1995 Canadian Grand Prix

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1995 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 6 of 17 in the 1995 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date11 June 1995
Official name XXXIII Grand Prix Molson du Canada
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course Street circuit
Course length 4.430 km (2.753 miles)
Distance 68 laps, 301.240 km (187.182 miles)
Scheduled distance 69 laps, 305.670 km (189.935 miles)
Weather Cloudy at start, sunny later with temperatures reaching up to 24.3 °C (75.7 °F)
Wind speeds up to 8 km/h (5.0 mph) [1]
Pole position
Driver
 Benetton-Renault
Time 1:27.661
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Benetton-Renault
Time 1:29.174 on lap 67
Podium
First
 Ferrari
Second
 Jordan-Peugeot
Third
 Jordan-Peugeot
Lap leaders
  • 1995 Canadian Grand Prix
Johnny Herbert's Benetton-Renault during qualifying. Johnny Herbert 1995.jpg
Johnny Herbert's Benetton-Renault during qualifying.
Jean Alesi scored the only win of his Formula One career on what was his 31st birthday. Jean Alesi Ferrari 1995.jpg
Jean Alesi scored the only win of his Formula One career on what was his 31st birthday.

The 1995 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 11 June 1995 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal. It was the sixth race of the 1995 Formula One season.

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It produced the only Grand Prix victory for French driver Jean Alesi. This was seen as a popular victory, as Alesi had waited over five years for a victory and he was driving the red number 27 Ferrari, as driven by Canadian Gilles Villeneuve. Adding to the victory was that the win also occurred on Alesi's 31st birthday. This race also marked the last time to date that a Grand Prix was won by a car with a V12 engine, as well as the only race of the season won by a non-Renault-powered car.

Michael Schumacher led until a late problem with his gearbox necessitated a long pit stop. Several other regular front-runners had problems, allowing both Jordan drivers to finish on the podium for the first time in the team's history. Jordan had scored their first-ever GP points in Montreal four years earlier.

After Alesi crossed the finish line, race fans broke through the fences and charged the pit area. When Alesi entered the hairpin at the far end of the circuit on his victory lap, his car ran out of fuel, and Alesi removed his steering wheel, stood on top of the car and "surfed" it to a stop. Schumacher, approaching from behind, stopped and gave Alesi a lift back to the pits on top of his car.

Also, that Sunday evening, the first rumours started circulating that Michael Schumacher had signed a multimillion-dollar contract with Ferrari for 1996.

The race was run over 69 laps, but the results were declared after 68 laps because of crowd invasion just after Alesi had finished. In original results, Luca Badoer finished in 7th, ahead of Mika Salo who had stopped next to the pit wall to avoid hitting spectators.

Report

Background

One thing that was noted in the build-up to the race weekend was the bumpiness of the circuit, with the drivers in the post-qualifying press conference noting that the circuit should be resurfaced. [2] It was also noted that overtaking into the new chicane was banned, although the length of the ban was unclear, with Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill unclear whether the drivers were not allowed to overtake into the chicane for just the first lap, or for every lap. [3]

Practice and qualifying

Schumacher's pole position was the 100th for a Renault powered car and the ninth of his career. [4]

Race day

The 30-minute warm-up session was held in wet conditions, with rain constantly falling since the early morning, the first time rain had fallen over the Grand Prix weekend. [5] Hill was one of the few drivers to make a mistake, spinning at the newly installed chicane. [6] Hill's Williams teammate David Coulthard spun at the previous corner later in the session, while Bertrand Gachot also ran into the gravel trap. [7] After a brief stay in the pits, an animated Hill went back onto the track, only to go off into the gravel trap, beaching his car. [8] Due to the changing weather conditions, the order was mixed, with the Ferraris of Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger in first and third. Rubens Barrichello split them in second, with Schumacher fourth. Mika Häkkinen was fifth. The Saubers of Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Jean-Christophe Boullion were 6th and 7th, with Luca Badoer in the Minardi rounding out the top 8. [9] The two Williams drivers eventually finished in 12th and 16th. [9]

