Round seven of the 2019 Formula One World Championship features an interruption in the European run of events, with the action moving to Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, home of the Canadian Grand Prix.

The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve mixes elements of a permanent and a street circuit, offering an exciting combination of low grip and high speeds around the 4.361km track.

Set on the artificial Ile Notre-Dame in the city's St Lawrence River, the nature of the circuit is informed by the elongated shape of the low-lying island, with a sequence of short straights punctuated by chicanes running up the western side, followed by a hairpin and a long back straight down the eastern edge before a final chicane leading onto the main straight.

This configuration compels teams to sacrifice downforce in favour of straight-line speed, though the faster corners at Turns 1-2 and approaching the hairpin temper this. Thus, a set-up somewhere in medium-low part of the downforce range is required.

The layout of the circuit also places a high demand on brake cooling, with a sequence of heavy stops into the slow corners, and very little recovery time in between. Those slow corners also place a premium on having a car with good traction on exit.

Despite being a very different circuit, Pirelli offers the same compounds in Montreal as it did in Monaco, with the three softest tyres available. The different demands of the circuit, however, see more variation in the allocation, with the Ferrari drivers each taking five sets of the Medium (C4) compound, compared with just one set last time out.

Approaching one-third distance in the 2019 season, Mercedes' stranglehold on the top two podium positions has finally been broken, though the Silver Arrows still increased their advantage in Monaco.

They now leading the Constructors' Championship with 257 points to Ferrari's 139. In the Drivers' Championship, consecutive victories have helped Lewis Hamilton eke out a small lead of 17 points over Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas.

CIRCUIT NOTES

► A drain has been added to the inside of Turn 2.

► There are new concrete walls and debris fencing running from Turn 4 through to Turn 10.

► The opening after Turn 10 on drivers right has been significantly widened and extended.

► The configuration of the wall to the drivers' right at Turn 13 has been modified and the guardrail replaced with a concrete wall.

► Turn 14 has a new concrete wall and debris fence.

► Additional CCTV cameras have been installed to allow the entire track to be monitored.

► The pit building has been demolished and rebuilt.

DRS ZONE

► There will be three DRS zones in Canada. The first zone has a detection point 15m after Turn 5 and an activation point 95m after Turn 7. The other two zones share a detection point 110m before Turn 9, with activation points 155m before Turn 12 and 70m after Turn 14.

Canadian Grand Prix Hisotry

The Canadian Grand Prix is an annual auto race held in Canada since 1961. 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.

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

Preceding the qualifying session in 2014, the Grand Prix organizers announced they had agreed to a 10-year extension to keep the Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve through 2024.

Canadian Grand Prix, Round Seven of the 2019 Formula 1 season

Circuit name: Gilles Villeneuve

Race laps: 70

Circuit length: 4.361 km (2.709 mi)

Race length: 305.270 km (189.694 mi)

Number of corners: 14 (8 Right, 6 Left)

Circuit direction: Clockwise

Distance from pole to First braking zone: 159.154 m

Pole position 2018: Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari 1:10.764

Pole position side: Left

Pit lane length under speed limit control: 404.2 m

Drive-through time at 80 km/h: 18.189s

Lap time at full throttle: 64%

Lap distance at full throttle: 76%

Gear changes per lap: 52

Braking events (>2g): 6

Heavy braking events (4g): 4

Fuel consumption: High

Maximum lateral G-force: 3.7G (T5)

Maximum speed: 315.50 km/h

Track evolution (P1 – Qualifying): Low

DRS zones: T7-8 / T12-13 / T14-1

Key overtaking opportunities: T1 / T10 / T13

Race lap record: 1:13.622 Rubens Barrichello - Ferrari 2004

Absolute lap record: Sebastian Vettel 2017 - Ferrari (Q3) 1:10.764

Pirelli used compounds: Hard C3 (White) – Medium C4 (Yellow) – Soft C5 (Red)

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

Pirelli used compounds

P Zero White hard – less grip, less wear (used for long-race stints) - The C3 version will be used, with a working range between 105-135 degrees Celsius (221-275 degrees Fahrenheit)

