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Hi Jim,

If you are still shopping for tickets, like Steve L., I go through the number he referred to – you will find it on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve official web-site. I have been attending since 1988 and have always gone through the promoter, though they do hire out an agency to administer the sales of the tickets, which in this case is Admission, a division of TicketMaster. Regarding seat selection, if you call versus purchasing through their web site, at this point in time they may be able to tell you which seats in which rows have been assigned to you in the grandstand of your selection at the time of purchase.

My friends and I sit in Grandstand 12, also referred to as Senna corner. Another good spot should be Grandstand 24. GS 15 looks he’d on into the hairpin. GS 24 runs along the exit of the hairpin. Both will give you good views of the braking into the hairpin. From GS 12, you are offered a good view of braking into the first corner. The higher up and further out (sections 4-5-6) you are the longer the view. For example, from our seats we can just make them out as the turn onto the front straight and as they then disappear as the accelerate up and away from turn 2. If you like to get as close to the sounds and smells, GS 24 is physically closer to the track than 12 or 15.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
Mike

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