"Montreal is a nice Grand Prix. It feels quite similar to Australia in thateveryone likes going there and there is a great city nearby that offers goodrestaurants and a vibrant atmosphere. I made my F1 debut at this race in1997, so I associate it with the moment when it all came together for me andI like going back to Canada as a result."Coming straight after Monaco, the cars feel strange to drive inlow-down force trim. They are always sliding around and you have to get yourhead around the fact that you rarely find a good balance. Tyre graining isalso a big issue."You arrive at Turn 1 in sixth gear and it's one of those corners thatinvites you to brake too late. You want to use the left-hand kerb as much aspossible and if you brake too late, the car becomes unstable and the kerbfeels much worse than it actually is. This corner leads straight into afirst-gear right-hander, which is very slippery early on in the weekend butimproves as more rubber goes down."Turns 3 and 4 make up another chicane and as the track improves you canjump the chicanes and be very aggressive. You run very close to theright-hand barrier at the exit, before positioning the car on the left inpreparation for the flat-out right-hander. "The next chicane is quite bumpy under braking, but you can still brake verylate and use the kerb on the left. You have to be careful not to unsettlethe car because you need to be flat through the right-hander, which isfollowed by a long straight. Then you go under a bridge and you're intoanother chicane, which has only one turn-in point. It's very easy to missthe entry point here and every year we see drivers getting it wrong andgoing straight on. "Next comes the hairpin. It is second or third gear, depending on your gearratios, and it's very important to have good traction at the exit becausethe longest straight on the lap follows. You're flat-out for 15 seconds,before stamping on the brakes for the final chicane. You try to brake laterand later into here, but you have to be careful because things can go wrongvery quickly. A small mistake and you'll be in the 'wall of champions'before you know it. "The two best overtaking points on the lap are into the hairpin and the lastchicane, but it's not so easy due to the marbles off-line, especially latein the race."