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  Canadian Grand Prix 2001 - The Good Gambling Guide
The Villeneuves are Canada's main F1 challengers and have their place in Grand Prix history, no other Canadian has scored a World Championship point.
This will be the 33rd Canadian Grand Prix held, the 23rd on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, which is the third venue for the race.
The first Canadian Grand Prix took place on the Mosport Park circuit near Toronto in Ontario in 1967, alternating with the Mont Tremblant track near Montreal for the first four years of its existence.
www.thegoodgamblingguide.co.uk /thisweek/2001/grandprix/canadiangrandprixpreview.htm   (1144 words)

  
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In 1999, it was the 9th time in history that the winner of the Canadian Grand Prix earned at the end of the year the driver's championship.
In 2001, the Canadian Grand Prix has been the scene of the first ever 1-2 finish by two brothers since the launching of the Formula 1 World Championship.
In 2001, two drivers were onboard the Jordan car number 11: Heinz-Harald Frentzen (D) during the Friday Free Practice Session and Ricardo Zonta (BR) during the Saturday sessions and the Sunday race.
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 Autographed Formula 1 Grand Prix Programmes
British Grand Prix programme held on the 9th - 11th June 2006 at Silverstone, unsigned.
Grand prix programmes available after each race priced at £23 each including insured international shipping.
Canadian grand prix programme signed by Jean Alesi at his first and only grand prix victory whilst driving for Ferrari.
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 Formula one, 2001 season Canadian Formula One Grand Prix at Montreal: Setting the scene the jpoc guide.
Jaguar, Prost and Benneton, the three teams that took new aerodynamic packages to Monaco and prospered as a result were all looking to more of the same as they made their preparations for the race in Canada.
They had achieved a race win and a second place and when they had retired, it was often from a position at or close to the head of the field.
One advantage that McLaren had early in 2001 was that they could go further on a tankful of fuel.
www.jpoc.net /cars/sport/f1/2001/montrealpreview.html   (684 words)

  
 BMW World - 2001 Formula 1 News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
This was also an anniversary for BMW as it was 19 years ago in Canada when they won their first Grand Prix.
The Monaco Grand Prix has not been kind to the BMW WilliamsF1 Team as Juan Pablo Montoya crashed out on lap three and then, when running a strong third, Ralf Schumacher suffered an electrical problem on his FW23.
It was a disappointing Austrian Grand Prix for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team especially after an excellent qualifying performance, brilliant starts and having both cars at the front of the field.
www.bmwworld.com /racing/f1/2001/news1.htm   (559 words)

  
 Auto Racing Articles
Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix should have seen the double world champion collect his first win of the year and finally kick start his championship campaign.
Having been deprived the opportunity of watching the drivers' press conference from the Canadian Grand Prix, I sincerely hope for the thirteen million or so people who are incomprehensibly...
Earlier, younger brother Ralf had won only the second race of his career, but having salvaged 6 points, alongside rival for the championship David Coulthard failing to finish, Schumacher M was content with his afternoon's work...
www.suite101.com /articles.cfm/auto_racing/1-18   (388 words)

  
 Racing Roundup: Michael edges Ralf to win Canadian Grand Prix, leads Formula One
Schumacher won his fourth race of the season and finally passed Kimi Raikkonen for the lead in the driver standings by beating his brother, Ralf, in the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal yesterday.
Juan Pablo Montoya, Ralf Schumacher's teammate at Williams, was third but irritated because he lost a chance to challenge for his second consecutive victory when he spun on the second lap.
Grand Prix of Monterey: Pole-sitter Patrick Carpentier jumped out to the lead at the green flag and never surrendered in winning.
www.post-gazette.com /sports/auto/20030616carsrp0616p9.asp   (623 words)

  
 2001 Grand Prix Detroit Coverage
This is the final Grand Prix of this format for the Barcelona Qualifier season.
Beginning with all Grand Prix that feed Pro Tours in the 2001-2002 tournament season, the DCI moves to a slightly more simple method of awarding bonus money.
Most Grand Prix held in North America and many Grand Prix around the world hold a last-minute Grand Prix Trial on the Friday before the tournament.
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 CTV.ca | Michael Schumacher wins Canadian Grand Prix
The second Ferrari, driven by Rubens Barrichello of Brazil was fifth, with Kimi Raikkonen of Finland in a McLaren-Mercedes sixth, Australia's Mark Webber of Jaguar seventh and Olivier Panis of France in a Toyota eighth.
Michael Schumacher previously won the Canadian Grand Prix in 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2002.
After finishing second in his first Canadian Grand Prix in 1996, his best result was 10th in 1998.
www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1055710410636_98   (547 words)

