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In case you need reminding, the Canadian Grand Prix takes centre stage on the weekend!
This will be round seven of the Formula 1 2018 World Championship after Daniel Ricciardo sealed his second win of the campaign in the streets of Monte Carlo.
Gilles Circuit Villeneuve has been part of the F1 family since 1978 and it has proven to be a classic track.
The circuit is of course named after Gilles Villeneuve who sadly passed away in doing what he loved which was racing at the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder.
Villeneuve won six races during his five-year spell in F1 and raced for two of the biggest teams of Ferrari and McLaren.
It's fair to say Mr. Villeneuve would have been proud to see a track named after him, a track that would go on to host so many amazing races.
Let's take a look at five classic races from the Canadian Grand Prix...
#5 1998 - Schumacher wins in Canada
The race start at the 1998 Canadian Grand Prix was one hell of a chaotic start as Michael Schumacher jumped ahead of championship rival Mika Hakkinen on the first corner.
The overtake was moments before a heavy crash involving Alexander Wurz, Jean Alesi and Jarno Trulli stopped the race.
After the race had restarted, Alesi and Trulli collided again and on the same corner which would see the racing process stop for a second time.
The race is probably more memorable because of the constant accidents between Trulli and Alesi than the actual race itself.
But eventually, Schumacher would come out on top ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella and his teammate Eddie Irvine.
#4 2008 - Redemption win for Kubica
Between the 2007 and 2008 editions of the Canadian Grand Prix, it was quite a 12 months for Robert Kubica.
The Polish driver experienced an almighty crash in Montreal in 2007 when he lost control of his BMW Sauber failing to avoid colliding with barriers to then fly across the track.
This would see his car in pieces and remarkably Kubica didn't suffer any serious injuries.
Kubica's colleagues in the garage were left stunned moments after the crash. Their Polish racer was very lucky.
12 months later, Kubica was ready to take on Montreal once more in a much more competitive BMW Sauber.
At the start of the 2008 season, BMW Sauber were tipped to be one of the favourites for both the Driver's and Constructors' Championships.
So as well as Lewis Hamilton of McLaren and Ferrari's Felipe Massa going head to head throughout the year, there were glimpses of Kubica and his teammate Nick Heidfeld.
Despite getting many podium finishes, Kubica had never won an F1 race before.
The 2008 Canadian Grand Prix was a perfect time for him to do it after the events of the same race events in 2007.
A little bit of luck was needed when Hamilton and Kimi Raikkonen clashed at the exit of the pits.
This rewarded Kubica the race lead and would go onto claim his first win in F1 completing a redemption win.
It would be Kubica's only race win to date but what a race to win.
#3 2007 - Hamilton's first ever F1 win
June 10, 2007, is a date to remember if you are wanting to become a die-hard Lewis Hamilton fan.
It was the date Hamilton tasted a Formula 1 race victory for the first time by winning the Canadian Grand Prix.
It was only his sixth ever race in F1 since starting out at McLaren but his racing around Circuit Gilles Villeneuve that day made you forget how young and inexperienced he was.
Hamilton secured his first ever pole position the day before just ahead of his teammate and current world champion, at the time, Fernando Alonso.
The Briton held firmly out on the track on race day to become the first black driver to win an F1 race.
11 years on, Hamilton has only gone and picked up four world championships at McLaren and Mercedes. Not bad.
The race is also remembered for Kubica's huge accident in a BMW Sauber.
#2 1999 - Wall of Champions
The day before race day, Schumacher sealed pole position for Ferrari in his attempts to finally become a world champion with the Italian team later on in the year of 1999.
But Sunday would prove to be a race to forget for the German no thanks to the wall of champions.
It was the 1999 Canadian Grand Prix that would see the wall of champions become a serial race ruiner.
All three world champions of Damon Hill, Jacques Villeneuve and Schumacher crashed into the famous Grand Prix wall making them look like amateurs that day.
Mika Hakkinen had a field day by winning the race for McLaren to help his bid for a second consecutive world title, which would see him eventually take the crown away from Schumacher and Eddie Irvine.
#1 2011 - The greatest race of all time?
It was one of the wettest races in decades, it was a race that had everything, it was the race of Jenson Button's life.
The 2011 Canadian Grand Prix was a race that paused many people's thoughts on the season so far.
A dominant Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull was making the championship rather dull for the F1 supporters.
Nearly halfway through the season, the German was the man to beat and was looking to add to his 2010 driver's championship.
But on June 12, 2011, A miracle had landed in Montreal.
The stormy weather hit the race very dramatically which would see the race red flagged for over two hours after 26 laps.
The fans were not left disappointed as the race resumed as Button was having nightmares throughout.
Before the race had stopped, Button and his team-mate Lewis Hamilton had collided on the straight leaving the 2008 world champion out of the race.
Button was then given a drive-through penalty for speeding behind the safety car.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso then collided with Button's car after the restart seeing the Spaniard retire from the race.
This left Button with a puncture and had to head to the pits, again. He rejoined from the back of the leaderboard.
If there's any driver that is good in the wet, it's Jenson Button.
The Briton climbed up the order and with six laps to go, he overtook Mark Webber for P3.
Michael Schumacher was overtaken by Button for P2.
The final lap had Button hunting down the championship leader.
Vettel was just a few corners away from winning another race in 2011 but the pressure got to him as he lost grip of the track allowing Button to pass and win arguably the greatest race of all time.
It's a race you can watch again and again!
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