1999 Canadian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 16 in the 1999 Formula One season
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (last modified in 1996)
Date	June 13, 1999
Official name	XXXVII Grand Prix Air Canada
Location	Montreal, Canada
Course	Temporary street circuit 4.421 km (2.747 mi)
Distance	69 laps, 305.049 km (189.549 mi)
Weather	Sunny, very hot, dry
Pole position
Driver	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
Time	1:19.298
Fastest lap
Driver	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari
Time	1:20.382 on lap 62
Podium
First	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes
Second	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife
Third	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari

The 1999 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on June 13, 1999 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada. It was the sixth race of the 1999 Formula One season.

The race was won by Mika Häkkinen for McLaren.

Heinz-Harald Frentzen suffered a brake failure and had a massive crash with four laps to go. Frentzen was unhurt, but his crash caused this contest to be the first ever F1 race to finish behind the safety car [1].

The safety car was deployed four times in the race, which was a record at the time.

It was first deployed for a collision at the start involving Jarno Trulli, Jean Alesi and Rubens Barrichello - Trulli and Alesi had collided at the circuit on both attempts at starting the 1998 race.

The safety car returned to the track again when Ricardo Zonta hit what is now famously known as the "Wall of Champions".

Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher also slammed into the same wall before Jacques Villeneuve crashed there bringing out the safety car a third time.

Classification[link]

Qualifying[link]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Gap
1	3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:19.298
2	1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:19.327	+0.029
3	4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	1:19.440	+0.142
4	2	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	1:19.729	+0.431
5	16	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	1:19.930	+0.632
6	8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:20.158	+0.860
7	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	1:20.378	+1.080
8	11	Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	1:20.459	+1.161
9	19	Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	1:20.459	+1.259
10	17	Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford	1:20.829	+1.531
11	10	Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	1:21.000	+1.702
12	5	Alessandro Zanardi	Williams-Supertec	1:21.076	+1.778
13	6	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec	1:21.081	+1.783
14	7	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	1:21.094	+1.796
15	18	Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	1:21.252	+1.954
16	22	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	1:21.302	+2.004
17	23	Ricardo Zonta	BAR-Supertec	1:21.467	+2.169
18	12	Pedro Diniz	Sauber-Petronas	1:21.571	+2.273
19	15	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	1:21.693	+2.395
20	14	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	1:22.613	+3.315
21	20	Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	1:22.808	+3.510
22	21	Marc Gené	Minardi-Ford	1:23.387	+4.089

Race[link]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes	69	1:41:35.727	2	10
2	9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Benetton-Playlife	69	+0.782	7	6
3	4	Eddie Irvine	Ferrari	69	+1.797	3	4
4	6	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-Supertec	69	+2.392	13	3
5	17	Johnny Herbert	Stewart-Ford	69	+2.805	10	2
6	12	Pedro Diniz	Sauber-Petronas	69	+3.711	18	1
7	2	David Coulthard	McLaren-Mercedes	69	+5.004	4
8	21	Marc Gené	Minardi-Ford	68	+1 Lap	22
9	18	Olivier Panis	Prost-Peugeot	68	+1 Lap	15
10	20	Luca Badoer	Minardi-Ford	67	+2 Laps	21
11	8	Heinz-Harald Frentzen	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	65	Brakes	6
Ret	5	Alessandro Zanardi	Williams-Supertec	50	Brakes	12
Ret	15	Toranosuke Takagi	Arrows	41	Transmission	19
Ret	22	Jacques Villeneuve	BAR-Supertec	34	Spun off	16
Ret	3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	29	Spun off	1
Ret	14	Pedro de la Rosa	Arrows	22	Transmission	20
Ret	7	Damon Hill	Jordan-Mugen-Honda	14	Spun off	14
Ret	16	Rubens Barrichello	Stewart-Ford	14	Steering	5
Ret	23	Ricardo Zonta	BAR-Supertec	2	Spun off	17
Ret	11	Jean Alesi	Sauber-Petronas	0	Collision	8
Ret	19	Jarno Trulli	Prost-Peugeot	0	Collision	9
Ret	10	Alexander Wurz	Benetton-Playlife	0	Transmission	11

Notes[link]

• Statistics:
  • 1st Fastest lap for Eddie Irvine.
  • 25th Race entry for Alexander Wurz.
  • 1st Formula One Grand Prix to end under safety car conditions, a circumstance which did not reoccur until the 2009 Australian Grand Prix.

