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1996 / HILL

A scrolling recap of 1996 in six acts. The champion, the constructor, the bump chart, and the race-by-race podiums.

ACT 1 CUMULATIVE TRAJECTORY

The points reel out, race after race.

Every line is a driver's running championship total. The heaviest three at the top are the ones who mattered. Damon Hill closed the year on 97 points, a 19-point gap over P2.

DATA TABLE · CUMULATIVE POINTS

Cumulative points by driver and round for 1996
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
Damon Hill	10	20	30	33	43	43	43	53	63	63	73	79	81	81	87	97
Jacques Villeneuve	6	6	12	22	22	22	26	32	38	48	52	62	68	68	78	78
Michael Schumacher	0	4	4	10	16	16	26	26	26	26	29	29	39	49	53	59
Jean Alesi	0	6	10	10	11	11	17	21	25	25	31	35	38	44	47	47
Mika Häkkinen	2	5	5	5	5	6	8	10	12	16	16	19	23	27	27	31
Gerhard Berger	3	3	3	3	7	7	7	7	10	16	16	16	17	17	18	21
David Coulthard	0	0	0	4	4	10	10	13	14	16	18	18	18	18	18	18
Rubens Barrichello	0	0	3	5	7	7	7	7	7	10	11	12	12	14	14	14
Olivier Panis	0	1	1	1	1	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13
Eddie Irvine	4	4	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11

ACT 2 CONSTRUCTORS

Two-car teams, one trophy.

The constructors' championship is a different game — both cars score. A team can win it with consistent doubles even when neither driver leads the standings. Williams–Renault ended on 175 points.

DATA

Constructor championship standings for 1996
POS	CONSTRUCTOR	PTS
P1	WILLIAMS–RENAULT	175
P2	FERRARI	70
P3	BENETTON–RENAULT	68
P4	MCLAREN–MERCEDES	49
P5	JORDAN–PEUGEOT	22
P6	LIGIER–MUGEN-HONDA	15
P7	SAUBER–FORD	11
P8	TYRRELL–YAMAHA	5
P9	FOOTWORK–HART	1

ACT 3 STANDINGS BUMP

Position by position, week to week.

Cumulative points hide where the order actually changed. The bump chart ranks every driver after each race — every crossing of lines is somebody passing somebody in the table.

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DATA TABLE · OFFICIAL RANK BY ROUND

Official championship rank by driver and round for 1996
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
Damon Hill	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1
Jacques Villeneuve	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2
Michael Schumacher	—	P5	P6	P3	P3	P3	P2	P3	P3	P3	P4	P4	P3	P3	P3	P3
Jean Alesi	—	P2	P3	P3	P4	P5	P4	P4	P4	P4	P3	P3	P4	P4	P4	P4
Mika Häkkinen	P5	P4	P5	P6	P8	P10	P8	P7	P6	P7	P7	P5	P5	P5	P5	P5
Gerhard Berger	P4	P7	P7	P9	P6	P8	P9	P9	P8	P5	P6	P7	P7	P7	P6	P6
David Coulthard	—	—	—	P8	P9	P6	P6	P5	P5	P6	P5	P6	P6	P6	P7	P7
Rubens Barrichello	—	—	P7	P6	P7	P9	P10	P10	P10	P9	P9	P9	P9	P8	P8	P8
Olivier Panis	—	P9	P10	P11	P11	P4	P5	P6	P7	P8	P8	P8	P8	P9	P9	P9
Eddie Irvine	P3	P5	P4	P5	P5	P7	P7	P8	P9	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10
Martin Brundle	—	—	—	P11	P11	P14	P14	P14	P14	P14	P14	P14	P14	P12	P12	P11
Heinz-Harald Frentzen	—	—	—	—	—	P13	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11	P11	P12
Mika Salo	P6	P8	P9	P10	P10	P11	P12	P12	P12	P12	P12	P12	P12	P13	P13	P13
Johnny Herbert	—	—	—	—	—	P12	P13	P13	P13	P13	P13	P13	P13	P14	P14	P14
Pedro Diniz	—	—	—	—	—	—	P14	P16	P15	P15	P15	P15	P15	P15	P15	P15

ACT 4 RACE-BY-RACE

10 drivers stood on a podium.

