简介：The1996FIAFormulaOneWorldChampionshipwasthe50thseasonofFIAFormulaOnemotorracing.Thechampionshipcommencedon10March1996andendedon13Octoberaftersixteenraces.TwoWorldChampionshiptitleswereawarded,oneforDriversandoneforConstructors. DamonHillwontheDrivers'ChampionshiptwoyearsafterbeingbeatenbyapointbyMichaelSchumacher,makinghimthefirstsonofaWorldChampion(hisfatherGrahamhavingwonthetitlein1962and1968)tohavewonthetitlehimself.Hill,whohadfinishedrunner-upforthepasttwoseasons,wasseriouslythreatenedonlybyhisteammate,newcomerJacquesVilleneuve,the1995IndyCarandIndianapolis500champion.Williams-RenaulteasilywontheConstructors'title,astherewasnoothercompetitorstrongenoughtopostaconsistentchallengethroughoutthechampionship.ThiswasalsothebeginningoftheendofWilliams's1990sdominance,asitwasannouncedthatHillanddesignerAdrianNeweywoulddepartattheconclusionoftheseason,withenginemanufacturerRenaultalsoleavingafter1997. Two-timedefendingworldchampionMichaelSchumacherhadmovedtoFerrarianddespitenumerousreliabilityproblems,theyhadgraduallydevelopedintoafront-runningteambytheendoftheseason.DefendingConstructors'ChampionBenettonbegantheirdeclinetowardsthemiddleofthegrid,havinglostkeypersonnelduetoSchumacher'sdeparture,andfailedtowinarace.OlivierPanistooktheonlyvictoryofhiscareerattheMonacoGrandPrix.…