Montréal Street Circuit

Montréal Street Circuit
Circuit Details
Name	FIA Formula E Montreal ePrix
Location	Rue Viger E, Montreal, Canada
Length	2.745 km (1.706 mi)
Corners	14
First Race	2017 Montreal ePrix I
Last Race	2017 Montreal ePrix II
Only Race	unknown
Circuit Records
Fastest Lap	Qualifying	Race
1:23.444	1:22.344	1
Nicolas Prost	Felix Rosenqvist	Lucas di Grassi

The Montréal Street Circuit, also known as the Rue Viger E. Circuit, was a temporary street circuit located in Montreal, Canada, that twice hosted the Montreal ePrix, a round of the ABB FIA Formula E Championship. The Circuit would host the two final rounds of the 2016/17 season, before being forced off the calendar along with the Montreal ePrix after a change in the local government.

Formula E History

The Montreal ePrix was first proposed as a round of the 2016/17 season in the summer of 2016, and duly appeared on the season calendar. A mid-season alteration meant that the Montreal ePrix was subsequently swapped with the New York City E-Prix to serve as the season finale, with a lot of speculation about where the Montreal ePrix would be staged. Ultimately, the pre-race favourite, the pseudo-street circuit named the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, would be set aside by the FIA, citing major redevelopment works and the circuit's length, resulting in a new circuit being created.

Circuit History

A more central location for the Montreal ePrix was picked, with a new circuit, initially dubbed the Rue Viger E. Circuit, created in the shadow of Maison Radio-Canada on Rue Viger E. The new circuit, officially named the Montréal Street Circuit, would run along the René Lévesque Boulevard, as well as the Rue Viger E., measuring 2.745 km (1.706 mi) in length. Sponsorship and funding for the circuit was announced as being sourced from local energy group Hydro-Québec.

Unfortunately Hydro-Québec would not provide the necessary funds, and so the majority of the costs of operating the Montréal Street Circuit and its ePrix were footed by the local council. This, combined with local disruption, saw the promised 2018 Montreal ePrix cancelled after new Mayor Valerie Plante campaigned against it during the 2018 Montreal mayoral elections.

Circuit Layout

The lap opens with a long run from the start/finish line into turn one, a sharp right hander with the pit exit emerging on the exit of the kink afterwards. Turn two follows in the form of a 90 right, before a short blast to turn three, a 90 left, followed by an even shorter straight to the 90 right of turn four. A tight turn five corner then sees the cars sweep back away from the river bank, with a long continuous curve leading the cars past the eVillage and turn six.

Turns six, seven and eight see the cars weave around the back of the eVillage, before carrying the cars to the turn nine/ten hairpin and back onto the Boulevard René-Lévesque E and the start/finish straight. That long run is broken up by a tight chicane featuring turns eleven, twelve, thirteen and fourteen, before a kink brings the field back onto to the start/finish line. The pit entry can be found on the exit of the kink.

Records

A full list of records for the Montréal Street Circuit are outlined below, including a list of race winners.

Winners

Below is a list of all of the winners of ePrix held at the Montréal Street Circuit:

Montréal Street Circuit Winners List
Season	Event	Date	Winner	Report
2016/17	2017 Hydro-Québec Montréal ePrix	29 July 2017	Lucas di Grassi	Report
2016/17	2017 Hydro-Québec Montréal ePrix	30 July 2017	Jean-Éric Vergne	Report
2017/18	2018 FIA Formula E Montréal E-Prix	28 July 2018	Cancelled
2017/18	2018 FIA Formula E Montréal E-Prix	29 July 2018	Cancelled

Race-by-Race Records

The race-by-race records for the Montréal Street Circuit are outlined below:

Montréal Street Circuit Race-by-Race Records
Event	Qualifying		Fastest Lap		Winner
	Driver	Time	Driver	Time	Driver	Time
2017 Hydro-Québec Montréal ePrix I	Lucas di Grassi	1:22.869	Loïc Duval	1:24.536	Lucas di Grassi	56:55.592
2017 Hydro-Québec Montréal ePrix II	Felix Rosenqvist	1:22.344	Nicolas Prost	1:23.444	Jean-Éric Vergne	54:12.606

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