São Paulo, Interlagos
31 March 1996
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Brazil | Grande Prêmio do Brasil São Paulo, Interlagos 31 March 1996 |
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| Results |
| driver | team | time | points | ||
| 1 |  | Damon Hill | Williams Renault | 1:49:52.976 | 10 |
| 2 |  | Jean Alesi | Benetton Renault | + 17.982 | 6 |
| 3 |  | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari Ferrari | + 1 lap | 4 |
| 4 |  | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren Mercedes | + 1 lap | 3 |
| 5 |  | Mika Salo | Tyrrell Yamaha | + 1 lap | 2 |
| 6 |  | Olivier Panis | Ligier Mugen-Honda | + 1 lap | 1 |
| 7 |  | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari Ferrari | + 1 lap | |
| 8 |  | Pedro Diniz | Ligier Mugen-Honda | + 1 lap | |
| 9 |  | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell Yamaha | + 2 laps | |
| 10 |  | Pedro Lamy | Minardi Ford | + 3 laps | |
| 11 |  | Luca Badoer | Forti Ford | + 4 laps | |
| 12 |  | Martin Brundle | Jordan Peugeot | + 7 laps | spin |
| Not finished |
| driver | team | engine | lap | reason |
| Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | Peugeot | 59 | spin |
| Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | Ford | 36 | engine |
| David Coulthard | McLaren | Mercedes | 29 | spin |
| Johnny Herbert | Sauber | Ford | 28 | engine |
| Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | Renault | 26 | spin |
| Gerhard Berger | Benetton | Renault | 26 | hydraulics |
| Andrea Montermini | Forti | Ford | 26 | spin |
| Ricardo Rosset | Arrows | Hart | 24 | spin |
| Jos Verstappen | Arrows | Hart | 20 | engine |
| Tarso Marques | Minardi | Ford | 0 | accident |
| Saturday's qualifying session |
| driver | team | engine | time | |
| 1 | Damon Hill | Williams | Renault | 1:18.111 |
| 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | Peugeot | 1:19.092 |
| 3 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | Renault | 1:19.254 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:19.474 |
| 5 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | Renault | 1:19.484 |
| 6 | Martin Brundle | Jordan | Peugeot | 1:19.519 |
| 7 | Mika Hakkinen | McLaren | Mercedes | 1:19.607 |
| 8 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | Renault | 1:19.782 |
| 9 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | Ford | 1:19.799 |
| 10 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | Ferrari | 1:19.951 |
| 11 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | Yamaha | 1:20.000 |
| 12 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | Ford | 1:20.144 |
| 13 | Jos Verstappen | Arrows | Hart | 1:20.157 |
| 14 | David Coulthard | McLaren | Mercedes | 1:20.167 |
| 15 | Olivier Panis | Ligier | Mugen-Honda | 1:20.426 |
| 16 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | Yamaha | 1:20.427 |
| 17 | Ricardo Rosset | Arrows | Hart | 1:20.440 |
| 18 | Pedro Lamy | Minardi | Ford | 1:21.491 |
| 19 | Luca Badoer | Forti | Ford | 1:23.174 |
| 20 | Andrea Montermini | Forti | Ford | 1:23.454 |
| 21 | Tarso Marques | Minardi | Ford | no time 1:21.421 |
| 22 | Pedro Diniz | Ligier | Mugen-Honda | no time 1:20.873 |
