Английская Википедия:1996 Japanese Grand Prix

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Шаблон:Infobox Grand Prix race report The 1996 Japanese Grand Prix (officially known as the XXII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Suzuka on 13 October 1996. It was the sixteenth and final race of the 1996 Formula One World Championship.

The 52-lap race was won by Damon Hill, driving a Williams-Renault. Hill took his eighth win of the season, and with it the Drivers' Championship, after teammate and pole-sitter Jacques Villeneuve made a poor start and then retired when a wheel fell off. Villeneuve had needed to win the race, without Hill scoring, in order to win the Championship himself. Michael Schumacher finished second in a Ferrari, enabling the Italian team to steal second place in the Constructors' Championship from Benetton, with Mika Häkkinen third in a McLaren-Mercedes.

Hill was the first son of a World Champion to win the championship himself, his father Graham having been champion in Шаблон:F1 and Шаблон:F1. This was also the final race for Martin Brundle, who had been competing in F1 since Шаблон:F1 and finished on the podium 9 times since Шаблон:F1, as well as the last race for Pedro Lamy, Giovanni Lavaggi and Ligier.

Report

Background and qualifying

This was the first time since 1977 that Japan hosted the final round of the World Championship. In qualifying, Villeneuve beat Hill to pole position by nearly half a second, with a further 0.7 seconds back to Schumacher in third.

Race

On race day, the first start was aborted when David Coulthard stalled his McLaren.[1] At the second start, Villeneuve made a poor getaway and fell to sixth behind Hill, Gerhard Berger, Häkkinen, Schumacher and Eddie Irvine. Meanwhile, Jean Alesi, attempting to make up several places after qualifying ninth, spun off at the second corner and destroyed his Benetton, Alesi was unhurt from the impact. On the third lap, Berger attempted to overtake Hill at the final chicane, only to damage his front wing.

Thereafter, Hill gradually pulled away, with Schumacher overtaking Häkkinen for second during the first round of pit stops. Pedro Diniz had lost control of his Ligier at the final chicane and spun off into the gravel trap by lap 14. Hill pitted for his second stop with a 25-second gap to Schumacher, emerging narrowly ahead of the Ferrari, before pulling away gradually once again to lead by 13 seconds with ten laps remaining.

Villeneuve, meanwhile, passed Irvine, set the fastest lap of the race and ran fourth before his right rear wheel came off on lap 37 due to a wheel bearing failure (This was the same incident that happened to teammate Damon Hill during the British Grand Prix, according to BBC pit reporter Tony Jardine), putting him out of the race and handing the Drivers' Championship to Hill, already dropped by Williams for the following season. Whilst fighting for fourth place, Gerhard Berger had another collision with the Ferrari of Eddie Irvine at the final chicane causing the Northern Irishman to spin out and retire, but Berger was able to carry on unscathed. A late fightback saw Schumacher close the gap to Hill, but Hill held on to win the race by 1.8 seconds, with Häkkinen a further 1.4 seconds back, while Berger recovered to finish fourth, Martin Brundle came fifth in his final Grand Prix, and Heinz-Harald Frentzen picked up the final point for sixth.

In the UK, this was the last F1 race until Шаблон:F1 to be broadcast live by the BBC.Шаблон:Citation needed As Hill crossed the line to win the race and the championship, commentator Murray Walker said, "And I've got to stop, because I've got a lump in my throat."[2]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 6 Шаблон:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:38.909
2 5 Шаблон:Flagicon Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:39.370 +0.461
3 1 Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:40.071 +1.162
4 4 Шаблон:Flagicon Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 1:40.364 +1.455
5 7 Шаблон:Flagicon Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:40.458 +1.549
6 2 Шаблон:Flagicon Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:41.005 +2.096
7 15 Шаблон:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 1:41.277 +2.368
8 8 Шаблон:Flagicon David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:41.384 +2.475
9 3 Шаблон:Flagicon Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 1:41.562 +2.653
10 12 Шаблон:Flagicon Martin Brundle Jordan-Peugeot 1:41.600 +2.691
11 11 Шаблон:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 1:41.919 +3.010
12 9 Шаблон:Flagicon Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:42.206 +3.297
13 14 Шаблон:Flagicon Johnny Herbert Sauber-Ford 1:42.658 +3.749
14 18 Шаблон:Flagicon Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:42.711 +3.802
15 19 Шаблон:Flagicon Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:42.840 +3.931
16 10 Шаблон:Flagicon Pedro Diniz Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:43.196 +4.287
17 17 Шаблон:Flagicon Jos Verstappen Footwork-Hart 1:43.383 +4.474
18 20 Шаблон:Flagicon Pedro Lamy Minardi-Ford 1:44.874 +5.965
19 16 Шаблон:Flagicon Ricardo Rosset Footwork-Hart 1:45.412 +6.503
107% time: 1:45.833
DNQ 21 Шаблон:Flagicon Giovanni Lavaggi Minardi-Ford 1:46.795 +7.886

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Шаблон:Flagicon Damon Hill Williams-Renault 52 1:32:33.791 2 10
2 1 Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Schumacher Ferrari 52 +1.883 3 6
3 7 Шаблон:Flagicon Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 52 +3.212 5 4
4 4 Шаблон:Flagicon Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 52 +26.526 4 3
5 12 Шаблон:Flagicon Martin Brundle Jordan-Peugeot 52 +1:07.120 10 2
6 15 Шаблон:Flagicon Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 52 +1:21.186 7 1
7 9 Шаблон:Flagicon Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 52 +1:24.510 12  
8 8 Шаблон:Flagicon David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 52 +1:25.233 8  
9 11 Шаблон:Flagicon Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 52 +1:41.065 11  
10 14 Шаблон:Flagicon Johnny Herbert Sauber-Ford 52 +1:41.799 13  
11 17 Шаблон:Flagicon Jos Verstappen Footwork-Hart 51 +1 lap 17  
12 20 Шаблон:Flagicon Pedro Lamy Minardi-Ford 50 +2 laps 18  
13 16 Шаблон:Flagicon Ricardo Rosset Footwork-Hart 50 +2 laps 19  
Ret 2 Шаблон:Flagicon Eddie Irvine Ferrari 39 Collision/spun off 6  
Ret 18 Шаблон:Flagicon Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 37 Engine 14  
Ret 6 Шаблон:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 36 Wheel 1  
Ret 19 Шаблон:Flagicon Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 20 Engine 15  
Ret 10 Шаблон:Flagicon Pedro Diniz Ligier-Mugen-Honda 13 Spun off 16  
Ret 3 Шаблон:Flagicon Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 0 Spun off 9  
DNQ 21 Шаблон:Flagicon Giovanni Lavaggi Minardi-Ford   107% rule  
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Championship standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 Шаблон:Flagicon Damon Hill 97
2 Шаблон:Flagicon Jacques Villeneuve 78
3 Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Schumacher 59
4 Шаблон:Flagicon Jean Alesi 47
5 Шаблон:Flagicon Mika Häkkinen 31
Source: [3]

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Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 Шаблон:Flagicon Williams-Renault 175
2 Шаблон:Flagicon Ferrari 70
3 Шаблон:Flagicon Benetton-Renault 68
4 Шаблон:Flagicon McLaren-Mercedes 49
5 Шаблон:Flagicon Jordan-Peugeot 22
Source: [3]

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References

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Шаблон:F1 race report Шаблон:F1GP 90-99