The Streets of Manchester Are Alive with the Sound of Formula One

The one great thing about the World Rally Championship competition is that the rally cars drive on regular roads in between stages. That’s how I got to be overtaken by Sebastien Loeb at one time, which was probably the only time I was 100 percent OK with someone going past me. Formula One cars? Not so much. Even though the WRC racers don’t have that much in common with their street-going counterparts, they at least have roughly …