Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Layout & Records

Description

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve: three corners in detail

The pit straight to turn 1

Turn 1 G. Villeneuve circuit

The 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.

The Hairpin

Hairpin G. Villeneuve circuit

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.

The Wall of Champions

Wall of Champions

Drivers will accelerate through the gears to reach over 320 km/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	Top 3 Drivers	Teams	Laps
2024	2024 Canadian F1 GP	June 9	Max Verstappen Lando Norris George Russell	Red Bull McLaren Mercedes	70
2023	2023 Canadian F1 GP	June 18	Max Verstappen Fernando Alonso Lewis Hamilton	Red Bull Aston Martin Mercedes	70
2022	2022 Canadian F1 GP	June 19	Max Verstappen Carlos Sainz Lewis Hamilton	Red Bull Ferrari Mercedes	70
2019	2019 Canadian F1 GP	June 9	Lewis Hamilton Sebastian Vettel Charles Leclerc	Mercedes Ferrari Ferrari	70
2018	2018 Canadian F1 GP	June 10	Sebastian Vettel Valtteri Bottas Max Verstappen	Ferrari Mercedes Red Bull	68
2017	2017 Canadian F1 GP	June 11	Lewis Hamilton Valtteri Bottas Daniel Ricciardo	Mercedes Mercedes Red Bull	70
2016	2016 Canadian F1 GP	June 12	Lewis Hamilton Sebastian Vettel Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes Ferrari Williams	70
2015	2015 Canadian F1 GP	June 7	Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes Mercedes Williams	70
2014	2014 Canadian F1 GP	June 8	Daniel Ricciardo Nico Rosberg Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Mercedes Red Bull	70
2013	2013 Canadian F1 GP	June 9	Sebastian Vettel Fernando Alonso Lewis Hamilton	Red Bull Ferrari Mercedes	70
2012	2012 Canadian F1 GP	June 10	Lewis Hamilton Romain Grosjean Sergio Pérez	McLaren Lotus F1 Sauber	70
2011	2011 Canadian F1 GP	June 12	Jenson Button Sebastian Vettel Mark Webber	McLaren Red Bull Red Bull	70
2010	2010 Canadian F1 GP	June 13	Lewis Hamilton Jenson Button Fernando Alonso	McLaren McLaren Ferrari	70
2008	2008 Canadian F1 GP	June 8	Robert Kubica Nick Heidfeld David Coulthard	BMW Sauber BMW Sauber Red Bull	70
2007	2007 Canadian F1 GP	June 10	Lewis Hamilton Nick Heidfeld Alexander Wurz	McLaren BMW Sauber Williams	70
2006	2006 Canadian F1 GP	June 25	Fernando Alonso Michael Schumacher Kimi Räikkönen	Renault Ferrari McLaren	70
2005	2005 Canadian F1 GP	June 12	Kimi Räikkönen Michael Schumacher Rubens Barrichello	McLaren Ferrari Ferrari	70
2004	2004 Canadian F1 GP	June 13	Michael Schumacher Rubens Barrichello Jenson Button	Ferrari Ferrari BAR	70
2003	2003 Canadian F1 GP	June 15	Michael Schumacher Ralf Schumacher Juan Pablo Montoya	Ferrari Williams Williams	70
2002	2002 Canadian F1 GP	June 9	Michael Schumacher David Coulthard Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari McLaren Ferrari	70
2001	2001 Canadian F1 GP	June 10	Ralf Schumacher Michael Schumacher Mika Häkkinen	Williams Ferrari McLaren	69
2000	2000 Canadian F1 GP	June 18	Michael Schumacher Rubens Barrichello Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari Ferrari Benetton	69
1999	1999 Canadian F1 GP	June 13	Mika Häkkinen Giancarlo Fisichella Eddie Irvine	McLaren Benetton Ferrari	69
1998	1998 Canadian F1 GP	June 7	Michael Schumacher Giancarlo Fisichella Eddie Irvine	Ferrari Benetton Ferrari	69
1997	1997 Canadian F1 GP	June 15	Michael Schumacher Jean Alesi Giancarlo Fisichella	Ferrari Benetton Jordan	54
1996	1996 Canadian F1 GP	June 16	Damon Hill Jacques Villeneuve Jean Alesi	Williams Williams Benetton	69
1995	1995 Canadian F1 GP	June 11	Jean Alesi Rubens Barrichello Eddie Irvine	Ferrari Jordan Jordan	68
1994	1994 Canadian F1 GP	June 12	Michael Schumacher Damon Hill Jean Alesi	Benetton Williams Ferrari	69
1993	1993 Canadian F1 GP	June 13	Alain Prost Michael Schumacher Damon Hill	Williams Benetton Williams	69
1992	1992 Canadian F1 GP	June 14	Gerhard Berger Michael Schumacher Jean Alesi	McLaren Benetton Ferrari	69
1991	1991 Canadian F1 GP	June 2	Nelson Piquet Stefano Modena Riccardo Patrese	Benetton Tyrrell Williams	69
