Gilles Villeneuve Circuit: F1 Track Map Layout & Lap Record

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Details
Location:	Canada, Montreal
Event:	Canadian Grand Prix
Used Since:	1978
Type:	Closed Circuit
Lap Dist.:	4.361 km

Description

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve: three corners in detail

Turn 1 G. Villeneuve circuit

The pit straight to turn 1The lap on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve starts on the short pit straight where speeds peak at over 300km/h at the end of the straight before the drivers shifts down to third gear to take the first corner, a left hander, at approx 120km/h.

T1 is the start of a spoon-profiled corner that demands a progressive smooth engine setting throughout. Engine revs will be at approx 11,000rpm for five seconds through this turn, the longest consistently low rev setting of the lap on circuit Gilles Villeneuve. In the firsts laps of the race we always can see a lot wheel banging and broken front wings in this corner.

Hairpin G. Villeneuve circuit

The Hairpin
Cars brake down to 58km/h for the hairpin before starting on the Droit du Casino straight. Engine maps will be created to give drivers traction on the entry to the hairpin, but also good response away as it leads onto the longest straight on the circuit (1,064m).

To maximise the acceleration on the straight gear ratios will be carefully calibrated. Wind speed and direction need to be considered; going into a headwind, engineers will choose shorter ratios, but if the cars are running downwind they will go for longer. They will also pay careful attention to the fuel consumption if the wind is very strong – if the car is running into the wind, the time spent at the limiter at the end of the straight is less, meaning fuel consumption is higher.

Wall of Champions

The Wall of Champions
Drivers will accelerate through the gears to reach over 320km/h in qualifying before the braking point for turn 13 or the 'Wall of Champions'. Stability going into this chicane is key and drivers will use engine braking as well as literal braking, loading the internal parts and fluid systems very heavily.

When the driver enters the turn he will get back on the throttle to accelerate back onto the pit straight, so the pedal and throttle maps must deliver exactly the correct amount of power when he needs it: too much 'push' and he will shoot into the wall; too little and his acceleration onto the straight will be compromised.

