Get to know Magny Cours before this Sunday’s French GP

Watch Kimi take on Magny Cours in the 2006 McLaren (one of the most beautiful F1 cars in recent years).

It’s a tricky, fast circuit, notable for the very quick first corner, taken at 170mph, the tricky Estoril right-hander, which comes soon after, and the unsighted Imola chicane.

BONUS VIDEO! Watch Martin Brundle describe a Fernando Alonso pole lap below…

Austrian fails to grasp concept of “fixed”

“Yeah, Gerhard, the mirrors don’t move… nice one, I spent all night glueing them on. Twat.”

Remember when Dutch F1 star caught fire in the pit lane?

At the 1994 German Grand Prix, Jos the Boss’s Benetton turned into a four-wheeled inferno. During his first scheduled pitstop during the race, fuel leaked onto the car after the fuel hose was disconnected, setting the car ablaze. He suffered no more than burns to the nose, thanks to the quick action of his pit crew.