Standings after Grand Prix[link]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Mika Häkkinen 34 2 Michael Schumacher 30 3 Eddie Irvine 25 4 Heinz-Harald Frentzen 13 5 Giancarlo Fisichella 13

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Ferrari 55 2 McLaren-Mercedes 46 3 Jordan-Mugen-Honda 16 4 Benetton-Playlife 14 5 Williams-Supertec 12

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[link]

Classification
"1999 Canadian Grand Prix". The Official Formula 1 Website. http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1999/73/. Retrieved 2007-07-30. 
"1999 Canadian GP: Classification". ChicaneF1.com. http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1999&gp=Canadian%20GP&type=res. Retrieved 2007-08-04. 

Notes, Race details
"1999 Canadian GP: Overview". ChicaneF1.com. http://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=1999&gp=Canadian%20GP. Retrieved 2007-08-04. 

External links[link]

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Canadian Grand Prix
(Grand Prix du Canada)

Mosport Park 1961–1977 Circuit Mont-Tremblant 1968–1970 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve 1978–
Race information
Laps	70
Circuit length	4.361 km (2.709 mi)
Race length	305.270 km (189.694 mi)
Number of times held	48
First held	1967
Most wins (drivers)	Michael Schumacher (7)
Most wins (constructors)	Ferrari (13)
Last race (2011):
Pole position	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 1:13.014
Podium	1. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 4:04:39.537 (195.080 km/h) 2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull +2.709s 3. Mark Webber Red Bull +13.828s
Fastest lap	Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.956

The Canadian Grand Prix (known in French as the Grand Prix du Canada), abbreviated as gpc, is an annual auto race held in Canada starting in 1961.^[1] It has been part of the Formula One World Championship since 1967. It was first staged at Mosport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario as a sports car event before it alternated between Mosport and Circuit Mont-Tremblant, Quebec after Formula One took over the event. After 1971 safety concerns led to the Grand Prix moving permanently to Mosport. In 1978, after similar safety concerns with Mosport the Canadian Grand Prix moved to its current home on Île Notre-Dame in Montreal.

In 2005, the Canadian Grand Prix was the most watched Formula One GP in the world. The race was also the third most watched sporting event worldwide, behind the first place Super Bowl XXXIX and the UEFA Champions League Final.^[2]

The Canadian Grand Prix was not included in the 2009 Formula 1 calendar.^[3] On 27 November 2009 it was reported the race could return in 2010^[4] and the 2010 race then took place on June 13.

History[link]

The early Canadian Grand Prix was one of the premier events of the new Canadian Sports Car Championship, a series which had been created alongside the Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport Park near Toronto in 1961. Several international sports car as well as Formula One drivers participated in the event. For the first five years, the event would be won by drivers with either prior Formula One experience, or would enter the championship after winning the Canadian Grand Prix. In 1966 the Canadian-American Challenge Cup ran the event, with American Mark Donohue winning.^[1] Formula One took over the following year, although the CSCC and Can-Am series continued to compete at Mosport in their own events. The event was run as part of the Formula One world championship first in 1967; Mosport was alternated with the Circuit Mont-Tremblant, where the Canadian Grand Prix was held in 1968 and 1970. Mosport continued to hold the Canadian Grand Prix from 1971-1977; but concerns about the bumpy track's safety arose during the 1977 event when Ian Ashley went over a bump, flipped his Hesketh, went over the Armco guardrails, crashed into a television tower and was seriously injured; and Jochen Mass lost control of his McLaren and hit a guardrail that virtually flattened upon impact. Jody Scheckter won this race in his Wolf, but with safety not being good enough for Formula One at the rough and very fast Mosport circuit, a new circuit was constructed in Montreal, called the Circuit Ile Notre Dame; where it was first held in 1978 and where it has been held ever since.

The first winner in Montreal was Quebec native Gilles Villeneuve who died in 1982 on the final qualifying lap for the Belgian Grand Prix. A few weeks after his death, the race course in Montreal was named Circuit Gilles Villeneuve after him. Gilles Villeneuve was one of the first inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame, and the only Canadian winner at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

The 1982 Canadian Grand Prix, in the shadow of the death of Villeneuve a month earlier, saw another accident when Villeneuve's teammate Didier Pironi stalled on the grid. Raul Boesel struck the stationary vehicle, and Riccardo Paletti then struck the rear of Pironi's Ferrari. Pironi and F1 doctor Sid Watkins came to Paletti's aid to try to extract him from his car, which briefly caught fire. After a half hour, Paletti was extracted and flown to a nearby hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.

