The first-race shunt that everyone
remembers. It’s the third corner
of the first Australian GP at Albert
Park in 1996 and Martin Brundle’s
Jordan takes off. Brundle emerged
unscathed and argued his way into
the spare car for the restartMonte Carlo was the venue for
the season opener for thefirst
time in 1959 and, during a break
in proceedings, Prince Rainier
and Princess Grace took to the
track for a blast in their 1956
Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud...Since 1996 Bahrain is the only other
venue apart from Australia to host
the season opener. It has had the
honour twice, in 2006 and 201 0
(pictured), and was due to be the
first on the calendar in 2011 until
civil unrest forced cancellationThe first-race shunt that everyone
remembers. It’s the third corner
of the first Australian GP at Albert
Park in 1996 and Martin Brundle’s
Jordan takes off. Brundle emerged
unscathed and argued his way into
the spare car for the restart
Monte Carlo was the venue for
the season opener for thefirst
time in 1959 and, during a break
in proceedings, Prince Rainier
and Princess Grace took to the
track for a blast in their 1956
Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud...Since 1996 Bahrain is the only other
venue apart from Australia to host
the season opener. It has had the
honour twice, in 2006 and 201 0
(pictured), and was due to be the
first on the calendar in 2011 until
civil unrest forced cancellation