The Canadian Grand Prix is an annual auto race held In Canada since 1961, and It has been part of the Formula One World Championship since 1967. It was first staged at Mosport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario as a sports car event, before alternating between Mosport and Circuit Mont-Tremblant, Quebec after Formula One took over the event. After 1971, safety concerns led to the Grand Prix moving permanently to Mosport. In 1978, after similar safety concerns with Mosport, the Canadian Grand Prix moved to its current home on Île Notre-Dame in Montreal.
In 2014, the Grand Prix organizers announced they had agreed to a 10-year extension to keep the Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve through 2024.
Canadian Grand Prix, seventh round of the 2016 Formula 1 season
Circuit Name: Circuit Île Notre-Dame / Gilles Villeneuve
Race Laps: 70
Circuit Length: 4.361 km (2.709 mi)
Race Length: 305.270 km (189.694 mi)
Number of corners: 14 (8 Right, 6 Left)
DRS Zone: Two Zones (Zone 1 Between Turn 12 and 13, zone 2 Between 14 turn and 1 at the Start/Finish Line)
Circuit Direction: Clockwise
Pole Position 2015: Lewis Hamilton – Mercedes 1:14.393
Race Lap Record: Rubens Barrichello 1:13.622 – Ferrari 2004
Pirelli used compounds
Pirelli will bring the following three compounds to the Canadian round, to be held (June 10 – 12) on The Gilles Villeneuve Circuit
Yellow soft: the hardest compound in the selection, poised to play an important role in the race.
Red supersoft: two teams have interestingly chosen not to nominate this compound at all.
Purple ultrasoft: very popular on its Monaco debut and chosen extensively in Canada.
THE CIRCUIT FROM A TYRE POINT OF VIEW:
Like Monaco, Canada is a low-grip circuit with a high degree of weekend track evolution.
The cars reach speeds in excess of 300kph, meaning that they tend to run low downforce.
The track is also famous for high kerbs, which provide the tyre structure with a big challenge.
Weather conditions are variable: a factor that has led to a number of safety cars in the past.
The hallmarks of Canada are acceleration and braking: longitudinal rather than lateral forces.
Montreal is a semi-permanent facility, so track surfaces (and grip) can vary during the lap.
HOW IT WAS A YEAR AGO:
Winner: Hamilton (one stop: started on supersoft, changed to soft on lap 32 of 70).
Best-placed alternative strategy: Raikkonen, fourth with two stops. Started and finished the race with the supersoft tyres but did his middle stint on the soft tyre.
The top-three finishers all used a one-stop strategy, stopping within three laps of each other.
PAUL HEMBERY, PIRELLI MOTORSPORT DIRECTOR:
“In Canada there’s the potential for some quite mixed weather conditions, as we also saw in Monaco, so this could make it a very complex race as has often been the case in the past. The compounds that we have nominated mean that there is plenty of scope for strategy, on a circuit where it’s definitely possible to overtake on the track as well. The ultrasoft made its mark when it first appeared in Monaco but Canada is a very different type of circuit with more demands on tyres. This could lead to a number of different tactics coming into play, as evidenced from the tyre choices made by each team prior to the race.”
Drivers / Teams compound choices
|
Team |
Car # |
Driver |
Soft |
Super Soft |
Ultra Soft |
|
Mercedes AMG |
44 |
Lewis Hamilton |