P Zero Yellow medium – more grip, medium wear (used for shorter-race stints and for initial portion of qualifying) - The C4 version will be used, with a working range between 90-120 degrees Celsius (194-248 degrees Fahrenheit)

P Zero Red soft – highest amount of grip, highest amount of wear (used for qualifying and select race situations) - The C5 version will be used, with a working range between 85-115 degrees Celsius (185-239 degrees Fahrenheit)

Teams/Drivers compounds choice

Nbr	Driver	Hard C3	Medium C4	Soft C5
44	Lewis Hamilton	1	4	8
77	Valtteri Bottas	2	3	8
5	Sebastian Vettel	1	5	7
16	Charles Leclrec	1	5	7
33	Max Verstappen	2	4	7
10	Pierre Gasly	2	4	7
3	Daniel Ricciardo	1	4	8
27	Nico Hulkenberg	2	3	8
20	Kevin Magnussen	2	3	8
8	Romain Grosjean	1	4	8
55	Carlos Sainz	2	2	9
4	Lando Norris	2	2	9
11	Sergio Perez	2	2	9
18	Lance Stroll	2	2	9
7	Kimi Raikkonen	1	3	9
99	Antonio Giovinazzi	2	2	9
26	Daniil Kvyat	1	4	8
23	Alexander Albon	1	4	8
63	George Russell	3	3	7
88	Robert Kubica	2	3	8

THE CIRCUIT FROM A TYRE POINT OF VIEW:

• Montréal is a semi-permanent track with smooth asphalt, using roads in the Parc Jean Drapeau that are open to the public for recreational activities during the rest of the year. This means that it’s especially ‘green’ and slippery at the start of the grand prix weekend, with a high degree of track evolution as the surface gets rubbered in.
• Canada is all about traction and braking, so getting heat into the front tyres is part of the challenge. There is no much run-off, so safety cars are a reasonably common occurrence, which of course can affect strategy.
• Weather is variable, but cool temperatures and rain are quite common at this time of the year (in 2011, red flag interruptions because of rain let to the longest grand prix in F1 history, lasting more than four hours). As a result of the cool weather and track conditions, some degree of graining can be expected, especially at the start of the weekend.
• Unlike Monaco, there’s plenty of opportunity to overtake in Canada, with a much higher average speed, long straights, and plenty of heavy braking areas. This makes it a very tough circuit on brakes: something that the teams always have to look out for.
• There was a mix of strategies used last year, with most drivers choosing a one-stopper, also influenced by an early safety car. The top two at the end (and on the grid) didn’t start the race on the softest available compound, and that might be the case again this weekend. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) and Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes) began on the ultrasoft – the approximate equivalent of the current C4 – before switching to the supersoft, which has been deleted from this year’s line-up.

MARIO ISOLA - HEAD OF CAR RACING

"Broadly speaking, our nomination for Canada is about the same as last year, when the hypersoft also made its second appearance of the year after Monaco. The main difference is that the hardest compound available this weekend is a bit harder than last year, and there is no equivalent of the supersoft in the 2019 range, so the choices are more spread out. While we have the same nomination as Monaco, a few of the teams have compared Montréal more with Baku – where we made a harder selection - because of the higher speeds, longer straights, and the challenge of balancing tyre temperatures across the front and rear of the car. Montréal is also a race that contains plenty of variety, in terms of strategy, on-track action and weather. The teams always go into it not knowing quite what to expect, so it’s especially important to accumulate as much tyre data as possible in order to be able to make an informed reaction to changing circumstances".

