Japanese Grand Prix 96: The Result

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Race Resume:

Weather: Bright sunny day 


Lap     Event
 0      Grid Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) J.Villeneuve
                 (3) M.Schumacher (4) G.Berger
                 (5) M.Hakkinen (6) E.Irvine
 0      Coulthard stalled on grid - start halted
 0      Race starts with Coulthard at the back of the grid.
 0      Due to extra formation-lap race will be just 52 laps
 0      1st Corner: Hill, Berger, Hakkinen, Schumacher
 0      Alesi spins off into barriers
 1      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->0.404s->(2) G.Berger
                ->1.236s->(3) M.Hakkinen->0.622s->(4) M.Schumacher  
                ->0.962s->(5) E.Irvine->0.742s->(6) J.Villeneuve
 2      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->0.564s->(2) G.Berger
                ->1.786s->(3) M.Hakkinen->0.758s->(4) M.Schumacher  
                ->1.446s->(5) E.Irvine->0.483s->(6) J.Villeneuve
 2      Fastest lap: Berger - 1m 45.632s                  
 3      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->1.299s->(2) G.Berger
                ->1.301s->(3) M.Hakkinen->0.860s->(4) M.Schumacher  
                ->1.170s->(5) E.Irvine->0.510s->(6) J.Villeneuve
 3      Berger tries to take Hill and touches his back wheel
        Hill seems ok but Berger broke his front wing
 4      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->4.364s->(2) M.Hakkinen
                ->0.617s->(3) M.Schumacher->0.379s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.502s->(5) J.Villeneuve (6) M.Brundle
 4      Pits: Berger (new nose) - 9.8s
 5      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->4.644s->(2) M.Hakkinen
                ->0.583s->(3) M.Schumacher->0.815s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.753s->(5) J.Villeneuve->1.019s->(6) M.Brundle
 6      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->3.949s->(2) M.Hakkinen
                ->0.937s->(3) M.Schumacher->0.937s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.668s->(5) J.Villeneuve->1.520s->(6) M.Brundle
 7      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->3.867s->(2) M.Hakkinen
                ->0.787s->(3) M.Schumacher->1.880s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.328s->(5) J.Villeneuve->1.929s->(6) M.Brundle
 9      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->4.573s->(2) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.014s->(3) M.Schumacher->1.964s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.623s->(5) J.Villeneuve->2.376s->(6) M.Brundle
10      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->4.215s->(2) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.171s->(3) M.Schumacher->2.564s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.471s->(5) J.Villeneuve->2.310s->(6) M.Brundle
10      Fastest lap: Berger - 1m 45.376s                  
11      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->4.007s->(2) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.215s->(3) M.Schumacher->3.074s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.563s->(5) J.Villeneuve->2.648s->(6) M.Brundle
12      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->3.999s->(2) M.Hakkinen
                ->1.513s->(3) M.Schumacher->3.022s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->0.398s->(5) E.Irvine->3.308s->(6) M.Brundle
12      Villeneuve passes Irvine
13      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->4.050s->(2) M.Hakkinen
                ->2.037s->(3) M.Schumacher->1.587s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->2.416s->(5) E.Irvine->3.500s->(6) M.Brundle
13      Fastest lap: Villeneuve - 1m 44.961s              
13      Diniz off into gravel
14      Pits: Villeneuve                                  
14      Berger is 10th, Villeneuve 11th
14      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) M.Hakkinen
                 (3) M.Schumacher (4) E.Irvine
                 (5) M.Brundle
15      Villeneuve into 10th
15      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) M.Hakkinen
                 (3) M.Schumacher (4) E.Irvine
                 (5) M.Brundle (6) H.Frentzen
15      Villeneuve into 9th
16      Pits: Schumacher - 8.7s
16      Pits: Brundle, Frentzen
17      Fastest lap: Villeneuve - 1m 44.353s              
17      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->6.079s->(2) M.Hakkinen
                ->6.163s->(3) E.Irvine->14.093s->(4) M.Schumacher
                ->4.444s->(5) J.Villeneuve->4.745s->(6) G.Berger
18      Pits: Hill - 11.6s                                
18      Pits: Irvine, Hakkinen
18      Fastest lap: Villeneuve - 1m 44.262s
19      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->1.523s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->1.684s->(3) M.Hakkinen->2.067s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->5.600s->(5) E.Irvine->1.290s->(6) G.Berger
20      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) M.Schumacher
                 (3) M.Hakkinen (4) J.Villeneuve
                 (5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
22      Pits: Berger - 6.2s
23      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->2.656s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->1.658s->(3) M.Hakkinen->1.149s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->8.723s->(5) E.Irvine->11.284s->(6) M.Brundle
24      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->2.396s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->1.849s->(3) M.Hakkinen->0.749s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->9.582s->(5) E.Irvine->12.115s->(6) M.Brundle
25      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->2.020s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->1.583s->(3) M.Hakkinen->0.727s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->9.075s->(5) E.Irvine->12.522s->(6) M.Brundle
25      (7) G.Berger, (8) R.Barrichello, (9) H.Frentzen
          (10) O.Panis, (11) J.Herbert
26      Rosset gets 10s penalty for blocking              
26      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) M.Schumacher
                 (3) M.Hakkinen (4) J.Villeneuve
                 (5) E.Irvine (6) M.Brundle
26      Katayama touched Verstappen and broke front wing
27      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->2.619s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->1.732s->(3) M.Hakkinen->0.902s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->11.703s->(5) E.Irvine->11.313s->(6) G.Berger
28      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) M.Schumacher
                 (3) M.Hakkinen (4) J.Villeneuve
                 (5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
29      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) M.Schumacher
                 (3) M.Hakkinen (4) J.Villeneuve
                 (5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
30      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->4.101s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->1.599s->(3) M.Hakkinen->1.709s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->14.253s->(5) E.Irvine->6.549s->(6) G.Berger
31      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->4.578s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->1.473s->(3) M.Hakkinen->2.594s->(4) J.Villeneuve
                ->14.693s->(5) E.Irvine (6) G.Berger
32      Pits: Villeneuve, Schumacher
32      Pits: Hakkinen - 8.1s
33      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->24.696s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->2.411s->(3) M.Hakkinen->3.709s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->7.048s->(5) G.Berger (6) J.Villeneuve
34      Pits: Hill                                        
34      Fastest lap: Villeneuve - 1m 44.043s              
34      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) M.Schumacher
                 (3) M.Hakkinen (4) E.Irvine
                 (5) G.Berger (6) J.Villeneuve
35      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->1.511s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->3.143s->(3) M.Hakkinen->4.154s->(4) G.Berger
                ->7.422s->(5) J.Villeneuve->10.139s->(6) E.Irvine
36      Katayama gets 10s penalty for blocking
36      VILLENEUVE CRASHED - Wheel fell off!!
38      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->2.598s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->1.411s->(3) M.Hakkinen->23.612s->(4) E.Irvine
                ->0.974s->(5) G.Berger (6) M.Brundle
39      Berger tries to get past Irvine, they hit, Irvine
        spins and stalls, Berger continues
41      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->4.094s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->0.915s->(3) M.Hakkinen->27.314s->(4) G.Berger
                ->24.194s->(5) M.Brundle->12.440s->(6) H.Frentzen
44      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->3.811s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->1.163s->(3) M.Hakkinen (4) G.Berger
                 (5) M.Brundle (6) H.Frentzen
49      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->6.188s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->0.951s->(3) M.Hakkinen->24.591s->(4) G.Berger
                ->32.137s->(5) M.Brundle->14.802s->(6) H.Frentzen
50      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill->5.092s->(2) M.Schumacher
                ->0.736s->(3) M.Hakkinen->24.191s->(4) G.Berger
                 (5) M.Brundle (6) H.Frentzen
52      Current Positions:  (1) D.Hill (2) M.Schumacher
                 (3) M.Hakkinen (4) G.Berger
                 (5) M.Brundle (6) H.Frentzen

