Canadian Grand Prix

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Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canadian Grand Prix
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
(2002-2008, 2010-2019, 2022-present)
Ile Notre-Dame (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve).svg
Race information
Number of times held58
First held 1961
Most wins (drivers) Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher (7)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton (7)
Most wins (constructors) Flag of Italy.svg Ferrari (14)
Circuit length4.361 km (2.709 miles)
Race length305.270 km (189.694 miles)
Laps70
Last race (2023)
Pole position
Podium
Fastest lap

The Canadian Grand Prix (French : Grand Prix du Canada) is an annual motor racing event held since 1961. [1] It has been part of the Formula One World Championship since 1967. It was first staged at Mosport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario, as a sports car event, before alternating between Mosport and Circuit Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, after Formula One took over the event. After 1971, safety concerns led to the Grand Prix moving permanently to Mosport. In 1978, after similar safety concerns with Mosport, the Canadian Grand Prix moved to its current home at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Notre Dame Island in Montreal, Quebec.

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In 2005, the Canadian Grand Prix was the most watched Formula One Grand Prix in the world. The race was also the third most watched sporting event worldwide, behind the first place Super Bowl XXXIX and that year’s UEFA Champions League Final. [2]

The 2020 and 2021 events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] [4] After the cancellation of 2021 Canadian Grand Prix, the contract was extended to 2031. [5]

History

The early Canadian Grand Prix was one of the premier events of the new Canadian Sports Car Championship, a series which had been created alongside the Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport Park near Toronto in 1961. Mosport Park (which is still in its original layout configuration) was a spectacular and challenging circuit[ according to whom? ] which had many ups and downs; the circuit was popular with drivers. Several international sports car as well as Formula One drivers participated in the event. For the first five years, the event would be won by drivers with either prior Formula One experience, or would enter the championship after winning the Canadian Grand Prix. In 1966 the Canadian-American Challenge Cup ran the event, with American Mark Donohue winning. [1] Formula One took over the following year, although the CSCC and Can-Am series continued to compete at Mosport in their own events.

Formula One

Mosport Park and Mont-Tremblant

The event was run as part of the Formula One world championship first in 1967; Mosport Park was selected as the venue for the event. The Ontario circuit alternated with the Circuit Mont-Tremblant in Quebec, where the Canadian Grand Prix was held in 1968 and 1970. Mont-Tremblant, located 1+12 hours northwest of Montreal, was much like Mosport Park in that it was a spectacular circuit which had significant elevation change and was very challenging. The first championship race was held between the German and Italian rounds on 27 August; it was won by Jack Brabham with his New Zealander teammate Denny Hulme completing a Brabham 1–2.

The 1968 event, which was moved to late September so it could be paired with the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, saw the unlucky New Zealander Chris Amon lead from the start until 17 laps from the end of the 90 lap distance when his gearbox broke; the McLaren team finished 1–2 with Amon's countrymen Hulme and Bruce McLaren taking top honours.

Following the 1968 season, a group led by John Bassett and race sponsor Imperial Tobacco developed a proposal to move both the Grand Prix and Mosport's Telegram Trophy IndyCar race to a new street circuit in Toronto along Lake Shore Boulevard and through Exhibition Place with the start/finish line and pits to be located inside Exhibition Stadium. [6] [7] [8] Bassett dropped the idea just as the bill was going through third reading before Toronto city council. [9] The idea to move the race to an urban location would return a decade later.

