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href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a>, Brazil</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Course</th><td class="infobox-data">Permanent racing facility<br />1.864 mi / 3.000 km</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Distance</th><td class="infobox-data">133 laps<br />247.912 mi / 398.976 km</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">Pole position</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Driver</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Zanardi" title="Alex Zanardi">Alex Zanardi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chip_Ganassi_Racing" title="Chip Ganassi Racing">Target Chip Ganassi Racing</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Time</th><td class="infobox-data">167.084 mph</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Fastest_lap" title="Fastest lap">Fastest lap</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Driver</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gil_de_Ferran" title="Gil de Ferran">Gil de Ferran</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jim_Hall_(racing_driver)" title="Jim Hall (racing driver)">Jim Hall</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Time</th><td class="infobox-data">167.3 mph (on lap of 133)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#efefef;"><a href="/wiki/Podium" title="Podium">Podium</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Ribeiro_(racing_driver)" title="André Ribeiro (racing driver)">André Ribeiro</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tasman_Motorsports" title="Tasman Motorsports">Tasman Motorsports</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Second</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Al_Unser_Jr." title="Al Unser Jr.">Al Unser Jr.</a> (<a href="/wiki/Penske_Racing" class="mw-redirect" title="Penske Racing">Penske Racing</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Third</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Pruett" title="Scott Pruett">Scott Pruett</a> (<a href="/wiki/Patrick_Racing" title="Patrick Racing">Patrick Racing</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Motor car race</div> <p>The <b>1996 Rio 400</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Champ_Car" class="mw-redirect" title="Champ Car">CART</a> race at the <a href="/wiki/Aut%C3%B3dromo_Internacional_Nelson_Piquet" title="Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet">Emerson Fittipaldi Speedway</a>. It happened on March 17, 1996. It was the 2nd round of the <a href="/wiki/1996_IndyCar_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1996 IndyCar season">1996 IndyCar season</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Starting_grid">Starting grid</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_IndyCar_Rio_400&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Starting grid"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Zanardi" title="Alex Zanardi">Alex Zanardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Vasser" title="Jimmy Vasser">Jimmy Vasser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Ribeiro_(racing_driver)" title="André Ribeiro (racing driver)">André Ribeiro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Moore_(racing_driver)" title="Greg Moore (racing driver)">Greg Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker_Johnstone" title="Parker Johnstone">Parker Johnstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Rahal" title="Bobby Rahal">Bobby Rahal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gil_de_Ferran" title="Gil de Ferran">Gil de Ferran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Fernandez" class="mw-redirect" title="Adrian Fernandez">Adrian Fernandez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maur%C3%ADcio_Gugelmin" title="Maurício Gugelmin">Maurício Gugelmin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Pruett" title="Scott Pruett">Scott Pruett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robby_Gordon" title="Robby Gordon">Robby Gordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Unser_Jr." title="Al Unser Jr.">Al Unser Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emerson_Fittipaldi" title="Emerson Fittipaldi">Emerson Fittipaldi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Moreno" title="Roberto Moreno">Roberto Moreno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Andretti" title="Michael Andretti">Michael Andretti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Herta" title="Bryan Herta">Bryan Herta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Guerrero_(racing_driver)" title="Carlos Guerrero (racing driver)">Carlos Guerrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Blundell" title="Mark Blundell">Mark Blundell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Lawson" title="Eddie Lawson">Eddie Lawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiro_Matsushita" title="Hiro Matsushita">Hiro Matsushita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stefan_Johansson" title="Stefan Johansson">Stefan Johansson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Krosnoff" title="Jeff Krosnoff">Jeff Krosnoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marco_Greco" title="Marco Greco">Marco Greco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Manuel_Fangio_II" title="Juan Manuel Fangio II">Juan Manuel Fangio II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Tracy" title="Paul Tracy">Paul Tracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raul_Boesel" title="Raul Boesel">Raul Boesel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Fittipaldi" title="Christian Fittipaldi">Christian Fittipaldi</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Did_not_start">Did