Canadian GP preview cont. - BMW WilliamsF1
Team
· The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is named after Jacques Villeneuve’s
father, who won the first race at this track in 1978, and is situated on Ile
Notre Dame, a man-made island in the middle of the St Lawrence Seaway.The
circuit is 2.747 miles (4.421 km) long. The 69-lap race gets underway at
13.00 local time (17.00 GMT) on Sunday,10th June. A total race distance of
189.549 miles (305.049 km) will be covered. The lap record was set last year
by Mika Hakkinen in his McLaren-Mercedes with a time of 1m19.049s
(125.105mph/ 201.338 km/h). The 2000 race was won by Michael Schumacher in
the Ferrari.
Ralf Schumacher # 5 Juan Pablo Montoya # 6
Nationality German Colombian
Born 30 June 1975 - Hurth, (Ger) 20 Sept. 1975, Bogota
(Col)
Marital status engaged to Cora Brinkmann single
Lives Salzburg (Austria) MonteCarlo (MC), Oxford
(UK)
Height 1,78 m 1,68 m
Weight 73 kg 72 kg
F1 debut 1997,Melbourne, Australia 2001, Melbourne, Australia
Best qualifying 2nd:2001 Brazil 3rd: 2001 Austria
Best GP finish 1st:2001 San Marino 2nd: 2001 Spain
GP starts 73 7
Points 2001 12 6
Total points 98 6
Fastest laps 3 -
2001 FIA F1 Championship
Qualifying Race Qualifying Race
Australia 5th DNF 11th DNF
Malaysia 3rd 5th 6th DNF
Brazil 2nd DNF 4th DNF
San Marino 3rd 1st 7th DNF
Spain 5th DNF 12th 2nd
Austria 3rd DNF 2nd DNF
Monaco 5th DNF 7th DNF
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