1996 Canadian Grand Prix

  1996 Canadian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 16 in the 1996 Formula One season
Date	June 16, 1996
Official name	XXXIV Grand Prix Molson du Canada
Location	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada
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	Williams-Renault
Time	1:21.059
Fastest lap
Driver	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault
Time	1:21.916 on lap 67
Podium
First	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault
Second	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault
Third	Jean Alesi	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	Williams-Renault	1:21.059
2	6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1:21.079	+0.020
3	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:21.198	+0.139
4	3	Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	1:21.529	+0.470
5	2	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:21.657	+0.598
6	7	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:21.807	+0.748
7	4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	1:21.926	+0.867
8	11	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	1:21.982	+0.923
9	12	Martin Brundle	Jordan-Peugeot	1:22.321	+1.262
10	8	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:22.332	+1.273
11	9	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	1:22.481	+1.422
12	15	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford	1:22.875	+1.816
13	17	Jos Verstappen	Footwork-Hart	1:23.067	+2.008
14	19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:23.118	+2.059
15	14	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Ford	1:23.201	+2.142
16	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi-Ford	1:23.519	+2.460
17	18	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:23.599	+2.540
18	10	Pedro Diniz	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	1:23.959	+2.900
19	20	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford	1:24.262	+3.203
20	22	Luca Badoer	Forti-Ford	1:25.012	+3.953
21	16	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork-Hart	1:25.193	+4.134
22	23	Andrea Montermini	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	Williams-Renault	69	1:36:03.465	1	10
2	6	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	69	+ 4.183	2	6
3	3	Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	69	+ 54.656	4	4
4	8	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	69	+ 1:03.673	10	3
5	7	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	68	+ 1 Lap	6	2
6	12	Martin Brundle	Jordan-Peugeot	68	+ 1 Lap	9	1
7	14	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Ford	68	+ 1 Lap	15
8	21	Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi-Ford	67	+ 2 Laps	16
Ret	20	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford	44	Collision	19
Ret	22	Luca Badoer	Forti-Ford	44	Gearbox	20
Ret	4	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	42	Spun off	7
Ret	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	41	Halfshaft	3
Ret	9	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	39	Engine	11
Ret	19	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Yamaha	39	Engine	14
Ret	10	Pedro Diniz	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	38	Engine	18
Ret	11	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	22	Clutch	8
Ret	23	Andrea Montermini	Forti-Ford	22	Electrical	22
Ret	15	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford	19	Gearbox	12
Ret	17	Jos Verstappen	Footwork-Hart	10	Engine	13
Ret	16	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork-Hart	6	Collision	21
Ret	18	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	6	Collision	17
Ret	2	Eddie Irvine	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.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Damon Hill 53 2 Jacques Villeneuve 32 3 Michael Schumacher 26 4 Jean Alesi 21 5 David Coulthard 13

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Williams-Renault 85 2 Ferrari 35 3 Benetton-Renault 28 4 McLaren-Mercedes 23 5 Ligier-Mugen-Honda 12

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.