| Rothmans Williams Renault – 175(1) | |||||
| Year | Points(Position) | Car | Driver | Chassis | Engine |
| 1996 | 97(1) | 5 | Damon Hill | FW18 | RS8/8B |
| 78(2) | 6 | Jacques Villeneuve |
After thousands of miles running over the winter Jacques Villeneuve is well prepared for the season ahead. He serves notice of his intention to fight for the championship from day one by taking pole in the first race in Australia and very nearly winning it.
Villeneuve had only to wait until the fourth round, at Nurburgring, Germany, to seal his first race win.
June, Canada – Renault announce that they are pulling out of F1 from 1998 Williams state that they will not make any announcement on future power-plants until the second half of 1997.
Over the course of the year Damon Hill drives a near faultless season, making up for his lacklustre performances the previous year and takes the title. However it is announced before the season’s end that Hill would not be retained and would be replaced by Sauber driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen.
Williams add yet another constructors championship to their already long list of previous wins.
| Williams Renault Dealer Racing – 288(3) | |||||
| Year | Points(Position) | Car | Driver | Chassis | Engine |
| 1996 | 197(2) | 2 | Alain Menu | Laguna | Renault |
| 92(9) | 4 | Will Hoy |
Results
| Year | Round | Country | Driver | Grid Pos | Finish Pos | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1 | Australian Grand Prix | Jacques Villeneuve | 1 | 2 | Finished |
| 1996 | 1 | Australian Grand Prix | Damon Hill | 2 | 1 | Finished |
| 1996 | 2 | Brazilian Grand Prix | Jacques Villeneuve | 3 | 17 | Spun off |
| 1996 | 2 | Brazilian Grand Prix | Damon Hill | 1 | 1 | Finished |
| 1996 | 3 | Argentine Grand Prix | Jacques Villeneuve | 3 | 2 | Finished |
| 1996 | 3 | Argentine Grand Prix | Damon Hill | 1 | 1 | Finished |
| 1996 | 4 | European Grand Prix | Jacques Villeneuve | 2 | 1 | Finished |
| 1996 | 4 | European Grand Prix | Damon Hill | 1 | 4 | Finished |
| 1996 | 5 | San Marino Grand Prix | Jacques Villeneuve | 3 | 11 | Suspension |
| 1996 | 5 | San Marino Grand Prix | Damon Hill | 2 | 1 | Finished |
| 1996 | 6 | Monaco Grand Prix | Jacques Villeneuve | 10 | 8 | Collision |
| 1996 | 6 | Monaco Grand Prix | Damon Hill | 2 | 11 | Engine |
| 1996 | 7 | Spanish Grand Prix | Jacques Villeneuve | 2 | 3 | Finished |
| 1996 | 7 | Spanish Grand Prix | Damon Hill | 1 | 13 | Spun off |
| 1996 | 8 | Canadian Grand Prix | Jacques Villeneuve | 2 | 2 | Finished |
| 1996 | 8 | Canadian Grand Prix | Damon Hill | 1 | 1 | Finished |
| 1996 | 9 | French Grand Prix | Jacques Villeneuve | 6 | 2 | Finished |
| 1996 | 9 | French Grand Prix | Damon Hill | 2 | 1 | Finished |
| 1996 | 10 | British Grand Prix | Jacques Villeneuve | 2 | 1 | Finished |
| 1996 | 10 | British Grand Prix | Damon Hill | 1 | 15 | Wheel |
| 1996 | 11 | German Grand Prix | Jacques Villeneuve | 6 | 3 | Finished |
| 1996 | 11 | German Grand Prix | Damon Hill | 1 | 1 | Finished |
| 1996 | 12 | Hungarian Grand Prix | Jacques Villeneuve | 3 | 1 | Finished |
| 1996 | 12 | Hungarian Grand Prix | Damon Hill | 2 | 2 | Finished |
| 1996 | 13 | Belgian Grand Prix | Jacques Villeneuve | 1 | 2 | Finished |
| 1996 | 13 | Belgian Grand Prix | Damon Hill | 2 | 5 | Finished |
| 1996 | 14 | Italian Grand Prix | Jacques Villeneuve | 2 | 7 | +1 Lap |
| 1996 | 14 | Italian Grand Prix | Damon Hill | 1 | 16 | Spun off |
| 1996 | 15 | Portuguese Grand Prix | Jacques Villeneuve | 2 | 1 | Finished |
| 1996 | 15 | Portuguese Grand Prix | Damon Hill | 1 | 2 | Finished |
| 1996 | 16 | Japanese Grand Prix | Jacques Villeneuve | 1 | 16 | Wheel |
| 1996 | 16 | Japanese Grand Prix | Damon Hill | 2 | 1 | Finished |
