TedN
11-05-16, 10:53 AM
The announcement Thursday that 18-year-old Lance Stroll of Montreal will make his Formula One debut next year with Williams Martini Racing means 2017 will be a special one for Canadian motorsport.
• It will mark the 50th anniversary of Formula One racing in this country. The first F1 Grand Prix of Canada, won by Jack Brabham, was held at Mosport Park on Aug. 27, 1967.
• It will be the 40th anniversary of the first F1 Grand Prix victory by a Canadian-owned racing team. Jody Scheckter, driving a car belonging to Walter Wolf, won the 1977 Canadian GP. It was the last race at Mosport before the Grand Prix was moved to its permanent home on Ile Notre-Dame in Montreal. It was also the debut F1 race for the brilliant Gilles Villeneuve, who finished 12th among 25 of the world’s best.
• It will be the 20th anniversary of the first F1 world championship won by a Canadian driver. Jacques Villeneuve, son of Gilles, won the title in 1997 while employed by Williams, the same team that has signed Stroll.
• Finally, it will mark the debut of Canada’s fifth full-time F1 driver after George Eaton, Allen Berg and the two Villeneuves.
Full Story
(https://www.thestar.com/sports/2016/11/03/canadian-teen-lance-stroll-to-be-formula-ones-youngster-driver.html)
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• It will mark the 50th anniversary of Formula One racing in this country. The first F1 Grand Prix of Canada, won by Jack Brabham, was held at Mosport Park on Aug. 27, 1967.
• It will be the 40th anniversary of the first F1 Grand Prix victory by a Canadian-owned racing team. Jody Scheckter, driving a car belonging to Walter Wolf, won the 1977 Canadian GP. It was the last race at Mosport before the Grand Prix was moved to its permanent home on Ile Notre-Dame in Montreal. It was also the debut F1 race for the brilliant Gilles Villeneuve, who finished 12th among 25 of the world’s best.
• It will be the 20th anniversary of the first F1 world championship won by a Canadian driver. Jacques Villeneuve, son of Gilles, won the title in 1997 while employed by Williams, the same team that has signed Stroll.
• Finally, it will mark the debut of Canada’s fifth full-time F1 driver after George Eaton, Allen Berg and the two Villeneuves.
Full Story
(https://www.thestar.com/sports/2016/11/03/canadian-teen-lance-stroll-to-be-formula-ones-youngster-driver.html)
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