1996 Italian Formula One Championship

1996 Italian Formula One Championship season
Michael Schumacher earned a record-equalling four wins in 1996.
Season
Races	6
Start date	28th April
Start Event	European Grand Prix
End date	8th December
End Event	F1 Indoor Trophy
Awards
Driver's Champion	Michael Schumacher
Constructor's Champion	Ferrari
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
1995	none

All information on this page is not part of canon.

The 1996 Italian Formula One Championship was the ninhth and final season of the of Italian Formula One Championship. Both 1995 Ferrari drivers, Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger, transferred to the newly Italian Benetton team to be replaced by Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine at Ferrari. No drivers began the 1996 season at the same team as they began the 1995 season. This would prove to be the final season of the Italian Formula One Championship, as the organisers of the Indoor Trophy decided to make it a Formula 3000 event for 1997.

Teams and Drivers

Team	Chassis	Engine	Race Drivers	Rounds
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari F310	Ferrari 046 3.0 V10	Michael Schumacher	1-5
			Eddie Irvine	1-5
Minardi Team	Minardi M195B	Ford ED3 3.0 V8	Giancarlo Fisichella	1-3
			Giovanni Lavaggi	4-6
			Pedro Lamy	1-5
			Tarso Marques	6
Forti Grand Prix	Forti FG03	Ford ECA Zetec-R 3.0 V8	Luca Badoer	1-3
			Andrea Montermini	1-3
Mild Seven Benetton Renault	Benetton B196	Renault RS8 3.0 V10	Gerhard Berger	1-5
			Jean Alesi	1-5
			Giancarlo Fisichella	6
			Jarno Trulli	6
Ligier Gauloises Blondes	Ligier JS43	Mugen-Honda MF-301 HA 3.0 V10	Pedro Diniz	6
			Olivier Panis	6

Calendar

As usual, the calendar was due to contain the four core events of the San Marino, Monaco and Italian Grands Prix, in addition to the Indoor Trophy. On this occasion, the two additional events selected to complete the calendar were the French Grand Prix at the Magny-Cours and the Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril.

	Race	Venue	Date	Winning driver	Winning team
1	European Grand Prix	Nurburgring	28th April	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2	San Marino Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	5th May	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
3	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	19th May	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari
4	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	25th August	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
5	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	8th September	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
6	F1 Indoor Trophy	Bologna Motor Show	8th December	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton

Championship Standings

Championship points are awarded to the top four cars at each event. Constructors earn the points for their best car at any given event.

Position	1	2	3	4
Points	5	3	2	1

Drivers Championship

Pos	Driver	EUR	SMR	MON	BEL Template:BEL	ITA	IND	Points
1	Michael Schumacher	1	1	Ret	1	1		20
2	Template:FRA Jean Alesi	Ret	4	2†	2	2		10
3	Template:GBR Eddie Irvine	Ret	3	1	Ret	3†		9
4	Template:AUT Gerhard Berger	2	2	4†	3	Ret		9
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	4	Ret	Ret			1	6
6	Pedro Lamy	3	5	Ret	4	4†		4
7	Giovanni Lavaggi				DNQ	Ret	2	3
8	Luca Badoer	DNQ	6	3†				2
9	Jarno Trulli						3	2
10	Shinji Nakano						4	1
11	Tarso Marques						5	0
12	Template:FRA Olivier Panis						6	0
13	Andrea Montermini	DNQ	DNQ	DNS				0

Constructors Championship

Pos	Team	EUR	SMR	MON	BEL Template:BEL	ITA	IND	Points
1	Ferrari	1	1	1	1	1		25
2	Benetton	2	2	2†	2	2	1	20
3	Minardi	3	5	Ret	4	4†	2	7
4	Forti	DNQ	Ret	3†				2
5	Template:FRA Ligier						4	1

† Driver did not finish, but was classified due to being among the last four cars running