The 1969 event at Mosport Park saw Briton Jackie Stewart climb up from 4th to take the lead, but Jacky Ickx was coming up fast, and Stewart and Ickx battled until lap 33, when they came to lap privateer Al Pease for the fourth time, Ickx attempted to pass Stewart, and the two cars collided. Stewart was unable to get his Matra going, but Ickx did get his Brabham going, and held onto the lead until the checkered flag. An angry Stewart complained to his boss Ken Tyrrell about Pease, who complained to the organizers. The 48-year-old Pease was then given the black disqualification flag after completing less than half the number of laps the leaders had completed in an almost embarrassingly outdated Eagle-Climax, and became the only driver in F1 history ever to be disqualified for being too slow. The 1970 event saw Ickx win again with his Swiss teammate Clay Regazzoni making the result a Ferrari 1–2. But the Mont-Tremblant circuit was not used again for Formula One because of safety concerns regarding the bitter winters seriously affecting the track surface and a dispute with the local racing authorities there in 1972. The alternating of the race stopped and Mosport solely continued to hold the Canadian Grand Prix from 1971.

Peter Revson's crashed McLaren M19C. The crash occurred the lap after he set the pole position lap for the 1972 Canadian Grand Prix. Peter Revson M19C.png
Peter Revson's crashed McLaren M19C. The crash occurred the lap after he set the pole position lap for the 1972 Canadian Grand Prix.

The 1971 event saw Mosport Park flooded with rain and fog; the main event was delayed after a fatal accident at a Formula Ford support race and by the time it started, it was raining heavily. Jackie Stewart took victory easily in a Tyrrell from Swede Ronnie Peterson in a March. 1972 saw Mosport upgraded with new safety features, and Stewart won again. 1973 was an interesting event; like the race 2 years previous it was a rain-soaked event. Austrian new-boy Niki Lauda in a BRM took the lead from Peterson in a Lotus on Lap 3, Lauda led until the 20th lap when he came to change tires; there was considerable confusion after François Cevert and Jody Scheckter collided on Lap 33 leading to a bungled pace car interlude after which things became very confused as the pace car failed to pick up the leader and allowed those ahead to gain almost a lap. All this meant that Briton Jackie Oliver ended up in the lead with American Peter Revson second and Frenchman Jean-Pierre Beltoise third. Of these three Revson had the most competitive car and so eventually moved into the lead and led all the way to the flag while Peterson's Brazilian teammate Emerson Fittipaldi charged to try to make up for lost ground and overtook Oliver and Beltoise in the closing laps to grab second. For hours after the race confusion reigned but eventually it was confirmed that Revson was the winner- thanks to a lucky break when the pace car came out. The 1974 event saw Fittipaldi win while his championship rivals Clay Regazzoni finished 2nd and Jody Scheckter crashed heavily after a brake failure on his Tyrrell. There was no 1975 event, and the 1976 event was one where Briton James Hunt found out that his 9 points from Brands Hatch were taken away and he was disqualified; Hunt won the Canadian Grand Prix event that year, driving furiously throughout the race.

1977 was the race where French-Canadian Gilles Villeneuve made his debut for Ferrari. But concerns about the bumpy Mosport Park's safety arose when Briton Ian Ashley had a horrendous accident while cresting a bumpy rise. Ashley's Hesketh flipped over the Armco guardrails and went into a television tower. The German-born Englishman was seriously injured and safety operations to rescue him were inefficient and time-consuming; and the lack of safety at Mosport was underlined when Jochen Mass lost control of his McLaren and hit a guardrail that virtually flattened upon impact. Jody Scheckter won this race in his Wolf, but with continuing safety concerns, a new proposal was brought forward. Labatt, the sponsor who held the rights to F1 racing in Canada at the time, as well as the owners of Mosport Park revived the 1968 proposal to move the race to Toronto's Exhibition Place after the FIA deemed Mosport as an unsuitable host facility going forward. [10] Toronto city council turned down the proposal by a margin of two votes and within a few hours, Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau had negotiated with Labatt to move the race permanently to Montreal. [11] [12] [7] A third attempt at a Toronto race eventually came to fruition by competing Canadian brewer Molson in 1986 as the Molson Indy Toronto, part of the Indy Car World Series [13] [14]

A plan was quickly put together to develop a track called the Circuit Île Notre Dame on a man-made island in the middle of the St. Lawrence seaway that had been the site of the famous Expo '67; specific roads on the island were combined and modified, and then pit facilities were built to make a temporary race track. The Canadian Grand Prix was first held there in 1978 and it has been held there ever since, with the exception of four years when the event was cancelled.

