Belgium Grand Prix 96: The Result

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Race Resume:

Weather: Dry and sunny 


Lap     Event
 0      Grid Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve (2) D.Hill
                 (3) M.Schumacher (4) D.Coulthard
                 (5) G.Berger (6) M.Hakkinen
 0      Crash on first corner - Panis, Herbert,
          Barrichello and Frentzen
 1      Pits: Barrichello
 1      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->0.883s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->1.039s->(3) D.Coulthard->0.632s->(4) D.Hill
                ->0.926s->(5) M.Hakkinen->0.630s->(6) G.Berger
 2      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->1.509s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->0.923s->(3) D.Coulthard->1.230s->(4) D.Hill
                ->1.270s->(5) M.Hakkinen->0.655s->(6) G.Berger
 2      Fastest lap: 1m 55.976s - Villeneuve
 3      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->1.188s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->1.835s->(3) D.Coulthard->1.170s->(4) D.Hill
                ->1.625s->(5) M.Hakkinen->0.634s->(6) G.Berger
 3      Fastest lap: 1m 55.151s - Schumacher
 5      Fastest lap: 1m 54.821s - Villeneuve
 5      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->1.439s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->2.905s->(3) D.Coulthard->1.881s->(4) D.Hill
                ->1.417s->(5) M.Hakkinen->0.426s->(6) G.Berger
 6      Fastest lap: 1m 54.691s - Schumacher
 6      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->1.290s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->4.740s->(3) D.Coulthard->0.976s->(4) D.Hill
                ->1.398s->(5) M.Hakkinen->0.506s->(6) G.Berger
 7      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->0.457s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->4.874s->(3) D.Coulthard->1.326s->(4) D.Hill
                ->1.329s->(5) M.Hakkinen->0.547s->(6) G.Berger
 8      Fastest lap: 1m 54.410s - Villeneuve
 8      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->1.069s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->5.088s->(3) D.Coulthard->1.592s->(4) D.Hill
                ->1.218s->(5) M.Hakkinen->0.746s->(6) G.Berger
 9      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->1.113s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->5.387s->(3) D.Coulthard->2.614s->(4) D.Hill
                ->0.941s->(5) M.Hakkinen->0.614s->(6) G.Berger
10      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve (2) M.Schumacher
                 (3) D.Coulthard (4) D.Hill
                 (5) M.Hakkinen (6) G.Berger
                 (7) J.Alesi (8) M.Brundle
                 (9) E.Irvine (10) M.Salo
                 (11) J.Verstappen (12) U.Katayama
                 (13) P.Diniz (14) R.Rosset
                 (15) P.Lamy
11      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve->1.182s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->5.963s->(3) D.Coulthard->2.475s->(4) D.Hill
                ->1.984s->(5) M.Hakkinen->0.570s->(6) G.Berger
11      Verstappen in pits - engine cover being opened
12      Big crash for Verstappen - suspected stuck throttle
13      SAFETY CAR ON TRACK
14      Pits: Schuacher - 8.0s
14      Pits: Alesi                                       
14      Verstappen out of car OK
15      Pits: Villeneuve - 8.5s
15      Pits: Berger
16      Pits: Hill - 9.5s                                 
17      SAFETY CAR back into pits
18      Current Positions:  (1) D.Coulthard->1.817s->(2) M.Hakkinen
                ->0.440s->(3) M.Schumacher->2.227s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->1.041s->(5) J.Alesi->3.264s->(6) M.Salo
20      Current Positions:  (1) D.Coulthard->1.744s->(2) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.186s->(3) M.Schumacher->1.285s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->2.573s->(5) J.Alesi->6.102s->(6) M.Salo
20      Berger spins and drops to last                    
20      Hill in 9th                                       
21      Current Positions:  (1) D.Coulthard->1.567s->(2) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.965s->(3) M.Schumacher->0.886s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->3.000s->(5) J.Alesi->7.833s->(6) M.Salo
22      Pits: Coulthard - 10.9s
22      Current Positions:  (1) M.Hakkinen (2) M.Schumacher
                 (3) J.Villeneuve (4) J.Alesi
                 (5) M.Salo (6) E.Irvine
                 (7) M.Brundle (8) D.Hill
                 (9) D.Coulthard (10) U.Katayama
                 (11) P.Lamy (12) R.Rosset
22      Fastest lap: 1m 54.198s - Hakkinen
23      Current Positions:  (1) M.Hakkinen->2.233s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->3.566s->(3) J.Villeneuve->7.148s->(4) J.Alesi
                ->17.814s->(5) M.Salo->19.749s->(6) E.Irvine
23      Diniz retires in pits
23      Pits: Hakkinen - 9.0s
24      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher (2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) M.Salo
                 (5) E.Irvine (6) M.Hakkinen
25      Pits: Irvine -  9.8s
25      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->1.762s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->4.715s->(3) J.Alesi->13.090s->(4) M.Salo
                ->3.069s->(5) M.Hakkinen->0.984s->(6) D.Hill
26      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->1.448s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->5.112s->(3) J.Alesi->14.790s->(4) M.Salo
                ->1.661s->(5) M.Hakkinen->1.162s->(6) D.Hill
27      Fastest lap: 1m 54.164s - Schumacher
28      Fastest lap: 1m 53.928s - Villeneuve
28      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher (2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) M.Salo
                 (5) M.Hakkinen (6) D.Hill
29      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher (2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) M.Hakkinen
                 (5) M.Salo (6) D.Hill
29      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher (2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) J.Alesi (4) M.Hakkinen
                 (5) D.Hill (6) M.Salo
30      Irvine retires with mechanical problem
31      Pits: Schumacher -  7.8s
31      Pits: Alesi -    7.5s                             
31      Current Positions:  (1) J.Villeneuve (2) M.Schumacher
                 (3) M.Hakkinen (4) J.Alesi
                 (5) D.Hill (6) D.Coulthard
32      Pits: Villeneuve - 7.6s
32      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher (2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) M.Hakkinen (4) J.Alesi
                 (5) D.Hill (6) D.Coulthard
                 (7) M.Brundle (8) G.Berger
                 (9) M.Salo (10) U.Katayama
                 (11) P.Lamy
33      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->0.939s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->7.129s->(3) M.Hakkinen->2.241s->(4) J.Alesi
                ->0.664s->(5) D.Hill->10.392s->(6) D.Coulthard
34      Pits: Hill - 6.7s                                 
34      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->0.549s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->7.783s->(3) M.Hakkinen->2.975s->(4) J.Alesi
                ->11.099s->(5) D.Coulthard
35      Brundle into pits and retires
36      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->0.871s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->8.394s->(3) M.Hakkinen->2.872s->(4) J.Alesi
                ->11.885s->(5) D.Coulthard->9.346s->(6) D.Hill
36      Fastest lap: 1m 53.354s - Berger (7th)
38      Coulthard spins off into barriers
39      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->0.634s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->10.585s->(3) M.Hakkinen->3.465s->(4) J.Alesi
                ->17.271s->(5) D.Hill->2.905s->(6) G.Berger
40      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->1.170s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                ->10.765s->(3) M.Hakkinen->3.779s->(4) J.Alesi
                ->15.611s->(5) D.Hill->2.863s->(6) G.Berger
40      Villeneuve (2) dropping back from Schumacher (1)
41      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher->2.184s->(2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) M.Hakkinen (4) J.Alesi
                 (5) D.Hill (6) G.Berger
41      Fastest lap: 1m 53.263s - Berger
42      Fastest lap: 1m 53.067s - Berger
42      Current Positions:  (1) M.Schumacher (2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) M.Hakkinen (4) J.Alesi
                 (5) D.Hill (6) G.Berger
                 (7) M.Salo (8) U.Katayama
                 (9) P.Lamy (10) R.Rosset
44      SCHUMACHER WINS

