1996 Formula One Indoor Trophy

The 1996 Formula One Indoor Trophy took place on December 7–8 at the Bologna Motor Show. The winner was Giancarlo Fisichella in a Benetton-Renault. The 1996 running of the event was the last non-championship Formula One event of any kind, as the event switched to Formula 3000 cars for the next year's running.

Participants edit

Driver Team
  Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Renault
  Giovanni Lavaggi Minardi-Ford
  Tarso Marques Minardi-Ford
  Shinji Nakano Ligier-Mugen Honda
  Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen Honda
  Jarno Trulli Benetton-Renault

Results edit

Preliminary rounds edit

Pos Driver Team Points
1   Jarno Trulli Benetton-Renault 18
2   Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Renault 14
3   Giovanni Lavaggi Minardi-Ford 10
4   Shinji Nakano Ligier-Mugen Honda 8 †
5   Tarso Marques Minardi-Ford 6
6   Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen Honda 2

By finishing fourth, Nakano should have progressed to the knockout stage. However, by crashing his car he could not compete and his place was inherited by Tarso Marques.

Knockout stage edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
  Giancarlo Fisichella2
 
 
 
  Tarso Marques0
 
  Giancarlo Fisichella2
 
 
 
  Giovanni Lavaggi0
 
  Jarno Trulli0
 
 
  Giovanni Lavaggi2
 

References edit