The two Williams cars were 7th and 8th, Villeneuve ahead of Damon Hill with Schumacher behind them in 9th. Häkkinen was fastest, setting his time before his crash, with Alesi, Rubens Barrichello and Johnny Herbert behind. The Footwork team chose not to participate as they did not have any spare parts, and any crash would have marked the end of their weekend. Several drivers opted to skip the session. Jean Alesi suffered a puncture at the end of the session, but was able to return to the pitlane. ![]() The only two drivers to escape with damage were Mika Häkkinen and Andrea Montermini. Several drivers went off during the session, including Pedro Lamy, Pedro Diniz and Giancarlo Fisichella, but all continued. The session took place at 13:15 CEST ( GMT +2). Between the warm-up session and the race, heavy rain fell at the circuit, and an additional 15-minute session was added to allow the drivers to get used to the changed conditions as it was the first time rain had fallen over the race weekend. Jacques Villeneuve was 18th after running a wet-setup in preparation for the expected rain. Olivier Panis was fastest in the warm-up. The Ligiers were 14th and 17th in qualifying, both below their expectations after the team had mis-firing issues, preventing a top six position. Schumacher tried to get out of Berger's way but the Austrian had to spin at high speed to avoid the Ferrari, entering the chicane backwards. Coming out of the tunnel Schumacher was cruising slowly, acknowledging the crowd, while Berger was on a fast lap. ![]() Michael Schumacher had taken pole position but had caused controversy on his slowing down lap when he impeded Gerhard Berger right at the end of the session. This was the last win by a French Formula One driver until Pierre Gasly won the 2020 Italian Grand Prix. Johnny Herbert was the last finisher in a Sauber, scored his only points of the season. Second place went to David Coulthard in a McLaren- Mercedes. Olivier Panis scored his first and only win of his Formula One career, earning the last Formula One victory for the Ligier team, and the first ever for engine manufacturer Mugen-Honda, after switching to slick tyres in a well-timed pitstop. The race was run in very wet weather, and set a record for the fewest cars to be running at the end of a Grand Prix race, with the three podium finishers being the only cars left. ![]() It was the sixth race of the 1996 Formula One season. The 1996 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the LIV Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco) was a Formula One motor race held at Monaco on.
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