1996 Indy Car Rio 400

Race 2 of 16

Rio de Janeiro
133 laps
Time of race: 2:06:08.100
Average speed of winner: 117.927 mph
Margin of victory: 2.141 sec.
Lead changes: 8 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 47 laps
Fastest lap: Gil de Ferran 167.258
Lap leaders: Zanardi 1-6, Ribeiro 7, Zanardi 8-60, de Ferran 61-80, Moore 81-97, Zanardi 98-102, Gordon 103-104, Moore 105-115, Ribeiro 116-133

Race notes: First pole for Alex Zanardi. Finale for Marco Greco. Scott Pruett took the points lead from Jimmy Vasser.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Owner	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Points
1	3	André Ribeiro	31	LCI International	Lola	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	166.758	133	2	19	flagged	20
2	12	Al Unser, Jr.	2	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske	163.824	133	0	0	flagged	16
3	10	Scott Pruett	20	Firestone/Patrick Racing	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Patrick	164.344	133	0	0	flagged	14
4	1	Alex Zanardi	4	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	167.084	133	3	64	flagged	14
5	27	Christian Fittipaldi	11	Kmart/Budweiser	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas		133	0	0	flagged	10
6	6	Bobby Rahal	18	Miller Genuine Draft	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Rahal	165.514	133	0	0	flagged	8
7	26	Raul Boesel	1	Brahma Sports Car	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Green		133	0	0	flagged	6
8	2	Jimmy Vasser	12	Target	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Ganassi	166.952	132	0	0	flagged	5
9	14	Roberto Moreno	34	Data Control/Mi-Jack	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Coyne	163.282	132	0	0	flagged	4
10	7	Gil de Ferran	8	Pennzoil Special	Reynard	Honda	Goodyear	Hall	165.208	131	1	20	flagged	3
11	13	Emerson Fittipaldi	9	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Hogan	163.439	131	0	0	flagged	2
12	23	Marco Greco	7	Cristal/Copec/Mobil 1	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Simon	156.380	131	0	0	flagged	1
13	16	Bryan Herta	28	Shell	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Rahal	163.083	131	0	0	flagged	0
14	8	Adrián Fernández	32	Tecate/Quaker State	Lola	Honda	Firestone	Tasman	164.895	126	0	0	flagged	0
15	11	Robby Gordon	5	Valvoline/Cummins	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	Walker	163.931	124	1	2	contact	0
16	5	Parker Johnstone	49	Motorola	Reynard	Honda	Firestone	Comptech	165.518	118	0	0	fuel	0
17	24	Juan Manuel Fangio II	36	All American Racers	Eagle	Toyota	Goodyear	AAR	152.249	118	0	0	flagged	0
18	4	Greg Moore	99	Player's/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	Firestone	Forsythe	165.525	116	2	28	engine	0
19	25	Paul Tracy	3	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	Goodyear	Penske		102	0	0	contact	0
20	17	Carlos Guerrero	22	Herdez	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Simon	161.834	95	0	0	engine	0
21	19	Eddie Lawson	10	Delco Electronics	Lola	Mercedes	Goodyear	Galles	161.568	87	0	0	drive line	0
22	15	Michael Andretti	6	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Lola	Ford	Goodyear	Newman-Haas	163.136	86	0	0	engine	0
23	21	Stefan Johansson	16	Alumax Aluminum	Reynard	Mercedes	Goodyear	Bettenhausen	159.385	61	0	0	cooling	0
24	20	Hiro Matsushita	19	Panasonic-Duskin	Lola	Ford	Firestone	Coyne	160.880	53	0	0	header	0
25	9	Mauricio Gugelmin	17	Hollywood	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	PacWest	164.500	49	0	0	suspension	0
26	22	Jeff Krosnoff	25	Arciero/Wells Racing	Reynard	Toyota	Firestone	Arciero	158.732	37	0	0	engine	0
27	18	Mark Blundell	21	VISA/PacWest	Reynard	Ford	Goodyear	PacWest	161.678	10	0	0	contact	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Podiums
1	Scott Pruett	26	2	0	0	1
2	Jimmy Vasser	25	2	0	1	1
3	Al Unser, Jr.	21	2	0	0	1
4	André Ribeiro	20	2	0	1	1
5	Gil de Ferran	19	2	0	0	1
6	Bobby Rahal	18	2	0	0	0
7	Christian Fittipaldi	18	2	0	0	0
8	Robby Gordon	14	2	0	0	1
9	Alex Zanardi	14	2	1	0	0
10	Greg Moore	6	2	0	0	0
11	Raul Boesel	6	2	0	0	0
12	Michael Andretti	4	2	0	0	0
13	Roberto Moreno	4	2	0	0	0
14	Bryan Herta	3	2	0	0	0
15	Adrián Fernández	2	2	0	0	0
16	Emerson Fittipaldi	2	2	0	0	0
17	Paul Tracy	2	2	1	0	0
18	Scott Goodyear	1	1	0	0	0
19	Marco Greco	1	2	0	0	0
20	Eddie Lawson	0	2	0	0	0
21	Parker Johnstone	0	1	0	0	0
22	Mark Blundell	0	2	0	0	0
23	Juan Manuel Fangio II	0	2	0	0	0
24	Hiro Matsushita	0	2	0	0	0
25	Stefan Johansson	0	2	0	0	0