In 1987, the race was not held due to sponsorship dispute between two local breweries, Labatt and Molson.^[5] During the break the track was modified, and starting line moved to its current position.

Ferrari's Jean Alesi won the 1995 edition, which occurred on his 31st birthday and which would be the only win of his career. Alesi had inherited the lead when Michael Schumacher pitted with electrical problems and Damon Hill's hydraulics failed. the victory was a popular one for Alesi, particularly after several unrewarded drives the year before, namely in Italy. Alesi's win at Montreal was voted the most popular race victory of the season by many, as it was the number 27 Ferrari—once belonging to the famous Gilles Villeneuve at his much loved home Grand Prix. Schumacher gave Alesi a lift back to the pits after Alesi's car ran out of fuel just before the Pits Hairpin.

The 1997 Canadian Grand Prix was stopped early due to a crash involving Olivier Panis. He was sidelined for nine races and some see it as a turning point in the career of the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix winner.

In 2001, there was the first sibling 1–2 finish in the history of Formula 1, as Ralf and Michael Schumacher topped the podium. The Schumacher brothers would finish 1–2 in the 2003 edition as well. 2001 was also noted for Jean Alesi achieving Prost's best finish of the season; he celebrated his fifth place by doing several donuts in his vehicle, and throwing his helmet into the crowd.

The 2007 race was the site of rookie Lewis Hamilton's first win. On lap 67, Takuma Sato overtook McLaren-Mercedes's Fernando Alonso, to cheers around the circuit, just after overtaking Ralf Schumacher and having overtaken Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen earlier in the race.^[6] The race saw Sato move from the middle of the grid to the back of the pack and to a high of fifth before a pit-stop error caused him to move back to eleventh. Sato fought up 5 places in the field in the last 15 laps to finish sixth. Sato was voted "Driver of the Day" on the ITV website over Lewis Hamilton's first win. The race also saw a horrific incident involving Robert Kubica (who went on to win the race the following season).

In the weeks leading up the Grand Prix, city officials trap as many groundhogs as they can in and around the race course, and transport the animals to nearby Ile Ste-Helene.^[7] Nonetheless, in 2007, a groundhog disrupted the practice session of Ralf Schumacher. On race day itself, Anthony Davidson had been running in third until he struck a groundhog, initially thought to be a beaver, which forced him to pit and repair the damage to his front wing. In 2008, a groundhog crossed the track at the hairpin in the 2nd practice session but luckily did not disrupt the session.

Wall of Champions[link]

The final corner of Circuit Gilles Villeneuve became well known for crashes involving former World Champions. In 1999, Damon Hill, Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve all crashed into the same wall which had the slogan Bienvenue au Québec (Welcome to Quebec in English) on it. The wall became ironically known as the "Wall of Champions". The wall also was involved in a crash with Ricardo Zonta, who was, at the time, the reigning FIA GT sports car champion. In recent years, GP2 Champion Nico Rosberg and CART Champion Juan Pablo Montoya have also fallen victim to the wall. In 2011 Friday practice the wall claimed reigning F1 Champion Sebastian Vettel.^[8]

Before the wall was named it also claimed victims such as 1992 World Sportscar Champion and long time F1 driver Derek Warwick who spectacularly crashed his Arrows A10B during qualifying for the 1988 race.

Full list of victims:

• Damon Hill, 1996 F1 World Champion, in 1999
• Michael Schumacher, 7 time F1 World Champion, in 1999
• Jacques Villeneuve, 1997 F1 World Champion, in 1997 & 1999
• Ricardo Zonta, 1998 FIA GT sports car Champion, in 1999
• Nico Rosberg, 2005 GP2 Champion
• Nick Heidfeld, 1999 International Formula 3000 Champion
• Juan Pablo Montoya, CART Champion
• Jenson Button, 2009 F1 World Champion, in 2005
• Vitantonio Liuzzi, 2004 International Formula 3000 Champion, in 2007
• Kamui Kobayashi, 2008-09 GP2 Asia Series Champion, in 2010
• Sebastian Vettel, 2010-11 F1 World Champion, in 2011

2009 hiatus[link]

On October 7, 2008, the Canadian Grand Prix was dropped from the 2009 Formula One calendar, which left the Montreal race off the list for the first time since 1987.^[9] In the provisional 2009 schedule released in June 2008, the Canadian Grand Prix was to have been held on June 7, a date taken by the 2009 Turkish Grand Prix in the revised schedule.^[10]

Since the US Grand Prix was dropped after 2007, this means that in 2009 no Formula One race was held in North America for the first time since 1958.^[11] (The American Indianapolis 500 formed part of the FIA World Drivers' Championship from 1950 to 1960, but was not run to Formula One regulations and only very rarely entered by regular championship competitors.)

