Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve
is really Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Île Notre-Dame, Montreal, Quebec
Real place, still recognisable
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve came to Gran Turismo 7 in 2025. The game recreates the island track on the St Lawrence River, with its long straights, tight hairpin and the final chicane by the Wall of Champions, against the Montreal skyline.
The real place
The circuit was built on Île Notre-Dame, an artificial island made for the Expo 67 world's fair, and first hosted the Canadian Grand Prix in 1978. It was named after the Canadian driver Gilles Villeneuve after his death in 1982. Part of the island's old Olympic rowing basin runs beside the track.
Visiting
Outside race weekends the circuit is open to cyclists, runners and walkers, a popular way to do a lap. Take the metro to Jean-Drapeau station. The Canadian Grand Prix in June turns the island into one of the busiest race weekends of the year.
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