Montreal

The first winner in Montreal was Quebec native Villeneuve, driving a Ferrari. 1979 saw circuit layout modifications to make it faster, and Australian Alan Jones win, and he then won the 1980 race and the Drivers' Championship that year. 1980 also saw a big startline pile-up with involved Jones's Brazilian championship rival Nelson Piquet after he and Jones collided going into the very fast Droit du Casino corner. Piquet jumped into his spare car with a more powerful qualifying engine; but the engine blew up and Piquet retired from the race. Frenchman Jean-Pierre Jabouille's season and F1 racing career came to an end when he crashed his Renault head-on into a tire wall. He had badly broken legs; it took the tall Frenchman months to recover. 1981 saw a rain-soaked event in which near end of the race, Villeneuve demonstrated his car control skill when the front wing of his Ferrari was askew from a crash and he drove on to third place with the car in this condition. Frenchman Jacques Laffite took what was to be his last F1 victory, followed by Briton John Watson and Villeneuve.

Salut Gilles on the track of Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The Quebec-born Gilles Villeneuve won the 1978 Canadian Grand Prix. Circuit Gilles Villeneuve MAM2.JPG
Salut Gilles on the track of Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The Quebec-born Gilles Villeneuve won the 1978 Canadian Grand Prix.

Villeneuve was killed in 1982 on his final qualifying lap for the Belgian Grand Prix. A few weeks after his death, the race course in Montreal was renamed Circuit Gilles Villeneuve after him. Gilles Villeneuve was one of the first people inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame, and is so far the only Canadian winner of the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix. The 1982 Canadian Grand Prix was a tragic event, in the shadow of the death of Villeneuve a month earlier. It saw another accident when Villeneuve's teammate Didier Pironi stalled at the front of the grid. First, Raul Boesel struck a glancing blow to the stationary vehicle, and then Riccardo Paletti crashed directly into the rear of Pironi's Ferrari at over 180 km/h (110 mph). Pironi and F1 doctor Sid Watkins came to Paletti's aid to try to extract him from his car, which briefly caught fire. After a half-hour, the 23-year-old Paletti was extracted and flown to a nearby hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Nelson Piquet won the race in his Brabham. 1982 was also significant in that the race was moved from October to June with the event happening in early June ever since.

In 1983, Frenchman René Arnoux scored his first race win as a Ferrari driver, and the following year Piquet won again in a BMW-powered Brabham. 1985 saw Ferrari finish 1–2 with Italian Michele Alboreto and Swede Stefan Johansson taking top honours from Frenchman Alain Prost, while Lotus gained their final ever lock-out of the front row when Elio de Angelis and Ayrton Senna started 1–2. 1986 was a competitive race. Finn Keke Rosberg in a McLaren charged through the field, caught and then passed British leader Nigel Mansell. But Rosberg, like the other front runners, encountered problems, benefiting Mansell who won the race. In 1987, the race was not held due to sponsorship dispute between two local breweries, Labatt and Molson. [15] During the break the track was modified, and starting line moved to its current position.

Ayrton Senna celebrates his victory at the 1988 Canadian Grand Prix with Alain Prost and Thierry Boutsen. Senna Prost and Boutsen Montreal 1988.jpg
Ayrton Senna celebrates his victory at the 1988 Canadian Grand Prix with Alain Prost and Thierry Boutsen.

1988 saw Brazilian Ayrton Senna take victory in the all-conquering McLaren MP4/4 with its Honda turbo engine, and the following year he so very nearly won again, but the Honda engine in his McLaren failed and Belgian Thierry Boutsen took victory, which was the first in his F1 career. 1990, like the year before, was a rain-soaked event, and it saw a number of accidents; Senna came out to win again. 1991 saw a dramatic finale in which Nigel Mansell's Williams failed on the very last lap only a few corners from the finish line; Nelson Piquet took his 23rd and final F1 victory in a Benetton. Austrian Gerhard Berger won the 1992 event after the dominant Mansell spun off after a collision with Berger's teammate Senna.

