Formula One does nothing like anyone else.
It is the pinnacle of motorsport and as with the sporting event, any festivities surrounding the race weekend are also likely to be a grandiose affair. The Grand Evening is no exception. This year, this high-glits affair, which serves a charitable cause for Ste-Justine’s Hospital was held at l’Arsenal, in a neighbourhood, Griffintown, which is undergoing some major urban changes.
(More pictures in Flagworld’s photo album of the 2012 Canadian Grand Prix)
Bernie Ecclestone said recently that formula one could “do without” its famous annual round on the streets of the Principality. Former driver Patrick Tambay surmised it was a ploy to drive the organisers’ fees “upwards”, and the Automobile Club de Monaco confirmed it is in “negotiations” with the F1 chief executive. 
Hockenheim’s place on the formula one calendar has been secured until 2018, it was confirmed by organisers on Wednesday. 
The return to the F1 calendar of the Canadian grand prix in 2010 is still not assured, politicians in Montreal insist. On Monday, the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve’s outgoing local promoter Normand Legault said in a media statement that a “commercial dispute” with Bernie Ecclestone is now over and that an “announcement is forthcoming” about Canada’s return to F1. 
Formula One Administration, headed by Bernie Ecclestone, has released multiple high-quality replays of the incidents that led to controversial stewards penalties at last weekend’s Japanese grand prix.