Season 1996 · Round 8

Canadian Grand Prix

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1996-06-16 · Circuit Gilles Villeneuve · Canada · Canadian Grand Prix · 69Lap · 305.049km
5 Damon Hill
Williams 1:36:03.400
Team win 16pt P1 · P2 1-2
6 Jacques Villeneuve
Williams +4.183
3 Jean Alesi
Benetton +54.656
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
14
Pedro Lamy L44 Luca Badoer L44 Gerhard Berger L42 Michael Schumacher L41 Olivier Panis L39 Mika Salo L39 Pedro Diniz L38 Rubens Barrichello L22 Andrea Montermini L22 Heinz-Harald Frentzen L19 +4
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Michael Schumacher active 7 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/45 48.9%
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Closest finish · all-time P8
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Canada
69Lap 305.049km 45 races held (1978–) Lap record 1:13.078 · Valtteri Bottas (2019)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Michael Schumacher 7 wins · GP #1
P10 Gerhard Berger 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P10 Jean Alesi 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P2 Michael Schumacher 18 starts · → Fernando Alonso -3
P2 Rubens Barrichello 18 starts · → Fernando Alonso -3
P8 David Coulthard 15 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Race Trace · position by lap
standing start SG 1 6 11 16 21 26 31 36 41 46 51 56 61 66 Hill HIL Hill HIL Villeneuve VIL Villeneuve VIL Alesi ALE Alesi ALE Coulthard COU Coulthard COU Häkkinen HÄK Häkkinen HÄK Brundle BRU Brundle BRU Herbert HER Herbert HER Fisichella FIS Fisichella FIS Lamy · retired L44 Lamy LAM Lamy LAM Badoer · retired L44 Badoer BAD Badoer BAD Berger · retired L42 Berger BER Berger BER Schumacher · retired L41 Schumacher MSC Schumacher MSC Panis · retired L39 Panis PAN Panis PAN Salo · retired L39 Salo SAL Salo SAL Diniz · retired L38 Diniz DIN Diniz DIN Barrichello · retired L22 Barrichello BAR Barrichello BAR Montermini · retired L22 Montermini MON Montermini MON Frentzen · retired L19 Frentzen FRE Frentzen FRE Verstappen · retired L10 Verstappen VER Verstappen VER Rosset · retired L6 Rosset ROS Rosset ROS Katayama · retired L6 Katayama KAT Katayama KAT Irvine · retired L1 Irvine IRV Irvine IRV
SG Starting grid car stopped position at each lap (1996+)
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 5 Damon Hill Williams 1 69 1:36:03.400 10
2 6 Jacques Villeneuve Williams 2 69 +4.183 6
3 3 Jean Alesi Benetton 4 69 +54.656 4
4 8 David Coulthard McLaren 10 69 +1:03.673 3
5 7 Mika Häkkinen McLaren 6 68 +1 Lap 2
6 12 Martin Brundle Jordan 9 68 +1 Lap 1
7 14 Johnny Herbert Sauber 15 68 +1 Lap
8 21 Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi 16 67 +2 Laps
R 20 Pedro Lamy Minardi 19 44 Collision
R 22 Luca Badoer Forti 20 44 Gearbox
R 4 Gerhard Berger Benetton 7 42 Spun off
R 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 3 41 Halfshaft
R 9 Olivier Panis Ligier 11 39 Engine
R 19 Mika Salo Tyrrell 14 39 Engine
R 10 Pedro Diniz Ligier 18 38 Engine
R 11 Rubens Barrichello Jordan 8 22 Clutch
R 23 Andrea Montermini Forti 22 22 Electrical
R 15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber 12 19 Gearbox
R 17 Jos Verstappen Footwork 13 10 Engine
R 16 Ricardo Rosset Footwork 21 6 Collision
R 18 Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell 17 6 Collision
R 2 Eddie Irvine Ferrari 5 1 Suspension
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
5 Damon Hill
2
6 Jacques Villeneuve
3
1 Michael Schumacher
4
3 Jean Alesi
5
2 Eddie Irvine
6
7 Mika Häkkinen
7
4 Gerhard Berger
8
11 Rubens Barrichello
9
12 Martin Brundle
10
8 David Coulthard
11
9 Olivier Panis
12
15 Heinz-Harald Frentzen
13
17 Jos Verstappen
14
19 Mika Salo
15
14 Johnny Herbert
16
21 Giancarlo Fisichella
17
18 Ukyo Katayama
18
10 Pedro Diniz
19
20 Pedro Lamy
20
22 Luca Badoer
21
16 Ricardo Rosset
22
23 Andrea Montermini
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
No data for this session.
#DriverLap timeLap
1 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:21.916 L67
2 5 Damon Hill 1:21.957 L36
3 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:21.968 L61
4 5 Damon Hill 1:21.997 L64
5 5 Damon Hill 1:22.033 L62
6 5 Damon Hill 1:22.038 L63
7 6 Jacques Villeneuve 1:22.050 L62
8 5 Damon Hill 1:22.089 L49
9 5 Damon Hill 1:22.110 L35
10 5 Damon Hill 1:22.125 L65
Top 10 fastest race laps — #1 is the fastest lap of the race(FL).
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2012 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Most positions gained on track
20
Pedro Lamy
+14
P19→P—
9
Olivier Panis
+12
P11→P—
14
Johnny Herbert
+11
P15→P7
1
Michael Schumacher
+11
P3→P—
22
Luca Badoer
+10
P20→P—
8
David Coulthard
+9
P10→P4
21
Giancarlo Fisichella
+9
P16→P8
7
Mika Häkkinen
+8
P6→P5
Most positions lost
Rubens Barrichello −9 Mika Häkkinen −8 Johnny Herbert −6
Race · Sum of lap-by-lap positions gained on track — start lap and own pit laps excluded. Race lap data 1996+.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2023 onwards.
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2019 onwards.
Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15