1996 Transurban Australian Grand Prix
| Date | 10.03.1996 | Category | Formula 1 |
| Circuit | Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit | Championship | Formula 1 World Championship |
| Race title | Transurban Australian Grand Prix | Round | 1 |
| Distance | 58 laps = 307.516 km | Country | Australia |
Winner's speed: 198.736 kmh
Pole's speed: 206.636 kmh
Fastest lap speed: 204.313 kmh
| Rank | Pos. | # | Driver | Entrant | Car | Laps | Laps lead | Time | Status | Pts | FL time | FL rank | Grid | Row | Qual time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Damon Hill | Rothmans Williams Renault | Williams FW18 [1] Renault 3.0 V10 | 58 | 8 | 1:32'50.491 | finished | 10 | 1'33.621 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1'32.509 |
| 2 | 2 | 6 | Jacques Villeneuve | Rothmans Williams Renault | Williams FW18 [2] Renault 3.0 V10 | 58 | 50 | 1:33'28.511 | finished | 6 | 1'33.421 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1'32.371 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Eddie Irvine | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari F310 [168] 3.0 V10 | 58 | 1:33'53.062 | finished | 4 | 1'34.533 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1'32.889 | |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | Gerhard Berger | Mild Seven Benetton Renault | Benetton B196 [04] Renault 3.0 V10 | 58 | 1:34'07.528 | finished | 3 | 1'34.757 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1'34.344 | |
| 5 | 5 | 7 | Mika Hakkinen | Marlboro McLaren Mercedes | McLaren MP4/11 [3] Mercedes 3.0 V10 | 58 | 1:34'25.562 | finished | 2 | 1'35.843 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1'34.054 | |
| 6 | 6 | 19 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell Yamaha | Tyrrell 024 [3] Yamaha 3.0 V10 | 57 | 1:33'03.181 | finished | 1 | 1'35.280 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1'34.832 | |
| 7 | 7 | 9 | Olivier Panis | Ligier Gauloises Blondes | Ligier JS43 [3] Mugen-Honda 3.0 V10 | 57 | 1:33'14.468 | finished | 1'34.767 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1'35.330 | ||
| 8 | 8 | 15 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Red Bull Sauber Ford | Sauber C15 [02] Ford Zetec-R 3.0 V10 | 57 | 1:33'29.436 | finished | 1'35.596 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1'34.494 | ||
| 9 | 9 | 16 | Ricardo Rosset | Footwork Hart | Footwork FA17 [2] Hart 3.0 V8 | 56 | 1:33'21.629 | finished | 1'36.557 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 1'36.198 | ||
| 10 | 10 | 10 | Pedro Paulo Diniz | Ligier Gauloises Blondes | Ligier JS43 [2] Mugen-Honda 3.0 V10 | 56 | 1:33'25.689 | finished | 1'37.024 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 1'36.298 | ||
| 11 | 11 | 18 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell Yamaha | Tyrrell 024 [1] Yamaha 3.0 V10 | 55 | 1:32'51.827 | finished | 1'36.377 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 1'35.715 | ||
| 12 | 20 | Pedro Lamy | Minardi Team | Minardi M195B [003] Ford ED 3.0 V8 | 42 | 1:15'38.628 | DNF, safety belt | 1'38.784 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 1'36.109 | |||
| 13 | 1 | Michael Schumacher | Scuderia Ferrari | Ferrari F310 [169] 3.0 V10 | 32 | 53'01.667 | DNF, brakes | 1'33.651 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1'33.125 | |||
| 14 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Minardi Team | Minardi M195B [002] Ford ED 3.0 V8 | 32 | 54'09.621 | DNF, clutch | 1'38.077 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 1'35.898 | |||
| 15 | 11 | Rubens Barrichello | B&H Total Jordan Peugeot | Jordan 196 [02] Peugeot 3.0 V10 | 29 | 47'25.412 | DNF, engine | 1'35.064 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1'34.474 | |||
| 16 | 8 | David Coulthard | Marlboro McLaren Mercedes | McLaren MP4/11 [1] Mercedes 3.0 V10 | 24 | 39'55.145 | DNF, throttle | 1'37.746 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 1'35.351 | |||
| 17 | 17 | Jos Verstappen | Footwork Hart | Footwork FA17 [1] Hart 3.0 V8 | 15 | 25'10.462 | DNF, engine | 1'36.649 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 1'35.338 | |||
| 18 | 3 | Jean Alesi | Mild Seven Benetton Renault | Benetton B196 [02] Renault 3.0 V10 | 9 | 14'36.293 | DNF, collision | 1'35.519 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 1'34.257 | |||
| 19 | 12 | Martin Brundle | B&H Total Jordan Peugeot | Jordan 196 [03] Peugeot 3.0 V10 | 1 | 1'56.481 | DNF, spun off | 1'56.481 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 1'36.286 | |||
| 20 | 14 | Johnny Herbert | Red Bull Sauber Ford | Sauber C15 [03] Ford Zetec-R 3.0 V10 | DNS | 14 | 7 | 1'35.453 | |||||||
| 21 | 22 | Luca Badoer | Forti Grand Prix | Forti FG01B [4] Ford EC 3.0 V8 | DNQ | 1'39.202 | |||||||||
| 22 | 23 | Andrea Montermini | Forti Grand Prix | Forti FG01B [1] Ford EC 3.0 V8 | DNQ | 1'42.087 |