The Canadian Grand Prix (known in its native French as the Grand Prix du
Canada) is a Formula One auto race held in Canada since 1967. It
was first staged at Mosport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario and alternated between
Mosport and Mont Tremblant near Saint-Jovite, Quebec until 1971 when safety
concerns lead to the Grand Prix moving permanently to Mosport. In 1978 the
Canadian Grand Prix moved to its current home on Ile Notre-Dame in Montreal.
The first winner in Montreal was Quebec native
Gilles Villeneuve who died in 1982 on the final qualifying lap for the Belgian
Grand Prix. A few weeks after his death, the race course in Montreal was named
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve after him.
The 1982 Canadian Grand Prix, already dreary
because of the death of Villeneuve a month earlier, saw another horrific
accident when Villeneuve's teammate Didier Pironi stalled on the grid. Raul
Boesel clipped the stationary car, and Riccardo Paletti then slammed into the
back of Pironi's Ferrari. Pironi and F1 doctor Sid Watkins came to Paletti's
aid to try to extract him from his car, which briefly caught fire. After a half
hour, Paletti was extracted and flown to a nearby hospital, where he died from
his injuries.
The 1997 Canadian Grand Prix was stopped early due
to a huge accident involving Olivier Panis. Panis spun off and broke his legs.
He was sidelined for nine races and some see it, unfortunately for Panis, as a
turning point in the career of the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix winner.
In 1999, the final corner of Circuit Gilles
Villeneuve became well-known for catching out former World Champions. Damon
Hill, Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve all crashed into the same wall
which had the slogan Welcome to Quebec on it. The wall became affectionately
known as the "Wall of champions". The wall also caught out Ricardo Zonta, who,
at the time, was a reigning sports car champion.
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