‘Montreal hairpin could be redesigned’

The Montreal circuit could undergo a few changes ahead of next year's race in a bid to put prevent reoccurring track surface issues.

Last weekend during qualifying at the circuit Gilles Villeneuve the track surface began to break up, most notably at the Turn 10 hairpin, resulting in dangerous 'marbles' forming just off the racing line. And although the Canadian GP organizers had the track resurfaced overnight, problems still arose during the 70-lap grand prix.

The track's executive vice president Francois Dumontier has now come out saying the circuit is likely to undergo reprofiling in the coming months in order to prevent the problem reoccurring next season.

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

He added: "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."