FIA issued a press release in Paris. This was reported in the homepage of "La Gazzetta dello sport".
Numbers for 1996 (official):
Ferrari 1 Schumacher 2 Irvine Benetton-Renault 3 Alesi 4 Berger Williams-Renault 5 Hill 6 Villeneuve McLaren-Mercedes 7 Hakkinen 8 Coulthard Ligier-Mugen Honda 9 TBA 10 TBA Jordan-Peugeot 11 Barrichello 12 Brundle Sauber-Ford 14 TBA 15 Frentzen Footwork-Hart 16 TBA 17 TBA Tyrrell-Yamaha 18 TBA 19 Salo Minardi 20 TBA 21 TBA Forti-Ford 22 TBA 23 TBA
DAMS can still enter the 1996 championship (despite having missed the FIA deadline for the entry) if they get the agreement of all the other teams.
-- http://www.mat.uc.pt/~rps/f1/ an ex-tiffosi until the end of 1997
.pt is Portugal| `Whom the gods love die young'-Menander (342-292 BC) Europe | Villeneuve 50-82, Toivonen 56-86, Senna 60-94
