There were no indications the man driving the van touched the brakes before the van slammed into the back of the truck, which was mounted with a lighted arrow board, he said.

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Long, low and wide, with a hood that can be measured in furlongs, the M6 has foot-wide rear tires, heroic brakes (love the blue calipers) and a cruel, humorless, inscrutable face, like Iron Man with a kidney stone.

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Set on a man-made island in the middle of the St Lawrence River, the circuit also hits the brakes hard.

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