Column To news overview © XPB Images Sunday Arrive at circuit at 8am to beat the traffic and ensure a prime parking spot as I plan on leaving the circuit within two hours of the race finishing to catch my flight. It proves a very wise decision… The paddock is quiet - the 10am team curfew restricts access to non-race personnel - so I take a walk to compare the various team hospitality units. My mind goes back to the early 2000s when teams generally debuted their paddock palaces at this race. Paid for by their sponsoring tobacco companies, it was a matter of ‘mine is bigger and glitzier than yours’. Now, though, a number of the units are a decade old yet are still fit for purpose....
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