Englishman living in Canada; photographer; Agile coach; badminton player; Formula One (F1) fan.
TOPW: Hamilton West Harbour – James Street Jaunt It s not often that TOPW explores outside of Toronto (well, it is in our name after all!) so it s been a while since I ve been to Hamilton, and I have to say I m in no rush to return the only high point for me was ending [ ]
Hot on the heels of the Belgium GP, the F1 circus is in Hungary for the last race before the summer break there s a three week gap until they return in Holland. The main news from Belgium is that Turn 2 has been renamed after HAM. Meanwhile there are rumours that Qatar and Abu [ ]
Spa is one of my favourite F1 tracks, as is Silverstone, and in between was Goodwood Festival of Speed (which I enjoyed via some highlights on YouTube). Free Practice FP1: VER (1:47.070), HAM, LEC, HAD, PIA The race weekend didn t start well for NOR he was immediately given a 10-place grid penalty after the [ ]
Just a week after Austria, it s the British Grand Prix the ninth race of the season (because Bahrain and Saudi Arabia were cancelled) and the fourth of the six sprint format weekends. HAM and Ferrari are hitting their stride just in time for the circuit where he s won nine times. Free Practice FP1: HAM [ ]
TOPW: South on Yonge in North York The walk south from Finch station almost started with witnessing someone getting run over! A woman waited for the lights to change (telling pedestrians not to cross) and then stepped out in front of a bus. The bus driver leaned on his horn, but she kept going and [ ]
Temperatures in Europe have exceeded 40 C in the past few days, and the forecast for the race weekend in the Styrian mountains is over 31 C, so the FIA have declared a heat hazard . This means drivers can use a cooling system but those who don t will have 0.5kg of ballast added to their cockpit to [ ]
Before getting into my notes about the Catalunya Grand Prix, we need to start with something unusual relating to the Monaco GP: the FIA have reversed a decision! (Gasps!) Alpine appealed GAS two time penalties for speeding in the pit lane and both were rescinded, which means GAS finished P3, same as he did on-track [ ]
TOPW: Walk through the Annex Brad led this walk that took us through Jean Sibelius Square (who knew there was a park dedicated to the Finnish composer?) and past some interesting houses, ending at the Pilot. TOPW: Waterfront A wander along Queens Quay and the Waterfront Trail, looping around near Merchants’ Wharf, ending at Great [ ]
The Canada GP was quite eventful, but don t worry Monaco will be the same old snooze fest as usual. Well, maybe not the same as usual this year could be even worse, as the FIA have decided there won t be any opportunity to use the new straight mode for extra overtaking boost. Free [ ]
The Canada GP is a few weeks earlier than usual, and if their weather is anything like Toronto s we re in for an exciting weekend we ve had rain, 30 C heat, and thunderstorms in the past few days! It s also a sprint format weekend, so there s just one practice session before it gets serious. Mercedes have [ ]