Even in the early days of the sports car movement in Canada in the 1950s, race organizers had dreamed of staging a genuine Formula One Grand Prix in Canada. The first F1 US Grand Prix was held in 1959 and it settled in at Watkins Glen. Here in Canada, the 1967 Centennial was the impetus for the first F1 race in this country. It has run almost every year since at various venues – Mosport, St. Jovite (aka Mont Tremblant) before settling in at Montreal and becoming a national institution. Join Canadian motorsport historian George Webster as he tells the story of the early years of the Canadian Grand Prix.
George Webster’s first race was at Edenvale, Ontario in 1956. Since then he had attended countless races at over 80 different places and a similar number of F1 races. In those formative years of the Canadian GP, Webster attended almost every one – as a spectator, a track worker and as an F1 Steward . He morphed from a race official to a race photographer/writer; he has written for many publications including AutoSport Canada and Performance Racing News.
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