1995 Canadian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 6 of 17 in the 1995 Formula One season | |||
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| 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 (2.768 mi) | ||
| Distance | 68 laps, 301.240 km (188.275 mi) | ||
| Scheduled Distance | 69 laps, 305.670 km (190.992 mi) | ||
| Weather | Cloudy at start, sunny later with temperatures reaching up to 24.3 °C (75.7 °F); wind speeds up to 8 kilometres per hour (5.0 mph) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Benetton-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:27.661 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Michael Schumacher
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Benetton-Renault | |
| Time | 1:29.174 on lap 67 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Jordan-Peugeot | ||
| Third | Jordan-Peugeot | ||
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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 the fact 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.
Michael Schumacher led until a late problem with his gearbox necessitated a long pit stop. Several other regular front-runners had problems, allowing both Jordans to finish on the podium for the first time in their history. Jordan had scored their first-ever GP points in Montreal 4 years earlier.
After Alesi crossed the finished line, race fans broke through the fences and charged the pit area. Race officials put out the black flag, effectively requiring all drivers to immediately stop on the track. However, Alesi was now entering the hairpin at the far end of the circuit on his victory lap. Running out of fuel, he 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.
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.
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