| Pencil the following date into your diary: 24th | | | | has taken the British Formula 1 following from |
| August, 2008. The F1 world championship will | | | | nowhere all the way to the brink of the first |
| make its second visit of the 2008 Formula 1 | | | | British driver's championship title since Damon Hill in |
| World Championship to Spain to celebrate the | | | | 1996, It was his inexperience that betrayed him |
| latest addition to the number of street circuit | | | | on just two fleeting moments of passion, two |
| events on the championship's calendar. Valencia will | | | | moments he will never forget, which saw the |
| be hosting the European Grand Prix in 2008. | | | | championship slip through his fingers. |
| This exciting new event promises to showcase all | | | | For 2008 Lewis Hamilton will be looking to stamp |
| the thrills of the pinnacle of motorsport at close | | | | his authority on the sport he knows he was born |
| hand and will surely be reminiscent of the greatest | | | | to dominate. Fernando Alonso's departure from |
| of the homes of Formula 1, one amongst the | | | | the McLaren team and the spy sagas the sport |
| most glamorous of venues which include the | | | | has seen this year has left Hamilton's team licking |
| Mecca of Formula 1, the Monaco Grand Prix. | | | | its wounds, yet surely planning their all-out assault |
| Formula 1 in the UK has seen an exponential | | | | on 2008. The European Grand Prix is yet another |
| growth in its following, down in no small part to | | | | event on the calendar within easy reach of the |
| the arrival of the biggest rookie sensation the | | | | British fans. Tickets are not yet on sale, but soon |
| sport has ever seen. Lewis Hamilton has, in one | | | | will be. As soon as they're available, they're sure |
| fell swoop, captured the hearts and imagination of | | | | to be swept up in days. Getting to and staying at |
| a country and got under the skin of the 'new' old | | | | Valencia for the grand prix weekend need not |
| guard in Formula 1. In one year, the British rookie | | | | break the bank either, not if you book early. |