Jordan recently claimed that he believes Piastri has the potential to challenge Max Verstappen after being “blown away” by the Australian’s performances in his rookie F1 season.
He also suggested that Piastri could emerge as a leading candidate for a future drive with Red Bull, given that he is managed by ex-Red Bull driver Mark Webber.
Piastri was asked about Jordan’s comments at the Belgian Grand Prix, where he once again impressed by finishing runner-up to Verstappen in the sprint race.
Decades before the Spanish Grand Prix found a permanent home in Montmelo, Barcelona’s daunting Montjuic street circuit was one of the most feared venues on the Formula 1 calendar.
Montmelo’s Circuit de Catalunya was constructed as part of the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. The newly-built circuit 30 minutes outside Barcelona would host the cycling team time trial event, but was conceived with a long-term goal in mind to bring Formula 1 back to the Catalan metropole.
Fittingly, many actual Olympic venues were constructed on the site of Barcelona’s previous Formula 1 venue: Montjuic.
The iconic hill overlooking the city played a crucial part in several stages of Barcelona’s eventful history. Due to its strategic location, Montjuic was the ideal site for medieval fortifications.
In modern times the hill retained its importance, hosting the 1929 World Fair. In the ‘30s the city prepared an anti-fascist alternative to Adolf Hitler’s 1936 Berlin Olympics, which was cancelled due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.
Between 1933 and 1936 Montjuic also hosted four editions of the Penya Rhin Grand Prix, a race which was irregularly hosted on three different street circuits in different Barcelona suburbs: Villafranca, Montjuic and Pedralbes. In 1936 the celebrated Italian Tazio Nuvolari won the last edition on Montjuic.
After World War II, Barcelona first joined the world championship in 1951 at Pedralbes, but following the 1955 Le Mans disaster, the high-speed street track disappeared from the calendar.
Formula 1 returned to Spain in the sixties. Jarama, a permanent facility outside Madrid, would alternate with the returning Montjuic.
The Montjuic street track was a joy to behold. Meandering its way around the history-infused hill, the 3.79km track connected several iconic locations and breathtaking sights.
The paddock was located at the old Olympic stadium. At the end of an undulating straight, cars would descend down to the famous Magic Fountain, passing the old Greek Theatre and the National Arts Museum. A high-speed loop past the Poble Espanyol open air museum would send them back onto the main straight.
Montjuic was a glorious location for motor racing, featuring changes in altitude and camber reminiscent of Monaco. But it was also dangerous. The final flat-out sector was particularly quick for a street track.
Even more problematic was that run-off was non-existent. The track was lined with trees, only separated from the racing line by makeshift guardrails.
mousatos έγραψε:όπως ;
he strange story is told by Jacques Villeneuve, the 1997 F1 champion who was a long-time neighbour of the Stroll family in Montreal.
"Lawrence built his son his own go-kart track, which was just a 15-minute walk from the house,” Villeneuve claimed to F1-Insider.
“Nevertheless, Lance covered the distance by helicopter every day."
A separate source, discussing the younger Stroll’s attitude to racing, was quoted: "Father and son once came to our factory to have a look: I have never seen such an interested father and such a disinterested son."
The Aston Martin driver’s woes resurfaced at this weekend’s F1 Qatar Grand Prix when he shoved a team member inside his garage after a fourth consecutive Q1 elimination on Friday.
His mother, the report claims, “is putting pressure on her son to end his motorsport career this year after a number of accidents”.
It is also reported that Aston Martin “no longer rule out a retirement” for their youngest driver.
The same source previously reported that his father, the Aston Martin executive chairman Lawrence Stroll, had been approached by a Saudi Arabian fund about purchasing the F1 team for a fee in excess of $800m.
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