| Race details | ||
|---|---|---|
| Race 8 of 16 in the 1996 Formula One season | ||
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| Date | June 16, 1996 | |
| Official name | XXXIV Grand Prix Molson du Canada | |
| Location | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal | |
| Course | Street circuit 4.421 km (2.747 mi) | |
| Distance | 69 laps, 305.049 km (189.549 mi) | |
| Weather | Sunny | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver |  Damon Hill
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Williams-Renault |
| Time | 1:21.059 | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver |  Jacques Villeneuve
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Williams-Renault |
| Time | 1:21.916 on lap 67 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Damon Hill
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Williams-Renault |
| Second | Jacques Villeneuve
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Williams-Renault |
| Third |  Jean Alesi
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Benetton-Renault |
Jacques Villeneuve's Williams-Renault during his home Grand Prix. He would eventually finish 2nd.
The 1996 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 16, 1996. The race was won by Damon Hill ahead of home hero Jacques Villeneuve, Gilles' son.
Michael Schumacher started from the back of the grid, as his crew were still working on his car as the field set off on the warm-up lap. This started a run of mechanical problems for the reigning double World Champion.
For the second successive race, Gerhard Berger spun off while trying to pass team mate Jean Alesi on lap 43. 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[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Time | Gap | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Damon Hill
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Williams-Renault | 1:21.059 | |||
| 2 | 6 | Jacques Villeneuve
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Williams-Renault | 1:21.079 | +0.020 | ||
| 3 | 1 |  Michael Schumacher
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Ferrari | 1:21.198 | +0.139 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Jean Alesi
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Benetton-Renault | 1:21.529 | +0.470 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Eddie Irvine
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Ferrari | 1:21.657 | +0.598 | ||
| 6 | 7 |  Mika Häkkinen
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McLaren-Mercedes | 1:21.807 | +0.748 | ||
| 7 | 4 |  Gerhard Berger
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Benetton-Renault | 1:21.926 | +0.867 | ||
| 8 | 11 |  Rubens Barrichello
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Jordan-Peugeot | 1:21.982 | +0.923 | ||
| 9 | 12 | Martin Brundle
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Jordan-Peugeot | 1:22.321 | +1.262 | ||
| 10 | 8 | David Coulthard
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McLaren-Mercedes | 1:22.332 | +1.273 | ||
| 11 | 9 | Olivier Panis
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Ligier-Mugen-Honda | 1:22.481 | +1.422 | ||
| 12 | 15 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen
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Sauber-Ford | 1:22.875 | +1.816 | ||
| 13 | 17 | [[Image:Template:Country flag alias the Netherlands | 22x20px}}|Template:Country alias the Netherlands]] Jos Verstappen | Footwork-Hart | 1:23.067 | +2.008 | |
| 14 | 19 | Mika Salo
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Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1:23.118 | +2.059 | ||
| 15 | 14 | Johnny Herbert
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Sauber-Ford | 1:23.201 | +2.142 | ||
| 16 | 21 |  Giancarlo Fisichella
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Minardi-Ford | 1:23.519 | +2.460 | ||
| 17 | 18 |  Ukyo Katayama
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Tyrrell-Yamaha | 1:23.599 | +2.540 | ||
| 18 | 10 | Pedro Diniz
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Ligier-Mugen-Honda | 1:23.959 | +2.900 | ||
| 19 | 20 |  Pedro Lamy
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Minardi-Ford | 1:24.262 | +3.203 | ||
| 20 | 22 | Luca Badoer
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Forti-Ford | 1:25.012 | +3.953 | ||
| 21 | 16 | Ricardo Rosset
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Footwork-Hart | 1:25.193 | +4.134 | ||
| 22 | 23 | Andrea Montermini
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Forti-Ford | 1:26.109 | +5.050 | ||
| 107% time: 1:26.733 | |||||||
Race[]
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Damon Hill
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Williams-Renault | 69 | 1:36:03.465 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | 6 | Jacques Villeneuve
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Williams-Renault | 69 | + 4.183 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 3 | Jean Alesi
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Benetton-Renault | 69 | + 54.656 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 8 | David Coulthard
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McLaren-Mercedes | 69 | + 1:03.673 | 10 | 3 |
| 5 | 7 | Mika Häkkinen
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McLaren-Mercedes | 68 | + 1 Lap | 6 | 2 |
| 6 | 12 | Martin Brundle
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Jordan-Peugeot | 68 | + 1 Lap | 9 | 1 |
| 7 | 14 | Johnny Herbert
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Sauber-Ford | 68 | + 1 Lap | 15 | |
| 8 | 21 | Giancarlo Fisichella
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Minardi-Ford | 67 | + 2 Laps | 16 | |
| Ret | 20 | Pedro Lamy
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Minardi-Ford | 44 | Collision | 19 | |
| Ret | 22 | Luca Badoer
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Forti-Ford | 44 | Gearbox | 20 | |
| Ret | 4 | Gerhard Berger
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Benetton-Renault | 42 | Spun off | 7 | |
| Ret | 1 | Michael Schumacher
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Ferrari | 41 | Halfshaft | 3 | |
| Ret | 9 | Olivier Panis
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Ligier-Mugen-Honda | 39 | Engine | 11 | |
| Ret | 19 | Mika Salo
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Tyrrell-Yamaha | 39 | Engine | 14 | |
| Ret | 10 | Pedro Diniz
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Ligier-Mugen-Honda | 38 | Engine | 18 | |
| Ret | 11 | Rubens Barrichello
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Jordan-Peugeot | 22 | Clutch | 8 | |
| Ret | 23 | Andrea Montermini
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Forti-Ford | 22 | Electrical | 22 | |
| Ret | 15 | Heinz-Harald Frentzen
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Sauber-Ford | 19 | Gearbox | 12 | |
| Ret | 17 |  Jos Verstappen
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Footwork-Hart | 10 | Engine | 13 | |
| Ret | 16 | Ricardo Rosset
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Footwork-Hart | 6 | Collision | 21 | |
| Ret | 18 | Ukyo Katayama
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Tyrrell-Yamaha | 6 | Collision | 17 | |
| Ret | 2 | Eddie Irvine
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Ferrari | 1 | Suspension | 5 |
Notes[]
- Fastest Lap: Jacques Villeneuve 1:21.916
- 150th Grand Prix for Martin Brundle
Standings after Grand Prix[]
- Bold text indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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FIA Formula One World Championship 1996 season |
Next race: 1996 French Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 1995 Canadian Grand Prix |
Canadian Grand Prix | Next race: 1997 Canadian Grand Prix |
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