The FIA have confirmed that certain areas of the Montreal track have been resurfaced after problems in 2008 caused cars to loose grip on the broken-up tarmac.
The most notable area of concern was the hairpin just before the long straight leading to the start/finish line. Martin Brundle got in trouble when he said live on air during qualifying, that the race organisers should get a couple of ‘pikeys’ to throw down some new tarmac.
Other areas have also been fixed after burst water pipes flooded parts of the track earlier this year.
A few smaller changes have also been made to the track. The run-off areas at turn six and eight have been laid with more modern asphalt instead of gravel traps.
