By: Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada
November 22 2016
With Lance Stroll to celebrate “1967-2017 - 50 years of Formula 1 in Canada
Montréal, Quebec – The Formula 1 Grand Prix Du Canada announced today that tickets will go on sale this Thursday, November 24, 2016 for the Anniversary Edition of the race, on 9, 10 and 11 June, 2017, during which we will be celebrating “1967-2017 ▪ 50 years of Formula 1 in Canada”. On this occasion, fans who reserve seats before December 23, will receive special tickets with a deluxe finish, genuine collector’s items designed to mark a special anniversary.
“Montréal and Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve produce one of the most exciting Grands Prix of the season. In 2017, everyone will have even more good reasons to be there since we’ll be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the inaugural Canadian Formula 1 Grand Prix”, asserted François Dumontier, President and Chief Executive Officer of Octane Racing Group Inc., the event’s organizer.
“Not only it will be an anniversary year for our event, we will have the great pleasure to see on track for the first time this very talented young Canadian driver who is Lance Stroll. We are pleased to offer fans an opportunity to come in large numbers and be part of this great tradition, a Formula 1 race that happens to be always very exciting and that has written history so often over the years.”
Tickets go on sale on November 24 As far as seat allocation is concerned, 2016 ticket holders will be given priority for all orders placed until December 23 inclusively. Starting at 9:00 a.m. this coming Thursday, November 24, fans will be able to reserve their seats by calling the ticket office at 514 350-0000 or by visiting our website at www.circuitgillesvilleneuve.ca.
A Montreal-based Canadian company, Octane Racing Group Inc. is the promoter of FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA for the period from 2015 to 2024, through an agreement made with Formula One Administration Limited and Formula 1 World Championship Limited (which, together, hold the commercial rights to F1).