Grand Prix of Montreal

This article is about the Champ Car race. For the Formula One race at Montreal, see Canadian Grand Prix.

Grand Prix of Montreal

Venue	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
First race	1984
Last race	2006
Most wins (driver)	no repeat winners
Most wins (team)	Newman/Haas Racing (3)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Lola (6)

The Grand Prix of Montreal was an annual auto race in Montreal, Quebec on the Champ Car World Series circuit.

History

Originally known as the Molson Indy Montreal, it was first held at Sanair Super Speedway, an oval track, from 1984 through 1986. The Champ Car series revived the race in 2002, and it has been held in late August each year until 2006 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, a permanent road course most famous as the home of the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix.

In 2006, the name of the race was changed to the Grand Prix of Montreal after its sale by Molson Sports & Entertainment. This mirrored the name change of the Toronto Champ Car race from the Molson Indy Toronto to the Molson Grand Prix of Toronto after its sale by Molson.

Future prospects

After the 2006 race, the future of the Grand Prix of Montreal became shrouded in doubt. The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is allowed to be used for one race weekend outside of the Canadian Grand Prix, and it was heavily speculated that from 2007 onwards, Canadian Grand Prix promoter Normand Legault (who promotes all races at CGV) would replace the Grand Prix of Montreal with a NASCAR Busch Series race^[1]. Champ Car announced in September 2006 that it would indeed not be returning to Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and would be replacing the event with one at Circuit Mont-Tremblant (Mont-Tremblant Champ Car Grand Prix). CGV replaced the race with the NASCAR NAPA Auto Parts 200 race.

Results

Sanair (1984-1986)

Season	Winning Driver	Chassis	Engine	Team	Report
1984	Danny Sullivan	Lola	Cosworth	Doug Shierson Racing	report
1985	Johnny Rutherford	March	Cosworth	Alex Morales Autosports	report
1986	Bobby Rahal	March	Cosworth	TrueSports	report

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (2002-2006)

Season	Winning Driver	Chassis	Engine	Team	Report
2002	Dario Franchitti	Lola	Honda	Team Green	report
2003	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	Team Rahal	report
2004	Bruno Junqueira	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	Newman/Haas Racing	report
2005	Oriol Servia	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	Newman/Haas Racing	report
2006	Sébastien Bourdais	Lola	Ford-Cosworth	Newman/Haas Racing	report

Formula Atlantic winners

These races were held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

Season	Winning Driver
1978	Jeff Wood
1979	Howdy Holmes
1980	Jacques Villeneuve
1981	Kevin Cogan
1982	Tim Coconis
1983	Roberto Moreno
1986	Scott Goodyear
1988	Scott Harrington
1989	Scott Goodyear
1990	Jocko Cunningham
1991	Jimmy Vasser
1992	Chris Smith
1993	Jacques Villeneuve
1994	Richie Hearn
1995	David Empringham
1996	Patrick Carpentier
1997	Bertrand Godin
1998	Lee Bentham
1999	Alex Tagliani
2000	David Rutledge
2001	David Rutledge
2002	Rocky Moran, Jr.
2003	A.J. Allmendinger
2004	Jon Fogarty
2005	Antoine Bessette
2006	Graham Rahal

References

1. ^ http://www2.canoe.com/sports/nouvelles/f1/archives/2006/06/20060623-145005.html

External links

• Champ Car Stats: Sanair archive, Montreal archive
• Ultimate Racing History: Sanair archive, Montreal archive