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Date: Sunday, June 9
Start Time: 2 p.m. ET
Site: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve -- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Track: 4.361 km (2.709) miles) 14-turn road course
Laps: 70
Miles: 189.694 (305.270 km)
Capacity: 100,000+
Total purse:
Payouts:
Year: 44th
On TV: NBC
Announcers:
On Radio:
Race record: Michael Schumacher, 2004 (1 hr., 28 mins., 24.803 secs.)
Qualifying record: Ralf Schumacher, 2004 (1 min., 12.275 secs.)
2012 Finish
Defending champion: Lewis Hamilton
Runner up: Romain Grosjean
Pole winner: Sebastian Vettel (1:13.784)
Top 10:
1. Lewis Hamilton (Start: 2)
2. Romain Grosjean (7)
3. Sergio Perez (15)
4. Sebastian Vettel (1)
5. Fernando Alonso (3)
6. Nico Rosberg (5)
7. Mark Webber (4)
8. Kimi Raikkonen (12)
9. Kamui Kobayashi (11)
10. Felipe Massa (6)
Average speed: 198.207 kph
Time of race: 1 hr., 32 mins., 29.586 secs.
Margin of victory: 2.513 secs.
Caution flags:
Lead changes:
Past winners
2012 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes, 198.207 kph/1:32:29.586
2011 Jenson Button, McLaren-Mercedes, 74.864 kph/4:04:39.537
2010 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes, 195.079 kph/1:33:53.456
2009 , , ot Held
2008 Robert Kubica, BMW Sauber, 189.987 kph/1:36:24.447
2007 Lewis Hamilton, McLaren-Mercedes, 175.799 kph/1:44:11.292
2006 Fernando Alonso, Renault, 193.572 kph/1:34:37.308
2005 Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren-Mercedes, 198.754 kph/1:32:09.290
2004 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, 207.165 kph/1:28:24.803
2003 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, 200.777 kph/1:31:13.591
2002 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, 1:33:36.111
2001 Ralf Schumacher, Williams-BMW, 1:34:31.522
2000 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, 1:41:12.313
1999 Mika Hakkinen, McLaren, 1:41:35.727
1998 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, 1:40:57.355
1997 Michael Schumacher, Ferrari, 1:17:40.646
1996 Damon Hill, Williams, 1:36:03.465
1995 Jean Alesi, Ferrari, 1:44:54.171
1994 Michael Schumacher, Benetton, 1:44:31.887
1993 Alain Prost, Williams, 1:36:41.822
1992 Gerhard Berger, McLaren, 1:37:08.299
1991 Nelson Piquet, Benetton, 1:38:51.490
1990 Ayrton Senna, McLaren, 1:42:56.400
1989 Thierry Boutsen, Williams, 2:01:24.073
1988 Ayrton Senna, McLaren, 1:39:46.618
1987 , , ot Held
1986 Nigel Mansell, Williams, 1:42:26.415
1985 Michele Alboreto, Ferrari, 1:46:01.813
1984 Nelson Piquet, Brabham, 1:46:23.748
1983 Rene Arnoux, Ferrari, 1:48:31.838
1982 Nelson Piquet, Brabham-BMW, 1:46:39.577
1981 Jacques Laffite, Ligier-Matra, 2:01:25.20
1980 Alan Jones, Williams-Ford, 1:46:45.53
1979 Alan Jones, Williams-Ford, 1:52:06.892
1978 Gilles Villeneuve, Ferrari, 1:57:49.196
1977 Jody Scheckter, Wolf-Ford, 1:40:00.00
1976 James Hunt, McLaren-Ford, 1:40:09.626
1975 , , ot Held
1974 Emerson Fittipaldi, McLaren-Ford, 1:40:26.136
1973 Peter Revson, McLaren-Ford, 1:59:04.083
1972 Jackie Stewart, Tyrrell-Ford, 1:43:16.9
1971 Jackie Stewart, Tyrrell-Ford, 1:55:12.9
1970 Jacky Ickx, Ferrari, 2:21:18.4
1969 Jacky Ickx, Brabham-Ford, 1:59:25.7
1968 Denny Hulme, McLaren-Ford, 2:27:11.2
1967 Jack Brabham, Brabham-Repco, 2:40:40.0
Last race
Race: Monaco Grand Prix (May 26)
Site: Circuit de Monaco -- Monte Carlo, Monaco
Miles: 161.887 (260.520 km)
Laps: 78
Finish line order: Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Vettel, Mark Webber, Lewis Hamilton, Adrian Sutil
Time of Race: 2 hrs., 17 mins., 52.056 secs.
