Two F1 drivers abandon their cars en route to Canadian Grand Prix due to traffic

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Kevin Magnussen and Nyck de Vries ditched their road cars and decided to reach the paddock on foot due to heavy traffic. The pair are understood to have left their vehicles near the rowing basin, according to journalist Andrew Benson.

Fans were warned there could be worse-than-usual traffic for this year’s race due to construction work on the Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge-Tunnel. Most of the traffic will be restricted to guests accredited by the event with several bridges also closed across the four-day event.

Earlier this week, city officials urged fans to leave their cars at home and take public transport. They claimed that parking bays close to the track could only accommodate vehicles for around two per cent of those expected to attend the race.

Instead, taxi and shuttle services were introduced while they also encouraged people to take the metro.

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Montreal spokesperson Philippe Sabourin said: “Even if you’re one of the lucky guys to find a spot to park your car, after the event you will need maybe two to two-and-a-half hours to exit the island. So if you go there by car, make sure your tank is full.

“There’s many things to do [this weekend]; you have the Mural festival, the Francofolies, you have the Grand Prix and 25 streets are pedestrian. There’s a lot of things you can do and there’s one place you want to be this weekend, and it’s in Montreal. Come very early, and stay with us all day — even the supper — and don’t leave Montreal until 8pm.”

Magnussen will start the Canadian Grand Prix from 13th position after being knocked out in the second part of qualifying.

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It comes as team-mate Nico Hulkenberg shocked the field by finishing P2 after stringing a lap together before conditions worsened. However, the Dane – who has been pushed down to P5 due to a penalty – felt he could have achieved an even better result if they had organised their session more effectively.

He said: “We were in the pits still when the track was dry – something you want to maximise, but then we were out of Q2. We’d been looking good in the conditions, but we need to see where we could have done better. We really looked like we had a good chance in this qualifying – we were really pumped after FP3.”

De Vries will line up 17th, just in front of team-mate Yuki Tsunoda who will start on the back row of the grid.

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