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1996 Grand Prix of Long Beach

The 1996 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the 4th round of the 1996 IndyCar season. It happened on April 14, 1996, on the streets of Long Beach, California.

Race

Start

At the end of lap 1, de Ferran was leading the race, as he led most laps of the race.

Laps 4–39

At lap 4, Brazilian driver André Ribeiro crashed at turn 1. He retired. At lap 14, the top 6 was: Gil de Ferran, Alex Zanardi, Jimmy Vasser, Scott Pruett, Paul Tracy and Parker Johnstone. The 1st caution came out at lap 39, as Zanardi had hit Bobby Rahal at turn 1. Zanardi retired. At the same lap, Robby Gordon had a fire in his pit area. Despite this, Robby did not retire.

Laps 41–65

The top 6 at lap 41 was: de Ferran, Vasser, Tracy, Johnstone, Pruett and Greg Moore. At lap 49, the 2nd caution came out, as Moore collided with Christian Fittipaldi at the last turn before the hairpin. Both retired. Emerson Fittipaldi had hit some debris from that collision, thus, damaging the suspension of his car. He also retired. Al Unser Jr. was now in sixth place. Then, at lap 54, Raul Boesel committed a mistake and missed the turn 1. He would do this again laps later. At lap 57, Robby Gordon had hit Bryan Herta at the hairpin. They did not retired. At lap 65, Teo Fabi, who was replacing Mark Blundell, after he suffered a broken foot at the Rio 400, suffered a puncture. The cause of the puncture, probably, was when he collided with Michael Andretti at the opening laps. Andretti had hit Fabi from behind and damaged his front wing.

Laps 70–95

The 3rd caution came out, as Robby Gordon had hit the wall. The top 10 was: de Ferran, Tracy, Vasser, Johnstone, Unser Jr., Adrian Fernandez, Andretti, Roberto Moreno, Eddie Lawson and Richie Hearn. At the same lap, Paul Tracy was black flagged after overtaking Vasser during caution. He did a stop-and-go penalty one lap later. At lap 95, Dennis Vitolo retired due to mechanical problems

Closing stages

With 4 laps to go, de Ferran suffered mechanical problems and lost the lead to Jimmy Vasser. Then, 1 lap later, Bobby Rahal and Bryan Herta collided at the hairpin. Jimmy Vasser won the race.

Final results

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
12	USA Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing	105	1:44:02.363	3	20
49	USA Parker Johnstone	Comptech Racing	105	+ 3.447	6	16
2	USA Al Unser Jr.	Penske Racing	105	+ 4.409	9	14
3	Canada Paul Tracy	Penske Racing	105	+ 5.000	4	12
8	Brazil Gil de Ferran	Jim Hall Racing	105	+ 32.073	1	12
32	Mexico Adrián Fernández	Tasman Motorsports	105	+ 36.322	13	8
6	USA Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	104	+ 1 Lap	12	6
34	Brazil Roberto Moreno	Payton/Coyne Racing	104	+ 1 Lap	18	5
10	USA Eddie Lawson	Galles Racing International	104	+ 1 Lap	24	4
44	USA Richie Hearn	Della Penna Motorsports	103	+ 2 Laps	22	3
20	USA Scott Pruett	Patrick Racing	103	+ 2 Laps	5	2
28	USA Bryan Herta	Team Rahal	100	+ 5 Laps	17	1
5	USA Robby Gordon	Walker Racing	98	+ 7 Laps	7
18	USA Bobby Rahal	Team Rahal	98	+ 7 Laps	21
17	BRA Maurício Gugelmin	PacWest Racing	97	+ 8 Laps	11
1	BRA Raul Boesel	Team Green	90	+ 15 Laps	16
64	USA Dennis Vitolo	Project Indy	87	Electrical	28
21	ITA Teo Fabi	PacWest Racing	86	Clutch	19
16	SWE Stefan Johansson	Bettenhausen Racing	50	Engine	20
9	BRA Emerson Fittipaldi	Hogan-Penske Racing	48	Accident	14
11	BRA Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	47	Accident	10
99	CAN Greg Moore	Team Forsythe	47	Accident	8
22	MEX Michel Jourdain Jr.	Team Scandia	46	Radiator	27
4	ITA Alex Zanardi	Chip Ganassi Racing	39	Accident	2
36	ARG Juan Fangio II	All American Racers	29	Oil leak	26
25	USA Jeff Krosnoff	Arciero/Wells Racing	23	Engine	23
31	BRA André Ribeiro	Tasman Motorsports	4	Accident	15
19	JPN Hiro Matsushita	Payton/Coyne Racing	1	Electrical	25
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References

"1996 Long Beach Grand Prix".
"1996 Grand Prix of Long Beach weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac.
"Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach". Ultimate Racing History.
"1996 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach". Champ Car Stats.

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