Schumacher wins first Grand Prix for Ferrari
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Sunday June 2, 1996
Summary
Michael Schumacher has won his first race for Ferrari at the Grand Prix of Spain in a very wet race. Jean Alesi was second and Jacques Villeneuve was third.
For a complete race review and report see the next issue of Atlas Team F1 on-line next Tuesday June 4.
Notes:
- The Yamaha engine of Salo didn't start at the starting grid. He rejoins the race in the T-car.
- Lamy ,Coulthard, Fisichella, Rosset, Panis collide at the start, all retire.
- Katayama retires on lap 8.
- Hill goes off three times and retires after the third on lap 10.
- Brundle retires with an engine problem on lap 17.
- Herbert spins off on lap 20.
- Berger spins off on lap 45.
- Verstappen spins off on lap 48.
- Barrichello retires with a transmission problem but rejoins the race when the problem seems to be fixed only to retire one lap later.
- Only six drivers finish the race just a few second before the two hour limed expires.
Top six
- Schumacher
- Alesi
- Villeneuve
- Frentzen
- Hakkinen
- Diniz
Quotes
Hill: "Today was a bad day for me. I made two mistakes and finally made a third but I am almost pleased to be out of it, the conditions were very dangerous."
Schumacher: "I would not have bet a penny on getting a result like this. Nobody gave us any presents here but I just pushed it to victory. I really did not expect it but today the car was handling well."
Coulthard: "I don't really know what happened. I hit the back of someone but I could not see anything so I can't say who it was. When you are behind other cars in these conditions you can't see anything but a blanket of spray."
Herbert: "I was aquaplaning all the straights."
A quick look at the standings
Drivers championship
- Hill 43
- Villeneuve 26
- Schumacher 26
- Alesi 17
- Panis 11
- Coulthard 10
- Irvine 9
- Hakkinen 8
- Berger 7
- Barrichello 7
- Frentzen 6
- Salo 5
- Herbert 4
- Diniz 1
- Brundle 1
- Verstappen 1
Constructors championship
- Williams-Renault 69
- Ferrari 35
- Benetton-Renault 24
- McLaren-Mercedes 18
- Ligier-Mugen-Honda 12
- Sauber-Ford 10
- Jordan-Peugeot 8
- Tyrrell-Yamaha 5
- TWR 1
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