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*** the track, which dates back to 1972, is quite legendary, after all it was here that Ayrton Senna got his first win in Formula 1, not to mention some incredible MotoGP races *** #trelive *** I was trembling and shaking like Red Bull’s front wing at speed in the early hours of the morning; luckily, a local bomboneria (call it coffee shop in English) was in the process of opening its doors to the clients *** Jerez is like a second home to me: I’ve been going to the circuit for the past ten years and came to love and respect F1 testing, despite current ban on any in-season activity *** so, yeah, for sure, y’know: I walked around the track in Jerez during F1 winter testing with @DmerinoF1 and we got nearly hit by bits and pieces of Pirelli tyres from the passing cars *** remember, boring F1 races exist only in your wild imagination, that’s according to Peter Windsor and disagreeing with Peter is like denying the existence of Jesus Christ – the greatest American that has ever lived! *** pen to the paper & camera to the eye *** the programme for this year is not new: testing, testing, testing; it suits me just fine as I live only a few kilometres from the circuit and GP3 is always a big hit amongst local race fans, myself included *** F1 fraternity is too tyred to go testing… real life experience is replaced by simulators, while test drivers are increasingly becoming extinct species *** the air shook at the sound of thunderous V10 engines (Cosworth resembled Gabriel’s horn – or at least what I think it might’ve sounded like), the teams would often have 3 cars running at the same time, test drivers were in huge demand *** smile, you’re in Europe! *** I proceeded with direct injection of café con leche (3 cups of) and it did start me up! ***
