Until 2009, 1987 had been the only year not to feature a Canadian Grand Prix since the event switched to Montreal in 1978. Although the track's layout may have changed since a time when the semi-street circuit hosted the season finale, its habit of delivering peculiar happenings in races remains to this day.

The Canadian Grand Prix dates back to 1967, when it first joined the calendar with a race at Mosport Park, which continued to host the event until 1977. However, Mont-Tremblant took the reigns twice in between (1968 and 1970) and the race took a year's sabbatical in 1975. Two years later, Montreal's Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve made its first appearance before it later took the name of its maiden pole-sitter.

Montreal makes a welcome return to Formula 1 this weekend after spending a year off in 2009. The semi-street, Île Notre-Dame track also signals the return to the calendar of North America and a venue which has long since possessed a reputation of throwing up bizarre race results.

Nick Wirth was pleased to see both Virgin Racing cars make the finish of the Turkish Grand Prix but stresses that the team now requires more of the same in order to keep on top of development work as best as possible. The team originally known as Manor GP will be racing with aerodynamic parts tailored to Montreal this weekend.

Whilst the big performance steps for us this year are yet to be brought to the track, we have a nice Montreal aero package which consists of new aero parts all over the car, specifically for this track.

Having debuted a brand-new front wing for the Turkish Grand Prix last time out, McLaren is now in the process of transporting more new versions for this weekend's eighth round of the championship in Canada.

McLaren admit to making errors in communicating to their drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button at last month's Turkish Grand Prix.

McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh has spoken out in reference to claims that Lewis Hamilton is furious after teammate Jenson Button overtook him during the Turkish Grand Prix, contrary to what the 2008 champion had been told over his radio.

McLaren Team Principal Martin Whitmarsh has explained that Lewis Hamilton's information - stating that Jenson Button would not pass him in the Turkish Grand Prix - was an opinion of engineers, as opposed to a definite answer. The leading driver questioned his team over the matter shortly before being overtaken by his team-mate.

"I'm very comfortable with where we are as a team and where we are going," says Vijay Mallya. "The structure and any off track events are for me to worry about, so the team can get on with doing what they do best at the track."

Force India confirmed on Tuesday morning that Vitantonio Liuzzi will be making use of an older VJM03 chassis in Canada this weekend, with damage having been discovered on the latest which dates back two races to Monte-Carlo.

Force India confirmed on Tuesday morning that Vitantonio Liuzzi will be making use of an older VJM03 chassis in Canada this weekend, with damage having been discovered on the latest which dates back two races to Monte-Carlo.

F2 champion Andy Soucek joined Luiz Razia at the Monteblanco Circuit near Seville at the weekend as the team behind the FV10 'driver experience' programme put more miles on the clock of its Super-Aguri based car.

Of the seven races staged so far this season, three have included a track learning process for Nico Hülkenberg and the Williams rookie will be required to do more of the same as he heads to Canada this weekend. However, the German is confident that sufficient data has been collected following sessions on the Williams simulator.

Rubens Barrichello heads to Montreal upbeat as Williams prepares to debut several new parts on its Cosworth-powered machines. The Grove squad fell back in Turkey due to accidents in Monaco although the Brazilian's optimism has been raised, not least because of his own track record in Canada.

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Pedro de la Rosa was never blessed with any significant amounts of luck in his four Canadian Grand Prix to date, coming away with only one finish, although the Barcelona man is pleased to see Formula 1 returning to the popular location this weekend.

Pedro de la Rosa was never blessed with any significant amounts of luck in his four Canadian Grand Prix to date, coming away with only one finish, although the Barcelona man is pleased to see Formula 1 returning to the popular location this weekend.

As Renault attempts to catch and overhaul Mercedes GP for fourth place in the Constructors' Championship, Russian rookie Vitaly Petrov is confident that the glowing R30s of himself and Robert Kubica will perform strongly on the semi-street Montreal circuit this weekend.

Hispania are hoping for no more than to finish with both cars this weekend although the Canadian Grand Prix marks a brand-new race in the careers of both Bruno Senna and Karun Chandhok, with the latter in particular looking forward to the atmosphere of the venue as well as the Gilles Villeneuve circuit.