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2016 Canadian Grand Prix - Thursday pitwalk

Today was the Thursday pitwalk at Circuit Gilles Villenueve in Montreal where people can walk through the pitlane, seeing cars, drivers, team personnel, and lots more up close. It's one of the best days of an F1 weekend when it comes to access. Despite the annoyingly cold 49 degree weather complete with wind and some rain, the pitlane was completely packed the entire 3+ hours it was open.

To quickly get to the other side of the track, there were shuttle buses going from the entrance to the end of the pitlane. Not very often can you take a city bus around a Formula 1 track.

Lewis Hamilton's W07 being prepped in the garage.

Sebastian Vettel's SF16-T. Compared to last year, the cars are noticeably louder when teams fire them up in the garage.

Williams FW38 carbon fiber front brakes

Le Mans 24 Hour winner Nico Hulkenberg caught mid-fry

Renault RS16 front wing up close, amazing pieces of engineering.

Scuderia Toro Rosso driver Carlos Sainz during an interview.

About $300,000 worth of Manor front wings stacked together

Lots of full wet tires being pulled out by nearly all the teams

Looking at an F1 car without sidepods makes you realize how amazingly put together and complex these cars are.

Williams Head of Vehicle Performance Rob Smedley filming a TV commercial

Trackside tribute to volunteer race marshall Mark Robinson who tragically lost his life during the 2013 Canadian GP in an accident involving a recovery vehicle on track.

A very wet Senna Corner

Ferrari's pitwall

Renault driver Kevin Magnussen out on his track walk

4x world champion and all-around-good-guy Sebastian Vettel

Fully-assembled Haas VF-16

Tomorrow the race weekend kicks off with practice sessions 1 and 2. Keep up with me on Instagram for more coverage.