Update: Yes We Should

Nurburgring's Nordschliefe hasn't seen an F1 race since 1976. But occasionally, a current team will take a car to the track just to have a little bit of fun. That's what Mercedes just did with their 2011 F1 car and an old retired man named Michael, who I'm told is the most successful F1 driver of all time.

We land in Amsterdam and Ford meets us with a brand new Fiesta ST as we start our trip to the Nürburgring 24 and Monaco, but it's at a random bar we get a message about the wildest racing we might see: The Dïrtburgring. Imagine 24 Hours of LeMons meets Sprint Cars meets Destruction Derby. Europe, you so crazy.

There is a kart track in Milton Keynes (UK) that is frequented occasionally by the odd professional driver... and luckily for us they have a Top Gear Style lap chart. They run 125cc Rotax engined karts, so some fairly serious kit. Alex Brundle (son of Martin) and Sebastien Buemi cheated though - Apparently they had…

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the McLaren-Honda partnership was one of the most successful in all of motorsports. Their five year partnership netted four world championships and a second. And starting in 2015, they want to recapture that magic once again.

What's that you say? Formula One cars are single seaters? This woman in the 1960 French-German film Ein Engel Auf Erden (An Angel On Earth) begs to differ.

Bernie Ecclestone, the man who holds the keys to Formula One, will reportedly be indicted for bribery in Germany within the next month. If convicted, he could face nearly a decade in jail and be out of Formula One before the end of the year. It's confusing. Here's what you need to know.

This is a really good interview with Gary Hartstein, the former F1 doctor. He tells how he got into the sport and how and why he got sacked.

The Monaco Grand Prix is the most glamorous race to win on the F1 calendar. The history, the prestige, the glamor. It's truly an honor. But the race that everyone really wants to win is their home grand prix. Fernando Alonso won in Spain once a few years ago, but hasn't done it again since.