not start</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_IndyCar_Rio_400&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Did not start"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Goodyear" title="Scott Goodyear">Scott Goodyear</a> Wrecked during practice; sidelined for most of the season</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Race">Race</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_IndyCar_Rio_400&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On lap 11, <a href="/wiki/Mark_Blundell" title="Mark Blundell">Mark Blundell</a> had a serious crash in turn 4, suffering a broken foot. The race continued under yellow caution flags until lap 23, with <a href="/wiki/Alex_Zanardi" title="Alex Zanardi">Alex Zanardi</a> leading from <a href="/wiki/Greg_Moore_(racing_driver)" title="Greg Moore (racing driver)">Greg Moore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Ribeiro_(racing_driver)" title="André Ribeiro (racing driver)">André Ribeiro</a>. De Ferran ran out of fuel on lap 80. Moore had taken the lead, but retired with suspension problems on lap 115. Ribeiro eventually won from <a href="/wiki/Al_Unser_Jr." title="Al Unser Jr.">Al Unser Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scott_Pruett" title="Scott Pruett">Scott Pruett</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Final_results">Final results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_IndyCar_Rio_400&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Final results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Top 12</b> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Ribeiro_(racing_driver)" title="André Ribeiro (racing driver)">André Ribeiro</a> 133 laps</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Unser_Jr." title="Al Unser Jr.">Al Unser Jr.</a> +2.14 seconds</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Pruett" title="Scott Pruett">Scott Pruett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Zanardi" title="Alex Zanardi">Alex Zanardi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Fittipaldi" title="Christian Fittipaldi">Christian Fittipaldi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Rahal" title="Bobby Rahal">Bobby Rahal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raul_Boesel" title="Raul Boesel">Raul Boesel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Vasser" title="Jimmy Vasser">Jimmy Vasser</a> +1</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Moreno" title="Roberto Moreno">Roberto Moreno</a> +1</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gil_de_Ferran" title="Gil de Ferran">Gil de Ferran</a> +2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emerson_Fittipaldi" title="Emerson Fittipaldi">Emerson Fittipaldi</a> +2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marco_Greco" title="Marco Greco">Marco Greco</a> +2</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Drivers_who_did_not_complete_the_race">Drivers who did not complete the race</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_IndyCar_Rio_400&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Drivers who did not complete the race"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Robby_Gordon" title="Robby Gordon">Robby Gordon</a> +9 Contact</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parker_Johnstone" title="Parker Johnstone">Parker Johnstone</a> +15 Fuel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Moore_(racing_driver)" title="Greg Moore (racing driver)">Greg Moore</a> +17 Contact</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Tracy" title="Paul Tracy">Paul Tracy</a> +31 Contact w/ Greco</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Guerrero_(racing_driver)" title="Carlos Guerrero (racing driver)">Carlos Guerrero</a> +38 Engine</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eddie_Lawson" title="Eddie Lawson">Eddie Lawson</a> +46 Broken drive line</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Andretti" title="Michael Andretti">Michael Andretti</a> +47 Engine</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stefan_Johansson" title="Stefan Johansson">Stefan Johansson</a> +72 Cooling</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiro_Matsushita" title="Hiro Matsushita">Hiro Matsushita</a> +80 Header</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maur%C3%ADcio_Gugelmin" title="Maurício Gugelmin">Maurício Gugelmin</a> +84 Suspension</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Krosnoff" title="Jeff Krosnoff">Jeff Krosnoff</a> +96 Engine</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Blundell" title="Mark Blundell">Mark Blundell</a> +123 Contact</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Point_standings">Point standings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_IndyCar_Rio_400&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Point standings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>After 2 of 16 races</b> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Pruett" title="Scott Pruett">Scott Pruett</a> 26 points</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Vasser" title="Jimmy Vasser">Jimmy Vasser</a> 25 points</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Unser_Jr." title="Al Unser Jr.">Al Unser Jr.</a> 21 points</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Ribeiro_(racing_driver)" title="André Ribeiro (racing driver)">André Ribeiro</a> 20 points</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gil_de_Ferran" title="Gil de Ferran">Gil de Ferran</a> 19 points</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Rahal" title="Bobby Rahal">Bobby Rahal</a> 18 points</li></ol> <table style="margin:0.5em auto; 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