1996 Canadian Grand Prix

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1996 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 8 of 16 in the 1996 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
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	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault
Time	1:21.059
Fastest lap
Driver	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault
Time	1:21.916 on lap 67
Podium
First	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault
Second	Jacques Villeneuve	Williams-Renault
Third	Jean Alesi	Benetton-Renault
Lap leaders

The 1996 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal on 16 June 1996. It was the eighth race of the 1996 Formula One World Championship.

The 69-lap race was won from pole position by Briton Damon Hill, driving a Williams-Renault. Local driver Jacques Villeneuve, Hill's teammate and the son of Gilles, finished second, with Frenchman Jean Alesi third in a Benetton-Renault.