2005 Canadian GP Facts & Figure

By BMW WilliamsF1 Team
June 3 2005

 
Facts & Figures
 
Circuit/Date: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montréal/12th June 2005
Start time (local/GMT): 13:00 hrs/17:00 hrs (18:00 hrs UK time)
Lap/Race distance: 4.361 km/305.270 km (70 laps)

Winner 2004: Michael Schumacher (Scuderia Ferrari)

Pole 2004: Ralf Schumacher (BMW WilliamsF1 Team), 1:12.275 min

Lap record: Rubens Barrichello (Scuderia Ferrari), 1:13.22 min (2004)

F1 statistics:
BMW WilliamsF1 Team: 92 starts, 10 wins, 17 poles
WilliamsF1 pre-2000: 356 starts, 103 wins, 108 poles
BMW pre-2000: 97 starts, 9 wins, 15 poles

History and background:

WilliamsF1 has won six GPs in Canada (1979, '80, '86, '89, '93 and '96), while BMW has won two (1982 and '84). In 2001, the Anglo-German partnership claimed its first joint victory in Montreal.

2005 marks the 37th Canadian Grand Prix and the 27th to be held in Montreal. The first Canadian GP was staged in Mosport in 1967, with a further seven to follow. Mont-Tremblant has hosted two GPs.

Montreal has been hosting the Formula One race since 1978. The circuit is named after the winner of the inaugural GP, Canadian driver Gilles Villeneuve.

The city of Montreal, named after the Mont Royal mountain, was founded by French explorers as Ville-Marie-de-Montréal in 1642. Montreal is the capital of the French-speaking province of Quebec and is situated between a branch of the Ottawa River mouth and the Saint Lawrence River. The city has a population of more than a million. Conditions are extremely cold in winter, but in the warm, summer months the inhabitants come alive with activity.

The complex on Notre Dame Island, where the non-permanent race track is situated, played host to the World Expo in 1967 and the Olympic Games in 1976. The Formula One paddock runs along the former rowing basin.
 
 
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