1996 Hungarian Grand Prix

1996 Hungarian Grand Prix
Race 12 of 16 in the 1996 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date 11 August 1996
Official name XII Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj
Location Hungaroring
Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary[1]
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 3.968 km (2.466 miles)
Distance 77 laps, 305.536 km (189.851 miles)
Weather Sunny with temperatures reaching up to 27 °C (81 °F)[2]
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:17.129
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Damon Hill Williams-Renault
Time 1:20.093 on lap 67
Podium
First Williams-Renault
Second Williams-Renault
Third Benetton-Renault
Lap leaders

The 1996 Hungarian Grand Prix (formally the XII Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj) was a Formula One motor race held at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary on 11 August 1996. It was the twelfth race of the 1996 Formula One World Championship and the eleventh Hungarian Grand Prix.

The 77-lap race was won by Canadian driver Jacques Villeneuve, driving a Williams-Renault, after starting from third position. Villeneuve's teammate and Drivers' Championship leader, Briton Damon Hill, finished second, with Frenchman Jean Alesi third in a Benetton-Renault. This was Williams' fifth 1–2 finish of the season, and it secured their fourth Constructors' Championship in five years.

  1. ^ "1996 Hungarian Grand Prix". Motor Sport. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  2. ^ Weather info for the 1996 Hungarian Grand Prix at Weather Underground

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