19 June 2022 will see the first Canadian Grand Prix in three years …
Formula 1:
Canadian
Grand Prix
When is the Canadian Grand Prix?
… after the 2020 and 2021 races were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The race will take place at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.
Montreal
Expect a close race
Since the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve was redesigned in 2002, only two current Formula One circuits have seen a smaller average winning margin.
9.1
Red Bull Ring
5.0
Circuit de Monaco
5.3
Bahrain International Circuit
5.6
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
6.0
Monza Circuit
7.3
Marina Bay Street Circuit
8.7
Suzuka Circuit
6.4
Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace
10.2
Albert Park Circuit
9.3
Yas Marina Circuit
10.8
Hungaroring
12.3
Silverstone Circuit
12.4
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
7.1
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Average winning margin (seconds)
Minimum 10 Grands Prix staged since 2002
Which drivers perform best in Montreal?
Lewis Hamilton
Valtteri Bottas
Sebastian Vettel
Daniel Ricciardo
Max Verstappen
Fernando Alonso
Sergio Perez
Carlos Sainz
Podiums
4th - 10th
11th or lower
DNF
8
1
3
4
2
1
6
5
2
3
3
1
2
1
1
3
4
2
6
1
2
5
2
2
1
0.0%
Red Bull Ring
0.0%
Circuit de Monaco
5.6%
Bahrain International Circuit
23.5%
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
10.0%
Monza Circuit
16.7%
Marina Bay Street Circuit
12.5%
Suzuka Circuit
10.5%
Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace
11.1%
Albert Park Circuit
0.0%
Yas Marina Circuit
4.8%
Silverstone Circuit
5.0%
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
16.7%
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Share of winners starting
5th or lower on the grid
Canadian Grand Prix winners who didn’t qualify for one of the two front rows on the grid:
Since the circuit redesign in 2002,
no active Formula One venue has witnessed more Grand Prix wins by drivers who started behind the front two rows on the grid.
Don’t be surprised if there’s an upset
4/17
10.0%
Hungaroring
2/19
1/20
1/18
2/20
2/20
2/20
0/19
0/13
0/10
2/18
2/16
2/12
3/18
Michael Schumacher
Kimi Raikkonen
Jenson Button
Daniel Ricciardo
2004
2005
2011
2014
6th
7th
7th
6th
Only the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has seen a lower proportion of podium finishes by the drivers who qualified in pole position.
Pole position
is no guarantee of success
80.0%
8/10
Red Bull Ring
83.3%
15/18
Bahrain International Circuit
70.6%
12/17
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
80.0%
16/20
Monza Circuit
75.0%
9/12
Marina Bay Street Circuit
93.8%
15/16
Suzuka Circuit
73.7%
14/19
Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace
72.2%
13/18
Albert Park Circuit
75.0%
15/20
Hungaroring
76.2%
16/21
Silverstone Circuit
85.0%
17/20
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
88.9%
16/18
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
84.2%
16/19
Circuit de Monaco
69.2%
9/13
Yas Marina Circuit
Podium finishes
Minimum 5 Canadian GPs entered
Proportion of Grands Prix at each circuit since 2000 in which the winner went on to become that season’s World Champion.
Formula 1 circuit comparison:
kingmakers
6/8
75.0%
Imola Circuit
Data correct up to the end of 2020
Three quarters of the drivers who won at Imola since the turn of the century went on to win the Formula One World Championship in the same season.
Only one of the eight winners at the Red Bull Ring also won the Drivers’ Championship.
72.2%
Suzuka Circuit
71.4%
Sochi Autodrom
68.8%
Bahrain International Circuit
58.3%
Marina Bay Street Circuit
57.1%
Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
55.0%
Albert Park Circuit
Circuit of the Americas
47.4%
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
47.4%
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
45.5%
Silverstone Circuit
42.9%
Yas Marina Circuit
Monza Circuit
Interlagos Circuit
30.0%
Circuit de Monaco
23.8%
Hungaroring
20.0%
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
13/18
5/7
11/16
7/12
12/21
11/20
50.0%
4/8
9/19
6/12
10/22
9/21
5/12
41.7%
6/20
30.0%
6/20
5/21
1/5
Excludes those which have hosted fewer than five Grands Prix in this period.
12.5%
Red Bull Ring
1/8