1990	1990 Canadian F1 GP	June 10	Ayrton Senna Nelson Piquet Nigel Mansell	McLaren Benetton Ferrari	70
1989	1989 Canadian F1 GP	June 18	Thierry Boutsen Riccardo Patrese Andrea de Cesaris	Williams Williams Dallara	69
1988	1988 Canadian F1 GP	June 12	Ayrton Senna Alain Prost Thierry Boutsen	McLaren McLaren Benetton	69
1986	1986 Canadian F1 GP	June 15	Nigel Mansell Alain Prost Nelson Piquet	Williams McLaren Williams	69
1985	1985 Canadian F1 GP	June 16	Michele Alboreto Stefan Johansson Alain Prost	Ferrari Ferrari McLaren	70
1984	1984 Canadian F1 GP	June 17	Nelson Piquet Niki Lauda Alain Prost	Brabham McLaren McLaren	70
1983	1983 Canadian F1 GP	June 12	René Arnoux Eddie Cheever Patrick Tambay	Ferrari Renault Ferrari	70
1982	1982 Canadian F1 GP	June 13	Nelson Piquet Riccardo Patrese John Watson	Brabham Brabham McLaren	70
1981	1981 Canadian F1 GP	September 27	Jacques Laffite John Watson Gilles Villeneuve	Ligier McLaren Ferrari	63
1980	1980 Canadian F1 GP	September 28	Alan Jones Carlos Reutemann Didier Pironi	Williams Williams Ligier	70
1979	1979 Canadian F1 GP	September 30	Alan Jones Gilles Villeneuve Clay Regazzoni	Williams Ferrari Williams	72
1978	1978 Canadian F1 GP	October 8	Gilles Villeneuve Jody Scheckter Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari Wolf Ferrari	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	15	7	0	3	10	6	2	2.5	5.7	228
3	Nelson Piquet	13	3	1	1	5	3	2	6.0	8.2	46
4	Max Verstappen	8	3	0	1	4	2	1	5.6	6.0	112
5	Sebastian Vettel	12	2	3	1	6	5	1	5.7	4.0	166
6	Ayrton Senna	9	2	0	0	2	3	2	3.2	10.2	20
7	Alan Jones	5	2	0	0	2	1	2	4.8	8.0	18
8	Alain Prost	12	1	2	2	5	2	0	3.6	8.5	34
9	Fernando Alonso	19	1	2	1	4	1	2	6.4	10.4	96
10	Jean Alesi	12	1	1	3	5	0	0	8.2	11.1	30
11	Jenson Button	16	1	1	1	3	1	1	11.9	11.8	61
12	Gilles Villeneuve	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	9.5	2.8	21
13	Damon Hill	7	1	1	1	3	1	0	6.9	8.3	20
14	Ralf Schumacher	11	1	1	0	2	2	1	7.9	10.2	25
15	Kimi Räikkönen	16	1	0	1	2	0	4	7.7	6.9	74
16	Daniel Ricciardo	10	1	0	1	2	0	0	7.4	8.2	70
17	Mika Häkkinen	10	1	0	1	2	0	1	7.9	13.2	19
18	Nigel Mansell	11	1	0	1	2	1	1	7.9	12.8	16
19	Thierry Boutsen	10	1	0	1	2	0	0	13.2	11.7	13
20	Gerhard Berger	11	1	0	0	1	0	2	5.2	11.8	19
21	Robert Kubica	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	9.3	10.8	16
22	René Arnoux	10	1	0	0	1	1	0	11.0	12.8	14
23	Jacques Laffite	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	12.2	13.4	9
24	Michele Alboreto	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	13.9	15.1	9
25	Rubens Barrichello	18	0	3	2	5	0	1	8.8	10.0	40
26	Valtteri Bottas	10	0	2	2	4	0	1	7.1	6.5	92
27	Giancarlo Fisichella	13	0	2	2	4	0	0	9.7	9.5	32
28	Riccardo Patrese	15	0	2	1	3	1	0	8.9	13.6	19
29	Nico Rosberg	10	0	2	0	2	1	1	4.8	7.8	72
30	Nick Heidfeld	10	0	2	0	2	0	0	11.2	12.0	19
31	David Coulthard	15	0	1	1	2	1	1	8.1	9.0	23
32	John Watson	6	0	1	1	2	0	1	10.5	6.7	15
33	Carlos Reutemann	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	7.3	8.5	10
34	Carlos Sainz	8	0	1	0	1	0	1	10.6	10.4	35
35	Romain Grosjean	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	13.8	11.3	20
36	Lando Norris	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	12.5	18
37	Jody Scheckter	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	5.5	3.0	9
38	Stefano Modena	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	11.6	12.6	6
39	Stefan Johansson	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	18.0	14.0	6
40	Niki Lauda	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	10.3	18.8	6
41	Eddie Cheever	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	11.5	13.9	6
42	Jacques Villeneuve	10	0	1	0	1	0	1	8.3	14.0	6
43	Eddie Irvine	9	0	0	3	3	0	1	9.9	14.1	12
44	Mark Webber	11	0	0	1	1	0	1	9.7	8.2	49
45	Charles Leclerc	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	11.2	8.2	38
46	Sergio Pérez	11	0	0	1	1	0	1	12.3	11.0	35
47	George Russell	4	0	0	1	1	1	0	7.8	10.5	27
48	Andrea de Cesaris	14	0	0	1	1	0	0	13.4	12.9	10
49	Alexander Wurz	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	13.2	10.4	9