During the Australian Grand Prix, reports surfaced that the Canadian Grand Prix could return during the 2009 season in the event that the race circuit in Abu Dhabi was not ready in time.^[12] On April 26, 2009, Speed reported Bernie Ecclestone as saying the FIA was negotiating a return of the Canadian Grand Prix for the 2010 season, provided upgrades to the circuit are completed.

On August 29, 2009, the BBC reported the provisional schedule for the 2010 season, which had both the Canadian and British Grand Prix marked down as "provisional". The Canadian GP was scheduled for June 6.^[13] The 2010 Canadian Grand Prix was eventually run in Montreal on June 13, 2010.^[14]

On November 27, 2009, Quebec's officials and Canadian Grand Prix organizers announced they have reached a settlement with Formula One Administration and signed a new five-year contract spanning the 2010-2014 seasons.^[15] Under the five-year agreement, the governments will pay 15 million Canadian dollars a year to host the race, much less than the 35 million a year Ecclestone initially asked for.^[16]

Sponsors[link]

• Pepsi Cola Canadian Grand Prix 1961–1966
• Player's Canadian Grand Prix 1967–1971
• Labatt's Canadian Grand Prix 1972–1977
• Grand Prix Labatt du Canada 1980–1986
• Grand Prix Molson du Canada 1988–1996
• Grand Prix Player's du Canada 1997–1998
• Grand Prix Air Canada 1999–2003
• Grand Prix du Canada 2004-2008, 2010-

Because of tobacco legislation which prohibited further such sponsorship, new venues, and a maximum of 17 races on the schedule, the Canadian Grand Prix was initially removed from the 2004 F1 schedule. However, Canadian officials were able to raise enough money to keep a Grand Prix race, with the FIA allowing expansion to an 18 race schedule.^[17][18]

Winners of the Canadian Grand Prix[link]

Repeat winners (drivers)[link]

Embolded drivers are competing in the Formula One championship in the current season.
A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship.

Number of wins	Driver	Years
7	Michael Schumacher	1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
3	Nelson Piquet	1982, 1984, 1991
2	Pedro Rodríguez	1963, 1964
	Jacky Ickx	1969, 1970
	Jackie Stewart	1971, 1972
	Alan Jones	1979, 1980
	Ayrton Senna	1988, 1990
	Lewis Hamilton	2007, 2010

Repeat winners (constructors)[link]

Embolded teams are competing in the Formula One championship in the current season.
A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship.

Number of wins	Constructor	Years
13	Ferrari	1963, 1964, 1970, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004
12	McLaren	1968, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011
7	Williams	1979, 1980, 1986, 1989, 1993, 1996, 2001
4	Brabham	1967, 1969, 1982, 1984
2	Lotus	1961, 1962
	Tyrrell	1971, 1972
	Benetton	1991, 1994

Year by year[link]

G. Fisichella, M. Schumacher and E. Irvine on the podium of the 1998 Canadian Grand Prix

Fans fill up the area every year.

Circuit Ile-Notre Dame/Gilles Villeneuve, used from 1978-1986

Mosport Park, used from 1961-1977

Mont-Tremblant, used in 1968 and 1970 (without chicanes)

A pink background indicates an event which was not part of the Formula One World Championship.

