The Russian city of Sochi played host to the ING Renault F1 Team on Friday evening as race driver Romain Grosjean and demo driver Adam Khan staged a spectacular display on the streets of the city.
This special event was run in close collaboration with MegaFon, one of the team’s partners, as well as the Sochi City Government and coincided the city’s hosting of the Economic Forum. It gave the public of Sochi the opportunity to witness the excitement of Formula One as Romain and Adam drove their cars along a specially created one-kilometre circuit close to the Sea Port. Some lucky journalists and guests at the Economic Forum also had the chance to experience Formula One power firsthand as passengers in the team’s two and three-seater F1 cars…Â Details & Pictures
It’s the morning after the Nürburgring 24 Hours, the amazing racing marathon on the old, twisting Nordschleife where 220 cars race day and night. We’re at Brunchen, everyone’s favorite corner for race-watching, and it’s rather like wandering downstairs after a party to be greeted by a living room full of empty beer cans and rearranged sofa cushions, except here we’re parked up among, well, empty beer kegs and completely displaced sofas.
The cars that raced here are probably still ticking with heat and smelling of oil as they’re being loaded onto trailers for the long trip back to garages scattered across Europe, but here we have their street-legal counterparts…Â Details