Formula 1 1996 8 1996-06-16 1996-06-16 https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/thumb/qjqdph1753268379.jpg https://r2.thesportsdb.com/images/media/event/poster/xtxfyp1753268058.jpg The 1996 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal on 16 June 1996. It was the eighth race of the 1996 Formula One World Championship. The 69-lap race was won from pole position by Briton Damon Hill, driving a Williams-Renault. Local driver Jacques Villeneuve, Hill's teammate and the son of Gilles, finished second, with Frenchman Jean Alesi third in a Benetton-Renault. 505806