Gilles Villeneuve and Canadian F 1 Grand Prix – Stamps of Canada 1997.

Gilles Villeneuve and Canadian F 1 Grand Prix – Stamps of Canada 1997.

Gilles Villeneuve was a Canadian Car Racing driver. He was born on  18 Jan 1950 in Canada and died on 08 May 1982. In 1977 he joined the Ferrari Formula 1 team and won his FI Grand Prix at home in Canada in 1978. He won Five more Grand Prix titles.

Canada issued two stamps on 15th Death Anniversary of Gilles Villeneuve on 12 Jun 1997. A FDC with a pair of Se-tenant stamps is listed.

45c – Villeneuve and Checkered Flag Ferrari T-4 1979.

90c – Close up of Villeneuve with Ferrari T-3 in background

Formula 1 Pirelli Canadian Grand Prix 2019 was held in Canada from 07-09 Jun 2019 and Lewis Hamilton(Great Britain) of Mercedes won the race after S Vettel of Ferrari was handed penalty and placed second, C Lecrec of Ferrari was placed third. This was Hamilton’s 7th Canadian F-1 title.