6/25/2006 0 Comments Magny Cours "God, its so hot," the mechanic said as they all trudged around the track on Thursday in Magny Cours, the heat rolling in like an anti-breeze. On and on they walked as their driver led the way, seemingly unaffected as everyone else wilted around him. "This heat is killing me."
"It's not the heat that hurts," came the reply, "it's the humidity." "I don't care what it is; it sucks. We've got to come to the middle of nowhere to race; the least they could do is keep the temperature down." Continue
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6/19/2006 0 Comments Silverstone "I hate coming here," he said as they sipped their coffees. "It's always a pain. We can't get a hotel anywhere nearby, it always takes so long to get to the track, the food is rubbish, everything seems to take longer to do, there are always more people getting in the way in the paddock – it's a nightmare."
"Sure," his friend replied, savouring his drink, "but it's Silverstone. Besides, you don't have to run off to the airport to get here: we just have to drive over from the factory." "Well," he sighed, draining the dregs of his coffee, "that's true. And at least we get to drive on the right side of the road." "I hope you don't, at least if I'm in the car." Continue 6/8/2006 0 Comments MonacoThe sun sat there, fat and orange and full, shining down benevolently on to the roads at the top of the hill, twisting like a nest of newborn snakes as they writhe blindly over and around each other towards the water. In the harbour the yachts were already in place, their masts and rigging tak tak takking their Morse code messages to each other in the relative pre-race calm.
"I'm freezing," said Hiroki Yoshimoto, hugging himself inside his BCN fleece as he sat in the hospitality area on the first floor of the car park paddock. "It's always cold here. Its not exactly the glamour of Monaco, is it?" "Maybe," said his companion, "but the view is nice." Continue |
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