Year	Driver	Constructor	Location	Report
2011	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Report
2010	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes		Report
2009	Not held
2008	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Report
2007	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes		Report
2006	Fernando Alonso	Renault		Report
2005	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes		Report
2004	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari		Report
2003	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari		Report
2002	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari		Report
2001	Ralf Schumacher	Williams-BMW		Report
2000	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari		Report
1999	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren-Mercedes		Report
1998	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari		Report
1997	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari		Report
1996	Damon Hill	Williams-Renault		Report
1995	Jean Alesi	Ferrari		Report
1994	Michael Schumacher	Benetton-Ford		Report
1993	Alain Prost	Williams-Renault		Report
1992	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda		Report
1991	Nelson Piquet	Benetton-Ford		Report
1990	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda		Report
1989	Thierry Boutsen	Williams-Renault		Report
1988	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda		Report
1987	Not held
1986	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Honda	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Report
1985	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari		Report
1984	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW		Report
1983	René Arnoux	Ferrari		Report
1982	Nelson Piquet	Brabham-BMW		Report
1981	Jacques Laffite	Ligier-Matra	Circuit Île Notre-Dame	Report
1980	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford		Report
1979	Alan Jones	Williams-Ford		Report
1978	Gilles Villeneuve	Ferrari		Report
1977	Jody Scheckter	Wolf-Ford	Mosport Park	Report
1976	James Hunt	McLaren-Ford		Report
1975	Not held
1974	Emerson Fittipaldi	McLaren-Ford	Mosport Park	Report
1973	Peter Revson	McLaren-Ford		Report
1972	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford		Report
1971	Jackie Stewart	Tyrrell-Ford		Report
1970	Jacky Ickx	Ferrari	Mont-Tremblant	Report
1969	Jacky Ickx	Brabham-Ford	Mosport Park	Report
1968	Denny Hulme	McLaren-Ford	Mont-Tremblant	Report
1967	Jack Brabham	Brabham-Repco	Mosport Park	Report
1966	Mark Donohue	Lola-Chevrolet	Mosport Park	Report
1965	Jim Hall	Chaparral-Chevrolet		Report
1964	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari		Report
1963	Pedro Rodríguez	Ferrari		Report
1962	Masten Gregory	Lotus-Climax		Report
1961	Peter Ryan	Lotus-Climax		Report

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Canadian Grand Prix

• Canadian Grand Prix Official Site
• Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame
• Satellite Photo
• Canadian Grand Prix at The Canadian Encyclopedia

Coordinates: 45°30′14″N 73°31′37″W / 45.504°N 73.527°W / 45.504; -73.527

Look up Grand Prix in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Grand Prix (French pronunciation: [ɡʁɑ̃pʁi], meaning "Grand Prize"; plural Grands Prix) may refer to:

Competitions[link]

• Grand Prix (snooker), a former name of the World Open
• Six-red World Grand Prix, a former name of the Sangsom Six-red World Championship
• IAAF Grand Prix Final, an athletics competitions replaced by the IAAF World Athletics Final
• Grand Prix de Futsal, international futsal competition
• Grand Prix gliding
• Grand Prix tennis circuit
• ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
• FIVB World Grand Prix
• World Grand Prix (darts)
• Grand Prix (Magic: The Gathering)
• Aero GP, flying competition
• IAAF Super Grand Prix, a series of athletics meetings held until 2009
• Some of the meetings in the series that succeeded the IAAF Super Grand Prix
  • Adidas Grand Prix
  • British Grand Prix (athletics)
  • London Grand Prix
  • Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix
  • Shanghai Golden Grand Prix

Racing[link]

• Grand Prix motor racing, form of racing that has evolved into Formula One racing
  • List of Formula One Grands Prix
  • Formula One
• Grand Prix motorcycle Road Racing, known commonly as MotoGP after its premier class.
  • List of Grand Prix motorcycle races
• Grand Prix Chantal Biya, a road bicycle racing event
• U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross, a cyclo-cross bicycle racing series
• Grand Prix Masters
• A1 Grand Prix
• D1 Grand Prix
• Speedway Grand Prix (motorcycle speedway)

Chess[link]

• Grand Prix Attack, a chess opening
• USCF Grand Prix
• FIDE Grand Prix 2008–2009

Equestrianism[link]

• Grand Prix (horse race), the original name of the Prix Gladiateur, a horse race in France
• Nakayama Grand Prix, original name of the Arima Kinen horse race in Japan
• Grand Prix Dressage
• Grand Prix show jumping

Combat sports[link]

• K-1 World Grand Prix, K-1's annual kickboxing World Grand Prix tournaments
• Strikeforce Grand Prix, the name for a competition run by Strikeforce
• Pride Grand Prix, the name for a series of tournaments held by Pride
• DREAM Grand Prix, the name for DREAM's various mixed martial arts Grand Prix tournaments
• IFL Grand Prix, the name for International Fight League's various mixed martial arts Grand Prix tournaments

Awards[link]

• Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)
• Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, annual literary award for French and international crime fiction
• Grand Prix de la ville d'Angoulême, a comics award
• Prix Saint-Michel, another comics award
• Grand Prix at International Film Festival Bratislava

Entertainment and arts[link]

