On the eve of the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2013 at Montreal, we remember the historic first race at the circuit which yielded a very popular winner…As Gilles Villeneuve hoisted the large Canadian Grand Prix winner’s trophy above his head, tears filled his eyes.Not only had the Ferrari driver just achieved a lifetime’s ambition by winning his maiden grand prix, but he’d done it at home in Montreal in front of an adoring crowd of thousands. The script couldn’t have been written any better…The scene of Villeneuve’s triumph was the new Île Notre-Dame Circuit (later renamed Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in his honour following his death in...
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