1 |
2 |
10 |
|
6 |
Nico Rosberg |
1 |
2 |
10 |
|
|
Scuderia Ferrari |
5 |
Sebastian Vettel |
2 |
2 |
9 |
|
7 |
Kimi Raikkonen |
2 |
2 |
9 |
|
|
Williams-Mercedes |
19 |
Felipe Massa |
2 |
4 |
7 |
|
77 |
Valtteri Bottas |
2 |
4 |
7 |
|
|
Red Bull Racing |
3 |
Daniel Ricciardo |
1 |
2 |
10 |
|
26 |
Daniil Kvyat |
1 |
2 |
10 |
|
|
Force India-Mercedes |
11 |
Sergio Perez |
3 |
3 |
7 |
|
27 |
Nico Hulkenberg |
3 |
3 |
7 |
|
|
Renault |
20 |
Kevin Magnussen |
1 |
2 |
10 |
|
30 |
Jolyon Palmer |
1 |
3 |
9 |
|
|
Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
33 |
Max Verstappen |
3 |
3 |
7 |
|
55 |
Carlos Sainz Jr. |
3 |
3 |
7 |
|
|
Sauber-Ferrari |
9 |
Marcus Ericsson |
1 |
4 |
8 |
|
12 |
Felipe Nasr |
1 |
4 |
8 |
|
|
McLaren-Honda |
14 |
Fernando Alonso |
1 |
5 |
7 |
|
22 |
Jenson Button |
1 |
5 |
7 |
|
|
Manor-Mercedes |
88 |
Rio Haryanto |
2 |
5 |
6 |
|
94 |
Pascal Wehrlein |
2 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
Haas-Ferrari |
8 |
Romain Grosjean |
1 |
3 |
9 |
|
21 |
Esteban Gutierrez |
1 |
3 |
9 |
Australian Grand Prix Winners (By year)
(Held under the FIA Formula One world Championship)
|
Year |
Driver |
Constructor |
Location |
|
2015 |
Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes |
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve |
|
2014 |
Daniel Ricciardo |
Red Bull-Renault |
|
|
2013 |
Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull-Renault |
|
|
2012 |
Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren-Mercedes |
|
|
2011 |
Jenson Button |
McLaren-Mercedes |
|
|
2010 |
Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren-Mercedes |
|
|
2009 |
Not held |
||
|
2008 |
Robert Kubica |
BMW Sauber |
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve |
|
2007 |
Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren-Mercedes |
|
|
2006 |
Fernando Alonso |
Renault |
|
|
2005 |
Kimi Räikkönen |
McLaren-Mercedes |
|
|
2004 |
Michael Schumacher |
Ferrari |
|
|
2003 |
Michael Schumacher |
Ferrari |
|
|
2002 |
Michael Schumacher |
Ferrari |
|
|
2001 |
Ralf Schumacher |
Williams-BMW |
|
|
2000 |
Michael Schumacher |
Ferrari |
|
|
1999 |
Mika Häkkinen |
McLaren-Mercedes |
|
|
1998 |
Michael Schumacher |
Ferrari |
|
|
1997 |
Michael Schumacher |
Ferrari |
|
|
1996 |
Damon Hill |
Williams-Renault |
|
|
1995 |
Jean Alesi |
Ferrari |
|
|
1994 |
Michael Schumacher |
Benetton-Ford |
|
|
1993 |
Alain Prost |
Williams-Renault |
|
|
1992 |
Gerhard Berger |
McLaren-Honda |
|
|
1991 |
Nelson Piquet |
Benetton-Ford |
|
|
1990 |
Ayrton Senna |
McLaren-Honda |
|
|
1989 |
Thierry Boutsen |
Williams-Renault |
|
|
1988 |
Ayrton Senna |
McLaren-Honda |
|
|
1987 |
Not held |
||
|
1986 |
Nigel Mansell |
Williams-Honda |
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve |
|
1985 |
Michele Alboreto |
Ferrari |
|
|
1984 |
Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-BMW |
|
|
1983 |
René Arnoux |
Ferrari |
|
|
1982 |
Nelson Piquet |
Brabham-BMW |
|
|
1981 |
Jacques Laffite |
Ligier-Matra |
Circuit Île Notre-Dame |
|
1980 |
Alan Jones |
Williams-Ford |
|
|
1979 |
Alan Jones |
Williams-Ford |
|
|
1978 |
Gilles Villeneuve |
Ferrari |
|
|
1977 |
Jody Scheckter |
Wolf-Ford |
Mosport Park |
|
1976 |
James Hunt |
McLaren-Ford |
|
|
1975 |
Not held |
||
|
1974 |
Emerson Fittipaldi |
McLaren-Ford |
Mosport Park |
|
1973 |
Peter Revson |
McLaren-Ford |
|
|
1972 |
Jackie Stewart |
Tyrrell-Ford |
|
|
1971 |
Jackie Stewart |