  
 Canadian Grand Prix - Preview :: car.kak.net ::
Everyone in Formula One seems to love the Canadian Grand Prix, and the Panasonic Toyota Racing team is no exception.
Olivier Panis, who loves the Canadian atmosphere and maple candies will also give the team the benefit of his experience and fully reacquaint himself with the race team before his appearance as third driver on Friday in Magny-Cours, when he will give Ricardo Zonta the chance of a deserved one-race holiday.
A past winner of the Canadian Grand Prix, Ralf Schumacher will revel in Montreal's special atmosphere as he looks to add to his haul of points from 2005 so far.
car.kak.net /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=4360   (952 words)

  
 Formula one, 2001 season Canadian Formula One Grand Prix at Montreal: Practice and Qualifying the jpoc guide.
Formula one, 2001 season Canadian Formula One Grand Prix at Montreal: Practice and Qualifying the jpoc guide.
The Canadian accused the Colombian of blocking him and in turn Montoya accused the BAR driver of giving him a brake test.
Whatever the truth of that, from outside the cars, Villeneuve appeared to have problems passing the Williams and then moments later, he was struck from behind by the same car when he slowed after the chicane.
www.jpoc.net /cars/sport/f1/2001/montrealqualifying.html   (1302 words)

  
 Canadian Grand Prix Postscript :: United State Grand Prix
Four drivers from two different teams led the Canadian Grand Prix on June 12, and recent races have proved that drivers from four other teams all have the potential to finish in the top three spots.
Speed will be back in action at the United States Grand Prix driving the Red Bull in the two official F1 Friday practice sessions June 17 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
West McLaren-Mercedes team principal Ron Dennis said his team is aiming for victory in the United States Grand Prix and in the rest of the races this season in the quest for the title.
www.usgpindy.com /news/print.php?story_id=4830   (1753 words)

  
 German Grand Prix 2001 - The Good Gambling Guide
And the first of these may be the last Grand Prix on the Hockenheimring in its current state: it's the second longest circuit currently to Spa, and it's the second fastest, to Monza.
Nurburgring hosted early World Championship Grands Prix until the end of the fifties when a single race was run on the autobahns of the Avus, just outside Berlin but then the Grand Prix returned to the Nurburgring again.
Hockenheim had its first Grand Prix in 1970 and then after Niki Lauda's accident at the Nurburgring - one of only two German Grand Prix race stoppages, incidentally - the race returned to the circuit by the Rhine in 1977, briefly returning to the 'new' Nurburgring for the 1985 race.
www.thegoodgamblingguide.co.uk /thisweek/2001/grandprix/latestgrandprixpreview.htm   (1399 words)

  
 :::CARtoday.com::: - News_Headlines
Ferrari’s Michael Schumacher edged out his brother Ralf to win a closely-contested Canadian Grand Prix and seize the lead of the F1 drivers’ championship in Montreal on Sunday.
Local hero Jacques Villeneuve retired from his home grand prix for the third year in a row.
The Canadian former world champion, racing on the 25th anniversary of his late father Gilles's win for Ferrari at the circuit that now bears his name, retired in the pits on the 16th of 70 scheduled laps.
www.cartoday.com /content/news/print_pop.asp?id=4621   (342 words)

  
 Canadian Grand Prix - Free Practice Report :: car.kak.net ::
Ricardo Zonta got the Canadian Grand Prix off to a strong start for Panasonic Toyota Racing when he set the second fastest time on the opening day of free practice in Montreal.
The Panasonic Toyota Racing team today began its preparations for the Canadian Grand Prix with a strong Friday of practice around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Ralf Schumacher had a trouble-free Friday of groundwork for the Canadian Grand Prix ñ a race he won in 2001 ñ putting in 32 laps of the track and finishing both sessions in the top ten.
car.kak.net /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=4375   (1405 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta
Montreal: Ferrari’s Michael Schumacher won a battle of brothers on Sunday for a Canadian Grand Prix victory that powered him to the top of the Formula One championship for the first time this season.
With Finnish rival Kimi Raikkonen starting from the pitlane after a nightmare in qualifying, the five times world champion made the most of his chances to record his sixth win at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit.
Ralf had to make do with second place, 0.7 of a second behind in a reversal of the 2001 Canadian Grand Prix where he beat the Ferrari to the chequered flag.
www.telegraphindia.com /1030616/asp/sports/story_2072885.asp   (233 words)

  
 Boston.com / Sports / Other sports / Auto racing news / Schumacher wins Canadian Grand Prix pole   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
It's going to be a lot harder for Michael Schumacher to win the Canadian Grand Prix this time.
That's exactly what Ralf did in 2001 when he held on to beat his brother for one of his six F1 wins.
The younger Schumacher surprised everyone including himself with this pole after struggling with brake problems on Friday and not showing much speed until he led the prequalifying session that sets the qualifying order.
www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/autoracing/articles/2004/06/12/schumacher_expects_tough_run_in_canada   (650 words)

