Photo of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Toyota TS050 Hybrid by Kevin Decherf of Nantes, France.
The racing gods smiled on Fernando Alonso in France Sunday and the two-time F1 world champion, plus two teammates, won the 24 Hours of Le Mans. We all know how, just a few weeks ago, those same gods frowned on the driver and he failed to qualify for this year’s Indianapolis 500. Meantime, Canada’s national newspaper didn’t publish a word about the Grand Prix of Canada, in print, anyway, and one Montreal newspaper columnist is still living in 1965 when Toronto jokes told in Montreal were real thigh slappers. And the VARAC racing festival at CTMP this weekend saluted 50 years of Formula Ford racing. This, plus all the rest of the racing news, can be found here