Tyrrell-Ford |
|
|
1970 |
Jacky Ickx |
Ferrari |
Mont-Tremblant |
|
1969 |
Jacky Ickx |
Brabham-Ford |
Mosport Park |
|
1968 |
Denny Hulme |
McLaren-Ford |
Mont-Tremblant |
|
1967 |
Jack Brabham |
Brabham-Repco |
Mosport Park |
|
1966 |
Mark Donohue |
Lola-Chevrolet |
Mosport Park |
Multiple Winners (Drivers)
|
# of wins |
Driver |
Years |
|
7 |
Michael Schumacher |
1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 |
|
4 |
Lewis Hamilton |
2007, 2010, 2012, 2015 |
|
3 |
Nelson Piquet |
1982, 1984, 1991 |
|
2 |
Jacky Ickx |
1969, 1970 |
|
Jackie Stewart |
1971, 1972 |
|
|
Alan Jones |
1979, 1980 |
|
|
Ayrton Senna |
1988, 1990 |
Multiple Winners (Constructors)
|
# of wins |
Constructor |
Years |
|
13 |
McLaren |
1968, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
|
11 |
Ferrari |
1970, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 |
|
7 |
Williams |
1979, 1980, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1996, 2001 |
|
4 |
Brabham |
1967, 1969, 1982, 1984 |
|
2 |
Lotus |
1961, 1962 |
|
Tyrrell |
1971, 1972 |
|
|
Benetton |
1991, 1994 |
|
|
Red Bull |
2013, 2014 |
Numbers and Facts
Most wins (driver) 7, Michael Schumacher 1994 – 97 – 98 – 2000 – 02 – 03 – 04
Most wins (constructor) 13, McLaren (most recent 2012 and wins here = 9 which is bettered by Ferrari at CGV [10])
Wins from pole position 20, 1969 – 71 – 74 – 76 – 79 – 83 – 84 – 86 – 88 – 90 – 93 – 94 – 96 – 97 – 2000 – 06 – 07 – 10 – 13 – 15
Lowest grid for past winner 10, Jacques Laffite – 1981
Most recent 1-2 finish 2015, Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton-Nico Rosberg)
Most emphatic win (here) 1 lap 1968 – Denny Hulme-Bruce McLaren (at Ile Notre Dame = 42.029s 1983 – Rene Arnoux-Eddie Cheever)
Closest winning margin 0.174s 2000 – Michael Schumacher-Rubens Barrichello
Rain-affected races 6, 1971 – 73 – 81 – 89 – 90 – 2000 – 2011
Safety Car-affected races 12, 1973 – 97 – 98 – 99 – 2001 – 02 – 05 – 06 – 07 – 08 – 11 – 12
Red Flag (and result declared) races 0
Fastest race (here) 2004, 70 L @ 1:28’24.803
Slowest race (here) 1967, 90 L @ 2:40’40.0 (Mosport). Note: 2011 accumulated race time was 70 L @ 4:04’39.537
Most pole positions (driver) 6, Michael Schumacher 1994 – 95 – 97 – 99 – 2000 – 01
Most pole positions (constructor) 11, McLaren 1972 – 74 – 76 – 88 – 89 – 90 – 92 – 98 – 2007 – 08 – 10
What Happened last race here?
Lewis Hamilton took a controlled victory in the Canadian Grand Prix, fending off team-mate Nico Rosberg.
The Mercedes drivers circulated at the front throughout an unusually uneventful race as Williams’s Valtteri Bottas beat Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen to third.
After Hamilton led comfortably through the first part of the race, Rosberg came at him after their sole pit stops, but the world champion was never under threat.
Behind them, Raikkonen was on course for a comfortable third place until a spin at the hairpin on lap 27, caused by the hybrid system kicking in unexpectedly.
That cost him position to Bottas and, although Ferrari chose to pit Raikkonen to fit a set of fresh super-soft tyres with 30 laps to go so he could attack to the end of the race, Bottas was able to do enough to hold him off.
Raikkonen finished ahead of team-mate Sebastian Vettel, who drove an attacking race from the back of the grid following an engine problem in qualifying and a five-place grid penalty for overtaking illegally in practice.
