Area Daily: Grand Prix du Canada, Montreal, Canada

Kick-start your summer at the Grand Prix du Canada (June 6-8), one of the biggest Formula One races in the world.

Top reasons to go:

1. It's the only Formula One race in North America.

2. The sport's top drivers and teams will be there.

3. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the event on the legendary Gilles-Villeneuve Circuit, considered to be one of the most demanding tracks on the F1 calendar (world champions Damon Hill, Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve all crashed into the same wall which now reads: Welcome to Quebec)

4. Glitz and glamour galore.

5. It's Montreal. What more reason do you need?

When the day's driving is done, shift to party mode and head to downtown Montreal where motor fever sweeps the cities swankest bars and eateries.