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Throwback Thursday: 1978 Canadian Grand Prix
Ahead of this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, F1 Hub remembers the first time the Grand Prix circus headed to the North American country. Serving as the finale to the 1978 calendar, the Canadian Grand Prix was a conclusion to Mario Andretti’s sole championship winning season. It would be a race of firsts; including the first broadcast of a Grand Prix event by BBC, and later the first ever race won by a Canadian. Built on an artificial island in Montreal intended for Expo 67, the 4.5km circuit hugged the island’s coastline with a rowing lake in the centre. Up until that point, Andretti’s Lotus 79 had proved another class with specialised ‘ground effect’ aerodynamics, aiding him...
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