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:


Top six


  1. Schumacher
  2. Alesi
  3. Villeneuve
  4. Frentzen
  5. Hakkinen
  6. 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
  1. Hill 43
  2. Villeneuve 26
  3. Schumacher 26
  4. Alesi 17
  5. Panis 11
  6. Coulthard 10
  7. Irvine 9
  8. Hakkinen 8
  9. Berger 7
  10. Barrichello 7
  11. Frentzen 6
  12. Salo 5
  13. Herbert 4
  14. Diniz 1
  15. Brundle 1
  16. Verstappen 1

Constructors championship

  1. Williams-Renault 69
  2. Ferrari 35
  3. Benetton-Renault 24
  4. McLaren-Mercedes 18
  5. Ligier-Mugen-Honda 12
  6. Sauber-Ford 10
  7. Jordan-Peugeot 8
  8. Tyrrell-Yamaha 5
  9. TWR 1


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