Average speed: 113.378 kph
Margin of victory: 3.888 secs.
Caution flags:
Lead changes:
Lap leaders:
Entry list
#1 Sebastian Vettel (Heppenheim, Germ) Renault/Red Bull
#2 Mark Webber (Queanbeyan, Australia) Renault/Red Bull
#3 Fernando Alonso (Oviedo, Spain) Ferrari/Scuderia
#4 Felipe Massa (Sao Paulo, Brazil) Ferrari/Scuderia
#5 Jenson Button (Frome, England) Mercedes/McLaren Vodafone
#6 Sergio Perez (Guadalajara, Mexico) Mercedes/McLaren Vodafone
#7 Kimi Raikkonen (Espoo, Finland) Renault/Lotus
#8 Romain Grosjean (Geneva,Switzerland) Renault/Lotus
#9 Nico Rosberg (Wiesbaden, Germany) Mercedes/AMG Petronas
#10 * Lewis Hamilton (Stevenage, England) Mercedes/AMG Petronas
#11 Nico Hulkenberg (Emmerich, Germany) Ferrari/Sauber
#12 Esteban Gutierrez (Monterrey, Mexico Ferrari/Sauber
#14 Paul di Resta (Livingston, Scotland) Mercedes/Sahara Force India
#15 Adrian Sutil (Starnberg, Germany) Mercedes/Sahara Force India
#16 Pastor Maldonado (Maracay,Venezuela) Renault/Williams
#17 Valtteri Bottas (Nastola, Finland) Renault/Williams
#18 Jean-Eric Vergne (Pontoise, France) Ferrari/Scuderia Toro Rosso
#19 Daniel Ricciardo (Perth, Australia) Ferrari/Scuderia Toro Rosso
#20 Charles Pic (Montelimar, France) Renault/Caterham
#21 Giedo van der Garde (Rhenen, Nether. Renault/Caterham
#22 Jules Bianchi (Nice, France) Cosworth/Marussia
#23 Max Chilton (Reigate, England) Cosworth/Marussia
Leading contenders
| Name | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Hamilton | Won | 19 | Won | 24 | Won | ||||
| Romain Grosjean | 2 | ||||||||
| Sergio Perez | 3 | ||||||||
| Sebastian Vettel | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Fernando Alonso | 13 | 18 | Won | 7 | 16 | 3 | 22 | 5 | |
| Nico Rosberg | 21 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 6 | |||
| Mark Webber | 15 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 7 | |
| Kimi Raikkonen | 5 | Won | 3 | 5 | 18 | 8 | |||
| Felipe Massa | 11 | 4 | 5 | DSQ | 5 | 15 | 6 | 10 | |
| Jenson Button | 3 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 2 | Won | 16 |
Notes
The have been 43 previous F1-sanctioned Canadian GPs. Jack Brabham won the inaugural race in 1967. The event was held at Mosport Park, as were the races in 1969, 1971-74 and 1976-77. In 1968 and '70, the event was held at Mont- Tremblant. It moved to its present site in 1978 and has been there since then. The Canadian GP was not held in 1975, '87 and 2009.
Originally named the Ile Notre-Dame Circuit, it was renamed in honor of Gilles Villeneuve after his death on May 8, 1982, caused by an accident during the final qualifying session for the Belgian Grand Prix. In 1978, Villeneuve won the inaugural grand prix held on the island.
Of the current F1 calendar, the other circuit named in honor of a former driver is the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, home of the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo.
Michael Schumacher holds the record for most victories in the Canadian GP with seven. Schumacher, who retired from F1 for good at the conclusion of the 2012 season, posted three consecutive wins in this race from 2002-04. His other victories there came in 1994, '97, '98 and 2000.
Lewis Hamilton from Mercedes is the only active driver who has multiple victories in the Canadian GP. Hamilton scored his first career F1 grand prix win and pole victory in this race in 2007. He also won in Canada in 2010 and 2012. All three of those wins came when he drove for McLaren.
Thierry Boutsen (1989), Jean Alesi (1995) and Robert Kubica (2008) also scored their maiden F1 wins in the Canadian GP.
Round 8 in this year's F1 world championship is the June 30 British Grand Prix in Silverstone, England. Mark Webber won last year's race there.
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