The 1996 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on March 10, 1996 at Melbourne. It was the first time this race was held in Melbourne, taking over from Adelaide as the host of the Australian Grand Prix. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Demonstration event held in Melbourne just before the start of the 2005 Grand Prix The Australian Grand Prix is a Formula One race held at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Albert Park as part of the annual Formula One championship season. ... Formula One - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... March 10 is the 69th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (70th in leap years). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Albert Park grand prix circuit pit building. ...

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	58	1:32:50.4	2	10
2	6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	58	+38.020	1	6
3	2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	58	+1:02.571	3	4
4	4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	58	+1:17.037	7	3
5	7	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	58	+1:35.071	5	2
6	19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Yamaha	57	+1 Lap	10	1
7	9	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	57	+1 Lap	11
8	15	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford	57	+1 Lap	9
9	16	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork-Hart	56	+2 Laps	18
10	10	Pedro Diniz	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	56	+2 Laps	20
11	18	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	55	+3 Laps	15
Ret	20	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford	42	Safety belt	17
Ret	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	32	Brakes	4
Ret	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi-Ford	32	Clutch	16
Ret	11	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	29	Engine	8
Ret	8	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	24	Throttle	13
Ret	17	Jos Verstappen	Footwork-Hart	15	Engine	12
Ret	3	Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	9	Accident	6
Ret	12	Martin Brundle	Jordan-Peugeot	1	Accident	19
Ret	14	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Ford	0	Accident on 1st start	14
DNQ	22	Luca Badoer	Forti-Ford		107% rule	21
DNQ	23	Andrea Montermini	Forti-Ford		107% rule	22

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Notes

• Fastest Lap: Jacques Villeneuve 1:33.421
• Pole position: Jacques Villeneuve 1:32.371
• The race was restarted after an opening lap accident. Coulthard and Brundle had to restart from the pit lane while Herbert did not take the restart.
• First Start: Giancarlo Fisichella, Ricardo Rosset, Jacques Villeneuve.
• First Pole Position: Jacques Villeneuve.
• Martin Brundle's "spin off" was actually a spectacular barrel roll into a sand trap where the car actually broke in two. Brundle was ok, though.
• Jacques Villeneuve had been on course for a debut victory, however an oil leak resulted in the William's team ordering him to surrender the lead to Hill.