1996 Canadian Grand Prix | GP Racing Stats

Date	Sunday, 16 June 1996
Winner	Damon Hill Williams-Renault
Pole position	Damon Hill Williams-Renault
Fastest lap	Jacques Villeneuve Williams-Renault
Circuit	Montreal, 69 laps
Round	8 of 16
Race numbers	The 1996 Canadian Grand Prix was the: 589th World Championship race 28th World Championship Canadian Grand Prix 18th World Championship race at Montreal
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	69	1hr 36m 03.465s	10
2		Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	69	+4.183s	6
3	+1	Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	69	+54.656s	4
4	+6	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	69	+1m 03.673s	3
5	+1	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	68	+1 lap	2
6	+3	Martin Brundle	Jordan-Peugeot	68	+1 lap	1
7	+8	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Ford Cosworth	68	+1 lap
8	+8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	67	+2 laps
R		Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	44	DNF
R		Luca Badoer	Forti-Ford Cosworth	44	DNF
R		Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	42	DNF
R		Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	41	DNF
R		Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	39	DNF
R		Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Yamaha	39	DNF
R		Pedro Diniz	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	38	DNF
R		Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	22	DNF
R		Andrea Montermini	Forti-Ford Cosworth	22	DNF
R		Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford Cosworth	19	DNF
R		Jos Verstappen	Footwork-Hart	10	DNF
R		Ricardo Rosset	Footwork-Hart	6	DNF
R		Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	6	DNF
R		Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1	DNF

Notes

Michael Schumacher started the Grand Prix from the back of the grid after failing to pull away at the beginning of the formation lap.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1:21.059
2	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault	1:21.079	0.020
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:21.198	0.139
4	Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault	1:21.529	0.470
5	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:21.657	0.598
6	Mika Hakkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:21.807	0.748
7	Gerhard Berger	Benetton-Renault	1:21.926	0.867
8	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	1:21.982	0.923
9	Martin Brundle	Jordan-Peugeot	1:22.321	1.262
10	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:22.332	1.273
11	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	1:22.481	1.422
12	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford Cosworth	1:22.875	1.816
13	Jos Verstappen	Footwork-Hart	1:23.067	2.008
14	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:23.118	2.059
15	Johnny Herbert	Sauber-Ford Cosworth	1:23.201	2.142
16	Giancarlo Fisichella	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:23.519	2.460
17	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:23.599	2.540
18	Pedro Diniz	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	1:23.959	2.900
19	Pedro Lamy	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:24.262	3.203
20	Luca Badoer	Forti-Ford Cosworth	1:25.012	3.953
21	Ricardo Rosset	Footwork-Hart	1:25.193	4.134
22	Andrea Montermini	Forti-Ford Cosworth	1:26.109	5.050

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Milestone race start: 150th for Martin Brundle (14th driver to start 150 races, 4th British driver)
Wins: 18th for Damon Hill; 89th for Williams
Race 1-2: 27th for Williams
Podiums: 35th for Damon Hill; 22nd for Jean Alesi; 5th for Jacques Villeneuve; 215th & 216th for Williams; 82nd for Benetton
Poles: 16th for Damon Hill; 91st for Williams
Qualifying 1-2: 45th for Williams NEW RECORD
Fastest laps: 2nd for Jacques Villeneuve; 95th for Williams
Front row starts: 39th for Damon Hill; 4th for Jacques Villeneuve
Pole & win: 6th for Damon Hill