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The 1996 Japanese Grand Prix (officially known as the XXII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Suzuka on 13 October 1996. It was the sixteenth and final race of the 1996 Formula One World Championship. The 52-lap race was won by Damon Hill, driving a Williams-Renault.
The 1996 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 50th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. The championship commenced on 10 March and ended on 13 October after sixteen races. [1] [2] [3] Two World Championship titles were awarded, one for Drivers and one for Constructors.
The Suzuka International Racing Course [5] (Japanese: 鈴鹿国際レーシングコース, Hepburn: Suzuka Kokusai Rēsingu Kōsu), a.k.a. the Suzuka Circuit (鈴鹿サーキット, Suzuka Sākitto), is a 5.807 km (3.608 mi) long motorsport race track located in Ino, Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture, Japan and operated by Honda Mobilityland, a subsidiary of Honda Motor Co, Ltd.
Sprint qualifying will follow the same Q1-Q2-Q3 format but the session times will be shorter than traditional qualifying: SQ1 (medium tyres) will be 12 minutes, SQ2 (medium tyres) will be 10 ...
Race Track Date Pole Position Fastest Race Lap Winning Driver Winning Team 1 Suzuka Circuit: 28 April Toranosuke Takagi: Michael Krumm: Kazuyoshi Hoshino: Calsonic Racing Team with Impul: 2 Mine Circuit: 12 May Michael Krumm: Norberto Fontana: Ralf Schumacher: X Japan Racing Team LeMans: 3 Fuji Speedway: 26 May Ralf Schumacher: Norberto Fontana ...
Most notable initially for its layout—Suzuka is the only figure-eight race track to appear on the F1 calendar—the demanding and fast Japanese circuit became very popular among drivers and fans, and it was to see some of the most dramatic and memorable moments in Formula One history. The first event in 1987 was already a classic.
The outright unofficial all-time track record is 1:10.218, set by triple-world champion Ayrton Senna in a Williams FW16, during qualifying for the 1994 Pacific Grand Prix. As of September 2024, the fastest official race lap records at the Okayama International Circuit are listed as:
The track was reopened on April 10, 2005, and hosted its first Formula One championship event in 29 years on September 30, 2007. In circumstances similar to Fuji's first Grand Prix in 1976, the race was run in heavy rain and mist and the first 19 laps were run under the safety car , in a race won by Lewis Hamilton .