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1994 Canadian Grand Prix

Canada  1994 Canadian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 6 of 16 in the 1994 Formula One season
Gilles Villeneuve Circuit Montreal (94-95).svg
Date 12 June 1994
Official name XXXII Grand Prix Molson du Canada
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course Street circuit
Course length 4.450 km (2.781 mi)
Distance 69 laps, 307.050 km (191.906 mi)
Weather Warm with temperatures approaching 26.3 °C (79.3 °F); wind speeds up to 21 kilometres per hour (13 mph)
Pole position
Driver Benetton-Ford
Time 1:26.178
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford
Time 1:28.927 on lap 31
Podium
First Benetton-Ford
Second Williams-Renault
Third Ferrari

The 1994 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 12 June 1994 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The 69-lap race was the sixth round of the 1994 Formula One season and the 32nd Canadian Grand Prix. The race was won by Benetton driver Michael Schumacher, who took his fifth victory of the season and extended his lead in the drivers' standings to 33 points. Damon Hill and his team, Williams, were second in their respective championships, as well as second in the race, and were Schumacher and Benetton's main rivals over the season. Jean Alesi completed the podium by finishing in third place for Ferrari.

Simtek ran just one car for the race, following the death of Roland Ratzenberger and the injuries to Andrea Montermini. Andrea de Cesaris replaced the injured Karl Wendlinger at Sauber.

Michael Schumacher took his fifth victory from six races, finishing ahead of main title rival Damon Hill – although he was 33 points behind Schumacher after the race – who was over half a minute behind Schumacher at the race's conclusion. Ferrari driver Jean Alesi completed the podium, and teammate Gerhard Berger remained the only other driver on the lead lap in fourth place. Respective teammates of the top two, David Coulthard and JJ Lehto finished the race in the final points-scoring positions of fifth and sixth, which was Coulthard's first points in Formula One, and also Lehto's last. Although, Lehto would not have gained these points if it hadn't been for Christian Fittipaldi being disqualified for having an underweight car, which came home 6th.


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