MONTREAL MINIMUM STARTING PRESSURES AND EOS CAMBER LIMIT (SLICKS)

 

Canadian Grand Prix Winners 1966 – 2018

Year	Driver	Constructor	Location
2018	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
2017	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2016	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2015	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2014	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-Renault
2013	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
2012	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
2011	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes
2010	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
2009	Not held
2008	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
2007	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
2006	Fernando Alonso	Renault
2005	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes
2004	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2003	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2002	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2001	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW
2000	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1999	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
1998	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1997	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1996	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault
1995	Jean Alesi	Ferrari
1994	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford
1993	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault
1992	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda
1991	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford
1990	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
1989	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault
1988	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
1987	Not held
1986	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
1985	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari
1984	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
1983	René Arnoux	Ferrari
1982	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW
1981	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	Circuit Île Notre-Dame
1980	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford
1979	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford
1978	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari
1977	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	Mosport Park
1976	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford
1975	Not held
1974	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	Mosport Park
1973	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford
1972	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford
1971	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford
1970	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	Mont-Tremblant
1969	Jacky Ickx	Brabham-Ford	Mosport Park
1968	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	Mont-Tremblant
1967	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	Mosport Park
1966	Mark Donohue	Lola-Chevrolet	Mosport Park

 

Multiple Winners (Drivers)

# of wins	Driver	Years
7	Michael Schumacher	1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
6	Lewis Hamilton	2007, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017
3	Nelson Piquet	1982, 1984, 1991
2	Jacky Ickx	1969, 1970
	Jackie Stewart	1971, 1972
	Alan Jones	1979, 1980
	Ayrton Senna	1988, 1990
	Sebastian Vettel	2014, 2018

 

Multiple Winners (Constructors)

# of wins	Constructor	Years
14	Ferrari	1963, 1964, 1970, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1995,  1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2018
	McLaren	1968, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1990, 1992,  1999, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012
7	Williams	1979, 1980, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1996, 2001
4	Brabham	1967, 1969, 1982, 1984
	Mercedes	2015, 2016, 2017
2	Lotus	1961, 1962
	Tyrrell	1971, 1972
	Benetton	1991, 1994
	Red Bull	2013, 2014

 

Numbers and Facts

Most wins (driver) 7 Michael Schumacher 1994 – 97 – 98 – 2000 – 02 – 03 – 04

Most wins (constructor) 13 McLaren (most recent 2012 and wins here = 9 which is bettered by Ferrari at CGV [11])

Wins from pole position 23 (1969 – 71 – 74 – 76 – 79 – 83 – 84 – 86 – 88 – 90 – 93 – 94 – 96 – 97 – 00 – 06 – 07 – 10 – 13 – 15 – 16 – 17 – 18)

Lowest grid for past winner 10 Jacques Laffite – 1981

Most recent 1-2 finish 2017 Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton-Valtteri Bottas)

Most emphatic win (here) 1 lap 1968 – Dennis Hulme- Bruce McLaren (Here = 42.029s in 1983 – Rene Arnoux-Eddie Cheever

Closest winning margin 0.174s / 2000 – Michael Schumacher-Rubens Barrichello

Rain-affected races 6 (1971 – 73 – 81 – 89 – 90 – 2000 – 2011)

Safety Car-affected races 15 (1973 – 97 – 98 – 99 – 2001 – 02 – 05 – 06 – 07 – 08 – 11 – 12 – 16 – 17 – 18)

2-hour rule shortened races 2 (1981 – 89)

Most podiums (driver) 12 Michael Schumacher 1992 – 93 – 94 – 97 – 98 – 2000 – 01 – 02 – 03 – 04 – 05 – 06

Most podiums (constructor) 34 Ferrari (Most recent: 2018)

Most pole positions (driver) 6 Michael Schumacher 1994 – 95 – 97 – 99 – 2000 – 01 and Hamilton 2007 – 08 – 10 – 15 – 16 – 17

Most pole positions (constructor) 11 McLaren 1972 – 74 – 76 – 88 – 89 – 90 – 92 – 98 – 2007 – 08 – 10

What Happened last race here?

The grid got away largely without incident from the line, but in turn 5, Brendon Hartley and Lance Stroll collided, forcing their immediate retirement and the deployment of the safety car.

At the restart, Sergio Pérez touched Sainz, forcing Pérez off the track, losing positions. On Lap 18, Daniel Ricciardo overcut Lewis Hamilton for the fourth position. On lap 46, Fernando Alonso retired from the race with an exhaust issue.

