Octane Racing Group is pleased to announce the return of the popular Grand Prix of Canada "Open House" at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve on June 9, from 9 am to noon. Montreal fans and visitors to our beautiful city will be able to access the trail system by the departure of the Montreal Metro station Jean-Drapeau metro. Be allowed to wander the pit lane in front of the garages of the Formula 1 World Championship team. According to tradition, the teams will open their garage doors wide to allow everyone to watch the teams busy preparing the cars wheels Vettel, Hamilton, Alonso, Rosberg and "other gods of the race."
"Last year, during the return of the Grand Prix of Canada" Open House "Formula 1 teams, drivers and crew members were very cooperative with visitors," said Francois Dumontier, president of the Grand Prix Canada and Octane Racing Group, promoter of Arrangement. "This was our first contact with the fans after an absence of 24 months. The events that followed, including the highly successful Grand Gala, and the large crowd that jammed over the three days of Grand Price, really happy for the team. I am sure they will remember it all, and they are quite generous with the fans in 2011. "
Montreal, on the eve of the first exercises on the track, each and every one armed with a camera can lead to posterity a few meters from the most spectacular race in the world. Formula 1 Team staff are generally happy to answer questions from fans. In addition, some teams are usually the job of staging simulations Thursday morning, the joy of the crowd. These appear to be very fast, because teams do not need fuel for his car during a stop.
support events and a trophy that has belonged to Gilles Villeneuve
Aside from the pit lane walk to the F1 team garages, the public can also see the support of racing cars - the Ferrari Challenge, Porsche GT3 Cup, Formula 1600 and the historic Grand Prix car. These cars are authentic historic Formula 1, which previously ran in the World Cup, some of them in Montreal in the seventies and eighties. Race officials and pilots of these championship series will also be available on Thursday to answer questions from visitors. For a few dollars, fans can support the museum Gilles-Villeneuve in having their photo taken with a trophy that once belonged to the late racing hero.
Traffic and site access
Those who want to take the morning off and spend a day at the track during the Grand Prix "open day" need to use the Montreal subway system (Metro) to get Jean-Drapeau station is located in Ile Sainte-Helene. They then headed to the track through the Bridge of the Cosmos, they are transported to the pit of bus service. When visiting hours ended at noon from the fan back to their original point of departure, the same mode of transport. Also this year, tickets are not required to participate in this event.