Podiums

F1 Podium Winners on Gilles Villeneuve Circuit

Year	Race	Date	Driver	Team	Laps
2019	2019 Canadian Grand Prix	June 9	1th Lewis Hamilton 2th Sebastian Vettel 3th Charles Leclerc	Mercedes Ferrari Ferrari	70 70 70
2018	2018 Canadian Grand Prix	June 10	1th Sebastian Vettel 2th Valtteri Bottas 3th Max Verstappen	Ferrari Mercedes Red Bull	68 68 68
2017	2017 Canadian Grand Prix	June 11	1th Lewis Hamilton 2th Valtteri Bottas 3th Daniel Ricciardo	Mercedes Mercedes Red Bull	70 70 70
2016	2016 Canadian Grand Prix	June 12	1th Lewis Hamilton 2th Sebastian Vettel 3th Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes Ferrari Williams	70 70 70
2015	2015 Canadian Grand Prix	June 7	1th Lewis Hamilton 2th Nico Rosberg 3th Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes Mercedes Williams	70 70 70
2014	2014 Canadian Grand Prix	June 8	1th Daniel Ricciardo 2th Nico Rosberg 3th Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Mercedes Red Bull	70 70 70
2013	2013 Canadian Grand Prix	June 9	1th Sebastian Vettel 2th Fernando Alonso 3th Lewis Hamilton	Red Bull Ferrari Mercedes	70 70 70
2012	2012 Canadian Grand Prix	June 10	1th Lewis Hamilton 2th Romain Grosjean 3th Sergio Pérez	McLaren Lotus F1 Sauber	70 70 70
2011	2011 Canadian Grand Prix	June 12	1th Jenson Button 2th Sebastian Vettel 3th Mark Webber	McLaren Red Bull Red Bull	70 70 70
2010	2010 Canadian Grand Prix	June 13	1th Lewis Hamilton 2th Jenson Button 3th Fernando Alonso	McLaren McLaren Ferrari	70 70 70
2008	2008 Canadian Grand Prix	June 8	1th Robert Kubica 2th Nick Heidfeld 3th David Coulthard	BMW Sauber BMW Sauber Red Bull	70 70 70
2007	2007 Canadian Grand Prix	June 10	1th Lewis Hamilton 2th Nick Heidfeld 3th Alexander Wurz	McLaren BMW Sauber Williams	70 70 70
2006	2006 Canadian Grand Prix	June 25	1th Fernando Alonso 2th Michael Schumacher 3th Kimi Räikkönen	Renault Ferrari McLaren	70 70 70
2005	2005 Canadian Grand Prix	June 12	1th Kimi Räikkönen 2th Michael Schumacher 3th Rubens Barrichello	McLaren Ferrari Ferrari	70 70 70
2004	2004 Canadian Grand Prix	June 13	1th Michael Schumacher 2th Rubens Barrichello 3th Jenson Button	Ferrari Ferrari BAR	70 70 70
2003	2003 Canadian Grand Prix	June 15	1th Michael Schumacher 2th Ralf Schumacher 3th Juan Pablo Montoya	Ferrari Williams Williams	70 70 70
2002	2002 Canadian Grand Prix	June 9	1th Michael Schumacher 2th David Coulthard 3th Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari McLaren Ferrari	70 70 70
2001	2001 Canadian Grand Prix	June 10	1th Ralf Schumacher 2th Michael Schumacher 3th Mika Häkkinen	Williams Ferrari McLaren	69 69 69
2000	2000 Canadian Grand Prix	June 18	1th Michael Schumacher 2th Rubens Barrichello 3th Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari Ferrari Benetton	69 69 69