Race officials erroneously directed model Winnie Harlow to wave the chequered flag before race leader Vettel completed lap 69 (the scheduled penultimate lap) and therefore the results were taken from lap 68, according to the Formula 1 sporting regulations article 43.2.

This meant that Ricciardo's successively faster fastest laps on laps 69 and 70 were voided, and Sergio Pérez's overtake on Kevin Magnussen for 13th did not stand.

2018 Race Classification

Pos.	Driver	Constructor	Time/Retired	Grid
1	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:28:31.377	1
2	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	+7.376	2
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	+8.36	3
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer	+20.892	6
5	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	+21.559	4
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	+27.184	5
7	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	+1 lap	7
8	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Renault	+1 lap	9
9	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	+1 lap	8
10	Charles Leclerc	Sauber-Ferrari	+1 lap	13
11	Pierre Gasly	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	+1 lap	19
12	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	+1 lap	20
13	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	+1 lap	11
14	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	+1 lap	10
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	+2 laps	18
16	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Renault	+2 laps	15
17	Sergey Sirotkin	Williams-Mercedes	+2 laps	17
Ret	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Renault	Exhaust	14
Ret	Brendon Hartley	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	Collision	12
Ret	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	Collision	16

 

Did you know?

DRIVERS

✪ Lewis Hamilton has won 32.8% of all GP he’s started (77 wins from 235 starts) and is in the top 10 drivers races to win ratio of all-time. Here’s how he compares:- Fangio 47.0%, 2. Ascari 40.6%, 3. Clark 34.7%, 4.L.Hamilton 32.8%, 5. M. Schumacher 29.7%, 6. Ja. Stewart 27.2%, 7. Prost 25.6%, 8. A. Senna 25.5%, Moss 24.2%, 10. Vettel 23.1% (52/225)

✪ Hamilton is the 10th most experienced (WC) Grand Prix driver of all-time in terms of number of races started (235). Next on the list is 9th-best DC (246). The most

experienced driver of all-time is Rubens Barrichello (325).

✪ Hamilton needs a podium result in all 21 races this season if he is to equal Michael Schumacher’s all-time record of 155 F1 podiums

✪ Hamilton can beat or equal a number of Canadian Grand Prix all-time records this weekend. A win would be his 7th and would equal Michael Schumacher.

Pole would be his 7th here and beat the record he currently shares with Schumacher. If he leads at least a lap on Sunday it will be the 10th Canadian Grand Prix he has led which would equal Schumacher’s record

✪ Valtteri Bottas’s podium in Monaco F1 was his 36th in F1 and beat the F1 career podium total of Juan-Manuel Fangio

✪ Sebastian Vettel could on Sunday lead a Grand Prix for the 100th time in his career. He has to date led 99 (Grand Prix)

✪ Max Verstappen’s next podium in F1 will be his 25th and will beat Sir Stirling Moss

✪ A win for Charles Leclerc would be the first for a Monegasque driver in the F1 World Championship and even a second place result would be the best by a driver from Monaco in the Championship. A win though would not be the first in a Grandes Épreuves for a Monegasque driver. Louis Chiron holds that distinction for winning the 1949 French Grand Prix at Reims driving a Talbot-Lago almost 70 years ago (17 July 1949)

✪ A finish in the points for Sergio Perez will be his 96th in F1 and equal the number of races Ayrton Senna finished in the points

CONSTRUCTORS

✪ Mercedes scored their 106th F1 World Championship pole position in Monaco. The total is the 5th highest in the history of the championship. Mercedes’s next target is

4th-best Lotus with 107 pole positions. Top all-time is Ferrari with 220

✪ The next front row lock-out for Mercedes will be their 63rd and beat the all-time record jointly held by them, Ferrari, McLaren and Williams

✪ This year is the 50th F1 World Championship-qualifying Canadian Grand Prix

CANADIAN GRAND PRIX

✪ This is the 50th Formula One World Championship Canadian Grand Prix. The race made its debut in 1967 when it was won by Jack Brabham. It was not on the calendar in 1975, 1987 or 2009.

