The Frenchman finished 5.6 seconds in front of James Jakes on Sunday in the second of two races on Belle Isle.

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In 1992, the race was moved to Belle Isle Park, an island in the Detroit River, and used by CART until 2001.

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The meetup kicked off with a four-course dinner prepared by local chefs at a Saarinen built structure on the island park Belle Isle.

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Only nine months ago it was announced that Chevrolet and Cadillac would sponsor the 2012 Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix .

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Allmendinger, and the rest of the drivers who didn't win, will have a chance to bounce back in Sunday's race on the 2.36-mile Belle Isle street course that held up much better than it did last year.

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We could've stared south at Canada, or crossed the bridge to Belle Isle, the island playland larger than Central Park, with elements designed by famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and Detroit favorite Albert Kahn.

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The period drama Belle began production in the Isle of Man on 24 September and was the island's first collaboration with Pinewood Shepperton studios.

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Following a three-week shoot on the Isle of Man, Belle will move to Pinewood Studios, Oxford and London to complete production.

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