Track Times:


Pos   Driver         Team                 Race Time
 1  D.Hill          Williams             1hr 32m 33.791s (52 Laps)
 2  M.Schumacher    Ferrari              Gap  0m  1.883s 
 3  M.Hakkinen      McLaren              Gap  0m  3.212s 
 4  G.Berger        Benetton             Gap  0m 26.526s 
 5  M.Brundle       Jordan               Gap  1m  7.120s 
 6  H.Frentzen      Sauber               Gap  1m 21.186s 
 7  O.Panis         Ligier               Gap  1m 24.510s 
 8  D.Coulthard     McLaren              Gap  1m 25.233s 
 9  R.Barrichello   Jordan               Gap  1m 41.065s 
10  J.Herbert       Sauber               Gap  1m 41.799s 
11  J.Verstappen    Footwork              Laps behind:  1
12  P.Lamy          Minardi               Laps behind:  2
13  R.Rosset        Footwork              Laps behind:  2

Retirements:

E.Irvine         Ferrari                On Lap: 40 Reason: Crash
U.Katayama       Tyrrell                On Lap: 38 Reason: Engine
J.Villeneuve     Williams               On Lap: 37 Reason: Suspension
                                             (Pole Position)
                                            (Fastest Race Lap: 1m 44.043s)
M.Salo           Tyrrell                On Lap: 21 Reason: Engine
P.Diniz          Ligier                 On Lap: 14 Reason: Spun off
J.Alesi          Benetton               On Lap:  1 Reason: Spun off

Not Qualified:

G.Lavaggi        Minardi

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