1996 жылғы Бразилия Гран-при: Дамон Хиллдің ылғалды жарысы

The 1996 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Interlagos, São Paulo on 31 March 1996. It was the second race of the 1996 Formula One World Championship. The 71 lap race took place in heavy rain, and was won from pole position by Damon Hill, driving a Williams Renault, with Jean Alesi second in a Benetton Renault and Michael Schumacher third in a Ferrari.

Two local drivers, Tarso Marques (in his début race) and Pedro Diniz, had their qualifying times disallowed for, respectively, a push start and missing a weight check. However, they were allowed to start from the back of the grid. Johnny Herbert started from the pit lane after switching to the backup car due to electrical problems. Damon Hill, who loved driving in the rain, took the lead and won the race under these difficult conditions with a comfortable winning margin of 17 seconds. São Paulo saw the 15th GP victory of Damon Hill, who thereby outperformed a record established by his father Graham Hill, who had won 14 races. Major battles in the race were going on between Barrichello and Alesi, Alesi and Villeneuve, Schumacher and Frentzen and Schumacher and Barrichello. Barrichello, who had qualified as second, lost ground to Villeneuve and Alesi on the first lap, but he kept sticking to the back of the Benetton and attempted to overtake Alesi three times in the early stages of the race, outbraking him into the first corner only to slide wide on the exit allowing Alesi back through. After a while, Alesi picked up pace and began to harry Villeneuve for 2nd place. After a battle Villeneuve eventually succumbed to the pressure and spun off. Approaching half distance, Alesi had a brief off track excursion which finally allowed Barrichello through into 2nd place. However, Barrichello was forced to make what was supposed to be his only fuel stop on lap 35, when the track was still too wet for slick tyres. Alesi, on the other hand, did not have to pit until lap 42, by which time the track was dry enough to switch to slick tyres. This forced Barrichello to make unscheduled pit stop to make the switch to slicks, dropping him back behind Alesi. To compound his misfortune, Barrichello made the switch too late, three laps later than Schumacher, meaning that he also dropped behind the German when he finally made his stop. With a clearly faster car, Barrichello began to harry Schumacher for the final podium spot. However, the German would not give in and eventually he braked too late and spun off into the gravel at the end of the back straight. Gerhard Berger had to park his Benetton in the pits after 27 laps. The Austrian had difficulties during qualifying which he could not explain. When the race then started under wet conditions, Berger had to drive carefully because he had never before piloted the Benetton in the rain. Not too unsatisfied with his performance, Berger experienced cut offs due to hydraulic problems which became worse and worse and finally forced the car back to the garage.

Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap Grid 1 5 Damon Hill Williams Renault 1:18.111 1 2 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan Peugeot 1:19.092 +0.981 2 3 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams Renault 1:19.254 +1.143 3 4 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:19.474 +1.363 4 5 3 Jean Alesi Benetton Renault 1:19.484 +1.373 5 6 12 Martin Brundle Jordan Peugeot 1:19.519 +1.408 6 7 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren Mercedes 1:19.607 +1.496 7 8 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton Renault 1:19.762 +1.651 8 9 15 Heinz Harald Frentzen Sauber Ford 1:19.799 +1.688 9 10 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:19.951 +1.840 10 11 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell Yamaha 1:20.000 +1.889 11 12 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber Ford 1:20.144 +2.033 PL 13 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork Hart 1:20.157 +2.046 13 14 8 David Coulthard McLaren Mercedes 1:20.167 +2.056 14 15 9 Olivier Panis Ligier Mugen Honda 1:20.426 +2.315 15 16 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell Yamaha 1:20.427 +2.316 16 17 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork Hart 1:20.440 +2.329 17 18 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi Ford 1:21.491 +3.380 18 19 22 Luca Badoer Forti Ford 1:23.174 +5.063 19 20 23 Andrea Montermini Forti Ford 1:23.454 +5.343 20107% time: 1:23.579 EX 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier Mugen Honda no time 22 EX 21 Tarso Marques Minardi Ford no time 21 Sources:
Herbert started at the pit lane after switching to his spare car. Diniz and Marques had their times deleted after receiving outside assistance, but were allowed to start at the back of the grid.

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Damon Hill Williams Renault 71 1:49:52.976 1 10 2 3 Jean Alesi Benetton Renault 71 + 17.982 5 6 3 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 70 + 1 Lap 4 4 4 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren Mercedes 70 + 1 Lap 7 3 5 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell Yamaha 70 + 1 Lap 11 2 6 9 Olivier Panis Ligier Mugen Honda 70 + 1 Lap 15 1 7 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 70 + 1 Lap 10   8 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier Mugen Honda 69 + 2 Laps 22   9 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell Yamaha 69 + 2 Laps 16   10 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi Ford 68 + 3 Laps 18   11 22 Luca Badoer Forti Ford 67 + 4 Laps 19   12 12 Martin Brundle Jordan Peugeot 64 Spun Off 6   Ret 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan Peugeot 59 Spun Off 2   Ret 15 Heinz Harald Frentzen Sauber Ford 36 Engine 9   Ret 8 David Coulthard McLaren Mercedes 29 Spun Off 14   Ret 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber Ford 28 Engine PL   Ret 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams Renault 26 Spun Off 3   Ret 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton Renault 26 Hydraulics 8   Ret 23 Andrea Montermini Forti Ford 26 Spun Off 20   Ret 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork Hart 24 Spun Off 17   Ret 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork Hart 19 Engine 13   Ret 21 Tarso Marques Minardi Ford 0 Spun Off 21  Source: