Storming around central London: Matías Zagazeta’s dream race weekend

While there is no race in his native Peru yet, Jenzer Motorsport driver Matías Zagazeta has thought up a special race in the middle of London as his dream event.

With the sweeping corners of Suzuka and Spa-Francorchamps combining with the high-speed of Monza, here is what Zagazeta’s dream race weekend looks like.

WHERE WOULD THE RACE BE HELD?

“It’s difficult because we don’t have a race in Peru and I’d love to host a race in Peru, and I was going to say I wanted it to be a wet race, but it doesn’t really rain there where I’m from, so I’m going to change it and have a race in Central London.”

WHAT WOULD THE TRACK LOOK LIKE?

“I’d like to have sector one like Suzuka, sector two from Spa and sector three from Monza. So, it would be a very complicated track and then the final sector you have high speed, so it would be quite fun, and it would be in the wet as well.

“There would be loads of grandstands, a little bit like a stadium. I’d have it like a stadium the whole way around, big grandstands so a lot of people can come and watch. Pack it out for the whole weekend.”

WHAT TYRES WOULD YOU BRING?

“Only wet tyres because the weather radar says thunder storms the whole weekend, so it’ll be full wet the whole weekend.”

WHAT WOULD THE TROPHIES LOOK LIKE?

“I really like the trophies in Hungary, the porcelain ones. So, I’d have something similar to those, maybe a bit bigger, a little bit more towards the size of the Indy 500 trophy, so that would be very nice.”

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WHAT WOULD THE PODIUM LOOK LIKE?

“I think I would go with something like the Mexico City Grand Prix podium, but this one lifts all three cars up to the podium and then just have the normal celebrations as always.”

WHO WOULD YOU INVITE AS YOUR GUESTS?

“I have no idea. I’m a big Arsenal fan, so probably a couple of Arsenal players. Charlie Wurz can come too. It’s like a holiday for him! Who else could I bring? Robert Downey Jr, he’s a cool actor, bit random but he can come. Someone else… Coldplay, the lead singer, Chris Martin. Him too.”

WHICH MUSIC ACTS WOULD PLAY ACROSS THE WEEKEND?

“Coldplay. I love Coldplay so I think they would do the music.”

ANYTHING ELSE YOU’D ADD?

“I’d have a lot of historic drivers, Verstappen, Hakkinen, Prost. So, it would be a very historic weekend but with the current cars.”