Formula 1 Circuit, Montreal, Canada

Usual deal with my F1 opinions. The results, the race, the heroes, the villains and any other random stuff I see fit to include at the end. * The Results – No One Hits Champions Wall * A fairly interesting and incident filled race produced the following results. 1st – Ralf Schumacher (Williams) - Qualified 2nd 2nd – Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) – Qualified 1st 3rd – Mika Hakkinen (McLaren) – Qualified 8th 4th – Kimi Raikkonen (Sauber) – Qualified 7th 5th – Jean Alesi (Prost) – Qualified 16th 6th – Pedro de la Rosa (Jaguar) ... more

Ooh look what I have just found. This is a piece of writing on the 2001 Canadian GP I wrote a while ago. I know its late but better late than never I say... NEWS PRIOR TO RACE It may have only been two weeks ago but since the Monaco GP the F1 news bandwagon just hasn’t stopped rolling. Topping the news is Adrian Newey who is in the middle of a catfight ironically between Jaguar and Mclaren. Both teams claim they have secured a contract with the sought after designer with deals worth over 4 million a year. Newey who is a friend of Jaguar boss Bobby Rahal seemed to be on his way to Jaguar ... more

The Canadian Grand Prix at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit in Montreal always seems to produce exciting races. This circuit is only used once a year and that is for the Grand Prix, due to its combination of dedicated track and street circuit. Because of this the track is notoriously “dirty”, by which I mean that there is always a lot of dirt and grit on the surface which “cleans-up” as the weekend develops. The circuit has a combination of fast straights and slow tight corners, in particular the hairpin, which is definitely only a first gear corner. Setting the cars up ... more

While drivers are busy having there own battles within the Grand Prix Fraternity, I thought it was about time I played Teacher and gave them all a mark out of 10 for Half Term. Starting with the best, Lets look at the championship. No suprise to see Michael Winning but the Maclaren drivers have had poor reliability recently. The Other Ferarri driver, Rubens Barichello, is having a poor time too. Suprise package has been the Williams and the Sauber team who have both been scoring nicely. Dissapointment continues for Jaguar and Benetton have fallen by the wayside. So here are the driver marks: ... more

Montreal as host to one of the 2 F1 events in Noth America (the other being the new US Grand Prix from Indianapolis) has set an example for other event planners to keep in mind. The track itself is setup on semi-public roads encircling the island site of the 1967 Worlds fair (Expo '67) as well as the location of the Montreal casino. What makes this track different is it's accessibility. It is a stones throw from downtown Montreal and most fans get to the site using the underground subway called the Metro (the fare is approx $2cdn). Once on the island they find themselves in a dilligently ... more