Indy Car World Series 1996 – Race 2: Rio de Janeiro (oval)

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17 Mar 1996

Race result

Finishers
1.	#31 Andre Ribeiro Tasman Motorsports Group · Lola T96/00 - Honda	20
2.	#2 Al, jr. Unser Team Penske · Penske PC25 - Mercedes	16
3.	#20 Scott Pruett Patrick Racing · Lola T96/00 - Ford	14
4.	#4 Alessandro Zanardi + Chip Ganassi Racing · Reynard 96i - Honda	13
5.	#11 Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing · Lola T96/00 - Ford	10
6.	#18 Bobby Rahal Team Rahal · Reynard 96i - Mercedes	8
7.	#1 Raul Boesel Team Green · Reynard 96i - Honda	6
8.	#12 Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing · Reynard 96i - Honda	5
9.	#34 Roberto Moreno Payton/Coyne Racing · Lola T96/00 - Ford	4
10.	#8 Gil de Ferran Jim Hall Racing · Reynard 96i - Honda	3
11.	#9 Emerson Fittipaldi Hogan Racing · Penske PC25 - Mercedes	2
12.	#7 Marco Greco Dick Simon Racing · Lola T96/00 - Ford	1
13.	#28 Bryan Herta Team Rahal · Reynard 96i - Mercedes
14.	#32 Adrian Fernandez Tasman Motorsports Group · Lola T96/00 - Honda
17.	#36 Juan Manuel Fangio II All American Racers · Eagle Mk V - Toyota
Classified, not running at the finish
15.	#5 Robby Gordon Walker Racing · Reynard 96i - Ford
16.	#49 Parker Johnstone Brix / Comptech Racing · Reynard 96i - Honda
18.	#99 Greg Moore Forsythe Racing · Reynard 96i - Mercedes
Retirements
R	#17 Mauricio Gugelmin PacWest Racing · Reynard 96i - Ford
R	#6 Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing · Lola T96/00 - Ford
R	#22 Carlos Guerrero Dick Simon Racing · Lola T96/00 - Ford
R	#21 Mark Blundell PacWest Racing · Reynard 96i - Ford
R	#10 Eddie Lawson Galles Racing · Lola T96/00 - Mercedes
R	#19 Hiro Matsushita Payton/Coyne Racing · Lola T96/00 - Ford
R	#16 Stefan Johansson Bettenhausen Motorsports · Reynard 96i - Mercedes
R	#25 Jeff Krosnoff Arciero-Wells Racing · Reynard 96i - Toyota
R	#3 Paul Tracy Team Penske · Penske PC25 - Mercedes
Did not start
ns	#15 Scott Goodyear Walker Racing · Reynard 96i - Ford

Qualifying

Starting grid
1.	#4 Alessandro Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing · Reynard 96i - Honda	1
2.	#12 Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing · Reynard 96i - Honda
3.	#31 Andre Ribeiro Tasman Motorsports Group · Lola T96/00 - Honda
4.	#99 Greg Moore Forsythe Racing · Reynard 96i - Mercedes
5.	#49 Parker Johnstone Brix / Comptech Racing · Reynard 96i - Honda
6.	#18 Bobby Rahal Team Rahal · Reynard 96i - Mercedes
7.	#8 Gil de Ferran Jim Hall Racing · Reynard 96i - Honda
8.	#32 Adrian Fernandez Tasman Motorsports Group · Lola T96/00 - Honda
9.	#17 Mauricio Gugelmin PacWest Racing · Reynard 96i - Ford
10.	#20 Scott Pruett Patrick Racing · Lola T96/00 - Ford
11.	#5 Robby Gordon Walker Racing · Reynard 96i - Ford
12.	#2 Al, jr. Unser Team Penske · Penske PC25 - Mercedes
13.	#9 Emerson Fittipaldi Hogan Racing · Penske PC25 - Mercedes
14.	#34 Roberto Moreno Payton/Coyne Racing · Lola T96/00 - Ford
15.	#6 Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing · Lola T96/00 - Ford
16.	#28 Bryan Herta Team Rahal · Reynard 96i - Mercedes
17.	#22 Carlos Guerrero Dick Simon Racing · Lola T96/00 - Ford
18.	#21 Mark Blundell PacWest Racing · Reynard 96i - Ford
19.	#10 Eddie Lawson Galles Racing · Lola T96/00 - Mercedes
20.	#19 Hiro Matsushita Payton/Coyne Racing · Lola T96/00 - Ford
21.	#16 Stefan Johansson Bettenhausen Motorsports · Reynard 96i - Mercedes
22.	#25 Jeff Krosnoff Arciero-Wells Racing · Reynard 96i - Toyota
23.	#7 Marco Greco Dick Simon Racing · Lola T96/00 - Ford
24.	#36 Juan Manuel Fangio II All American Racers · Eagle Mk V - Toyota
25.	#3 Paul Tracy Team Penske · Penske PC25 - Mercedes
26.	#1 Raul Boesel Team Green · Reynard 96i - Honda
27.	#11 Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing · Lola T96/00 - Ford
Did not take part in qualifying
ns	#15 Scott Goodyear Walker Racing · Reynard 96i - Ford

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