2015 Race Classification
|
Pos. |
Driver |
Constructor |
Time/Retired |
Grid |
|
1 |
Lewis Hamilton |
Mercedes |
1:31:53.145 |
1 |
|
2 |
Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes |
+2.285 |
2 |
|
3 |
Valtteri Bottas |
Williams-Mercedes |
+40.666 |
4 |
|
4 |
Kimi Räikkönen |
Ferrari |
+45.625 |
3 |
|
5 |
Sebastian Vettel |
Ferrari |
+49.903 |
18 |
|
6 |
Felipe Massa |
Williams-Mercedes |
+56.381 |
15 |
|
7 |
Pastor Maldonado |
Lotus-Mercedes |
+1:06.664 |
6 |
|
8 |
Nico Hülkenberg |
Force India-Mercedes |
+1 Lap |
7 |
|
9 |
Daniil Kvyat |
Red Bull Racing-Renault |
+1 Lap |
8 |
|
10 |
Romain Grosjean |
Lotus-Mercedes |
+1 Lap |
5 |
|
11 |
Sergio Pérez |
Force India-Mercedes |
+1 Lap |
10 |
|
12 |
Carlos Sainz, Jr. |
Toro Rosso-Renault |
+1 Lap |
11 |
|
13 |
Daniel Ricciardo |
Red Bull Racing-Renault |
+1 Lap |
9 |
|
14 |
Marcus Ericsson |
Sauber-Ferrari |
+1 Lap |
12 |
|
15 |
Max Verstappen |
Toro Rosso-Renault |
+1 Lap |
19 |
|
16 |
Felipe Nasr |
Sauber-Ferrari |
+2 Laps |
14 |
|
17 |
Will Stevens |
Marussia-Ferrari |
+4 Laps |
17 |
|
Ret |
Roberto Merhi |
Marussia-Ferrari |
Driveshaft |
16 |
|
Ret |
Jenson Button |
McLaren-Honda |
Exhaust |
20 |
|
Ret |
Fernando Alonso |
McLaren-Honda |
Exhaust |
13 |
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada. Sunday 7 June 2015. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes AMG, 2nd Position, Riccardo Mosconi, Data Engineer, Mercedes AMG F1, Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG, 1st Position, and Valtteri Bottas, Williams F1, 3rd Position, on the podium.
Did you know?
DRIVERS
✪ Driving of course car ♯44 Lewis Hamilton in Monaco scored his 44th F1 career win
✪ Hamilton’s win from a P3 grid in Monaco was only the third time he has won from P3 in F1. His lowest winning grid is P6 (Great Britain 2014)
✪ Hamilton has set 34 of his 52 pole positions to date on Pirelli tyres. It is 3 more than any other driver in the history of F1 (Vettel next-best 31)
✪ Hamilton is just 16 pole positions from equalling Michael Schumacher’s all-time record of 68 F1 GP pole positions. Since he has been at Mercedes he has taken pole 26 times already. That is over 40% of all races he’s started for the team (26/ 63 = 41.3%)
✪ Hamilton has won (44) 25.4% of all GP he’s started (173) and is in the top 10 drivers races to win ratio of all-time. This is how he compares:- 1. Fangio 47.0%, 2. Ascari 40.6%, 3. Clark 34.7%, 4. M.Schumacher 29.7%, 5. Ja.Stewart 27.2% 6. Vettel 25.8% (42/ 163), 7.Prost 25.6% 8. Senna 25.5%, 9. Hamilton 25.4%, 10. Moss 24.2%
✪ Having led 54 laps I n Monaco Hamilton has now led 87 F1 GP, 1 more than Ayrton Senna. Only Michael Schumacher has led more (142)
✪ Hamilton’s Fastest lap of the race in Monaco was the 29th of his F1 career to date and beat Jim Clark’s F1 career total of 28. Hamilton’s next Fastest lap will equal Nigel Mansell’s 30, currently the most by a British driver. (Most by a driver of any nationality is Michael Schumacher’s 77)
✪ Nico Rosberg has won 18 GP. Nobody has won more GP and not won the driver’s title at some point in their F1 career
✪ Rosberg in Canada can beat Niki Lauda’s 24 pole positions
✪ There is just 7 points difference between Sebastian Vettel’s all-time record total of 1,956 points and Hamilton’ next-best score of 1,949
✪ Felipe Massa is the only driver to have finished in the points in all 2016 Grand Prix to date
✪ Sergio Perez is scheduled to make his 100th Grand Prix start on Sunday
✪ Perez 3rd place in Monaco in his 99th F1 Grand Prix start was the 50th time the Mexican has finished in the points
✪ Perez has now scored 6 F1 race podiums. A 7th will equal Pedro Rodriguez as the top Mexican F1 podium finisher of all-time
CONSTRUCTORS’
✪ Mercedes won its 50th F1 World Championship race victory in Monaco. To date Mercedes has won just over one-third of all the F1 GP it has has competed in (50 wins/ 133 races = 37.6%). Mercedes is now 1 win behind Red Bull’s F1 career total of 51