1999	1999 Canadian Grand Prix	June 13	1th Mika Häkkinen 2th Giancarlo Fisichella 3th Eddie Irvine	McLaren Benetton Ferrari	69 69 69
1998	1998 Canadian Grand Prix	June 7	1th Michael Schumacher 2th Giancarlo Fisichella 3th Eddie Irvine	Ferrari Benetton Ferrari	69 69 69
1997	1997 Canadian Grand Prix	June 15	1th Michael Schumacher 2th Jean Alesi 3th Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari Benetton Jordan	54 54 54
1996	1996 Canadian Grand Prix	June 16	1th Damon Hill 2th Jacques Villeneuve 3th Jean Alesi	Williams Williams Benetton	69 69 69
1995	1995 Canadian Grand Prix	June 11	1th Jean Alesi 2th Rubens Barrichello 3th Eddie Irvine	Ferrari Jordan Jordan	68 68 68
1994	1994 Canadian Grand Prix	June 12	1th Michael Schumacher 2th Damon Hill 3th Jean Alesi	Benetton Williams Ferrari	69 69 69
1993	1993 Canadian Grand Prix	June 13	1th Alain Prost 2th Michael Schumacher 3th Damon Hill	Williams Benetton Williams	69 69 69
1992	1992 Canadian Grand Prix	June 14	1th Gerhard Berger 2th Michael Schumacher 3th Jean Alesi	McLaren Benetton Ferrari	69 69 69
1991	1991 Canadian Grand Prix	June 2	1th Nelson Piquet 2th Stefano Modena 3th Riccardo Patrese	Benetton Tyrrell Williams	69 69 69
1990	1990 Canadian Grand Prix	June 10	1th Ayrton Senna 2th Nelson Piquet 3th Nigel Mansell	McLaren Benetton Ferrari	70 70 70
1989	1989 Canadian Grand Prix	June 18	1th Thierry Boutsen 2th Riccardo Patrese 3th Andrea de Cesaris	Williams Williams Dallara	69 69 69
1988	1988 Canadian Grand Prix	June 12	1th Ayrton Senna 2th Alain Prost 3th Thierry Boutsen	McLaren McLaren Benetton	69 69 69
1986	1986 Canadian Grand Prix	June 15	1th Nigel Mansell 2th Alain Prost 3th Nelson Piquet	Williams McLaren Williams	69 69 69
1985	1985 Canadian Grand Prix	June 16	1th Michele Alboreto 2th Stefan Johansson 3th Alain Prost	Ferrari Ferrari McLaren	70 70 70
1984	1984 Canadian Grand Prix	June 17	1th Nelson Piquet 2th Niki Lauda 3th Alain Prost	Brabham McLaren McLaren	70 70 70
1983	1983 Canadian Grand Prix	June 12	1th René Arnoux 2th Eddie Cheever 3th Patrick Tambay	Ferrari Renault Ferrari	70 70 70
1982	1982 Canadian Grand Prix	June 13	1th Nelson Piquet 2th Riccardo Patrese 3th John Watson	Brabham Brabham McLaren	70 70 70
1981	1981 Canadian Grand Prix	September 27	1th Jacques Laffite 2th John Watson 3th Gilles Villeneuve	Ligier McLaren Ferrari	63 63 63
1980	1980 Canadian Grand Prix	September 28	1th Alan Jones 2th Carlos Reutemann 3th Didier Pironi	Williams Williams Ligier	70 70 70
1979	1979 Canadian Grand Prix	September 30	1th Alan Jones 2th Gilles Villeneuve 3th Clay Regazzoni	Williams Ferrari Williams	72 72 72
1978	1978 Canadian Grand Prix	October 8	1th Gilles Villeneuve 2th Jody Scheckter 3th Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari Wolf Ferrari	70 70 70

