Renault, McLaren-Mercedes, BMW-Sauber, Toyota and others compete with cutting edge, purpose-built race cars on demanding road courses all over the world, including exotic locales such as Monaco, Bahrain, China, and Malaysia. These cars reach speeds of 200 MPH on the straight-aways and are still able to maneuver through tricky, tight turns and corners.
This year’s Canadian Grand Prix drew hundreds of thousands of fans to Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve to witness one of the most exciting races of the young season, with many yellow flag sessions to slow the cars after an on-track incident, as well as a spectacular crash of the BMW-Sauber car of Robert Kubica at the hairpin turn. Coincidentally, the excellent seats provided by Pratt & Whitney allowed an unobstructed view of this horrifying crash. Fortunately for Kubica, and as testament to the engineered safety of the modern F1 car, he was relatively unscathed and will race again this season. The race was historically significant due to the pole to pole victory by McLaren’s driver sensation Lewis Hamilton who became the first rookie ever to win a Grand Prix race. He currently leads the driver’s standings ahead of teammate and reigning World Champion Fernando Alonso.
The three day event was enjoyed by all and our thanks go out to the P&W reps that made it all happen!
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