iWitness Montreal Thursday

Posted on Friday 08 Jun 2007

Journalists are shadowing Alex Wurz's every move in Montreal, each wanting a quote about his anniversary. Not his wedding anniversary, you understand, his F1 anniversary: it's 10 years since he popped his F1 cherry at the 1997 Canadian Grand Prix. 'I don't feel a day older,' says Alex. Wurzy might have got grumpier with age, however, as proven by his recent rant about Marmite in a local Montreal rag. 'Marmite's one of my biggest dislikes,' he told a journalist from Metro. 'I detest the stuff. And what makes it worse is that my wife – who is British – gives it to our children!' Not 'my mate Marmite' then. F1's high flyers will be forced to drive into the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve this weekend, following a ban on helicopter landing pads on the lake behind the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The reason for the ban has something to do with increased landing fees – not a reason that's ever previously stopped F1's megas… Kimi Raikkonen's season might not have gone according to plan, but we were surprised to hear that Ferrari have sent him back to school. Kimi visited one of Montreal's primary schools on Wednesday, where he raced some of the school children on an F1 simulator. He came sixth...

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