F1: Belgian GP Friday 1st practice

• tomh@motorsport.com (Tom Haapanen)
• MNI - Motorsport News International
• Sat Aug 24 11:15:42 EDT 1996

Pos  Driver                  Nat  Constructor            Time     Gap  To 1st
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 1.  Gerhard Berger          A    Benetton-Renault   1:55.288
 2.  Michael Schumacher      D    Ferrari            1:55.333   0.045   0.045
 3.  Damon Hill              GB   Williams-Renault   1:55.435   0.102   0.147
 4.  David Coulthard         GB   McLaren-Mercedes   1:55.661   0.226   0.373
 5.  Heinz-Harald Frentzen   D    Sauber-Ford        1:55.860   0.199   0.572
 6.  Johnny Herbert          GB   Sauber-Ford        1:56.318   0.458   1.030
 7.  Jean Alesi              F    Benetton-Renault   1:56.469   0.151   1.181
 8.  Eddie Irvine            GB   Ferrari            1:56.481   0.012   1.193
 9.  Mika Hakkinen           FIN  McLaren-Mercedes   1:56.978   0.497   1.690
10.  Martin Brundle          GB   Jordan-Peugeot     1:57.006   0.028   1.718
11.  Jacques Villeneuve      CDN  Williams-Renault   1:57.023   0.017   1.735
12.  Olivier Panis           F    Ligier-Mugen       1:58.074   1.051   2.786
13.  Ukyo Katayama           J    Tyrrell-Yamaha     1:58.540   0.466   3.252
14.  Mika Salo               FIN  Tyrrell-Yamaha     1:58.620   0.080   3.332
15.  Rubens Barrichello      BR   Jordan-Peugeot     1:58.796   0.176   3.508
16.  Pedro Diniz             BR   Ligier-Mugen       1:58.929   0.133   3.641
17.  Jos Verstappen          NL   Arrows-Hart        1:59.608   0.679   4.320
18.  Ricardo Rosset          BR   Arrows-Hart        1:59.889   0.281   4.601
19.  Pedro Lamy              P    Minardi-Ford ED    2:00.152   0.263   4.864

107% of fastest time: 2:03.358