Montreal to be reprofiled?

Officials at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve believe that the circuit may have to be reprofiled after parts of the circuit had problems during the Canadian Grand Prix weekend. Repairs were made to track during the night before the race and did solve some of the issues, but not the whole problem. The track's executive vice president Francois Dumontier said that the turn 10 hairpin, which caused most of the problems, could be realigned in the future.

"The problem seems to be in the curves," Dumontier said. "We'll look at the hairpin, and the configuration of the hairpin. We'll look seriously at it with the FIA.

"We had the same problem last year, since 2005 in fact, so after last year we took a serious look at what product to put there, and we really thought that what we installed was good enough to hold for the weekend.

"So we were pretty upset with what happened in qualifying, and we'll have to go back again and see what we can do. We'll look at what other tracks are doing, and see if we can use the same kind of product."

Dumontier believes the Montreal track is hard to keep in top condition due to the fact it used by the public the rest of the year and that it is exposed to extreme weather conditions all year long.

"We're the only racetrack that goes from plus-30 in the summer to minus-30 in the winter," Dumontier said. "The asphalt is affected by that, and the track is used a lot by buses and cycles all the time, so there's something there."

Montreal boss hints at track changes (Autosport.com)