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| | TELUS - Grand Prix du Canada - Gilles Villeneuve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | Born in Berthierville, Quebec, on January 18, 1950, Gilles Villeneuve was the first Canadian hired as an official team driver in Formula 1 auto racing. |
 | | Later that same year, Gilles took part in two other Grand Prix races (in Canada and Japan) driving a Ferrari, the team for which he raced the remainder of his career. |
 | | A few weeks later, before the presentation of the 1982 Grand Prix, the City of Montréal Executive Committee adopted a resolution to rename the Ile Notre-Dame track Circuit Gilles Villeneuve to honor the memory of the late and great racer. |
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