Grand Prix Gold: 1996 British GP  Grand Prix Gold: 1996 British
GP  It was meant to be Damon Hill's day, but a poor start and a
loose wheel handed Jacques Villeneuve the advantage - even if
post-race protests meant he had to wait for three hours to
finally have his victory confirmed  The battle, if so it may be
called, began only after the race. Jacques Villeneuve took the
chequered flag at the end of the British Grand Prix, but it was
not until three and a half hours later that he was confirmed as
winner of the race, a Benetton protest having failed.  If
Villeneuve drove a flawless race to victory, Damon Hill, of
course, was the man the crowd wished to see win at home. Hill
narrowly beat his Williams-Renault team-mate to the pole, but
made a poor start, and was engulfed by several cars in the
opening seconds, never getting higher than fourth before
spinning into retirement, this precipitated by a loose front
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