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The 1996 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on October 13 1996 at Suzuka. It was the 16th and final race of the 1996 Formula One season.Williams’ Damon Hill took his eighth win of the season and with it the Drivers’ Championship after team-mate and pole-sitter Jacques Villeneuve made a poor start and then retired when a wheel fell off. Villeneuve had needed to win the race without Hill scoring in order to win the Championship himself.