Driver Ranking

Driver Ranking Gilles Villeneuve Circuit

	Driver	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Michael Schumacher	18	7	5	0	12	6	4	3.8	4.8	118
2	Lewis Hamilton	12	7	0	1	8	6	1	1.9	6.3	185
3	Nelson Piquet	13	3	1	1	5	3	2	6.0	8.2	46
4	Sebastian Vettel	11	2	3	1	6	5	1	4.7	3.3	166
5	Ayrton Senna	9	2	0	0	2	3	2	3.2	10.2	20
6	Alan Jones	5	2	0	0	2	1	2	4.8	8.0	18
7	Alain Prost	12	1	2	2	5	2	0	3.6	8.5	34
8	Jean Alesi	12	1	1	3	5	0	0	8.2	11.1	30
9	Fernando Alonso	16	1	1	1	3	1	2	6.9	11.3	68
10	Jenson Button	16	1	1	1	3	1	1	11.9	11.8	61
11	Gilles Villeneuve	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	9.5	2.8	21
12	Damon Hill	7	1	1	1	3	1	0	6.9	8.3	20
13	Ralf Schumacher	11	1	1	0	2	2	1	7.9	10.2	25
14	Kimi Räikkönen	16	1	0	1	2	0	4	7.7	6.9	74
15	Daniel Ricciardo	8	1	0	1	2	0	0	7.5	7.9	66
16	Mika Häkkinen	10	1	0	1	2	0	1	7.9	13.2	19
17	Nigel Mansell	11	1	0	1	2	1	1	7.9	12.8	16
18	Thierry Boutsen	10	1	0	1	2	0	0	13.2	11.7	13
19	Gerhard Berger	11	1	0	0	1	0	2	5.2	11.8	19
20	Robert Kubica	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	9.3	10.8	16
21	René Arnoux	10	1	0	0	1	1	0	11.0	12.8	14
22	Jacques Laffite	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	12.2	13.4	9
23	Michele Alboreto	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	13.9	15.1	9
24	Rubens Barrichello	18	0	3	2	5	0	1	8.8	10.0	40
25	Valtteri Bottas	7	0	2	2	4	0	1	4.1	5.0	85
26	Giancarlo Fisichella	13	0	2	2	4	0	0	9.7	9.5	32
27	Riccardo Patrese	15	0	2	1	3	1	0	8.9	13.6	19
28	Nico Rosberg	10	0	2	0	2	1	1	4.6	7.8	72
29	Nick Heidfeld	10	0	2	0	2	0	0	11.2	12.0	19
30	David Coulthard	15	0	1	1	2	1	1	8.1	9.0	23
31	John Watson	6	0	1	1	2	0	1	10.5	6.7	15
32	Carlos Reutemann	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	7.3	8.5	10
33	Romain Grosjean	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	13.8	11.3	20
34	Jody Scheckter	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	5.5	3.0	9
35	Stefan Johansson	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	18.0	14.0	6
36	Stefano Modena	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	11.6	12.6	6
37	Niki Lauda	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	10.3	18.8	6
38	Eddie Cheever	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	11.5	13.9	6
39	Jacques Villeneuve	10	0	1	0	1	0	1	8.3	14.0	6
40	Eddie Irvine	9	0	0	3	3	0	1	9.9	14.1	12
41	Mark Webber	11	0	0	1	1	0	1	9.7	8.2	49
42	Max Verstappen	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	8.2	9.0	37
43	Sergio Pérez	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	11.8	9.6	26
44	Charles Leclerc	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	8.0	6.5	16
45	Andrea de Cesaris	14	0	0	1	1	0	0	13.4	12.9	10
46	Alexander Wurz	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	13.2	10.4	9
47	Didier Pironi	5	0	0	1	1	1	2	8.0	8.8	6
48	Juan Pablo Montoya	6	0	0	1	1	1	1	4.8	15.2	6
49	Clay Regazzoni	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.0	3.0	4
50	Patrick Tambay	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	13.7	14.3	4
51	Nico Hülkenberg	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.4	9.9	34
52	Felipe Massa	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	9.8	10.8	34
53	Jean-Eric Vergne	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.3	9.7	12
54	Esteban Ocon	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.5	7.5	10
55	Vitaly Petrov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	13.7	10
56	Elio de Angelis	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	10.3	10.1	9
57	Keke Rosberg	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.3	9.7	9
58	Kamui Kobayashi	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.8	14.5	8
59	Jarno Trulli	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.7	13.4	8
60	Timo Glock	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	13.4	7
61	Paul di Resta	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	12.0	6
62	Pastor Maldonado	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	14.8	6
63	Carlos Sainz Jr.	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.8	12.0	6
64	Sébastien Buemi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	9.0	5
65	Heikki Kovalainen	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.8	14.0	5
66	Pierre Gasly	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.5	9.5	4
67	Karl Wendlinger	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.5	5.0	4
68	Jaime Alguersuari	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	10.0	4
69	Lance Stroll	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	12.7	4
70	Johnny Herbert	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.2	13.0	4
71	Olivier Panis	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.8	11.1	4
72	Bruno Giacomelli	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.5	15.3	3
73	Daniil Kvyat	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	12.8	3
74	Takuma Sato	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.4	11.6	3
75	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.4	16.0	3
76	Martin Brundle	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.8	13.0	3
77	Patrick Depailler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	5.0	2
78	Bertrand Gachot	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.8	16.8	2
79	Vitantonio Liuzzi	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	12.3	2
80	Jos Verstappen	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.6	11.2	2
81	Marc Surer	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.4	13.4	2
82	Kevin Magnussen	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.6	13.4	2
83	Ivan Capelli	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.2	12.8	2
84	Adrian Sutil	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.8	15.3	2
85	Jan Magnussen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.5	14.0	1
86	Shinji Nakano	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.5	6.5	1
87	Alex Caffi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	7.0	1
88	Hector Rebaque	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.7	13.0	1
89	Jonathan Palmer	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	18.3	12.3	1
90	Christian Klien	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.7	9.3	1
91	Érik Comas	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.5	10.8	1
92	Derek Daly	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.4	11.8	1
93	Gianni Morbidelli	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	13.6	1
94	Jyrki Järvilehto	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.6	10.2	1
95	Pedro Diniz	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	11.2	1
96	Pedro de la Rosa	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.1	16.6	1
97	Derek Warwick	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.1	13.6	1
98	Vittorio Brambilla	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	12.0	0
99	Michael Andretti	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	14.0	0
100	Allan McNish	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	17.0	0

