The 1996

Formula One Indoor Trophy The Formula One Indoor Trophy or Trofeo Indoor Formula One was a non-championship Formula One sprint held at the Bologna Motor Show between 1988 and 1996. Despite having ''Indoor'' in the name of the race, the race was staged outside. The first race ...

took place on December 7–8 at the

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. The winner was

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in a Benetton-

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. The 1996 running of the event was the last non-championship Formula One event of any kind, as the event switched to

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cars for the next year's running.

Participants

Results

Preliminary rounds

† By finishing fourth, Nakano should have progressed to the knockout stage. However, by crashing his car he could not compete and his place was inherited by Tarso Marques.

Knockout stage

References

Bologna Sprint - The GEL Motorsport Information Page

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