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The 1978 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 8 October 1978 at Montreal. This was the 16th and final race of the 1978 World Championship of F1 Drivers and the International Cup for F1 Constructors. [2] It was Ferrari driver Gilles Villeneuve's and a Canadian driver's first victory in Formula One.
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The following is the 1978–79 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1978 through August 1979. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1977–78 ...
The Canadian Grand Prix was moved from Mosport Park to the Île Notre-Dame Circuit because of track safety and organization problems with the hilly and scenic Mosport Park track. The Japanese Grand Prix was originally scheduled on 16 April at the Suzuka Circuit after Fuji 's contract was torn up, but it was cancelled for safety and financial ...
The opening ceremony of the 1978 Commonwealth Games airs on CBC Television. Hosted in Edmonton, the games last until August 12. October 5: Nelvana's second animated television special The Devil and Daniel Mouse airs on CBC Television featuring music and original songs by John Sebastian. September 21: The last Canadian Film Awards air.
The Canadian Grand Prix was first held at the circuit in 1978, where hometown hero Gilles Villeneuve (1950–1982) won for Scuderia Ferrari. The Grand Prix quickly became a mainstay of the Formula One calendar, with the race taking place in Montreal for the next thirty years.
The Canadian Grand Prix (French: Grand Prix du Canada) is an annual motor racing event held since 1961. [1] It has been part of the Formula One World Championship since 1967. It was first staged at Mosport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario , as a sports car event, before alternating between Mosport and Circuit Mont-Tremblant , Quebec , after Formula ...
Finally at the season-ending Canadian Grand Prix, this time at the Circuit Notre Dame Island in Montreal (a circuit that was eventually named after him) Villeneuve scored his first Grand Prix win after Jean-Pierre Jarier's Lotus stopped with engine trouble. [21] To date, he remains the only Canadian to win the Canadian Grand Prix. [22]