1996 Formula One Indoor Trophy

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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
Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Renault
Italy Giovanni Lavaggi Minardi-Ford
Brazil Tarso Marques Minardi-Ford
Japan Shinji Nakano Ligier-Mugen Honda
France Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen Honda
Italy Jarno Trulli Benetton-Renault

Results[edit]

Preliminary rounds[edit]

Pos Driver Team Points
1 Italy Jarno Trulli Benetton-Renault 18
2 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Renault 14
3 Italy Giovanni Lavaggi Minardi-Ford 10
4 Japan Shinji Nakano Ligier-Mugen Honda 8 †
5 Brazil Tarso Marques Minardi-Ford 6
6 France 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
 
      
 
 
 
 
Italy Giancarlo Fisichella2
 
 
 
Brazil Tarso Marques0
 
Italy Giancarlo Fisichella2
 
 
 
Italy Giovanni Lavaggi0
 
Italy Jarno Trulli0
 
 
Italy Giovanni Lavaggi2
 

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