Slight hiccup in my British Grand Prix plans.

My best friend works in the local government and cannot get the time off to go as the World Cup is going on here in Kansas City. I'm taking my dad with me instead. I have all my accommodations and flights books (air travel is ****ing expensive as hell right now).

The only thing I still need to sort out is car rental since we are driving to the circuit. I could easily rent an affordable car like a Skoda Octavia.

Or I could try and find something a little more fun to drive around the English countryside. I'm open to suggestions if anyone has any.

McLaren with a 1000th Grand Prix livery

LeClerc extends his current contract by a couple of years, so staying at Ferrari into the 2030s….

BREAKING: Ferrari announce a new multi-year renewal with Charles Leclerc#F1 pic.twitter.com/5ef0Bl8eSQ

— Formula 1 (@F1) June 3, 2026

Short explanation:

✅ Charles Leclerc has just signed F1's longest driver contract - here are some of the key details of the deal: pic.twitter.com/JlxVbQYMVP

— The Race (@wearetherace) June 3, 2026

I hope one year Ferrari will give him the car he deserves

Well there is always hope for the next engine regs when is supposed to be back to primarily ICE. Which is about the when the new extension kicks in

Rent from Arnold Clark.

The Marksman said:

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I hope one year Ferrari will give him the car he deserves

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Or a race strategy that doesn't make Ferrari look like a team of bumbling idiots

K-Mag appears to be making the move to NASCAR

We'll see if it's a permanent attempt. Trackhouse has put former F1 drivers into a single road course race in the past. I'd love to see it.

Will be interesting to see his wheel talent on what will be a brand new course for everyone. Which means SVG has the edge over the field.

Bunk Moreland said:

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We'll see if it's a permanent attempt. Trackhouse has put former F1 drivers into a single road course race in the past. I'd love to see it.

Will be interesting to see his wheel talent on what will be a brand new course for everyone. Which means SVG has the edge over the field.

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He is beginning to figure out circle tracks too. What a talent that dude is.

Yep. His 2 other teammates blew up their rotors last weekend and heard chatter on NASCAR Sirius this week from the team and others saying Nashville is very hard to dial in brakes because if you add too much coolant then the delta from cooling them down to them heating back up can get too extreme and cause issues. Nobody knew exactly what it was yet, but when I heard that and SVG didn't blow his, I immediately thought of his braking style being so different than anyone else, even on ovals....that probably saved his car.

where are you staying? the shuttles might be an option but if traffic isnt an issue then the rental is good for sure. i remember paying 50 quid from silverstone to my airbnb in northampton in 2022 lol. im gonna use the shuttles

jorgerr96 said:

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where are you staying? the shuttles might be an option but if traffic isnt an issue then the rental is good for sure. i remember paying 50 quid from silverstone to my airbnb in northampton in 2022 lol. im gonna use the shuttles

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We are staying in Coventry and we were thinking about doing that until today.

I just got an email from the hospitality services saying that because my dad has a handicap placard, they are giving us a disabled parking pass which allows us to drive into the inner track and park next to the medical facility. We have tickets to the ignition club which I think is pretty close to the medical facility. So I think we will be doing that instead.

i havent been since 2022 but i remember leaving late every day and there was not much traffic but sunday morning and leaving was very busy. i think the concerts (and thursday) are more popular now so the shuttles keep going until late night as well. going to be interesting. even tho it is a crowded race i felt the circuit is too big you dont notice it since there were no bottlenecks or anything like that, hoping for the same this year

Q3 just started. We will see who gets pole position and the advantage on this tight track.

LeClerc wanted pole so badly but couldn't quite get that final lap.

Fun qualifying session. Red Bull makes front row. Should be a fun race. The start will be exciting - you know Max is gonna push it to get the lead

Can max win!!???

It's pretty hard to bet against Kimi right now, IMO.

Son of a ***** Max

Red Bull really needs to get their **** together

I was hoping the new regs might make Monaco more interesting. No such luck.

Russell may get a break here from Hadjar's unforced error

SpongeBob said:

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I was hoping the new regs might make Monaco more interesting. No such luck.

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The inability to pass around Monaco makes it a difficult race to really get into, both for fans and drivers.

Gladiator 96 said:

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The inability to pass around Monaco makes it a difficult race to really get into, both for fans and drivers.

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I get that it must be a cool place to go and has a long F1 history, but it seems like the worst on track racing on the entire calendar.

Perhaps let them drive go-karts or some other tiny car so the drivers could actually show off their skills.

Norris out

Stroll crash. Safety car.

This season is such a cluster ****.

LeClerc crashes in exact same spot as Stroll. Major grip problem at that corner.

Red Flag

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F1 seems to have no problem abandoning legacy tracks, when is this going to become one of them? This hasn't been a compelling race in years.

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Probably right after the PGA dumps Augusta

At least with Augusta, they can keep lengthening it like they did many times for Tiger.

Monaco has no room to expand.

Best part of that race was Russell holding up the field on the restart.

most of the legacy tracks abandoned lost funding or the organizer just had no interest in paying F1. That's what happened with Germany and now Zandvoort. supposedly this is not an issue for Monaco as they can afford to host and its lucrative for them