Jean Alesi at the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix Jean Alesi Ferrari 1995-mod.jpg
Jean Alesi at the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix

Alain Prost won the 1993 event while fending off a spirited drive from Senna, and in response to the Imola tragedies, the 1994 event saw the very fast Droit du Casino curve being turned into a chicane. German Michael Schumacher won this event. Ferrari's Jean Alesi won the 1995 edition, which occurred on his 31st birthday and which would be the only win of his career. Alesi had inherited the lead when Michael Schumacher pitted with electrical problems and Damon Hill's hydraulics failed. The victory was a popular one for Alesi, particularly after several unrewarded drives the year before, namely in Italy. Alesi's win at Montreal was voted the most popular race victory of the season by many, as it was the number 27 Ferrari—once belonging to the famous Gilles Villeneuve at his much loved home Grand Prix. Schumacher gave Alesi a lift back to the pits after Alesi's car ran out of fuel just before the Pits Hairpin.

The Canadian Grand Prix race had grown in importance around this time; the demise of Grands Prix in Detroit, Phoenix and Mexico City meant that it had been the only North American Grand Prix round since 1993 and would continue to be the only round in North America up until 2000, and again from 2008 to 2011 after yet another demise of the United States Grand Prix, this time at Indianapolis. It was also one of two races in the entire Americas, the other being the Brazilian Grand Prix, although the Argentine Grand Prix had returned for 4 brief years from 1995 to 1998.

The 1996 race saw the Casino corner removed and the layout changed; the run from the hairpin at the bottom of the circuit was turned into a straight. Briton Damon Hill won this event, and the 1997 race was stopped early due to a crash involving Olivier Panis. He was sidelined for nine races and some see it as a turning point in the career of the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix winner. The races from 1997 to 2004 (except 1999 and 2001) saw a romp of Michael Schumacher victories, all in a Ferrari. 1999 saw Finn Mika Häkkinen win, and in 2001, there was the first sibling 1–2 finish in the history of Formula 1, as Ralf and Michael Schumacher topped the podium. The Schumacher brothers would finish 1–2 in the 2003 edition as well, 2001 was also noted for Jean Alesi achieving Prost's best finish of the season; he celebrated his fifth place by doing several donuts in his vehicle, and throwing his helmet into the crowd.

Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso during the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix Hamilton + Alonso 2007 Canada.jpg
Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso during the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix

The 2007 race was the site of rookie Lewis Hamilton's first win. On lap 67, Takuma Sato overtook McLaren-Mercedes's Fernando Alonso, to cheers around the circuit, just after overtaking Ralf Schumacher and having overtaken Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen earlier in the race. [16] The race saw Sato move from the middle of the grid to the back of the pack and to a high of fifth before a pit-stop error caused him to move back to eleventh. Sato fought up 5 places in the field in the last 15 laps to finish sixth. Sato was voted "Driver of the Day" on the ITV website over Lewis Hamilton's first win. The race also saw an atrocious crash involving Robert Kubica (who went on to win the race the following season, resulting to be his only one in F1).

2009 hiatus

On 7 October 2008, the Canadian Grand Prix was dropped from the 2009 Formula One calendar, which left the Montreal race off the list for the first time since 1987. [17] Since the United States Grand Prix was dropped after 2007, this meant that in 2009 no Formula One race was held in North America for the first time since 1958 [18] (the American Indianapolis 500 formed part of the FIA World Drivers' Championship from 1950 to 1960, but was not run to Formula One regulations and only very rarely entered by regular championship competitors).

