Etapa 2 — tempos de Q1, Q2 e Q3 - 1996-03-31
Damon Hill (Williams) cravou a pole do Brazilian Grand Prix de 1996 com uma volta de 1:18.111.
Rubens Barrichello (Jordan) completou a primeira fila a 0.981s da pole, com Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) em terceiro no grid. Eddie Irvine (Ferrari) entrou na Q3 em P10, enquanto Mika Salo (Tyrrell) ficou de fora por 0.049s.
A Q3 foi resolvida em um intervalo de 1.840s — da pole ao P10 — com Eddie Irvine (Ferrari) fechando o top 10.
| Pos | Piloto | Equipe | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Diferença |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damon Hill | Williams | 1:18.111 | — | — | 1:18.111 |
| 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 1:19.092 | — | — | +0.981 |
| 3 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:19.254 | — | — | +1.143 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher |
| Ferrari |
| 1:19.474 |
| — |
| — |
| +1.363 |
| 5 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 1:19.484 | — | — | +1.373 |
| 6 | Martin Brundle | Jordan | 1:19.519 | — | — | +1.408 |
| 7 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:19.607 | — | — | +1.496 |
| 8 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1:19.762 | — | — | +1.651 |
| 9 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | 1:19.799 | — | — | +1.688 |
| 10 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:19.951 | — | — | +1.840 |
| 11 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 1:20.000 | — | — | +1.889 |
| 12 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:20.144 | — | — | +2.033 |
| 13 | Jos Verstappen | Footwork | 1:20.157 | — | — | +2.046 |
| 14 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:20.167 | — | — | +2.056 |
| 15 | Olivier Panis | Ligier | 1:20.426 | — | — | +2.315 |
| 16 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 1:20.427 | — | — | +2.316 |
| 17 | Ricardo Rosset | Footwork | 1:20.440 | — | — | +2.329 |
| 18 | Pedro Lamy | Minardi | 1:21.491 | — | — | +3.380 |
| 19 | Luca Badoer | Forti | 1:23.174 | — | — | +5.063 |
| 20 | Andrea Montermini | Forti | 1:23.454 | — | — | +5.343 |
| 21 | Tarso Marques | Minardi | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Pedro Diniz | Ligier | — | — | — | — |