The race started at 14:00  EDT (UTC−4). [10] Michael Schumacher led for most of the race; however, an electrical problem with his Benetton-Renault towards the end of lap 57 forced him into the pits and allowed second-placed Jean Alesi to take the lead. The 70-second pit stop to change a steering wheel and perform an on-board computer adjustment meant that Schumacher rejoined the race in seventh place. He eventually made his way back to fifth place.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2Gap
11 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Benetton-Renault 1:27.6611:27.708—
25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:28.0391:28.552+0.378
36 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard Williams-Renault 1:28.5901:28.091+0.430
428 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:28.2471:28.189+0.528
527 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Ferrari 1:28.5251:28.474+0.813
62 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Benetton-Renault 1:29.2951:28.498+0.837
78 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:29.4061:28.910+1.249
815 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eddie Irvine Jordan-Peugeot 1:29.0211:29.259+1.360
914 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 1:29.3931:29.171+1.510
107 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Blundell McLaren-Mercedes 1:30.2791:29.641+1.980
1126 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:29.8091:30.345+2.148
1230 Flag of Germany.svg Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 1:30.2851:30.017+2.356
139 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Morbidelli Footwork-Hart 1:30.8541:30.159+2.498
1425 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:30.8801:30.255+2.594
154 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:30.6571:30.695+2.996
163 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:31.9581:31.382+3.721
1723 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:31.8591:31.445+3.784
1829 Flag of France.svg Jean-Christophe Boullion Sauber-Ford 1:31.9251:31.838+4.177
1924 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 1:32.4531:31.853+4.192
2016 Flag of France.svg Bertrand Gachot Pacific-Ford 1:33.8661:32.841+5.180
2117 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Montermini Pacific-Ford 1:33.9101:32.894+5.233
2210 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Taki Inoue Footwork-Hart 1:32.995—+5.334
2322 Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Moreno Forti-Ford 1:34.0001:35.559+6.339
2421 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Diniz Forti-Ford 1:36.1871:34.982+7.321
Sources: [11] [12] [13]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
127 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Ferrari 681:44:54.171510
214 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 68+31.47796
315 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eddie Irvine Jordan-Peugeot 68+35.98084
426 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 68+41.314113
51 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Benetton-Renault 68+44.67612
69 Flag of Italy.svg Gianni Morbidelli Footwork-Hart 67+1 lap131
74 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 67+1 lap15 
824 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Badoer Minardi-Ford 67+1 lap19 
910 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Taki Inoue Footwork-Hart 66+2 laps22 
1025 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Ligier-Mugen-Honda 61Collision14 
1128 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Ferrari 61Collision4 
Ret23 Flag of Italy.svg Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 60Throttle17 
Ret22 Flag of Brazil.svg Roberto Moreno Forti-Ford 54Fuel system23 
Ret5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Damon Hill Williams-Renault 50Gearbox2 
Ret7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Blundell McLaren-Mercedes 47Engine10 
Ret3 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 42Engine16 
Ret16 Flag of France.svg Bertrand Gachot Pacific-Ford 36Battery20 
Ret30 Flag of Germany.svg Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 26Engine12 
Ret21 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Diniz Forti-Ford 26Gearbox24 
Ret29 Flag of France.svg Jean-Christophe Boullion Sauber-Ford 19Spun off18 
Ret17 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Montermini Pacific-Ford 5Gearbox21 
Ret6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard Williams-Renault 1Spun off3 
Ret2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Benetton-Renault 0Collision6 
Ret8 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 0Collision7 
Source: [14]

Championship standings after the race

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References

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  2. ↑ Edwards, Ben (Commentator) (11 June 1995). Canadian Grand Prix: Warm-Up Session Live (Television production). London, England: Eurosport. Event occurs at 01:09–01:15 (excluding commercials). Another point that the drivers' were making in the post-qualifying press conference yesterday is just how bumpy the track is as well, and they were saying even for dry conditions they could do with the track being resurfaced.
  3. ↑ Edwards, Ben (Commentator) (11 June 1995). Canadian Grand Prix: Warm-Up Session Live (Television production). London, England: Eurosport. Event occurs at 27:30–29:00 (excluding commercials).
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