During the Australian Grand Prix, reports surfaced that the Canadian Grand Prix could return during the 2009 season in the event that the race circuit in Abu Dhabi was not ready in time. [19] On 26 April 2009, Speed reported Bernie Ecclestone as saying the FIA was negotiating a return of the Canadian Grand Prix for the 2010 season, provided upgrades to the circuit were completed.

On 29 August 2009, the BBC reported the provisional schedule for the 2010 season, which had both the Canadian and British Grand Prix marked down as "provisional". The Canadian GP was originally scheduled for 6 June. [20] The 2010 Canadian Grand Prix was eventually run in Montreal on 13 June 2010. [21] On 27 November 2009, Quebec's officials and Canadian Grand Prix organizers announced they had reached a settlement with Formula One Administration and signed a new five-year contract spanning the 2010–2014 seasons. [22] Under the five-year agreement, the government pays 15 million Canadian dollars a year to host the race, much less than the 35 million a year Ecclestone initially asked for. [23]

2010-present
Start of the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix. The race was the longest ever F1 race to date due to rainstorms. 2011 Canadian GP - Start.jpg
Start of the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix. The race was the longest ever F1 race to date due to rainstorms.

The 2011 Canadian Grand Prix became the longest ever Formula One race to date; rainstorms delayed the race for hours; but when it got going again Briton Jenson Button stormed through the field from last place after the restart on lap 41 and caught German leader Sebastian Vettel; whom he forced into making a mistake, passed the Red Bull driver and the Briton took victory, in what he described as "my best ever race". [24] The 2013 Canadian Grand Prix saw Vettel dominate in his Red Bull, but it was also to see the first Formula One-related fatality in 12 years. Thirty-eight-year-old track marshal Mark Robinson was run over by a recovery vehicle, and the accident happened while marshals were removing the Sauber of Esteban Gutiérrez after the Mexican had spun off during the closing stages of the race. Robinson died later in hospital and became the first track-side death in Formula One since that of marshal Graham Beveridge at the 2001 Australian Grand Prix.

Wildlife

In the weeks leading up the Grand Prix, city officials trap as many groundhogs as they can in and around the race course, and transport the animals to nearby Île Ste-Helene. [25] Nonetheless, in 1990, Alessandro Nannini struck a gopher on the track which damaged his tire. In 2007, a groundhog disrupted the practice session of Ralf Schumacher. On race day itself, Anthony Davidson had been running in third until he struck a groundhog, initially thought to be a beaver, which forced him to pit and repair the damage to his front wing. In 2008, a groundhog crossed the track at the hairpin in the 2nd practice session but luckily did not disrupt the session. In 2018, Romain Grosjean struck a groundhog in the 2nd practice session on the approach to turn 13, damaging his front wing. In 2022, Nicholas Latifi hit a groundhog in third practice in the braking zone of turn 8.

Wall of Champions

Bienvenue au Quebec slogan on the "Wall of Champions" Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Famous Wall.jpg
Bienvenue au Québec slogan on the "Wall of Champions"

The final corner of Circuit Gilles Villeneuve became well known for crashes involving former World Champions. In 1999, Damon Hill, Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve all crashed into the same wall which had the slogan Bienvenue au Québec (Welcome to Quebec) on it. The wall became ironically known as "Wall of Champions". The wall also was involved in a crash with Ricardo Zonta, who was, at the time, the reigning FIA GT sports car champion. In recent years, CART Champion Juan Pablo Montoya, Formula Renault 3.5 Champion Carlos Sainz Jr. and 2009 Formula One World Champion Jenson Button have also fallen victim to the wall. [26] In 2011 Friday practice the wall claimed 4-time F1 Champion Sebastian Vettel. [27] During Q2 in 2019, the wall claimed another former Formula Renault 3.5 champion, Kevin Magnussen, though he escaped serious injury. [28]

Before the wall was named it also claimed victims such as 1992 World Sportscar Champion and long-time F1 driver Derek Warwick who spectacularly crashed his Arrows-Megatron during qualifying for the 1988 Canadian Grand Prix. [29]

Winners of the Canadian Grand Prix

Repeat winners (drivers)

Drivers in bold are competing in the Formula One championship in the current season.
A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship.

