1996 Formula One World Championship 1996 Formula One World Championship The 1996 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 50th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. The championship commenced on 10 March 1996 and ended on 13 October after sixteen races. Two World Championship titles were awarded, one for Drivers and one for Constructors. Damon Hill won the Drivers' Championship two years after being beaten by a point by Michael Schumacher, making him the first son of a World Champion (his father Graham having won the title in 1962 and 1968) to have won the title himself. Hill, who had finished runner-up for the
1996–97 UEFA Champions League qualifying round aggregate." "IFK Göteborg won 4–1 on aggregate." "4–4 on aggregate. Widzew Łódź won on away goals." "Grasshopper won 6–0 on aggregate." "Steaua București won 5–2 on aggregate." "Rapid Wien won 6–2 on aggregate." 1996–97 UEFA Champions League qualifying round The 1996–97 UEFA Champions League featured 24 teams, with eight teams (the league champions from the seven top-ranked nations in the UEFA country coefficient table, plus the defending champions from 1995–96) qualifying automatically for the group stage and the remaining 16 (the league champions of the nations ranked 8–23 in the country coefficient table) playing in a two-legged preliminary round. The