Melbourne, Albert Park
10 March 1996
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Australia | Australian Grand Prix Melbourne, Albert Park 10 March 1996 |
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| Results |
| driver | team | time | points | ||
| 1 |  | Damon Hill | Williams Renault | 1:32:50.491 | 10 |
| 2 |  | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams Renault | + 38.020 | 6 |
| 3 |  | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari Ferrari | + 1:02.571 | 4 |
| 4 |  | Gerhard Berger | Benetton Renault | + 1:17.037 | 3 |
| 5 |  | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren Mercedes | + 1:35.071 | 2 |
| 6 |  | Mika Salo | Tyrrell Yamaha | + 1 lap | 1 |
| 7 |  | Olivier Panis | Ligier Mugen-Honda | + 1 lap | |
| 8 |  | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber Ford | + 1 lap | |
| 9 |  | Ricardo Rosset | Arrows Hart | + 2 laps | |
| 10 |  | Pedro Diniz | Ligier Mugen-Honda | + 2 laps | |
| 11 |  | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell Yamaha | + 3 laps |
| Not finished |
| driver | team | engine | lap | reason |
| Pedro Lamy | Minardi | Ford | 42 | harness |
| Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | Ferrari | 32 | brakes |
| Giancarlo Fisichella | Minardi | Ford | 32 | clutch |
| Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | Peugeot | 29 | engine |
| David Coulthard | McLaren | Mercedes | 24 | throttle |
| Jos Verstappen | Arrows | Hart | 15 | engine |
| Jean Alesi | Benetton | Renault | 9 | collision |
| Martin Brundle | Jordan | Peugeot | 1 | spin |
| Johnny Herbert | Sauber | Ford | 0 | didn't restart |
| Saturday's qualifying session |
| driver | team | engine | time | |
| 1 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | Renault | 1:32.371 |
| 2 | Damon Hill | Williams | Renault | 1:32.509 |
| 3 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:32.889 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:33.125 |
| 5 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren | Mercedes | 1:34.054 |
| 6 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | Renault | 1:34.257 |
| 7 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | Renault | 1:34.344 |
| 8 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | Peugeot | 1:34.474 |
| 9 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | Ford | 1:34.494 |
| 10 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | Yamaha | 1:34.832 |
| 11 | Olivier Panis | Ligier | Mugen-Honda | 1:35.330 |
| 12 | Jos Verstappen | Arrows | Hart | 1:35.338 |
| 13 | David Coulthard | McLaren | Mercedes | 1:35.351 |
| 14 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | Ford | 1:35.453 |
| 15 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | Yamaha | 1:35.715 |
| 16 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Minardi | Ford | 1:35.898 |
| 17 | Pedro Lamy | Minardi | Ford | 1:36.109 |
| 18 | Ricardo Rosset | Arrows | Hart | 1:36.198 |
| 19 | Martin Brundle | Jordan | Peugeot | 1:36.286 |
| 20 | Pedro Diniz | Ligier | Mugen-Honda | 1:36.298 |
| Did not qualify (107%) | ||||
| ** | Luca Badoer | Forti | Ford | 1:39.202 |
| ** | Andrea Montermini | Forti | Ford | 1:42.087 |
