F1: This is the Montreal circuit, where the Canada GP will run

The Canadian semi -permanent layout will receive the tenth competition of the year. It is a low aerodynamic load, where the brakes suffer and the walls are close. Franco Colapinto will be one of the six pilots who will turn there for the first time.

The Canada Grand Prix will be played this weekend for 44th time at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit in Montreal. Previously, another ten times ran: eight in Mosport Park and two in Mont-Tremblant. The semi -permanent of Montreal is nestled the Artificial Island Notre Dame that was built for the 1967 World Fair. After the JJ.oo. of 1976, they decided to turn the place into a race track and received for the first time at the F1 in 1978. Since then, it only lacked on the World Cup agenda in 1987, 2009, 2020 and 2021.

This year, the Canadian event is noted as the tenth date and there will come Oscar Piastri as the World Cup leader (it comes from winning in Spain) and There will be six pilots who will turn in that circuit for the first time: Franco Colapinto, Isack Hadjar, Oliver Bearman, Liam Lawson, Gabriel Bortoleto and Kimi Antonelli. What track will they meet?

The Gilles Villeneuve is the sixth shortest circuit of the calendar, with its 4,361 meters. Only Monaco, the Netherlands, Mexico, Brazil and Austria have less extension than the Canadian track. In addition, it is the seventh race with more laps (70). It has 14 curves and is the fourth with fewer variants from which the F1 visits in the year.

It is a narrow and locked track between walls. It has long lines, with many linked curves, so it has only seven braking areas, although some are quite sudden. On the Canadian track, 17% of the return is made by stepping on the brake, number that places it as the fifth in which that pedal is most used, behind Monaco, Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Azerbaiyan. Meanwhile, the accelerator takes thoroughly in 71% of the time in each turn.

Due to those long straight, the set -up chosen by the equipment is with little aerodynamic load, to avoid drag and gain peak speed. Therefore, a balanced car is key in the brakes and suspension to be able to enter and leave well those linked curves, which has low and medium speed areas. The tenth variant (a large fork) is the slowest on the track (the second is also low speed) and one is the most violent braking areas, as well as those of curves 1 and 13.

The track can be divided into four stretches and has three DRS areas, which are cut with strong braking and linked curves: 1 and 2, 3 and 4, 6 and 7, 8 and 9, 13 and 14. At the close of the return is the dreaded wall of the champions, in the external of the 14th variant, a place in which many of the largest ended up destroying their cars.

In addition to the brakes, There will be two other key aspects: the traction and recovery of the energy of the electric motor on this track, because it has long lines and the fast exit after the strong braking areas.

As for historical data, Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton are the pilots who won the most times on this track, with seven wins each. The German and English are matched at the top of the Pole Positions ranking, both with six. As for the teams, McLaren, with 13, is the one who stayed the most times with the maximum celebration, although the drought of Woking has been (Hamilton, in 2012, was the last one who celebrated). In times when papaya cars dominate in the World Cup, with Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, everything seems to indicate that McLaren’s black streak will be cut this weekend. Although Max Verstappen, winner of the last three editions, will try to continue with his string.