Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit · 10 March 1996
Damon Hill won the 1996 Australian Grand Prix for Williams from 2nd on the grid, 38.02s ahead of Jacques Villeneuve. Pedro Diniz gained the most places, from 20th on the grid to 10th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Williams Hill 10 + Villeneuve 6 | Hill 10 + Villeneuve 6 | 16 | |
| 2 | Ferrari Irvine 4 + Schumacher 0 | Irvine 4 + Schumacher 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Benetton Berger 3 + Alesi 0 | Berger 3 + Alesi 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | McLaren Häkkinen 2 + Coulthard 0 | Häkkinen 2 + Coulthard 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Tyrrell Salo 1 + Katayama 0 | Salo 1 + Katayama 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Ligier Panis 0 + Diniz 0 | Panis 0 + Diniz 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Sauber Frentzen 0 + Herbert 0 | Frentzen 0 + Herbert 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Footwork Rosset 0 + Verstappen 0 | Rosset 0 + Verstappen 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Minardi Lamy 0 + Fisichella 0 | Lamy 0 + Fisichella 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Jordan Barrichello 0 + Brundle 0 | Barrichello 0 + Brundle 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damon Hill Williams | Williams | 1:32:50.400 | 58 | — | 10 | |
| 2 | Jacques Villeneuve Williams | Williams | +38.020s | 58 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Eddie Irvine Ferrari | Ferrari | +1:02.571 | 58 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger Benetton | Benetton | +1:17.037 | 58 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Mika Häkkinen McLaren | McLaren | +1:35.071 | 58 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Mika Salo Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 57 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Olivier Panis Ligier | Ligier | +1 Lap | 57 | — | — | |
| 8 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber | Sauber | +1 Lap | 57 | — | — | |
| 9 | Ricardo Rosset Footwork | Footwork | +2 Laps | 56 | — | — | |
| 10 | Pedro Diniz Ligier | Ligier | +2 Laps | 56 | — | — | |
| 11 | Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +3 Laps | 55 | — | — | |
| DNF | Pedro Lamy Minardi | Minardi | DNF Safety belt | 42 | — | — | |
| DNF | Michael Schumacher Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Brakes | 32 | — | — | |
| DNF | Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi | Minardi | DNF Clutch | 32 | — | — | |
| DNF | Rubens Barrichello Jordan | Jordan | DNF Engine | 29 | — | — | |
| DNF | David Coulthard McLaren | McLaren | DNF Throttle | 24 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jos Verstappen Footwork | Footwork | DNF Engine | 15 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jean Alesi Benetton | Benetton | DNF Collision | 9 | — | — | |
| DNF | Martin Brundle Jordan | Jordan | DNF Collision | 1 | — | — | |
| DNS | Johnny Herbert Sauber | Sauber | DNS Collision | 0 | — | — |