Pit Lane F1
Round 2 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 1996-03-31
Damon Hill (Williams) took pole for the 1996 Brazilian Grand Prix with a 1:18.111 lap.
Rubens Barrichello (Jordan) joined the front row, 0.981s shy of pole, with Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) third on the grid. Eddie Irvine (Ferrari) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Mika Salo (Tyrrell) missed the cut by 0.049s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.840s — pole to P10 — with Eddie Irvine (Ferrari) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — | — | — |