Season
1996
Race
1. Australian Grand Prix
1996 Australian Grand Prix
- Coordinates
- -37.8497, 144.968
- Altitude
- 10 m
- Race number
- 582
R
10/03/1996 00:00 · Australia/Melbourne · 58 laps
| Position | Driver | Team | Grid | Race positions | Laps | Time | Points | Status | Fastest lap rank | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damon Hill | Williams | 2 | +1 | 58 | 1:32:50.400 | 10 | Finished | — | |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1 | -1 | 58 | 1:33:28.420 | 6 | Finished | — | |
| 3 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 3 | = | 58 | 1:33:52.971 | 4 | Finished | — | |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 7 | +3 | 58 | 1:34:07.437 | 3 | Finished | — | |
| 5 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 5 | = | 58 | 1:34:25.471 | 2 | Finished | — | |
| 6 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 10 | +4 | 57 | — | 1 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 7 | Olivier Panis | Ligier | 11 | +4 | 57 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 8 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | 9 | +1 | 57 | — | 0 | +1 Lap | — | |
| 9 | Ricardo Rosset | Footwork | 18 | +9 | 56 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 10 | Pedro Diniz | Ligier | 20 | +10 | 56 | — | 0 | +2 Laps | — | |
| 11 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 15 | +4 | 55 | — | 0 | +3 Laps | — | |
| 12 | Pedro Lamy | Minardi | 17 | +5 | 42 | — | 0 | Safety belt | — | |
| 13 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 4 | -9 | 32 | — | 0 | Brakes | — | |
| 14 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Minardi | 16 | +2 | 32 | — | 0 | Clutch | — | |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 8 | -7 | 29 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 16 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 13 | -3 | 24 | — | 0 | Throttle | — | |
| 17 | Jos Verstappen | Footwork | 12 | -5 | 15 | — | 0 | Engine | — | |
| 18 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 6 | -12 | 9 | — | 0 | Collision | — | |
| 19 | Martin Brundle | Jordan | 19 | = | 1 | — | 0 | Collision | — | |
| 20 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 14 | -6 | 0 | — | 0 | Collision | — |