• Eurovision Song Contest (originally named Grand Prix d'Eurovision de la Chanson)
• *Melodi Grand Prix - Norwegian selection for Eurovision
  • Dansk Melodi Grand Prix - Danish selection for Eurovision
• Grand Prix (album), by Teenage Fanclub
• Grand Prix (1934 film), a British film
• Grand Prix (1966 film), a 1966 film about Formula One motor racing
• Grand Prix (2010 film), a South Korean film
• "Grand Prix" (CSI: Miami), seventh episode from second season of CSI: Miami
• Grand Prix (band), a hard rock and AOR band from the early 1980s

Video games[link]

• F-1 Sensation, the Japanese/European version of the cancelled NES game Grand Prix
• Formula One Grand Prix (video game)
  • Grand Prix 2
  • Grand Prix 3
  • Grand Prix 4
• Grand Prix (video game) by Activision
• Grand Prix Challenge, by Atari
• Grand Prix Circuit (video game), by Accolade
• Grand Prix Legends (1967 season)
• A gameplay mode in all seven Mario Kart games

Other uses[link]

• Pontiac Grand Prix, an automobile formerly manufactured by General Motors
• Grand Prix (drinks), a line of soft drinks sold in Canada by Dominion Stores in the 1960s

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Michael Schumacher

Schumacher at the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix
Born	(1969-01-03) 3 January 1969 (age 43) Hürth, West Germany
Formula One World Championship career
Nationality	German
2012 team	Mercedes
2012 car #	7
Races	294 (293 starts)
Championships	7 (1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)
Wins	91
Podiums	154
Career points	1,519
Pole positions	68
Fastest laps	76
First race	1991 Belgian Grand Prix
First win	1992 Belgian Grand Prix
Last win	2006 Chinese Grand Prix
Last race	2012 Monaco Grand Prix
2011 position	8th (76 pts)

Michael Schumacher (German pronunciation: [ˈmɪçaʔeːl ˈʃuːmaxɐ] ( listen); born 3 January 1969) is a German Formula One racing driver for the Mercedes team. Schumacher is a seven-time World Champion and is widely regarded as one of the greatest F1 drivers of all time.^[1][2][3][4] He holds many of the formula's driver records, including most championships, race victories, fastest laps, pole positions, points scored and most races won in a single season – 13 in 2004. In 2002 he became the only driver in Formula One history to finish in the top three in every race of a season and then also broke the record for most consecutive podium finishes. According to the official Formula One website he is "statistically the greatest driver the sport has ever seen".^[5]

After beginning with karting, Schumacher won German drivers' championships in Formula König and Formula Three before joining Mercedes in the World Sportscar Championship. After one Mercedes-funded race for the Jordan Formula One team Schumacher signed as a driver for the Benetton Formula One team in 1991. After winning consecutive championships with Benetton in 1994/5, Schumacher moved to Ferrari in 1996 and won another five consecutive drivers' titles with them from 2000 to 2004. Schumacher retired from Formula One driving in 2006 staying with Ferrari as an advisor.^[6] Schumacher agreed to return for Ferrari part-way through 2009, as cover for the badly injured Felipe Massa, but was prevented by a neck injury. He later signed a three-year contract to drive for the new Mercedes GP team starting in 2010.^[7][8][9]

His career has not been without controversy, including being twice involved in collisions in the final race of a season that determined the outcome of the world championship, with Damon Hill in 1994 in Adelaide, and with Jacques Villeneuve in 1997 in Jerez.^[10]

Off the track Schumacher is an ambassador for UNESCO and a spokesman for driver safety. He has been involved in numerous humanitarian efforts throughout his life and donated tens of millions of dollars to charity.^[11] Michael and his younger brother Ralf Schumacher are the only brothers to win races in Formula One, and they were the first brothers to finish 1st and 2nd in the same race, in Montreal in 2001, and there again (in switched order) in 2003.

Early years[link]

Schumacher's title-winning German Formula Three car from 1990

Schumacher was born in Hürth, North Rhine-Westphalia,^[12] to Rolf Schumacher, a bricklayer, and his wife Elisabeth. When Schumacher was four, his father modified his pedal kart by adding a small motorcycle engine. When Schumacher crashed it into a lamp post in Kerpen, his parents took him to the karting track at Kerpen-Horrem, where he became the youngest member of the karting club. His father soon built him a kart from discarded parts and at the age of six Schumacher won his first club championship. To support his son's racing, Rolf Schumacher took on a second job renting and repairing karts, while his wife worked at the track's canteen. Nevertheless, when Schumacher needed a new engine costing 800 DM, his parents were unable to afford it; Michael was able to continue racing with support from local businessmen.^[13]