Mexico – an amazing place
Mexico was another country that we had dire warning of imminent robbery/death at every turn. Again, we found that with a few sensible precautions we were totally safe. We used the metro which was...
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Brilliant Brazil
Brazil is a huge country and Sao Paulo is situated in the South and East of the country, a 14 hour flight from Mexico City. The Brazilian Grand Prix (Grande Premio do Brasil) is...
Magnificent Mexico – a city that keeps giving
Mexico City is set up on a plateau at an altitude of 2200 m. Yes it does have an effect on walking up stairs ! Well we found that anyway. The city is huge...
Austin – COTA does not disappoint
COTA – Circuit of the Americas in Austin Texas. The circuit is a fair distance from central Austin and we found that the costs involved in getting to the circuit were very high –...
Qatar – too hot to handle
Qatar is hot, very hot. Fortunately, there is an amazing metro system that is fully air conditioned and very cheap. A lot of the infrastructure for the recent football world cup is still in...
Super Suzuka
Suzuka is situated in a small city (by Japanese standards) south west of Nagoya. Nagoya is where most fans stay as it is a city of nearly 10 million and good rail transport to...
Singapore Sling! What a potent mix of drama and unexpected results!
Singapore is an island city state in Southeast Asia famous for Raffles, humidity and the Singapore Sling. It is a beautiful island/city with an amazing history that stretches back millennia. Recent history includes British...
Monza: Temple of Ferrari?
Monza is one of the most, if not the most, iconic racetracks on the circuit. It has a reputation of being Ferrari crazy and a lot of fun – even the fans have an...
Zandvoort – Fantastic atmosphere, Fantastic Race
Zandvoort is located on the coast of Holland beside the North Sea. As with most of the races this season, it was wet. Very wet and bloody cold! The weather played a huge part...
Marrakech – sensory overload
We took the train from Casablanca to Marrakech. We paid a little extra for air conditioning and it was needed! We left Casablanca with temperatures of 28 degrees and were taken to a furnace...