  
 3M Canada Press Box
The Grand Prix award was presented to Tara Lawrence, Market Supervisor, Home Care Products, 3M Canada Company, at the annual conference of the Canadian Council of Grocery Distributors (CCGD) in Quebec City on May 27.
For more information on the Grand Prix Award or the Scotch-Brite™ High Performance Cloth, please contact Tara Lawrence, Market Supervisor, Home Care Products, 3M Canada Company, P.O. Box 5757, London, Ontario, N6A 4T1, 1-800-265-1840 ext.
Established in 1951 as one of the first international subsidiaries of the 3M global company, 2000 sales reached $1.006 billion Canadian.
www.3m.com /intl/ca/english/about_us/press_releases/pnews01-37.html   (368 words)

  
 Auto-Racing @ MieNet: Grand Prix 2001 Special Notes
2001 (16:00 GMT) as the deadline for a team to hand in or alter its driver line-up for the 2001 Season.
For the Italian GP (September 16, 2001), newly hired development driver Thomas Enge sits in the Prost # 23, deputizing for Luciano Burti who is recovering from the serious accident he had during the previous GP.
Frentzen therefore refrains from uttering any views on this issue, except for having told a German newspaper that he had been sacked by fax, the veracity of which fact Eddie Jordan is reported to deny.
www.mienet.com /sports/autoracing/f1_2001_special_news.html   (674 words)

  
 Schumacher wins Canadian Grand Prix - Formula One - MSNBC.com
He and his Ferrari team won the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday for his seventh victory in eight races, using a two pit-stop strategy to perfection to overcome a season-worst sixth-place start.
The winner will go into next Sunday’s U.S. Grand Prix in Indianapolis with a point lead of 70-54 over Ferrari teammate Rubens Barrichello, who was awarded second place hours after the race when race stewards disqualified four cars for using illegal front brake ducts.
Ralf’s biggest moment in F1 came in 2001, when he held off Michael for a victory on this track, one of six in his career.
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 SABCnews.com - sport/other   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Ferrari's Michael Schumacher won a battle of brothers today for a Canadian Grand Prix victory that powered him to the top of the Formula One championship for the first time this season.
Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya, winner of the last race in Monaco two weeks ago, was third for Williams after a costly spin on the second lap while in second place behind his teammate.
The Canadian former world champion, racing on the 25th anniversary of his late father Gilles' win for Ferrari at the circuit that now bears his name, retired in the pits on the 16th of 70 scheduled laps.
www.sabcnews.com /sport/other/0,2172,60561,00.html   (358 words)

  
 TimothyAndHeather.com: Planning our Honeymoon
So in the fall of 2001 as we were planning our 2002 Grand Prix adventure, we decided to go back to Montreal because a) we really loved it the first time, and b) the events of 9/11/01 left us feeling a little uneasy about leaving the continent.
In fall of 2002 however, as we were deciding what to do for our Grand Prix trip in 2003, we decided to go for it and plan our very first trip to Europe.
We chose Italy as our first Grand Prix "abroad" because, well, we're Ferrari fans, and we couldn't think of a more exciting and electric place to be than in Monza to watch Ferrari win (although the 2003 competition is much much closer and much more exciting to watch.
www.timothyandheather.com /archives/000007.html   (1692 words)

  
 Telegraph | Sport | Coulthard's dodgy runner leaves him an also-ran
The German won yesterday's European Grand Prix in his home country with ease, while his nearest challenger for the championship, David Coulthard, finished a disgruntled third.
Not only have McLaren lost their way, they have been overtaken in every sense by the Williams-BMW team, who throughout the last two grand prix weekends have been Ferrari's strongest challengers.
Coulthard, who ran the last 20-odd laps of yesterday's race sandwiched between the Williams cars of Juan-Pablo Montoya and Ralf Schumacher, had ample opportunity to study the characteristics of his rivals' vehicles.
www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2001/06/24/smbake25.xml   (912 words)

  
 FORMULA ONE: Preview - Canadian Grand Prix 2005.
Words won't be able to express what Kimi Raikkonen must have been feeling at the conclusion of the last race, as he stepped from his car and had to watch a matter of minutes later as Alonso stole what should have been his victory.
Trulli admits that Canada is one of his favourite circuits on the F1 calendar although he acknowledges that it is difficult to know what to expect when he hasn't driven the TF105 at the circuit before.
The team will introduce a lower downforce package for the weekend to cope with the layout of the Montreal circuit and technical director Mike Gascoyne believes that with the speed and the reliability that the team has already shown, another podium could be on the card this weekend.
www.crash.net /feature_view~cid~1~id~7583~pid~1.htm   (532 words)

  
 hotbimmer - Canadian Grand Prix - Race Results
The Canadian Grand Prix has been a positive weekend for the BMW WilliamsF1 Team.
The last time both drivers of the BMW WilliamsF1 Team joined the podium ceremony together in the same positions but in opposite order, was at the German Grand Prix in 2002.
Ralf is now fourth in the driver's championship with Juan Pablo fifth while the BMW WilliamsF1 Team consolidated third position in the Constructors Championship and have closed the gap to the leading team (Ferrari) to just 21 points.
www.hotbimmer.net /print?linkid=364   (638 words)

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