✪ The race moved to its current home in 1978. Originally named the Circuit Ile Notre-Dame, it became the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in 1982. The original home of the Canadian Grand Prix was Mosport Park where the race was held eight times, interrupted with grands prix at Circuit Mont-Tremblant in 1968 and 1970.

✪ McLaren are the most successful team in Canada with 13 victories, closely followed by Ferrari who have 12. Ferrari, however, are more successful at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, with 11 of their victories coming at the current venue, compared to nine of McLaren's.

✪ Michael Schumacher is the most successful driver at the Canadian Grand Prix with seven victories, winning for Benetton in 1994 and Ferrari in 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002-2004. Lewis Hamilton has the opportunity to equal that record this weekend. Hamilton took three victories (2007, 2010, 2012) for McLaren, and three in a row (2015-2017) for Mercedes. Sebastian Vettel is also a repeat winner of the Canadian Grand Prix, with victories for Red Bull (2013) and Ferrari (2018). Other winners in the current field are Kimi Raikkonen (2005), Robert Kubica (2008) and Daniel Ricciardo (2014).

✪ Hamilton, Kubica and Ricciardo all took their debut F1 victory at this circuit. They share that distinction with Gilles Villeneuve (1978), Thierry Boutsen (1989) and Jean Alesi (1995). Driving for Ferrari, the 1995 Canadian Grand Prix was the only victory of AJesi's career. Kubica's win for BMW-Sauber remains his sole F1 victory to date.

✪ Hamilton's 2007 win for McLaren came from his first pole. Five of Hamilton's six wins at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve have come from pole, the exception being 2012, when he started P2.

✪ 19 of the 39 Grands Prix held on this circuit have been won from pole position,

including five of the last six. The outlier from that sequence is Ricciardo's 2014 victory for Red Bull Racing, which came from P6 on the grid. Jacques Laffite's victory for Ligier from P10 is the furthest back from which a winner has started at this circuit.

✪ Torrential rain and a substantial red-flag delay contributed to the many entries the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix has in the record books. The race involved the most deployments by the Safety Car (six) and most pitstops by a winning driver (six for Jenson Button — including a drive-through for speeding behind the Safety Car). The two-hour red flag period extended the duration of the race to a record 4h4m39.537s and thus the misleading statistic of the lowest average winning race speed of 74.844kph / 46.506mph for Button.

✪ There are Circuit Gilles Villeneuve debuts this weekend for Alex Albon, Antonio Giovinazzi, Lando Norris and George Russell, none of whom has completed a FP1 session or a junior single-seater race at this track.

Driver’s Championship standing

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Lewis Hamilton	137
2	Valtteri Bottas	120
3	Sebastian Vettel	82
4	Max Verstappen	78
5	Charles Leclerc	57
6	Pierre Gasly	32
7	Carlos Sainz Jr.	18
8	Kevin Magnussen	14
9	Sergio Pérez	13
10	Kimi Räikkönen	13
11	Lando Norris	12
12	Daniil Kvyat	9
13	Daniel Ricciardo	8
14	Alexander Albon	7
15	Nico Hülkenberg	6
16	Lance Stroll	4
17	Romain Grosjean	2
18	Antonio Giovinazzi	0
19	George Russell	0
20	Robert Kubica	0

 

Constructor’s Championship standing

Pos.	Team	Pts
1	Mercedes	257
2	Ferrari	139
3	Red Bull Racing Honda	110
4	Mclaren Renault	30
5	Racing Point Mercedes	17
6	Haas Ferrari	16
7	Scuderia Toro Rosso Honda	16
8	Renault	14
9	Alfa Romeo Racing  Ferrari	13
10	Williams Mercedes	0

Driver’s penalty points:

Driver	Penalty points
Lance Stroll	8
Romain Grosjean	7
Max Verstappen	7
Sebastian Vettel	5
Valtteri Bottas	4
Sergio Perez	3
Nico Hulkenberg	3
Carlos Sainz	3
Pierre Gasly	3
Antonio Giovinazzi	3
Kimi Raikkonen	2
Daniil Kvyat	2
Daniel Ricciardo	2
Kevin Magnussen	1