Pit Lane F1
Round 3 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 1996-04-07
Damon Hill (Williams) took pole for the 1996 Argentine Grand Prix with a 1:30.346 lap.
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) joined the front row, 0.252s shy of pole, with Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) third on the grid. Eddie Irvine (Ferrari) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Sauber) missed the cut by 0.072s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.712s — pole to P10 — with Eddie Irvine (Ferrari) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damon Hill | Williams | 1:30.346 | — | — | 1:30.346 |
| 2 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:30.598 | — | — | +0.252 |
| 3 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:30.907 | — | — | +0.561 |
| 4 | Jean Alesi |
| Benetton |
| 1:31.038 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.692 |
| 5 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1:31.262 | — | — | +0.916 |
| 6 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 1:31.404 | — | — | +1.058 |
| 7 | Jos Verstappen | Footwork | 1:31.615 | — | — | +1.269 |
| 8 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:31.801 | — | — | +1.455 |
| 9 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:32.001 | — | — | +1.655 |
| 10 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:32.058 | — | — | +1.712 |
| 11 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | 1:32.130 | — | — | +1.784 |
| 12 | Olivier Panis | Ligier | 1:32.177 | — | — | +1.831 |
| 13 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 1:32.407 | — | — | +2.061 |
| 14 | Tarso Marques | Minardi | 1:32.502 | — | — | +2.156 |
| 15 | Martin Brundle | Jordan | 1:32.696 | — | — | +2.350 |
| 16 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 1:32.903 | — | — | +2.557 |
| 17 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:33.256 | — | — | +2.910 |
| 18 | Pedro Diniz | Ligier | 1:33.424 | — | — | +3.078 |
| 19 | Pedro Lamy | Minardi | 1:33.727 | — | — | +3.381 |
| 20 | Ricardo Rosset | Footwork | 1:33.752 | — | — | +3.406 |
| 21 | Luca Badoer | Forti | 1:34.830 | — | — | +4.484 |
| 22 | Andrea Montermini | Forti | 1:35.651 | — | — | +5.305 |