Pit Lane F1
Round 5 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 1996-05-05
Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) took pole for the 1996 San Marino Grand Prix with a 1:26.890 lap.
Damon Hill (Williams) joined the front row, 0.215s shy of pole, with Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) third on the grid. Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) missed the cut by 0.294s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.895s — pole to P10 — with Heinz-Harald Frentzen (Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:26.890 | — | — | 1:26.890 |
| 2 | Damon Hill | Williams | 1:27.105 | — | — | +0.215 |
| 3 | Jacques Villeneuve | Williams | 1:27.220 | — | — | +0.330 |
| 4 | David Coulthard |
| McLaren |
| 1:27.688 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.798 |
| 5 | Jean Alesi | Benetton | 1:28.009 | — | — | +1.119 |
| 6 | Eddie Irvine | Ferrari | 1:28.205 | — | — | +1.315 |
| 7 | Gerhard Berger | Benetton | 1:28.336 | — | — | +1.446 |
| 8 | Mika Salo | Tyrrell | 1:28.423 | — | — | +1.533 |
| 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Jordan | 1:28.632 | — | — | +1.742 |
| 10 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen | Sauber | 1:28.785 | — | — | +1.895 |
| 11 | Mika Häkkinen | McLaren | 1:29.079 | — | — | +2.189 |
| 12 | Martin Brundle | Jordan | 1:29.099 | — | — | +2.209 |
| 13 | Olivier Panis | Ligier | 1:29.472 | — | — | +2.582 |
| 14 | Jos Verstappen | Footwork | 1:29.539 | — | — | +2.649 |
| 15 | Johnny Herbert | Sauber | 1:29.541 | — | — | +2.651 |
| 16 | Ukyo Katayama | Tyrrell | 1:29.892 | — | — | +3.002 |
| 17 | Pedro Diniz | Ligier | 1:29.989 | — | — | +3.099 |
| 18 | Pedro Lamy | Minardi | 1:30.471 | — | — | +3.581 |
| 19 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Minardi | 1:30.814 | — | — | +3.924 |
| 20 | Ricardo Rosset | Footwork | 1:31.316 | — | — | +4.426 |
| 21 | Luca Badoer | Forti | 1:32.037 | — | — | +5.147 |
| 22 | Andrea Montermini | Forti | — | — | — | — |