STATISTIC CORNER: Schumacher and Hamilton are the most successful drivers at Montreal

Similar to the Spanish Grand Prix, seven-time F1 world champions Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher are the most successful drivers in the history of the Canadian Grand Prix.

This year’s event will be the 54th Canadian Grand Prix, with the first one dating back to 1967. The race has been held at three venues: prior to Montreal, it has been run at Mosport, around a hundred kilometres from Toronto and at the Mont Tremblant ski resort, 145 kilometres from Montreal.

Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton top the tables for the most wins with seven apiece and most pole positions with six. With four to their name, Schumacher and Kimi Raikkonen lead the way for fastest race laps, with the German out on his own when it comes to podium finishes with 12. The most successful team is McLaren on 13, followed by Ferrari (12) and Williams (7).

The 2011 race is in the record books as the longest Grand Prix ever in terms of time, having lasted for four hours, four minutes and 39.537 seconds.

It featured six Safety Car appearances, but the biggest factor in this record was a very long red flag period due to torrential rain, because a regulation that had been in force since 2005 meant that the race clock was not paused during stoppages. Eventually, Jenson Button, who had been last on lap 37, won the race for McLaren!