The seventh round of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship will take place this weekend at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada. The Canadian Grand Prix has been the setting for exciting races in the past because of the layout of this street circuit and the mixed weather conditions. The inaugural Canadian Grand Prix took place in 1967 at Mosport Park. The race moved to the current circuit in Montreal in 1978, first called the Circuit Île Notre Dame. Since then, this first flyaway race in North America has been held thirty-nine times at this circuit and attracts a large TV audience worldwide. Gilles Villeneuve, a native of Quebec, recorded his maiden Formula 1 victory at the...
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