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Canadian Grand Prix guarantees F1 in Montreal for another ten years
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Formula One racing comes and goes from various venues in North America, meandering as it has between locations like Austin, Indianapolis, Phoenix and Watkins Glen. But the one stalwart of grand prix racing on this continent has been the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. Held with only three exceptions (in 1975, 1987 and 2009) since 1961, North American racing fans can (almost) always count on the Canadian Grand Prix to provide them with their F1 action. And that’s not about to change any time soon.
According to Autosport, the embattled and controversial Bernie Ecclestone has signed a new deal with the promoters of the Canadian Grand Prix to keep it on the calendar for a further ten years. The deal is said to be worth £100 million (CAD$183-million) and is reportedly backed by our government authorities. The Montreal municipal, Quebec provincial and Canadian federal governments have all been major supporters of the event in the past.
As a result, the Canadian Grand Prix will remain a guaranteed fixture on the F1 calendar through 2024, but not without its conditions: as part of the agreement, organizers will have to invest around $25-40 million (CAD$45-73 million) on a new pit lane and medical complex to update the existing structure in time for the 2017 race. In return, the race promoters will retain a larger share of the ticket sales, the lion’s share of which are understood to typically go to Ecclestone’s Formula One Management.
The first home of the Canadian Grand Prix was at Mosport Park in Ontario, which traded off a couple of times with the Circuit Mont-Tremblant currently owned by billionaire Ferrari collector Lawrence Stroll and situated a couple of hours outside of Montreal. The race moved in 1978 to Montreal’s Île Notre-Dame, which was renamed after the late hometown hero Gilles Villeneuve following his death in 1982.
Canadian Grand Prix guarantees F1 in Montreal for another ten years
Canadian Grand Prix guarantees F1 in Montreal for another ten years originally appeared on Autoblog Canada on Mon, 09 Jun 2014 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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We’ll be live from Sony’s E3 press conference today at 9:00PM!
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iOS 8’s Control Center could be getting some awesome — and MUCH NEEDED — new feautes
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This key iOS 8 feature will change how you use your iPhone
Apple announced many exciting new features for iOS and OS X last week at its annual World Wide Developers Conference, but the feature that will do the most to change how we use iOS is called Extensions. As the name suggests, extensions allow apps to extend their functionality to other apps. But Apple being Apple, these extensions still face many restrictions in order to maintain long battery life and to keep apps secure. To understand Extensions, Ars Technica dug deep into the developer docs and the WWDC session videos and has provided the most detailed look into how Extensions will work.
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Samsung’s most gorgeous phone yet shown in leaked pics
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Top 10 best cars you can’t get in Canada
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Here at Autoblog Canada we’re usually a pretty patriotic bunch, but when it comes to this list of top 10 awesome cars we simply can’t have in Canada, it looks like a case can be built for switching citizenship or at least signing up for some sort of foreign exchange program.
Don’t get us wrong, we still get our fair share of fun to drive performance cars that aren’t sold overseas either, but euro-spec models and hot hatchbacks like the Audi RS4 Avant, BMW M 135i three-door and Volkswagen Scirocco R (pictured above) are sadly the stuff many Canadian enthusiasts can only dream of buying.
While living in Canada has a lengthy list of benefits and very we’re proud to call it home, one can’t help but feel short changed at the thought of forbidden automotive fruit we’ll never be able to buy on Canadian soil.
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Top 10 best cars you can’t get in Canada originally appeared on Autoblog Canada on Mon, 09 Jun 2014 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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