Ferrari on 11 June: Jean Alesi’s birthday victory in Canada
Jean Alesi celebrated his 31st birthday on 11 June 1995 by winning the Canadian Grand Prix for Ferrari. It was his first and only Formula 1 victory, making the date both a personal anniversary and the central racing milestone of his Grand Prix career.
Born on 11 June 1964, the French driver achieved the result at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, a venue already closely associated with another much-loved Ferrari driver.
June 11 in Ferrari Formula 1 history
Explore Ferrari Grand Prix results, qualifying and Sprint sessions, driver birthdays, remembrance dates and selected milestones connected with this day.
Ferrari Grands Prix held on June 11
Ferrari driver birthdays on June 11
Jean Alesi
Jean Alesi was born in 1964. Ferrari record: 79 Ferrari F1 starts · 1 wins · 16 podiums.
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1995: the long-awaited Ferrari victory
Jean Alesi had raced for Ferrari since 1991, accumulating podium finishes without reaching the top step. The 1995 Canadian Grand Prix finally brought the victory that had eluded him.
The success came in the Ferrari 412 T2 and became the defining result of his final season with the Scuderia. Gerhard Berger retired from the same race, leaving Jean Alesi to deliver Ferrari’s victory.
A birthday and a race anniversary together
Many dates in the calendar connect birthdays with unrelated races from other years. In this case, the connection is direct: Jean Alesi won on the day he turned 31.
After the race, Michael Schumacher gave him a lift back towards the pits on his Benetton when the Ferrari stopped on its slowing-down lap. The scene became one of the familiar images associated with the celebrations.
Later Ferrari races on 11 June
Michael Schumacher finished second in the 2006 British Grand Prix on this date, while Felipe Massa took fifth. In the 2017 Canadian Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel finished fourth and Kimi Räikkönen seventh.
Discover more results from the venue of Jean Alesi’s victory in our Montreal F1 records and Ferrari statistics, or select another date in the Ferrari On This Day calendar.
