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Lewis Hamilton wins Canadian Grand Prix for McLaren Mercedes in F1
This year’s race marked the 30th anniversary of the crash that killed Villeneuve, the local favorite whose success helped create the track that is named after him. Fans wore T-shirts that said, “Salut, Gilles,” and the car he drove in 1973 took a ceremonial lap before the race.
Across the bridge from the Ile Notre Dame in downtown Montreal, students continued their protests over planned tuition hikes. One anti-capitalist group vowed to disrupt the race by overloading the subway to keep race-goers from the one of Canada’s most lucrative tourist events.
Police spokeswoman Anie Lemieux said about 30 people were arrested at the subway stop near the race track as a preventive measure. Others had their bags checked and were turned away if they could not produce a ticket to the race.
On Saturday night, police in riot gear blocked off streets in an attempt to keep the students away from Formula One revelers, who felt a faint sting of pepper spray as they sat on restaurant patios and watched the protests go by.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press