Team Ranking

Team Ranking Gilles Villeneuve Circuit

	Team	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Ferrari	11	10	12	33	8	7	5.6	7.7	415
2	McLaren	9	6	5	20	8	10	8.1	10.6	251
3	Williams	7	5	8	20	8	8	8.1	10.7	194
4	Mercedes	4	4	1	9	4	3	4.1	5.6	258
5	Benetton	2	6	3	11	2	3	8.3	11.2	74
6	Red Bull	2	1	5	8	3	3	7.4	6.7	236
7	Brabham	2	1	0	3	3	1	8.1	14.0	27
8	BMW Sauber	1	2	0	3	0	0	10.0	11.4	28
9	Renault	1	1	0	2	1	2	8.8	12.6	78
10	Ligier	1	0	1	2	0	1	15.1	13.5	22
11	Jordan	0	1	2	3	0	0	11.7	12.1	26
12	Lotus F1	0	1	0	1	0	0	11.6	10.4	31
13	Tyrrell	0	1	0	1	0	1	17.3	13.1	13
14	Wolf	0	1	0	1	0	0	11.0	10.0	6
15	Sauber	0	0	1	1	0	0	13.7	13.2	41
16	BAR	0	0	1	1	1	0	10.1	13.4	6
17	Dallara	0	0	1	1	0	0	15.8	10.9	5
18	Force India	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.7	11.0	49
19	Toro Rosso	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.5	12.8	25
20	Team Lotus	0	0	0	0	2	1	11.5	12.3	19
21	Toyota	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.1	11.9	16
22	Arrows	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.5	13.7	7
23	Stewart	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	11.8	5
24	March	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.3	11.2	5
25	Alfa Romeo	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.4	13.5	4
26	Prost	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.5	13.3	3
27	Jaguar	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.9	14.1	3
28	Super Aguri	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.3	13.0	3
29	Honda	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.3	13.0	2
30	Racing Point	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	10.5	2
31	Footwork	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.5	14.9	1
32	Ensign	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.5	15.0	1
33	Haas	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.5	13.1	1
34	Manor	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.8	19.1	0
35	Coloni	0	0	0	0	0	0	26.0	8.5	0
36	Fondmetal	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	26.0	0
37	ATS	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.2	14.5	0
38	HRT	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	19.7	0
39	Onyx	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.3	15.7	0
40	Osella	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.2	19.4	0
41	Fittipaldi	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.8	14.8	0
42	RAM	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.5	19.3	0
43	Larrousse	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.9	15.7	0
44	Lola	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.6	18.2	0
45	Surtees	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	17.0	0
46	Toleman	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.8	13.4	0
47	Caterham	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.9	19.1	0
48	Leyton House	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	11.7	0
49	Spyker	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.5	16.5	0
50	Pacific	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.3	19.3	0
51	Rebaque	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	16.0	0
52	Minardi	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.2	13.4	0
53	AGS	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.5	17.5	0
54	Forti	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.3	14.8	0
55	Rial	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.5	8.5	0
56	Virgin Racing	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	17.0	0
57	Simtek	0	0	0	0	0	0	25.0	14.0	0
58	Shadow	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.3	16.0	0
59	Spirit	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	15.0	0
60	Euro Brun	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.5	18.5	0
61	Zakspeed	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.7	15.3	0
62	Midland	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.5	18.0	0
63	Theodore	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	18.8	0