✪ Mercedes’s win in Monaco from P3 on the starting grid was only the 4th time the marque had won a F1 World Championship Grand Prix from a starting position not on the front row. An amazing 92% of all Mercedes’s wins to date have come from front row starts
✪ Mercedes needs to lead just 2 more race laps to have then led 3,000 F1 Grand Prix race laps (top is Ferrari with 13,897 race laps led to date)
✪ Mercedes in Monaco equalled Tyrrell’s 66 F1 Grand Prix on the podium (legally the two teams are the same, sharing the official company no)
✪ For the first time this season, in Monaco Ferrari was not represented on the race podium
✪ Red Bull Racing equalled Mercedes’s 58 F1 pole positions with pole in Monaco
✪ Red Bull racing in Monaco equalled Renault’s total to date of 88 F1 Grand Prix podiums
✪ Williams is now the only team not to have posted a race retirement so far in 2016
✪ Force India scored their 4th F1 podium in Monaco. Sergio Perez has scored 3 of them (Giancarlo Fisichella the other)
✪ McLaren has finished the last 3 races with at least 1 car in the points. It is the longest point-scoring run for the team since 2014 when they scored points in all races from Monaco until the end of the season (14 races)
✪ Whoever takes pole position on Saturday will claim Pirelli’s 150th F1 World Championship pole (Goodyear 358, Bridgestone 168, Pirelli 149)
CANADIAN GRAND PRIX
✪ Nobody has yet won the Canadian Grand Prix from a starting grid outside the top 10 (Jacques Laffite started from P10 in 1981 – a record)
✪ McLaren has won a record 13 Canadian Grand Prix but, at CGV their 9 wins is beaten by Ferrari who has to date won 10 times
✪ Lewis Hamilton could equal Michael Schumacher’s all-time Canadian Grand Prix record of 8 front row starts on SundayCircuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada. 8th June 2008. Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber F1.08, 1st position, and Nick Heidfeld, BMW Sauber F1.08, 2nd position, arrive in Parc Ferme. Action. Finish.
World Drivers’ Championship standings
|
Pos. |
Driver |
Points |
Diff |
|
1 |
Nico Rosberg |
106 |
|
|
2 |
Lewis Hamilton |
82 |
24 |
|
3 |
Daniel Ricciardo |
66 |
40 |
|
4 |
Kimi Räikkönen |
61 |
45 |
|
5 |
Sebastian Vettel |
60 |
46 |
|
6 |
Max Verstappen |
38 |
68 |
|
7 |
Felipe Massa |
37 |
69 |
|
8 |
Valtteri Bottas |
29 |
77 |
|
9 |
Sergio Pérez |
23 |
83 |
|
10 |
Daniil Kvyat |
22 |
84 |
|
11 |
Romain Grosjean |
22 |
84 |
|
12 |
Fernando Alonso |
18 |
88 |
|
13 |
Carlos Sainz, Jr. |
16 |
90 |
|
14 |
Nico Hülkenberg |
14 |
92 |
|
15 |
Kevin Magnussen |
6 |
100 |
|
16 |
Jenson Button |
5 |
101 |
|
17 |
Stoffel Vandoorn |
1 |
105 |
|
18 |
Esteban Gutiérrez |
0 |
|
|
19 |
Jolyon Palmer |
0 |
|
|
20 |
Marcus Ericsson |
0 |
|
|
21 |
Pascal Wehrlein |
0 |
|
|
22 |
Felipe Nasr |
0 |
|
|
23 |
Rio Haryanto |
0 |
|
World Constructors’ Championship standings
|
Pos. |
Constructor |
Points |
Diff |
|
1 |
Mercedes |
188 |
|
|
2 |
Ferrari |
121 |
67 |
|
3 |
Red Bull-TAG Heuer |
112 |
76 |
|
4 |
Williams-Mercedes |
66 |
122 |
|
5 |
Force India-Mercedes |
37 |
151 |
|
6 |
Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
30 |
158 |
|
7 |
McLaren-Honda |
24 |
164 |
|
8 |
Haas-Ferrari |
22 |
166 |
|
9 |
Renault |
6 |
182 |
|
10 |
Sauber-Ferrari |
0 |
|
|
11 |
MRT-Mercedes |
0 |
|
Drivers penalty points:
|
Driver |
Penalty points |
|
Daniil Kvyat |
7 |
|
Max Verstappen |
6 |
|
Marcus Erricson |
6 |
|
Valtteri Bottas |
6 |
|
Nico Hulkenberg |
4 |
|
Pascal Wehrlein |
4 |
|
Kimi Raikkonen |
3 |
|
Romain Grosjean |
2 |
|
Lewis Hamilton |
2 |
|
Fernando Alonso |
2 |
|
Rio Haryanto |
2 |
|
Carlos Sainz |
2 |
|
Esteban Gutierrez |
2 |
|
Kevin Magnussen |
2 |
1967 Canadian Grand Prix. Mosport Park, Canada. 27 August 1967. Jackie Stewart, BRM P83, retired, leads Jack Brabham, Brabham BT24-Repco, 1st position.