The 1996 Formula One Indoor Trophy took place on December 7–8 at the Bologna Motor Show. The winner was Giancarlo Fisichella in a Benetton-Renault. The 1996 running of the event was the last non-championship Formula One event of any kind, as the event switched to Formula 3000 cars for the next year's running.
Participants
DriverTeam Giancarlo Fisichella Benetton-Renault Giovanni Lavaggi Minardi-Ford Tarso Marques Minardi-Ford Shinji Nakano Ligier-Mugen Honda Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen Honda Jarno Trulli Benetton-Renault
Results
Preliminary rounds
PosDriverTeamPoints1 Jarno TrulliBenetton-Renault182 Giancarlo FisichellaBenetton-Renault143 Giovanni LavaggiMinardi-Ford104 Shinji NakanoLigier-Mugen Honda8 †5 Tarso MarquesMinardi-Ford66 Olivier PanisLigier-Mugen Honda2
† 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