50	Didier Pironi	5	0	0	1	1	1	2	8.0	8.8	6
51	Juan Pablo Montoya	6	0	0	1	1	1	1	4.8	15.2	6
52	Clay Regazzoni	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.0	3.0	4
53	Patrick Tambay	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	13.7	14.3	4
54	Nico Hülkenberg	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.8	10.5	34
55	Felipe Massa	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	9.8	10.8	34
56	Esteban Ocon	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	7.8	23
57	Lance Stroll	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.5	10.7	13
58	Jean-Eric Vergne	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.3	9.7	12
59	Oscar Piastri	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	8.0	10
60	Vitaly Petrov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	13.7	10
61	Elio de Angelis	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	10.3	10.1	9
62	Keke Rosberg	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.3	9.7	9
63	Kamui Kobayashi	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.8	14.5	8
64	Jarno Trulli	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.7	13.4	8
65	Timo Glock	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	13.4	7
66	Paul di Resta	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	12.0	6
67	Alex Albon	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	14.0	6
68	Pastor Maldonado	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	14.8	6
69	Pierre Gasly	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.2	10.8	6
70	Sébastien Buemi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	9.0	5
71	Heikki Kovalainen	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.8	14.0	5
72	Jaime Alguersuari	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	10.0	4
73	Karl Wendlinger	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.5	5.0	4
74	Zhou Guanyu	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.3	13.0	4
75	Johnny Herbert	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.2	13.0	4
76	Olivier Panis	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.8	11.1	4
77	Bruno Giacomelli	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8.5	15.3	3
78	Takuma Sato	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.4	11.6	3
79	Daniil Kvyat	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	12.8	3
80	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.4	16.0	3
81	Martin Brundle	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.8	13.0	3
82	Patrick Depailler	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	5.0	2
83	Bertrand Gachot	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.8	16.8	2
84	Vitantonio Liuzzi	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.0	12.3	2
85	Ivan Capelli	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.2	12.8	2
86	Marc Surer	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.4	13.4	2
87	Jos Verstappen	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.6	11.2	2
88	Adrian Sutil	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.8	15.3	2
89	Kevin Magnussen	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.4	14.1	2
90	Jan Magnussen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.5	14.0	1
91	Shinji Nakano	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.5	6.5	1
92	Alex Caffi	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.0	7.0	1
93	Jonathan Palmer	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	18.3	12.3	1
94	Christian Klien	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.7	9.3	1
95	Hector Rebaque	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.7	13.0	1
96	Érik Comas	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.5	10.8	1
97	Derek Daly	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.4	11.8	1
98	Gianni Morbidelli	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.0	13.6	1
99	Jyrki Järvilehto	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.6	10.2	1
100	Pedro Diniz	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	11.2	1

