Steve Cooper: On the Limit
"Canada is compelling in the way it invites error"
The Ile Notre Dame paddock is a narrow, noisy band of humanity that stretches alongside the St Lawrence Seaway's Olympic rowing basin. In many ways, it's Formula 1's most basic backyard facility - more cramped than Interlagos, tighter than Suzuka and more rudimentary than Albert Park.
It's a place where dirty water trickles under your feet as mechanics slosh about with buckets and sponges, hosing down brake powder-caked wheelhubs. The blazing sunshine, wheezing petrol generators and narrow-walled corridors create frantic hustle; it's a place that means business.
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