Track Times:


Pos   Driver         Team                 Race Time
 1  M.Schumacher    Ferrari              1hr 28m 15.125s (44 Laps)
 2  J.Villeneuve    Williams             Gap  0m  5.602s 
                                            (Pole Position)
 3  M.Hakkinen      McLaren              Gap  0m 15.710s 
 4  J.Alesi         Benetton             Gap  0m 19.125s 
 5  D.Hill          Williams             Gap  0m 29.179s 
 6  G.Berger        Benetton             Gap  0m 28.896s 
                                            (Fastest Race Lap: 1m 53.067s)
 7  M.Salo          Tyrrell              Gap  1m  0.754s 
 8  U.Katayama      Tyrrell              Gap  1m 40.227s 
 9  R.Rosset        Footwork              Laps behind:  1
10  P.Lamy          Minardi               Laps behind:  1

Retirements:

D.Coulthard      McLaren                On Lap: 38 Reason: Spun off
M.Brundle        Jordan                 On Lap: 35 Reason: Engine
R.Barrichello    Jordan                 On Lap: 30 Reason: Crash
E.Irvine         Ferrari                On Lap: 30 Reason: Gearbox
P.Diniz          Ligier                 On Lap: 23 Reason: Mech problem
J.Verstappen     Footwork               On Lap: 12 Reason: Spun off
H.Frentzen       Sauber                 On Lap:  1 Reason: Crash
J.Herbert        Sauber                 On Lap:  1 Reason: Crash
O.Panis          Ligier                 On Lap:  1 Reason: Crash

Not Qualified:

G.Lavaggi        Minardi

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