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Circuits/Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Track Layout
S1S2S3DRSStart
1
DRS Zone 1
Back straight · 0.78 km · T7 → T8
2
DRS Zone 2
Pit straight · 0.45 km · T14 → T1

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

Canada flag

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

Length4.361 km
Corners14
DirectionCW
Top Speed340 km/h
DRS Zones2
Pit Lane360 m
Pit Loss21s
Strategy1-stop
Stop-and-GoGood OvertakingPirelli C3 · C4 · C5
First GP
1978
Total Races
2
Race Laps
70
Capacity
100,000
DRS Zones
2
Top Speed
340km/h
Avg Overtakes
30
Avg Safety Cars
1.2
Race Lap Record
1:13.078
Valtteri Bottas
Mercedes · 2019
Pole Record
1:10.899
George Russell
Mercedes · 2025
Most Wins
7
Michael Schumacher
all-time

Track Sectors

1
Sector 1

Three chicanes separated by short straights — the car has to rotate aggressively on corner entry and find traction on exit.

2
Sector 2

The long right-hander at Turn 6 into the hairpin — the slowest part of the lap and one of the best overtaking zones on the calendar.

3
Sector 3

Flat-out back straight, heavy braking for the final chicane, then past the Wall of Champions onto the pit straight.

About Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is laid out on the Île Notre-Dame in the middle of the Saint Lawrence River. It is a stop-and-go power track dominated by chicanes, heavy braking and a long straight ending at the notorious Wall of Champions. The combination of brake stress, rear-tyre punishment and frequent safety cars makes Montreal one of the season's least predictable Sundays.

Timeline
1978Villeneuve wins inaugural
1982Renamed for Gilles Villeneuve
1991Mansell's last-lap wave-off
1995Wall of Champions claims three
20114-hour rain-stopped epic
2019Vettel/Hamilton penalty controversy
1991Famous Moment
Mansell waves and the engine dies

Leading the race comfortably on the final lap, Nigel Mansell raised an arm to wave at the crowd entering the hairpin — and his engine died. Nelson Piquet inherited a stunning win.

2011Famous Moment
Button's six-stop, four-hour comeback

Through pit lane drives, an early collision with Hamilton and changing weather, Jenson Button climbed from the back to win a rain-stopped epic on the very last lap, passing Vettel for victory.

1995Famous Moment
Three world champions hit the wall

Hill, Schumacher and Villeneuve all crashed at the same wall coming out of the final chicane in the same weekend — earning it the now-iconic "Wall of Champions" name.

Driver Records at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

Most Wins
Michael Schumacher
7times
Most Poles
Michael Schumacher
6times
Most Podiums
Michael Schumacher
9times
Most Fastest Laps
Valtteri Bottas
1time

Recent Grand Prix Winners

YearWinnerTeamResults
2026Kimi AntonelliMercedesFull result →
2025George RussellMercedesFull result →

Once podium / pole / FL data per round is plumbed in, this table expands to a full P1 · P2 · P3 · Pole · FL row layout.

How Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Compares

Head-to-head on the things that matter for race day.

CircuitLengthTop SpeedAvg Overtakes
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve · Canada4.361 km340 km/h30
Baku · Azerbaijan6.000 km366 km/h38
Monza · Italy5.790 km360 km/h32
Melbourne · Australia5.280 km330 km/h25
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