F1 GP: Friday Practice & Old Montreal

In stifling humid heat, we headed over to the Gille Villeneuve race track to watching the Friday practice sessions. Traffic to get there was terrible – a combination of F1 traffic and normal Friday commuters. But once we parked at the metro station, the rest of the journey was easy!
Our seats were high up in stand 34, with a view facing the hairpin – a good viewpoint, except much too high to see any details of the cars / drivers:

In the afternoon we headed in to Old Montreal – we had a date with Cirque Du Soleil to see their new Corteo show which was, of course, fabulous (except for the ludicrously cramped seating!)
Old Montreal had some great buildings too – worth another visit …

 

Later in the evening, we watched various entertainment in Montreal as part of the F1 week – these girls were the most astounding, because of their “disguises” …