4 different drivers won a race. Tap any chip to pin a driver's appearances across the calendar — the matching tiles light up. Empty bars mean a race where the chosen driver missed the top three.

PODIUM DRIVERS

R01 AUSTRALI

1 HILL

2 VILLENEUVE

3 IRVINE

R02 BRAZIL

1 HILL

2 ALESI

3 SCHUMACHER

R03 ARGENTIN

1 HILL

2 VILLENEUVE

3 ALESI

R04 EUROPE

1 VILLENEUVE

2 SCHUMACHER

3 COULTHARD

R05 SAN MARI

1 HILL

2 SCHUMACHER

3 BERGER

R06 MONACO

1 PANIS

2 COULTHARD

3 HERBERT

R07 SPAIN

1 SCHUMACHER

2 ALESI

3 VILLENEUVE

R08 CANADA

1 HILL

2 VILLENEUVE

3 ALESI

R09 FRANCE

1 HILL

2 VILLENEUVE

3 ALESI

R10 GREAT BR

1 VILLENEUVE

2 BERGER

3 HÄKKINEN

R11 GERMANY

1 HILL

2 ALESI

3 VILLENEUVE

R12 HUNGARY

1 VILLENEUVE

2 HILL

3 ALESI

R13 BELGIUM

1 SCHUMACHER

2 VILLENEUVE

3 HÄKKINEN

R14 ITALY

1 SCHUMACHER

2 ALESI

3 HÄKKINEN

R15 PORTUGAL

1 VILLENEUVE

2 HILL

3 SCHUMACHER

R16 JAPAN

1 HILL

2 SCHUMACHER

3 HÄKKINEN

DATA TABLE · RACE PODIUMS

Race-by-race podium finishers for 1996
ROUND	RACE	P1	P2	P3
R01 · 1996 Transurban Australian Grand Prix	1996 Transurban Australian Grand Prix	HILL	VILLENEUVE	IRVINE
R02 · Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1996	Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1996	HILL	ALESI	SCHUMACHER
R03 · Gran Premio Marlboro de Argentina 1996	Gran Premio Marlboro de Argentina 1996	HILL	VILLENEUVE	ALESI
R04 · 1996 Grand Prix of Europe	1996 Grand Prix of Europe	VILLENEUVE	SCHUMACHER	COULTHARD
R05 · Gran Premio di San Marino 1996	Gran Premio di San Marino 1996	HILL	SCHUMACHER	BERGER
R06 · Grand Prix de Monaco 1996	Grand Prix de Monaco 1996	PANIS	COULTHARD	HERBERT
R07 · Gran Premio Marlboro de España 1996	Gran Premio Marlboro de España 1996	SCHUMACHER	ALESI	VILLENEUVE
R08 · Grand Prix Molson du Canada 1996	Grand Prix Molson du Canada 1996	HILL	VILLENEUVE	ALESI
R09 · Grand Prix de France 1996	Grand Prix de France 1996	HILL	VILLENEUVE	ALESI
R10 · 1996 RAC British Grand Prix	1996 RAC British Grand Prix	VILLENEUVE	BERGER	HÄKKINEN
R11 · Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 1996	Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 1996	HILL	ALESI	VILLENEUVE
R12 · Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 1996	Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj 1996	VILLENEUVE	HILL	ALESI
R13 · 1996 Belgian Grand Prix	1996 Belgian Grand Prix	SCHUMACHER	VILLENEUVE	HÄKKINEN
R14 · Pioneer Gran Premio d'Italia 1996	Pioneer Gran Premio d'Italia 1996	SCHUMACHER	ALESI	HÄKKINEN
R15 · Grande Prémio de Portugal 1996	Grande Prémio de Portugal 1996	VILLENEUVE	HILL	SCHUMACHER
R16 · 1996 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	1996 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	HILL	SCHUMACHER	HÄKKINEN

EPILOGUE BY THE NUMBERS

The year in five numbers.

ROUNDS

16

DRIVERS

16

WINNERS

4

PODIUM·DRIVERS

10

POINTS·SHARED

416

CHAMPION

Damon Hill

97 PTS · 8 WINS

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