Lewis Hamilton celebrates winning the 2015 Canadian Grand Prix Hamilton Canada 2015.jpg
Lewis Hamilton celebrates winning the 2015 Canadian Grand Prix
WinsDriverYears won
7 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton 2007, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
3 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet 1982, 1984, 1991
2 Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Pedro Rodríguez 1963 , 1964
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx 1969, 1970
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Stewart 1971, 1972
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones 1979, 1980
Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna 1988, 1990
Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel 2013, 2018
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen 2022, 2023
Sources: [30] [31]

Repeat winners (constructors)

Teams in bold are competing in the Formula One championship in the current season.
A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship.

WinsConstructorYears won
14 Flag of Italy.svg Ferrari 1963 , 1964 , 1970, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2018
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg McLaren 1968, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Williams 1979, 1980, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1996, 2001
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Brabham 1967, 1969, 1982, 1984
Flag of Germany.svg Mercedes 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
Flag of Austria.svg Red Bull 2013, 2014, 2022, 2023
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lotus 1961 , 1962
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tyrrell 1971, 1972
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Benetton 1991, 1994
Sources: [30] [31]

Repeat winners (engine manufacturers)

Manufacturers in bold are competing in the Formula One championship in the current season.
A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship.

WinsManufacturerYears won
14 Flag of Italy.svg Ferrari 1963 , 1964 , 1970, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2018
12 Flag of the United States.svg Ford * 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1991, 1994
10 Flag of Germany.svg Mercedes ** 1999, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019
6 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Renault 1989, 1993, 1996, 2006, 2013, 2014
4 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Honda 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992
Flag of Germany.svg BMW 1982, 1984, 2001, 2008
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Climax 1961 , 1962
Flag of the United States.svg Chevrolet 1965 , 1966
Sources: [30] [31]

* Built by Cosworth, funded by Ford

** Between 1999 and 2005 built by Ilmor, funded by Mercedes

By year

A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship.

A map of all the locations of the Canadian Grand Prix. Canadian GP map.png
A map of all the locations of the Canadian Grand Prix.
YearDriverConstructorLocationReport
1961 Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg Peter Ryan Lotus-Climax Mosport Park Report
1962 Flag of the United States.svg Masten Gregory Lotus-Climax Report
1963 Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Pedro Rodríguez Ferrari Report
1964 Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg Pedro Rodríguez Ferrari Report
1965 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Hall Chaparral-Chevrolet Report
1966 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Donohue Lola-Chevrolet Report
1967 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Brabham Brabham-Repco Mosport Park Report
1968 Flag of New Zealand.svg Denny Hulme McLaren-Ford Mont-Tremblant Report
1969 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx Brabham-Ford Mosport Park Report
1970 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jacky Ickx Ferrari Mont-Tremblant Report
1971 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford Mosport Park Report
1972 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jackie Stewart Tyrrell-Ford Report
1973 Flag of the United States.svg Peter Revson McLaren-Ford Report
1974 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren-Ford Report
1975 Not held
1976 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Hunt McLaren-Ford Mosport Park Report
1977 Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Jody Scheckter Wolf-Ford Report
1978 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gilles Villeneuve Ferrari Circuit Île Notre-Dame Report
1979 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Williams-Ford Report
1980 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alan Jones Williams-Ford Report
1981 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jacques Laffite Ligier-Matra Report
1982 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Report
1983 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg René Arnoux Ferrari Report
1984 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Brabham-BMW Report
1985 Flag of Italy.svg Michele Alboreto Ferrari Report
1986 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Mansell Williams-Honda Report
1987 Not held due to a sponsorship dispute between Labatt and Molson
1988 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Report
1989 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thierry Boutsen Williams-Renault Report
1990 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda Report
1991 Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg Nelson Piquet Benetton-Ford Report
1992 Flag of Austria.svg Gerhard Berger McLaren-Honda Report
1993 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Alain Prost Williams-Renault Report
1994 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Benetton-Ford Report
1995 Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Jean Alesi Ferrari Report
1996 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Damon Hill Williams-Renault Report
1997 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari Report
1998 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari Report
1999 Flag of Finland.svg Mika Häkkinen McLaren-Mercedes Report
2000 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari Report
2001 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Williams-BMW Report
2002 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari Report
2003 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari Report
2004 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari Report
2005 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes Report
2006 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Renault Report
2007 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes Report
2008 Flag of Poland.svg Robert Kubica BMW Sauber Report
2009 Not held
2010 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Report
2011 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes Report
2012 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes Report
2013 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault Report
2014 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-Renault Report
2015 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes Report
2016 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes Report
2017 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes Report
2018 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Ferrari Report
2019 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes Report
2020

