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| 1996 Canadian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 8 of 16 in the1996 Formula One World Championship
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 16 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 |  Jacques Villeneuve | Williams-Renault | |||
| Time | 1:21.916 on lap 67 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Williams-Renault | ||||
| Second | Williams-Renault | ||||
| Third | Benetton-Renault | ||||
Lap leaders | |||||
The1996 Canadian Grand Prix was aFormula One motor race held at theCircuit Gilles Villeneuve,Montreal on 16 June 1996. It was the eighth race of the1996 Formula One World Championship.
The 69-lap race was won frompole position by BritonDamon Hill, driving aWilliams-Renault. Local driverJacques Villeneuve, Hill's teammate and the son of Gilles, finished second, with FrenchmanJean Alesi third in aBenetton-Renault.
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 byUkyo Katayama in the secondTyrrell andRicardo Rosset in the secondFootwork when they collided at the final chicane on lap 7 due toKatayama missing his braking point. BeforeRosset's teammateJos Verstappen in the leadingFootwork retired in the pits on lap 11 when his engine failed.Rubens Barrichello in the secondJordan after passingMika 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 bothFerrari'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 teammateJean Alesi on lap 43 at turn 4. Alesi continued to third place, while further behindMartin Brundle, running fourth following Berger's exit, had to pit for a new nose-cone following a collision withPedro 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 toDavid Coulthard's McLaren. Brundle eventually recovered to sixth place behindMika Häkkinen in the sister McLaren after getting pastJohnny Herbert courtesy of a faster final pit stop.
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