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The following is an overview of the events of 1996 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
The Philippines Grand Prix was an open-wheel racing car motor race, held during the 1970s. The race was first held in 1973 as Formula Atlantic expanded across the region, becoming Formula Pacific as it did so. The race was held on a 3.2 kilometers (2.0 mi) [1] street circuit in Greenhills, San Juan, Metro Manila.
1996 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix; 1996 City of Imola motorcycle Grand Prix; ... This page was last edited on 29 September 2020, at 17:32 (UTC).
1996 International Formula 3000 Championship: PPG Indy Car World Series: Jimmy Vasser: 1996 PPG Indy Car World Series: Manufacturers: Honda: Rookies: Alex Zanardi: Indy Racing League: Scott Sharp / Buzz Calkins (tie) 1996 Indy Racing League: Indy Lights Series: David Empringham: 1996 Indy Lights season: American Indycar Series: Ken Petrie 1996 ...
The results of each Grand Prix held throughout the season are combined to decide two annual championships, one for drivers and one for constructors. [9] Grand Prix distance regulations have varied throughout Formula One history. [10] [11] Between 1950 and 1957, events ran for more than 300 km (190 mi) or three hours. [11]
Jordan started the year with high expectations following a generally encouraging, if unreliable, showing in 1995.The team was in its second year with works Peugeot engines, and had also secured a lucrative sponsorship deal with Benson & Hedges that saw the cars turn gold for the majority of the 1996 season, having been launched in a pre-B&H green-yellow-red livery and raced for the first five ...
The 1996 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the LIV Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco) was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on 19 May 1996. It was the sixth race of the 1996 Formula One season . The race was run in very wet weather, and set a record for the fewest cars to be running at the end of a Grand Prix race, with the three podium finishers ...
The numbering system used since 1974 was dropped. [16] [17] Ferrari was given the numbers 1 and 2 after hiring the defending champion Michael Schumacher, despite finishing the previous year's Constructors' Championship in third, Benetton received numbers 3 and 4 for winning the Constructors' Championship, Williams got numbers 5 and 6 for finishing second, McLaren got 7 and 8 for finishing ...