Living for the weekend
The wait is killing me! Three weeks between Grands Prix – I’m getting withdrawal symptoms!
So it’s good to see the Turks are prepared for the race!
Tight security measures have been put in place ahead of the inaugural Turkish Grand Prix in Istanbul on Sunday.
Two thousand paramilitary police will patrol the new circuit, fans will pass through metal detectors on entry and all vehicles will be searched.
Mumtaz Tahincioglu, head of the Turkish Motorsports Federation, said: “Measures we’re taking here for security purposes have been doubled.”
In the last month alone, Turkey has suffered two fatal terrorist attacks.
[BBC]
The Istanbul circuit is brand new, so some of the drivers have been learning the track via games (apparently the new PlayStation game includes it) or video recordings of road cars driving round it. [BBC]
In other news since the last GP:
- Barrichello leaves Ferrari and joins BAR (next season)
- BAR have told Button that he’s on his own if he fights Williams about his contract (to join Williams) for 2006
- Felipe Massa moves from Sauber to Ferrari, which John Watson says “will make Ferrari weaker”
- Cosworth will supply Williams with 2.4 litre V8 engines for 2006
- Leonardo DiCaprio is likely to play the part of Jacques Villeneuve in the 2007 movie about the Canadian world champion and his father, Gilles
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