2021
Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Red Bull-RBPT Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Report
2023 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Red Bull-Honda RBPT Report
Sources: [30] [31]

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The 1997 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the A1-Ring on 21 September 1997. It was the fourteenth race of the 1997 Formula One World Championship, and the first Austrian Grand Prix since 1987.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix</span> 15th round of the 1997 Formula One season

The 1997 Luxembourg Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany on 28 September 1997. It was the fifteenth race of the 1997 Formula One World Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1998 Canadian Grand Prix</span> Motor car race

The 1998 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on 7 June 1998. The 69-lap race was the seventh round of the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship. It was won by Michael Schumacher, however the race is probably best remembered for the crash on the first lap involving Alexander Wurz, Jean Alesi and Jarno Trulli, which resulted in the race being red flagged and restarted, only for another collision to take place between Alesi and Trulli at the same corner, and the race being started once again under the safety car.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2000 Spanish Grand Prix</span> Formula One motor race held in 2000

The 2000 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 7 May 2000 at the Circuit de Catalunya, in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain with approximately 79,000 spectators. It was the fifth round of the 2000 Formula One World Championship and the 42nd Spanish Grand Prix. Mika Häkkinen of McLaren won the 65-lap race after starting second. His teammate David Coulthard finished second, with Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2000 Canadian Grand Prix</span> Formula One motor race held in 2000

The 2000 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 18 June 2000 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada before 100,000 people. It was the eighth round of the 2000 Formula One World Championship and the 38th Canadian Grand Prix. Ferrari's Michael Schumacher won the 69-lap race from pole position. His teammate Rubens Barrichello finished second with Benetton's Giancarlo Fisichella third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2000 Belgian Grand Prix</span> 2000 Formula One motor race in Belgium

The 2000 Belgian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 27 August 2000 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium with a crowd of 83,000 spectators. It was the 13th race of the 2000 Formula One World Championship, and the 58th Belgian Grand Prix. McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen won the 44-lap race from pole position. Michael Schumacher finished second in a Ferrari, and Williams driver Ralf Schumacher was third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2001 Canadian Grand Prix</span> Motor car race

The 2001 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 10 June 2001 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec in front of a crowd of 111,000 people. It was the eighth round of the 2001 Formula One season and the 33rd Canadian Grand Prix as part of the Formula One World Championship. The 69-lap race was won by Williams driver Ralf Schumacher after starting from the second position. Michael Schumacher finished second in a Ferrari and McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen came third.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1997 Formula One World Championship</span> 51st season of FIA Formula One motor racing

The 1997 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 51st season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It commenced on 9 March and ended on 26 October after seventeen races. The Drivers' Championship was won by Jacques Villeneuve and the Constructors' Championship was awarded to Williams-Renault.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1996 Formula One World Championship</span> 50th season of FIA Formula One motor racing

The 1996 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 50th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. The championship commenced on 10 March and ended on 13 October after sixteen races. Two World Championship titles were awarded, one for Drivers and one for Constructors.

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