1995 Canadian Grand Prix

1995 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 6 of 17 in the 1995 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
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)[1]
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.