Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve
Circuit Length : 4.361 km
Number of Laps : 70
Race Distance : 305.27 km
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Category
General Admission - 3-Day
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General Admission Access (Selected Area)
- Come early for the best spots
- Standing place
- All Seats Together (up to 4)
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Friday, Saturday and Sunday access
- Giant Screens
Grandstand 3-day
- Grandstand T8 / T11 / T10 Corner / T10 / T11 Inner / Start-Finish / T2
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All Seats Together (up to 4), numbered seats
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Friday, Saturday and Sunday access
- Giant Screen Views
Paddock Club Canada 3-Day
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Pit Lane View
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High-class dining with entertainment
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Guided Paddock Tour
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Support Race Paddock Access
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Pit Lane walk about
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Official program and earplugs
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All Seats Together (up to 4), numbered seats
- Friday, Saturday and Sunday access
- Giant Screen Views
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When was the track built?
The man-made Notre Dame Island in the middle of the St Lawrence River was created for the 1967 Expo 67 World's Fair. Once the expo and the ensuing 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics had left town, some clever people decided to make a race track out of the island’s roads. And lo, the Circuit Ile Notre-Dame, as it then was, came to be.
When was its first Grand Prix?
With the Canadian Grand Prix having been in search of a permanent home for a number of years in the 1960s and 1970s, the Circuit Ile Notre-Dame first hosted the race in 1978. Fittingly, Gilles Villeneuve claimed his maiden win, at the track that would end up bearing his name.
What’s the circuit like?
The fast, low-downforce circuit is one of the drivers’ favourites. The track is quite stop-start, with lots of heavy-braking chicanes and the famous hairpin to get the anchors working hard. Out of the corners, though, the track is quick and flowing, while the most iconic piece of the circuit comes right at the end of the lap: the Wall of Champions, so-called after excursions into it from Damon Hill, Jacques Villeneuve and Michael Schumacher during the 1999 Canadian Grand Prix weekend.
Where is the best place to watch?
It’s got to be one of either Grandstand 15, 21 or 24, the three that surround the hairpin. It makes for a real amphitheatre vibe down there, as well as allowing you to see all the hairpin overtakes.