Weekend: Gumball 3000

The 7th annual Gumball 3000 race starts this Saturday in London. Featuring an mix of incapacitated celebrities (many of whom we’re not quite sure have their licence or the ability to read a roadmap even when they are sober), the race criss-crosses Europe in a haze of fast cars and parties and ends up in Monaco next weekend just in time for the Grand Prix. Here is the line up:

"Jackass and Dukes of Hazard film star Johnny Knoxville, Jamiroquai's Jay Kay, Supermodels Caprice and Jodie Kidd, Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill's legendary director Quentin Tarantino with film star Daryl Hannah [and more] . . . all driving everything from Ferrari Enzo's, Pagani Zonda's, Lamborghini's, Porsche GT's, to old Aston Martin's, Rolls Royce's, Bio-Diesel Hybrid's and even the General Lee!"

The race promises to be exciting as one of these lunatics is sure to be arrested, drunk, or naked. There are two spots left for last minute entrants so if you have a car worth racing get to London.
+58th Monaco Grand Prix, 19 – 22 May, Monaco.
+Gumball 3000, Starts Saturday 14 May, 6pm, Trafalgar Square, London.

+"London For Foodies," New York Times, 9 May.