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Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Paddock

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The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Paddock, also known as L'Espace Paddock, is a support building for the Canadian Grand Prix at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal. The Paddock is designed by the local Montreal firm Les Architectes FABG with lead architect Eric Gauthier for the Federation International d'Automobile (FIA) on Ile Notre-Dame, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is named after Canadian F1 racer, Gilles Villeneuve who won his first Grand Prix race at the first race in Montreal. During the off season the track is open to the public and is used by cyclists for training. Ile Notre Dame is a man made island in the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal and was built for the 1967 World Expo. It is now home to the Paddock as well as a casino and the Olympic pool for rowing, canoeing and dragon boat training.

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Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Paddock
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2000 Canadian Grand Prix
2000 Canadian Grand Prix

The 2000 Canadian Grand Prix (formally the Grand Prix Air Canada 2000) was a Formula One motor race held on 18 June 2000 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada before 100,000 people. It was the eighth round of the 2000 Formula One World Championship and the 38th Canadian Grand Prix. Ferrari's Michael Schumacher won the 69-lap race from pole position. His teammate Rubens Barrichello finished second with Benetton's Giancarlo Fisichella third. Michael Schumacher led the World Drivers' Championship going into the race, while Ferrari led the World Constructors' Championship. He started alongside McLaren driver David Coulthard after qualifying on pole position. Barrichello began from third, alongside Coulthard's teammate Mika Häkkinen. Michael Schumacher and Coulthard battled for first place until Coulthard served a ten-second stop-go penalty on lap 14 because mechanics worked on his car 15 seconds before the race began. Michael Schumacher took an early pit stop just before half-distance, allowing Barrichello to lead the race until his own pit stop on lap 43. Rain had begun to fall by this point, and drivers had switched to wet-weather tyres. Michael Schumacher maintained his lead for the rest of the race and won by one-tenth of a second over Barrichello. Michael Schumacher won his fifth race of 2000 and his 40th overall. It increased his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to 22 points over Coulthard, with Häkkinen another two points behind. Ferrari extended their World Constructors' Championship lead to 18 points over McLaren. Benetton, with 18 points, demoted the Williams squad to fourth place with nine races remaining in the season.