Pit Lane F1
Round 4 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 1996-04-28
Damon Hill (Williams) took pole for the 1996 European Grand Prix with a 1:18.941 lap.
Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) joined the front row, 0.780s shy of pole, with Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) third on the grid. Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Martin Brundle (Jordan) missed the cut by 0.064s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.172s — pole to P10 — with Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damon Hill | Williams | 1:18.941 | — | — | 1:18.941 |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:19.721 | — | — | +0.780 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:20.149 | — | — | +1.208 |
| 4 | Jean Alesi |
| Benetton |
| 1:20.711 |
| — |
| — |
| +1.770 |
| 5 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 1:20.818 | — | — | +1.877 |
| 6 | David Coulthard | McLaren | 1:20.888 | — | — | +1.947 |
| 7 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:20.931 | — | — | +1.990 |
| 8 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1:21.054 | — | — | +2.113 |
| 9 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:21.078 | — | — | +2.137 |
| 10 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | 1:21.113 | — | — | +2.172 |
| 11 | Martin Brundle | Jordan | 1:21.177 | — | — | +2.236 |
| 12 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:21.210 | — | — | +2.269 |
| 13 | Jos Verstappen | Footwork | 1:21.367 | — | — | +2.426 |
| 14 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 1:21.458 | — | — | +2.517 |
| 15 | Olivier Panis | Ligier | 1:21.509 | — | — | +2.568 |
| 16 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 1:21.812 | — | — | +2.871 |
| 17 | Pedro Diniz | Ligier | 1:22.733 | — | — | +3.792 |
| 18 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Minardi | 1:22.921 | — | — | +3.980 |
| 19 | Pedro Lamy | Minardi | 1:23.139 | — | — | +4.198 |
| 20 | Ricardo Rosset | Footwork | 1:23.620 | — | — | +4.679 |