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Gilles Villeneuve takes the checkered flag in his Ferrari 312T3 at the end of the Canadian Grand Prix, Ile Notre-Dame (Montreal), 8th October 1978. It was the first race on the new circuit and his home Grand Prix. (Photo by Klemantaski Collection/Getty Images)

Gilles Villeneuve takes the checkered flag in his Ferrari 312T3 at the end of the Canadian Grand Prix, Ile Notre-Dame (Montreal), 8th October 1978. It was the first race on the new circuit and his home Grand Prix. (Photo by Klemantaski Collection/Getty Images)