He's got one car out, one car that has pitted five times and is last. He was just there in the garage, his face is lifeless. Torrential rain in the lead-up to the start meant the race started behind the safety car, which made two further appearances before the red flag came out on lap 25, sparking a two-hour delay. 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 opening 40 laps of the race took three hours and 20 minutes to complete, and offered just 12 laps of green flag running. Michael Schumacher holds the record of having won seven times in Canada. 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. The island had been the home of the 1967 World Fair (Expo'67) and was full of futuristic looking buildings.

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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