1996 жылғы Монако Гран-присі: Ұңғылған жаңбыр мен Оливье Панистің жеңісі

Formula One motor race in Monte Carlo

The 1996 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the LIV Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco) was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 19 May 1996. It was the sixth race of the 1996 Formula One season. The race was run in very wet weather, and set a record for the fewest cars to be running at the end of a Grand Prix race, with the three podium finishers being the only cars left. Olivier Panis scored his first and only win of his Formula One career, earning the last Formula One victory for the Ligier team, and the first ever for engine manufacturer Mugen Honda, after switching to slick tyres in a well timed pitstop. Second place went to David Coulthard in a McLaren Mercedes. Johnny Herbert was the last finisher in a Sauber, scoring his only points of the season. This was the last win by a French Formula One driver until Pierre Gasly won the 2020 Italian Grand Prix.

Michael Schumacher had taken pole position but had caused controversy on his slowing down lap when he impeded Gerhard Berger right at the end of the session. Coming out of the tunnel Schumacher was cruising slowly, acknowledging the crowd, while Berger was on a fast lap. Schumacher tried to get out of Berger's way but the Austrian had to spin at high speed to avoid the Ferrari, entering the chicane backwards. The Ligiers were 14th and 17th in qualifying, both below their expectations after the team had mis firing issues, preventing a top six position.

Olivier Panis was fastest in the warm up. Jacques Villeneuve was 18th after running a wet setup in preparation for the expected rain. Between the warm up session and the race, heavy rain fell at the circuit, and an additional 15 minute session was added to allow the drivers to get used to the changed conditions as it was the first time rain had fallen over the race weekend. The session took place at 13:15 CEST (GMT +2). Several drivers went off during the session, including Pedro Lamy, Pedro Diniz and Giancarlo Fisichella, but all continued. The only two drivers to escape with damage were Mika Häkkinen and Andrea Montermini. Jean Alesi suffered a puncture at the end of the session, but was able to return to the pitlane. Several drivers opted to skip the session. The Footwork team chose not to participate as they did not have any spare parts, and any crash would have marked the end of their weekend. Häkkinen was fastest, setting his time before his crash, with Alesi, Rubens Barrichello and Johnny Herbert behind. The two Williams cars were 7th and 8th, Villeneuve ahead of Damon Hill with Schumacher behind them in 9th. The race started at 14:30 CEST. During the warm up session, Montermini crashed his Forti coming out of the tunnel, and the team's lack of a spare car meant the Italian was unable to start, leaving 21 cars on the grid. Hill overtook Schumacher into Sainte Dévote, while further back, Jos Verstappen, who had opted to start the race on slicks, slid straight into the wall. The two Minardis were then eliminated when they tangled coming out of the first corner. Hill began to pull away while polesitter Schumacher lost control coming out of Lower Mirabeau and hit the wall. Coming into the Rascasse, Barrichello spun and retired. After five laps, there were only 13 cars remaining as Ukyo Katayama (accident), Ricardo Rosset (accident) and Diniz (transmission) retired. A significant gap began to open between the leaders and Eddie Irvine in fourth. A queue of eight cars formed behind the slow Ferrari. Berger retired from third place on the 10th lap with gearbox trouble leaving 12 cars, while Heinz Harald Frentzen damaged his front wing trying to pass Irvine, dropping to second last, ahead of Luca Badoer. On lap 31, Martin Brundle spun off, which left only 11 cars in the race. Three laps later, Irvine was passed when Panis forced his way through at the Loews hairpin. Irvine lost control, became stuck and had undone his seatbelts before he restarted his car with the assistance of the marshals. Hill, meanwhile, had briefly lost the lead to Alesi when he made a pit stop on lap 30 to change to slicks as the track began to dry, but regained it a lap later when he overtook the Frenchman (who was still on wet tyres) on the track. Alesi made his pit stop shortly afterwards, allowing Hill to extend his lead to nearly 30 seconds and continue untroubled at the front until the 40th lap, when a failed oil pump caused his engine to blow coming out of the tunnel, his first retirement of the season. Alesi then led for 20 laps, before his suspension failed, handing the lead to Panis. Luca Badoer was running six laps down in the Forti when he collided with Villeneuve at Mirabeau on lap 66, retiring both drivers. The race did not run its full distance as the two hour time limit came into effect. Panis was leading David Coulthard by a small margin with only five other cars behind them. Irvine spun at the same point that his teammate Schumacher had crashed, and as he tried to rejoin, he was hit by Mika Salo, who was in turn hit by Häkkinen. All three cars retired, leaving only four cars circulating, with Frentzen running last. The German decided to pull into the pits on the final lap as he was running last anyway, and everyone else had already taken the chequered flag. Panis thus won his one and only Grand Prix, taking Ligier's first win in 15 seasons. Frentzen, Salo and Häkkinen were classified in the final points positions with Irvine credited with seventh place.

Pos No Driver Constructor Time Diff. 1 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:20.356 2 5 Damon Hill Williams Renault 1:20.866 +0.510 3 3 Jean Alesi Benetton Renault 1:20.918 +0.562 4 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton Renault 1:21.067 +0.711 5 8 David Coulthard McLaren Mercedes 1:21.460 +1.104 6 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan Peugeot 1:21.504 +1.148 7 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:21.542 +1.186 8 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren Mercedes 1:21.688 +1.332 9 15 Heinz Harald Frentzen Sauber Ford 1:21.929 +1.573 10 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams Renault 1:21.963 +1.607 11 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell Yamaha 1:22.235 +1.879 12 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork Hart 1:22.327 +1.971 13 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber Ford 1:22.346 +1.990 14 9 Olivier Panis Ligier Mugen Honda 1:22.358 +2.002 15 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell Yamaha 1:22.460 +2.104 16 12 Martin Brundle Jordan Peugeot 1:22.519 +2.163 17 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier Mugen Honda 1:22.682 +2.326 18 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi Ford 1:22.684 +2.328 19 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi Ford 1:23.350 +2.994 20 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork Hart 1:24.976 +4.620 21 22 Luca Badoer Forti Ford 1:25.059 +4.703 22 23 Andrea Montermini Forti Ford 1:25.393 +5.037107% time: 1:25.981Source:

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 Olivier Panis Ligier Mugen Honda 75 2:00:45.629 14 10 2 8 David Coulthard McLaren Mercedes 75 +4.828 5 6 3 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber Ford 75 +37.503 13 4 4 15 Heinz Harald Frentzen Sauber Ford 74 Stopped in pits 9 3 5 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell Yamaha 70 Collision 11 2 6 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren Mercedes 70 Collision 8 1 7 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 68 Collision 7   Ret 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams Renault 66 Collision 10   Ret 22 Luca Badoer Forti Ford 60 Collision + Electrical 21   Ret 3 Jean Alesi Benetton Renault 60 Suspension 3   Ret 5 Damon Hill Williams Renault 40 Engine 2   Ret 12 Martin Brundle Jordan Peugeot 30 Accident 16   Ret 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton Renault 9 Gearbox 4   Ret 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier Mugen Honda 5 Transmission 17   Ret 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork Hart 3 Accident 20   Ret 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell Yamaha 2 Accident 15   Ret 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 0 Accident 1   Ret 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan Peugeot 0 Spun off 6   Ret 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi Ford 0 Collision 19   Ret 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi Ford 0 Collision 18   Ret 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork Hart 0 Accident 12   DNS 23 Andrea Montermini Forti Ford   Crash in warm up 22  Source: