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1995 Canadian Grand Prix
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Race details
Date	11 June 1995
Official name	XXXIII Grand Prix Molson du Canada
Location	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course	Street circuit
Course length	4.430 km (2.753 miles)
Distance	68 laps, 301.240 km (187.182 miles)
Scheduled distance	69 laps, 305.670 km (189.935 miles)
Weather	Cloudy at start, sunny later with temperatures reaching up to 24.3 °C (75.7 °F) Wind speeds up to 8 km/h (5.0 mph)
Pole position
Driver	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Renault
Time	1:27.661
Fastest lap
Driver	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Renault
Time	1:29.174 on lap 67
Podium
First	Jean Alesi	Ferrari
Second	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot
Third	Eddie Irvine	Jordan-Peugeot
Lap leaders

The 1995 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 11 June 1995 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal. It was the sixth race of the 1995 Formula One season.

It produced the only Grand Prix victory for French driver Jean Alesi. This was seen as a popular victory, as Alesi had waited over five years for a victory and he was driving the red number 27 Ferrari, as driven by Canadian Gilles Villeneuve. Adding to the victory was that the win also occurred on Alesi's 31st birthday. This race also marked the last time to date that a Grand Prix was won by a car with a V12 engine, as well as the only race of the season won by a non-Renault-powered car.

Michael Schumacher led until a late problem with his gearbox necessitated a long pit stop. Several other regular front-runners had problems, allowing both Jordan drivers to finish on the podium for the first time in the team's history. Jordan had scored their first-ever GP points in Montreal four years earlier.

After Alesi crossed the finish line, race fans broke through the fences and charged the pit area. When Alesi entered the hairpin at the far end of the circuit on his victory lap, his car ran out of fuel, and Alesi removed his steering wheel, stood on top of the car and "surfed" it to a stop. Schumacher, approaching from behind, stopped and gave Alesi a lift back to the pits on top of his car.

Also, that Sunday evening, the first rumours started circulating that Michael Schumacher had signed a multimillion-dollar contract with Ferrari for 1996.

The race was run over 69 laps, but the results were declared after 68 laps because of crowd invasion just after Alesi had finished. In original results, Luca Badoer finished in 7th, ahead of Mika Salo who had stopped next to the pit wall to avoid hitting spectators.

Report

Background

One thing that was noted in the build-up to the race weekend was the bumpiness of the circuit, with the drivers in the post-qualifying press conference noting that the circuit should be resurfaced. It was also noted that overtaking into the new chicane was banned, although the length of the ban was unclear, with Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill unclear whether the drivers were not allowed to overtake into the chicane for just the first lap, or for every lap.

Practice and qualifying

Schumacher's pole position was the 100th for a Renault powered car and the ninth of his career.

Race day

The 30-minute warm-up session was held in wet conditions, with rain constantly falling since the early morning, the first time rain had fallen over the Grand Prix weekend. Hill was one of the few drivers to make a mistake, spinning at the newly installed chicane. Hill's Williams teammate David Coulthard spun at the previous corner later in the session, while Bertrand Gachot also ran into the gravel trap. After a brief stay in the pits, an animated Hill went back onto the track, only to go off into the gravel trap, beaching his car. Due to the changing weather conditions, the order was mixed, with the Ferraris of Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger in first and third. Rubens Barrichello split them in second, with Schumacher fourth. Mika Häkkinen was fifth. The Saubers of Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Jean-Christophe Boullion were 6th and 7th, with Luca Badoer in the Minardi rounding out the top 8. The two Williams drivers eventually finished in 12th and 16th.