Team Ranking

Team Ranking Gilles Villeneuve Circuit

	Team	GP	1st	2nd	3rd	Pod	Pole	FL	Avg Grid	Avg Pos	Points
1	Ferrari	43	11	11	12	34	8	8	6.0	7.8	466
2	McLaren	43	9	7	5	21	8	10	8.1	10.5	279
3	Williams	43	7	5	8	20	8	8	8.5	11.1	200
4	Red Bull	17	5	1	5	11	5	4	7.4	6.9	320
5	Mercedes	13	4	4	4	12	5	4	4.3	5.7	328
6	Benetton	15	2	6	3	11	2	3	8.3	11.2	74
7	Brabham	13	2	1	0	3	3	1	8.1	14.0	27
8	BMW Sauber	4	1	2	0	3	0	0	10.0	11.4	28
9	Renault	21	1	1	0	2	1	2	8.8	12.6	78
10	Ligier	18	1	0	1	2	0	1	15.1	13.5	22
11	Jordan	15	0	1	2	3	0	0	11.7	12.1	26
12	Aston Martin	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	11.0	7.7	35
13	Lotus F1	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	11.6	10.4	31
14	Tyrrell	20	0	1	0	1	0	1	17.3	13.1	13
15	Wolf	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	11.0	10.0	6
16	Sauber	22	0	0	1	1	0	0	13.9	13.2	41
17	BAR	7	0	0	1	1	1	0	10.1	13.4	6
18	Dallara	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	15.8	10.9	5
19	Force India	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.7	11.0	49
20	Toro Rosso	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.5	12.8	25
21	Team Lotus	16	0	0	0	0	2	1	11.5	12.3	19
22	Alpine	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.8	9.0	17
23	Toyota	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.1	11.9	16
24	Alfa Romeo	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.7	12.8	15
25	Arrows	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.5	13.7	7
26	Stewart	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	11.8	5
27	March	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.3	11.2	5
28	Racing Bulls	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.5	11.0	4
29	Super Aguri	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.3	13.0	3
30	Prost	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.5	13.3	3
31	Jaguar	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.9	14.1	3
32	Racing Point	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	10.5	2
33	Honda	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.3	13.0	2
34	Ensign	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.5	15.0	1
35	Footwork	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.5	14.9	1
36	Haas	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.2	14.0	1
37	Rebaque	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	16.0	0
38	Surtees	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.0	17.0	0
39	Spirit	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24.0	15.0	0
40	Spyker	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.5	16.5	0
41	Midland	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.5	18.0	0
42	Simtek	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25.0	14.0	0
43	Fondmetal	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.0	26.0	0
44	Forti	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.3	14.8	0
45	Leyton House	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.0	11.7	0
46	Onyx	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.3	15.7	0
47	Pacific	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.3	19.3	0
48	Shadow	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.3	16.0	0
49	Virgin Racing	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	17.0	0
50	AlphaTauri	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.8	16.0	0
51	Rial	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.5	8.5	0
52	HRT	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	19.7	0
53	Euro Brun	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.5	18.5	0
54	Zakspeed	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.7	15.3	0
55	Lola	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.6	18.2	0
56	RAM	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.5	19.3	0
57	Theodore	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.0	18.8	0
58	Toleman	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.8	13.4	0
59	Coloni	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	26.0	8.5	0
60	AGS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17.5	17.5	0
61	Fittipaldi	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10.8	14.8	0
62	Caterham	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.9	19.1	0
63	Manor	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.8	19.1	0
64	Larrousse	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.9	15.7	0
65	ATS	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	16.2	14.5	0
66	Osella	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.2	19.4	0
67	Minardi	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.2	13.4	0