Travelling to Montreal has been a hugely exciting trip - the city is beautiful, has a relaxed vibe and is packed full of so much life and culture.
But the thing I have been most looking forward to is walk the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, situated on the Ile Notre Dame island.
Surrounded by the St. Lawrence River, the home of the Canadian Grand Prix certainly has a spectacular backdrop – the Montreal skyline – and is in a unique location (to say the least).
The first thing on my ‘to do list’ in Montreal is walking the circuit. It's one of my favourites on the calendar, one I have lapped many, many times on racing games and seen on TV. It’s very quiet, but that’s no surprise. After all, it’s April – several weeks before the 2016 Canadian GP and the start of the peak tourist season.
But that means plenty of uninterrupted pictures and the chance to reflect on the circuit. There's no worry about getting run down by cars or cyclists, we can explore it in our own time. When not in use, the track is divided into two. One side is for walkers and cyclists, while the other is for cars.
The venue itself looks a bit shabby, painted lines fading and walls absent of advertising boards, but It'll obviously get spruced up before the race and there was clearly work being completed. Pit garages shut up and vacant, lifeless commentary booths and marshal posts, it’s certainly an odd time to be visiting a race track.
The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve gets little use other than F1 and it shows. But still, it's been brilliant to walk the circuit, see the corners up-close and reminisce with my dad about the classic moments that have taken place at a layout that has remained largely unchanged since it debuted in F1 back in 1978.
Here are a bunch of photos from my track walk:
Surrounded by the St. Lawrence River, the home of the Canadian Grand Prix certainly has a spectacular backdrop – the Montreal skyline – and is in a unique location (to say the least).
The first thing on my ‘to do list’ in Montreal is walking the circuit. It's one of my favourites on the calendar, one I have lapped many, many times on racing games and seen on TV. It’s very quiet, but that’s no surprise. After all, it’s April – several weeks before the 2016 Canadian GP and the start of the peak tourist season.
But that means plenty of uninterrupted pictures and the chance to reflect on the circuit. There's no worry about getting run down by cars or cyclists, we can explore it in our own time. When not in use, the track is divided into two. One side is for walkers and cyclists, while the other is for cars.
The venue itself looks a bit shabby, painted lines fading and walls absent of advertising boards, but It'll obviously get spruced up before the race and there was clearly work being completed. Pit garages shut up and vacant, lifeless commentary booths and marshal posts, it’s certainly an odd time to be visiting a race track.
The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve gets little use other than F1 and it shows. But still, it's been brilliant to walk the circuit, see the corners up-close and reminisce with my dad about the classic moments that have taken place at a layout that has remained largely unchanged since it debuted in F1 back in 1978.
Here are a bunch of photos from my track walk:
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