The race started at 14:00 EDT (UTC−4). Michael Schumacher led for most of the race; however, an electrical problem with his Benetton-Renault towards the end of lap 57 forced him into the pits and allowed second-placed Jean Alesi to take the lead. The 70-second pit stop to change a steering wheel and perform an on-board computer adjustment meant that Schumacher rejoined the race in seventh place. He eventually made his way back to fifth place.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	1	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Renault	1:27.661	1:27.708	—
2	5	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	1:28.039	1:28.552	+0.378
3	6	David Coulthard	Williams-Renault	1:28.590	1:28.091	+0.430
4	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:28.247	1:28.189	+0.528
5	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	1:28.525	1:28.474	+0.813
6	2	Johnny Herbert	Benetton-Renault	1:29.295	1:28.498	+0.837
7	8	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:29.406	1:28.910	+1.249
8	15	Eddie Irvine	Jordan-Peugeot	1:29.021	1:29.259	+1.360
9	14	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	1:29.393	1:29.171	+1.510
10	7	Mark Blundell	McLaren-Mercedes	1:30.279	1:29.641	+1.980
11	26	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	1:29.809	1:30.345	+2.148
12	30	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford	1:30.285	1:30.017	+2.356
13	9	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork-Hart	1:30.854	1:30.159	+2.498
14	25	Martin Brundle	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	1:30.880	1:30.255	+2.594
15	4	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:30.657	1:30.695	+2.996
16	3	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	1:31.958	1:31.382	+3.721
17	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	1:31.859	1:31.445	+3.784
18	29	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Sauber-Ford	1:31.925	1:31.838	+4.177
19	24	Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	1:32.453	1:31.853	+4.192
20	16	Bertrand Gachot	Pacific-Ford	1:33.866	1:32.841	+5.180
21	17	Andrea Montermini	Pacific-Ford	1:33.910	1:32.894	+5.233
22	10	Taki Inoue	Footwork-Hart	1:32.995	—	+5.334
23	22	Roberto Moreno	Forti-Ford	1:34.000	1:35.559	+6.339
24	21	Pedro Diniz	Forti-Ford	1:36.187	1:34.982	+7.321
Sources:

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Jean Alesi	Ferrari	68	1:44:54.171	5	10
2	14	Rubens Barrichello	Jordan-Peugeot	68	+31.477	9	6
3	15	Eddie Irvine	Jordan-Peugeot	68	+35.980	8	4
4	26	Olivier Panis	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	68	+41.314	11	3
5	1	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Renault	68	+44.676	1	2
6	9	Gianni Morbidelli	Footwork-Hart	67	+1 lap	13	1
7	4	Mika Salo	Tyrrell-Yamaha	67	+1 lap	15
8	24	Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	67	+1 lap	19
9	10	Taki Inoue	Footwork-Hart	66	+2 laps	22
10	25	Martin Brundle	Ligier-Mugen-Honda	61	Collision	14
11	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	61	Collision	4
Ret	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	60	Throttle	17
Ret	22	Roberto Moreno	Forti-Ford	54	Fuel system	23
Ret	5	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault	50	Gearbox	2
Ret	7	Mark Blundell	McLaren-Mercedes	47	Engine	10
Ret	3	Ukyo Katayama	Tyrrell-Yamaha	42	Engine	16
Ret	16	Bertrand Gachot	Pacific-Ford	36	Battery	20
Ret	30	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Sauber-Ford	26	Engine	12
Ret	21	Pedro Diniz	Forti-Ford	26	Gearbox	24
Ret	29	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Sauber-Ford	19	Spun off	18
Ret	17	Andrea Montermini	Pacific-Ford	5	Gearbox	21
Ret	6	David Coulthard	Williams-Renault	1	Spun off	3
Ret	2	Johnny Herbert	Benetton-Renault	0	Collision	6
Ret	8	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	0	Collision	7
Source:

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Michael Schumacher 36 2 Damon Hill 29 3 Jean Alesi 24 4 Gerhard Berger 17 5 Johnny Herbert 12 Source:

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 41 2 Benetton-Renault 38 3 Williams-Renault 32 4 Jordan-Peugeot 12 5 McLaren-Mercedes 8 Source:

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

References

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