Beauty is the order of the day. Yes, Valencia is splendid, all high blue skies and perfectly sanded beaches. Despite the presence of some megayachts, it somehow lacks the 'swimming pools and movie stars' ambience of Monaco. You can imagine grabbing a beach chair and putting your toes in the sand on one of the practices days, the whine of 18,000 rpm engines only slightly twisting the scene. But once you're in the stands on race day, that's when the true beauty takes over, the sort of bea...
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Rain. Lots and lots of rain. That, some on course hijinks, a new winner for 2011, and some very determined driving are what the Canadian Grand Prix brought. Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve is long and narrow, running the length of a Montreal river island and back up it, with twists and turns thrown in of course. it's a challenging circuit with minimal room for run-off in the best of conditions and with the rain coming down in buckets race stewards opted for a safety-car start and field lined up i...
Monaco is likely the one course on the entire F1 circuit where the driver takes full primacy over the car. All the power and most of the handling in the world isn't going to help you on these tiny streets. Only the driver can keep it off the rails and do it for longer and faster than anyone else. This year's installment of the Monoco Grand Prix, however, saw some drivers getting pulled out of cars and at least one other operating their machine with little seeming regard for&nb...
Photo: Vodaphone McLaren Mercedes Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain, Stop 5 in the 2011 F1 calendar, feels like home to many of the drivers, it being the series' primary off-season testing track. It's also really home turf to Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) and Jaime Alguersuari (Toro Rosso), the two Spaniards in competition this year. More remarkable than any of that, however, is that it had been from pole for 10 straight years. This string included Mark Webber's (Red Bull) victory in 20...
GonzoGeek's celebration of all thing Thor takes a Cinco de Mayo turn!