1996 Canadian Grand Prix

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1996 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 8 of 16 in the 1996 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date16 June 1996
Official name XXXIV Grand Prix Molson du Canada
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course Street circuit
Course length 4.421 km (2.747 miles)
Distance 69 laps, 305.049 km (189.549 miles)
Weather Mostly sunny and warm with temperatures approaching 26 °C (79 °F) [1]
Pole position
Driver Williams-Renault
Time 1:21.059
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault
Time 1:21.916 on lap 67
Podium
First Williams-Renault
Second Williams-Renault
Third Benetton-Renault
Lap leaders
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Local driver Jacques Villeneuve finished second in his Williams-Renault, his best result at home in Formula One. Jacques Villeneuve 1996.jpg
Local driver Jacques Villeneuve finished second in his Williams-Renault, his best result at home in Formula One.

The 1996 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal on 16 June 1996. It was the eighth race of the 1996 Formula One World Championship.

Contents

The 69-lap race was won from pole position by Briton Damon Hill, driving a Williams-Renault. Local driver Jacques Villeneuve, Hill's teammate and the son of Gilles, finished second, with Frenchman Jean Alesi third in a Benetton-Renault.

Report

Michael Schumacher started from the back of the grid, as his car suffered a fuel pressure problem as the field set off on the warm-up lap. This started a run of mechanical problems for the reigning double World Champion.

Eddie Irvine became the first retirement from 4th position in the leading Ferrari on lap 2 when his suspension failed, he was then followed out by Ukyo Katayama in the second Tyrrell and Ricardo Rosset in the second Footwork when they collided at the final chicane on lap 7 due to Katayama missing his braking point. Before Rosset's teammate Jos Verstappen in the leading Footwork retired in the pits on lap 11 when his engine failed. Rubens Barrichello in the second Jordan after passing Mika Hakkinen for 6th position would also be forced the retire on lap 23 in the pits after his first pit stop when his clutch failed. Michael Schumacher after starting at the back of the grid due to a clutch problem, was able to fight his way up to 13th position, but would soon retire due to driveshaft failure on lap 42 which started the first of three consecutive races which both Ferrari's would fail to finish a race due to mechanical failures. For the second successive race, Gerhard Berger spun off and hit the wall while trying to pass teammate Jean Alesi on lap 43 at turn 4. Alesi continued to third place, while further behind Martin Brundle, running fourth following Berger's exit, had to pit for a new nose-cone following a collision with Pedro Lamy's Minardi when Lamy inadvertently hit Brundle's front wing as he attempted to rejoin the track after a spin on lap 45, dropping Brundle to seventh and handing fourth place to David Coulthard's McLaren. Brundle eventually recovered to sixth place behind Mika Häkkinen in the sister McLaren after getting past Johnny Herbert courtesy of a faster final pit stop.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Damon Hill Williams-Renault 1:21.059
26 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 1:21.079+0.020
31 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:21.198+0.139
43 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 1:21.529+0.470
52 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1:21.657+0.598
67 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.807+0.748
74 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 1:21.926+0.867
811 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 1:21.982+0.923
912 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Jordan-Peugeot 1:22.321+1.262
108 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 1:22.332+1.273
119 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:22.481+1.422
1215 Flag of Germany.svg Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 1:22.875+1.816
1317 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jos Verstappen Footwork-Hart 1:23.067+2.008
1419 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:23.118+2.059
1514 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Sauber-Ford 1:23.201+2.142
1621 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi-Ford 1:23.519+2.460
1718 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 1:23.599+2.540
1810 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Diniz Ligier-Mugen-Honda 1:23.959+2.900
1920 Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Lamy Minardi-Ford 1:24.262+3.203
2022 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Badoer Forti-Ford 1:25.012+3.953
2116 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Rosset Footwork-Hart 1:25.193+4.134
2223 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Montermini Forti-Ford 1:26.109+5.050
107% time: 1:26.733
Sources: [2] [3]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Damon Hill Williams-Renault 691:36:03.465110
26 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault 69+ 4.18326
33 Flag of France.svg Jean Alesi Benetton-Renault 69+ 54.65644
48 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard McLaren-Mercedes 69+ 1:03.673103
57 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes 68+ 1 Lap62
612 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle Jordan-Peugeot 68+ 1 Lap91
714 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Herbert Sauber-Ford 68+ 1 Lap15 
821 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Minardi-Ford 67+ 2 Laps16 
Ret20 Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Lamy Minardi-Ford 44Collision19 
Ret22 Flag of Italy.svg Luca Badoer Forti-Ford 44Gearbox20 
Ret4 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger Benetton-Renault 42Spun Off7 
Ret1 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari 41Halfshaft3 
Ret9 Flag of France.svg Olivier Panis Ligier-Mugen-Honda 39Engine11 
Ret19 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Salo Tyrrell-Yamaha 39Engine14 
Ret10 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Diniz Ligier-Mugen-Honda 38Engine18 
Ret11 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Jordan-Peugeot 22Clutch8 
Ret23 Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Montermini Forti-Ford 22Electrical22 
Ret15 Flag of Germany.svg Heinz-Harald Frentzen Sauber-Ford 19Gearbox12 
Ret17 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jos Verstappen Footwork-Hart 10Engine13 
Ret16 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Rosset Footwork-Hart 6Collision Damage21 
Ret18 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Ukyo Katayama Tyrrell-Yamaha 6Collision17 
Ret2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eddie Irvine Ferrari 1Suspension5 
Source: [4]

Championship standings after the race

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