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espnf1: IT'S OFFICIAL! 🏁 Daniel Ricciardo and Will Arnett are teaming up to produce an alternate F1 telecast at three races this year on ESPN 🙌

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Daniel Ricciardo and Will Arnett to host alternate F1 telecasts on ESPN

Daniel Ricciardo and Will Arnett will host an alternate telecast on ESPN2 during next weekend's Canadian Grand Prix.

The debut episode of The Grandstand with Daniel Ricciardo and Will Arnett will air on June 18 on ESPN2 in the U.S., while regular race coverage of the Canadian Grand Prix will be broadcast on ABC.

Two further editions of the telecast will run at the U.S. Grand Prix on October 22 and the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix on November 18.

The telecasts will be produced in collaboration with Peyton Manning's Omaha Productions, whose critically-acclaimed 'ManningCasts' have proved popular on Monday Night Football.

Ricciardo, an eight-time race winner who is currently Red Bull Racing's third driver, and Arnett, a recent fan of F1 who starred in hit TV series Arrested Development and 30 Rock, will be joined by guests during the race.

For the upcoming episode over the Canadian Grand Prix weekend, Ricciardo will be on location at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal while Arnett will join from a remote location.

"This is going to be a hoot!" Ricciardo said. "As you'd expect Will and I are going to have some fun with the show, but we're hoping it just feels like you're watching F1 with your mates.

"We will have some amazing guests, plenty of laughs and with some luck, bring fans another step closer to the sport I love so much. Buckle up America!"

Arnett added: "The more I learn about Formula One, the more I'm intrigued by it. The opportunity to work with Mika [Hakkinen, two-time F1 champion] on my podcast was fantastic, and I'm really looking forward to doing this show with Daniel. We're going to have fun, and so will the viewers."

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Montreal/Canadian Grand Prix tips and tricks:

Stay east of the city center (Longueuil or Brossard): this made getting out of the track SO much faster and easier

This relates to #1 but you will need a car or be willing to pay for Ubers if you aren't in downtown. We took the metro from Longueuil and there was parking there. Ubers on race day were around $80, parking at the metro was $25 per day (you cannot drive or park at the track)

There are two bridges in and out of the track island. Everyone goes to one of them, making it super crowded, so try to find the other one

Water filling stations are few but are available, there are lines to them. Water is like $10 so bring water bottles

Get a metro pass BEFORE Friday cause it gets crowded at the station during the weekend, the metro is the only way to the track

Downtown Montreal is pretty and worth spending time in. Great food, lots of merch (but hella expensive), lots of cute stores

Buy ponchos at the dollar store and order seat covers from amazon. They were so great to have. We had ones with backs and they didn't bother those behind us and were comfy for us

Buy tickets from the actual GP website. This gives you access early for the following year. Keep checking ALL the time. they release ones without saying so. We got ours in April. gootickets is another great source

pit lane walk is NOT WORTH IT. the way it's set up and how oversold it is makes the experience is horrible. it's too crowded, people stay put in front of the garages without moving, unless you get there at 6am, it's not worth it you wont see shit

Brush up on very basic french. all signs everyone outside of the track are in french. but people DO speak English if you have to ask

bring hoodies, it gets cold

don't bother going if you want to get GA. it's muddy and you will not be able to see shit. and if you can, select a grandstand by a screen

be prepared for long walks. from the station to our grandstand (turns 6 and 7) was about 30 mins! it’s longer to the main grandstand