The 1996 Japanese Grand Prix was won by Damon Hill of Williams. Despite being on pole position in Japan, Jacques Villeneuve could not convert this into a win. Villeneuve was forced to retire in lap 36 due to: Wheel.
The race in Japan was the last of 16 rounds of the 1996 season.
The 1996 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 13 October 1996 at Suzuka. It was the 16th and final race of the 1996 Formula One season.
Williams' Damon Hill took his eighth win of the season, and with it the Drivers' Championship, after team-mate and pole-sitter Jacques Villeneuve made a poor start and then retired when a wheel fell off. Villeneuve had needed to win the race, without Hill scoring, in order to win the Championship himself. Michael Schumacher finished second, enabling Ferrari to steal second place in the Constructors' Championship from Benetton, while McLaren's Mika Häkkinen was third. This was also the last race for Giovanni Lavaggi, Pedro Lamy and Martin Brundle.
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