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1996 Detroit Grand Prix in CART at the Belle Isle circuit. Full information

1996 Detroit Grand Prix

1996 Detroit Grand Prix is 261st CART race. Passed at the Belle Isle circuit. Scott Pruett won the pole position, Michael Andretti won this race. Christian Fittipaldi and Gil de Ferran also climbed to the podium, in second and third place. Race distance 72 laps (243 km).

Previous race: 1996 Milwaukee Champ Cars
Next race: 1996 Portland Champ Cars
Race Start: 9th June 1996

Interesting facts and statistics about the 1996 Detroit Grand Prix

49th victory for the Newman-Haas Racing team
33rd victory for the Michael Andretti
66th podium for the Michael Andretti
2nd podium for the Christian Fittipaldi
4th podium for the Gil de Ferran

1996 Detroit Grand Prix results

Position	Name	Car	Points	Result	Team
1	Michael Andretti	Lola T96/00, #6	20	2h 45.451s	Newman-Haas Racing
2	Christian Fittipaldi	Lola T96/00, #11	17	2h 46.86s	Newman-Haas Racing
3	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 96I, #8	14	2h 49.733s	Hall Racing
4	Adrian Fernandez	Lola T96/00, #32	12	2h 52.879s	Tasman Motorsports Group
5	Mark Blundell	Reynard 96I, #21	10	2h 54.658s	PacWest Racing Group
6	Eddie Lawson	Lola T96/00, #10	8	2h 55.081s	Galles Racing
7	Stefan Johansson	Reynard 96I, #16	6	2h 55.318s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
8	Raul Boesel	Reynard 96I, #1	5	2h 56.621s	Brahma Sports Team
9	P.J. Jones	Eagle Mk5, #98	4	2h 1m 1.291s	All-American Racers
10	Scott Pruett	Lola T96/00, #20	4	2h 1m 10.643s	Patrick Racing
11	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 96I, #4	2	71 laps	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
12	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 96I, #12	1	71 laps	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
13	Bryan Herta	Reynard 96I, #28	0	71 laps	Team Rahal
14	Parker Johnstone	Reynard 96I, #49	0	71 laps	Brix Comptech Racing
15	Jeff Krosnoff	Reynard 96I, #25	0	71 laps	Arciero-Wells Racing
16	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 96I, #17	0	71 laps	PacWest Racing Group
17	Paul Tracy	Penske PC25, #3	0	71 laps	Marlboro Team Penske
18	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Eagle Mk5, #36	0	71 laps	All-American Racers
19	Hiro Matsushita	Lola T96/00, #19	0	69 laps	Payton-Coyne Racing
20	Greg Moore	Reynard 96I, #99	0	67 laps	Forsythe Racing
21	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 96I, #18	0	60 laps Accident	Team Rahal
22	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC25, #2	0	46 laps Accident	Marlboro Team Penske
23	Roberto Moreno	Lola T96/00, #34	0	41 laps Exhausts	Payton-Coyne Racing
24	Andre Ribeiro	Lola T96/00, #31	0	37 laps Accident	Tasman Motorsports Group
25	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske PC25, #9	0	36 laps Accident	Hogan-Penske Racing
26	Robby Gordon, Michel Jourdain jr	Reynard 96I, #5	0	3 laps Accident	Walker Motorsport

Qualifying Results for the 1996 Detroit Grand Prix on the Belle Isle circuit

Position	Name	Car	Result	Team
1	Scott Pruett	Lola T96/00, #20	1m 11.802s	Patrick Racing
2	Andre Ribeiro	Lola T96/00, #31	1m 12.017s	Tasman Motorsports Group
3	Adrian Fernandez	Lola T96/00, #32	1m 12.06s	Tasman Motorsports Group
4	Parker Johnstone	Reynard 96I, #49	1m 12.379s	Brix Comptech Racing
5	Alessandro Zanardi	Reynard 96I, #4	1m 12.405s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
6	Christian Fittipaldi	Lola T96/00, #11	1m 12.454s	Newman-Haas Racing
7	Gil de Ferran	Reynard 96I, #8	1m 12.46s	Hall Racing
8	Bobby Rahal	Reynard 96I, #18	1m 12.527s	Team Rahal
9	Michael Andretti	Lola T96/00, #6	1m 12.652s	Newman-Haas Racing
10	Robby Gordon	Reynard 96I, #5	1m 12.928s	Walker Motorsport
11	Paul Tracy	Penske PC25, #3	1m 12.93s	Marlboro Team Penske
12	Al Unser, Jr.	Penske PC25, #2	1m 13.026s	Marlboro Team Penske
13	Roberto Moreno	Lola T96/00, #34	1m 13.049s	Payton-Coyne Racing
14	Greg Moore	Reynard 96I, #99	1m 13.121s	Forsythe Racing
15	Mark Blundell	Reynard 96I, #21	1m 13.225s	PacWest Racing Group
16	Bryan Herta	Reynard 96I, #28	1m 13.265s	Team Rahal
17	Emerson Fittipaldi	Penske PC25, #9	1m 13.322s	Hogan-Penske Racing
18	Raul Boesel	Reynard 96I, #1	1m 13.33s	Brahma Sports Team
19	Mauricio Gugelmin	Reynard 96I, #17	1m 13.356s	PacWest Racing Group
20	Jimmy Vasser	Reynard 96I, #12	1m 13.411s	Chip Ganassi Racing Team
21	Jeff Krosnoff	Reynard 96I, #25	1m 14.081s	Arciero-Wells Racing
22	Stefan Johansson	Reynard 96I, #16	1m 15.027s	Bettenhausen Motorsports
23	Eddie Lawson	Lola T96/00, #10	1m 15.066s	Galles Racing
24	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Eagle Mk5, #36	1m 15.415s	All-American Racers
25	P.J. Jones	Eagle Mk5, #98	1m 16.145s	All-American Racers
26	Hiro Matsushita, Michel Jourdain jr	Lola T96/00, #19	1m 16.622s	Payton-Coyne Racing