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
Hansen (surname) Hansen (surname) Hansen or Hanssen () is a Scandinavian patronymic surname, meaning "son of Hans". As of 2008, it is the third most common surname in Denmark, shared by 4.3% of the population. As of 2000, "Hansen" is the single most common surname in Norway, not counting spelling variations such as "Hanssen", which are also quite common. In the Faroe Islands "Hansen" is the second most common surname, while in the North German federal states of Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg "Hansen" is the third and fifth most common surname, respectively. In Sweden the parallel form is "Hansson". The frequent occurrences of