1996 Portuguese Grand Prix

The 1996 Portuguese Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on September 22, 1996 at Autódromo do Estoril in Estoril, Portugal. Jacques Villeneuve won the race by overtaking Michael Schumacher on the outside while the latter was distracted by the slow moving back-marking Minardi of Giovanni Lavaggi, who was described as "desperately slow, and there because of his money" by then-BBC TV commentator Jonathan Palmer.

This 1996 event was the last Portuguese Grand Prix held so far on the Formula One calendar.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	70	1:40:22.915	2	10
2	5	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	70	+ 19.966	1	6
3	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	70	+ 53.765	4	4
4	3	Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	70	+ 55.109	3	3
5	2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	70	+ 87.389	6	2
6	4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	70	+ 93.141	5	1
7	15	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford	69	+ 1 Lap	11
8	14	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Ford	69	+ 1 Lap	12
9	12	Martin Brundle	Jordan-Peugeot	69	+ 1 Lap	10
10	9	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	69	+ 1 Lap	15
11	19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Yamaha	69	+ 1 Lap	13
12	18	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	68	+ 2 Laps	14
13	8	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	68	+ 2 Laps	8
14	16	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork-Hart	67	+ 3 Laps	17
15	21	Giovanni Lavaggi	Minardi-Ford	65	+ 5 Laps	20
16	20	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford	65	+ 5 Laps	19
Ret	7	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	52	Collision	7
Ret	17	Jos Verstappen	Footwork-Hart	47	Engine	16
Ret	10	Pedro Diniz	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	46	Collision	18
Ret	11	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	41	Spun Off	9

Notes

• Last start: Giovanni Lavaggi
• Pole position: Damon Hill 1:20.330
• Fastest lap: Jacques Villeneuve 1:22.873
• This was to be the last Portuguese Grand Prix held in F1 history after the 1997 event was cancelled.

Standings after Grand Prix

• Bold text indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Damon Hill 87 2 Jacques Villeneuve 78 3 Michael Schumacher 53 4 Jean Alesi 47 5 Mika Häkkinen 27

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Renault 165 2 Benetton-Renault 65 3 Ferrari 64 4 McLaren-Mercedes 45 5 Jordan-Peugeot 20

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.