It was announced this week Malaysia will not seek to extend the right to host a race at Sepang beyond the expiry of the existing deal in 2018. See you there &128077 Montreal f1 Ferris Bueller said. of 2 1 2 Next > clickclickboom Karting. This year's Canadian GP was won by reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton, who will vie with Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to claim the title in the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Discussion in Mid-Atlantic Region - USA (PA, DE, MD, DC, VA) started by clickclickboom, Mar 9, 2017. "In 2017, everyone will have even more good reasons to be there since we'll be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the inaugural Canadian Formula One Grand Prix." After a qualifying lap for Pole Position yesterday that can only be described as Amazing and being presented with a replica of the great Ayrton Sennas. Formula One, for me, is extremely important and it's part of the essential major events that make up Montreal," Coderre was later quoted as telling reporters.įrancois Dumontier, president and CEO of Octane, added in a statement: "Montreal and Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve produce one of the most exciting Grands Prix of the season. "There will be a Grand Prix of Canada in 2017. "Agreement in principle with FOWC and Octane," Montreal's mayor Denis Coderre tweeted on Monday, referring to the sport's owners and the local race organisers respectively. This week, the Canadian Grand Prix is taking the city by storm and over 150,000 visitors and locals alike are eager to dress up and participate in the dazzling days, dynamic nights and happening F1. However, it now appears the grand prix will go ahead as expected in June, despite the fact the requisite works are not likely to be completed until 2019. Montreal, Feel the HEAT of the F1 2017 Frenzy From fast cars, urban art, music, parties and dancing say hello to summer in Montréal. The future of the Canadian Grand Prix in the city had been in doubt, with minimum upgrades to infrastructure at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve required by next year as part of the contract keeping the race in the city until 2024.Īn asterisk had been placed next to the race in the provisional 2017 calendar released in September, describing its status as "subject to confirmation". The race celebrated its 50 th anniversary in 2017 and local fans also came out in force to support their new homegrown hero, Lance Stroll. It is also the scene of Jean Alesi's single Grand Prix victory in 1995, driving the number 27 Ferrari, the same car number which carried Gilles Villeneuve into the hearts of the Canadian Formula One fans.The mayor of Montreal has announced the city will remain on the Formula One calendar in 2017. The Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal was the most attended race of 2017 with a total of 360,000 fans going to Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Grand Prix weekend, an increase of 60,000 over 2016. Michael Schumacher holds the record of having won seven times in Canada.
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His son, Jacques, never won at the track but some of the great drivers of the sport have taken the spoils here. Following his tragic death in 1982, the track was renamed in his honour. Gilles Villeneuve, in his first season with Ferrari, was yet to win a Formula One race, but at his home Grand Prix he took a memorable debut victory. It was, everyone agreed, a perfect venue for a Grand Prix.Īfter $2m was spent on upgrading the circuit to Formula One standards, the first race was held there in October 1978. If you’re going to the track on Saturday and Sunday pick up a weekend pass for CA13.
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The island had been the home of the 1967 World Fair (Expo'67) and was full of futuristic looking buildings. The fare is CA3.25 for a single journey and are valid for up to 120 minutes after first use. Taking the Ile Notre-Dame, they connected all the island's roads and made a circuit.
Building a new circuit simply wasn't feasible, however, as time and money were against them. In 1977 the French Canadians, motivated by the incredible success of Gilles Villeneuve, decided it was about time they built a race track. By 1970, however, Mont-Tremblant was deemed too dangerous and the race moved full time to Mosport Park. In the 1960s the rivalry between French and English speaking Canada meant that the country's Grand Prix had two homes: Mosport Park one year and Mont-Tremblant the next.
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