The parties at the Monaco Grand Prix top every party in the world. But I had no idea what to expect. I should have expected an Indian fashion show. I met my idols. I got the cold shoulder from a dickish Jeremy Clarkson. This is what it's like inside Monaco's most ridiculous and glamorous F1 party.

These guys are standing right in the middle of the road, only just leaping out of the way as a rally Ford Fiesta screams past at pants-shitting speeds.

Driver education in this country is a joke. There's a place where you can learn to do better, and it kicks ass. Let me explain why you and everyone you know should go to rally school.

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Remember when Kenchibald Blockdrews was redlining a welded-diff Sierra Wagon in Budapest only to find it difficult to control? Well, he didn't come here to do that. Instead, Ford Europe gave him a red Fiesta ST to play with.

Poor little Ford Fiesta. It's a perfectly competent and attractive compact car, but it just can't seem to get any respect. Now the little car finds itself embroiled in some drama involving English actor Jeremy Irons, William Shakespeare, and Downton Abbey. Wait, what?

When some automaker puts a styling touch into a car and you've never seen it before, it's bound to prompt others to quickly follow and adopt a trend. But as time wears on, too many models in too many segments start to get trendy and that styling loses its distinctiveness and just becomes overplayed.

Ford announced today that next year's Ford Fiesta will get their 1.0 liter, three-cylinder turbo Ecoboost engine. How ever did they manage to fit this massive motor in such a small car?

It's mesmerizing. WRC champ Petter Solberg, practicing in the Finnish gravel, pure engine noise. One of the best rally videos we've seen.

They say that you can't drift an all-wheel-drive car. Just to prove the doubters wrong, Kenneth Blockenhammer blew through the entire course at Formula D Irwindale, including its car-killer banking.