on 2nd corner and both Ferraries get past
 -Half way round circuit zig-zagging in the pack casues Brundle to
  hit Herberts car.  Brundle cartwheels, breaks in half and lands
  heavily in sand
 -Brundle out OK
RACE STOPPED
 -Doctor gives OK for Brundle to restart
2nd Warm-Up lap:
 -All round OK, including Frentzen
 -Brundle, Coultard start from pits
Re-Start:
 -Good start by everyone
L1:
 -Pos: Villeneuve,Hill,Irvine,Schumacher,Alesi
 -Brundle spins and is out
 -Schumacher gets past Irvine
L2:
 -Pos: Villeneuve,Hill,Schumacher,Irvine,Ales,Hakkinen
 -Fastest lap - Villeneuve - 1m 37.036s
L3:
 -Fastest lap - Schumacher - 1m 35.759s
L4:
 -Fastest lap - Schumacher - 1m 35.467s
L5:
 -Fastest lap - Villeneuve - 1m 35.223s
L6:
 -Fastest lap - Hill - 1m 34.893s
L7:
L8:
L9:
 -Fastest lap - Villeneuve - 1m 34.781s
 -Alesi tries to get past Irvine - makes contact and destroys his side
  pods on Irvines rear wheel.
 -Alesi into pits and retires
L10:
L11:
 -Fastest lap - Villeneuve - 1m 34.290s
 -Pos: Villeneuve -> 1.020s -> Hill -> 1.309s -> Schumacher -> 8.364s ->
  Irvine -> 13.117s -> Hakkinenk
L12:
L13:
L14:
 -Fastest lap - Villeneuve - 1m 34.166s
L15:
 -Vestappen spins off and retires
L16:
 -Fastest lap - Villeneuve - 1m 34.157s
 -Pits - Salo - 14.7s
L17:
 -Fastest lap - Villeneuve - 1m 34.069s
L18:
 -Fastest lap - Schumacher - 1m 33.651s
L19:
 -Pits - Schumacher - 12.9s
L20:
 -Villeneuve catches the back markers
 -Pos: Villeneuve -> 0.696s -> Hill ->  18.090s -> Irvine -> 12.732s ->
  Schumacher -> 10.778s -> Hakkinenk
L21:
 -Pits - Irvine - 11.7s
L22:
L23:
L24:
 -Pits - Berger - 9.1s
 -Coulthard into pits and retires
L25:
 -Pos: Villeneuve, Hill, Schumacher, Hakkinen, Barrichello
L26:
 -Pits - Barrichello - 11.3s
 -Fastest lap - Villeneuve - 1m 33.633s
 -Pos: Villeneuve -> 1.099s -> Hill -> 30.791s -> Schumacher -> 18.119s ->
  Hakkinen -> 4.220s -> Irvine
L27:
 -Fastest lap - Villeneuve - 1m 33.421s
L28:
L29:
 -Pits - Villeneuve - 17.6s (problems with rear) - back into 2nd
 -Barrichello retires
L30:
 -Pits - Hakkinen - 14.2s
 -Pos: Hill -> 38.349s -> Villeneuve -> 13.015s -> Schumacher
L31:
 -Pits: Hill - 18.5s - back into 1st
 -Villeneuve gets past Hill
 -Schumacher off through sand after a front locklup
 -Pits: Schumacher - 1m 03.2s (problems inside nose) - back into 9th
L32:
 -Schumacher into pits and retires
L33:
L34:
 -Villeneuve slides off accross grass but keeps in lead (wow!)
 -Pos: Villeneuve,Hill,Irvine,Berger,Hakkinen
L35:
L36:
L37:
L38:
 -Pos: Villeneuve -> 0.602s -> Hill -> 18.992s -> Irvine
L39:
L40:
 -Pits: Frentzen - 11.8s - back into 8th
L41:
 -Pits: Berger - 9.6s - back into 4th
L42:
 -Pits: Irvine - 10.8s - back into 3rd
 -Pos: Villeneuve,Hill,Irvine,Berger,Hakkinen
L43:
L44:
 -Pos: Villeneuve -> 1.022s -> Hill -> 49.350s -> Irvine -> 21.746s ->
  Berger -> 7.675s -> Hakkinen
L45:
L46:
 -Starting to see vapour from the back of Villeneuve
L47:
L48:
 -Pos: Villeneuve -> 1.211s -> Hill
L49:
L51:
 -Pos: Villeneuve,Hill,Irvine,Berger,Hakkinen
L52:
L53:
 -Villeneuve pit board shows SLOW DOWN
 -Hill gets past Villeneuve
L54:
 -Pos: Hill -> 6.013s -> Villeneuve -> 43.071s -> Irvine
L55:
L56:
L57:
L58:
 -Hill wins

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