1996 Italian Grand Prix

1996 Italian Grand Prix
1996 Italian Grand Prix
Race 14 of 16 in the 1996 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date	8 September 1996
Official name	Pioneer 67º Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza; Monza, Lombardy, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.770 km (3.585 miles)
Distance	53 laps, 305.810 km (190.022 miles)
Weather	Dry
Pole position
Driver	Damon Hill;
Time	1:24.204
Fastest lap
Driver	Michael Schumacher
Time	1:26.110 on lap 50
Podium
First	Michael Schumacher;
Second	Jean Alesi;
Third	Mika Häkkinen;
	Lap leaders ;

The 1996 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 8 September 1996 at Monza. It was the fourteenth race of the 1996 Formula One World Championship.

The 53-lap race was won by Michael Schumacher, driving a Ferrari, after he started from third position. It was Schumacher's third victory of the season and the Ferrari team's first victory at Monza since 1988. Jean Alesi finished second in a Benetton-Renault, with Mika Häkkinen third in a McLaren-Mercedes. Drivers' Championship leader Damon Hill took pole position in his Williams-Renault and led until he made an error and spun off on lap 6, while his teammate and rival, Jacques Villeneuve, could only manage seventh.

^ "Motor Racing Programme Covers: 1996". The Programme Covers Project. Retrieved 11 November 2017.