Montreal
With Québec’s Gilles Villeneuve becoming a major star and increasing safety concerns over Mosport Park, a new circuit on Montréal’s man-made Île de Notre Dame was prepared in record time for the 1978 Canadian Grand Prix.
Circuit
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Type
Temporary road course
Length
2.709 (Miles)
Change
Increased run-off areas created at first corner and final hairpin by re-profiling corners
Fastest Race Lap
Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes-Benz F1 W10 EQ Power+), 1m13.078, 133.452 mph, F1, 2019
Fastest Qualifying Lap
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari SF90), 1m10.240, 138.844 mph, F1, 2019