"The track is falling apart and the conditions are really difficult. Because of the wind, there was also a lot of debris and leaves, which made the track very slippery, plus the asphalt has got marbles on the racing line because it's breaking up.
After the morning, I could not afford to make any mistakes and run the risk of not taking up a start place for the race and in these conditions it was just unreal. For me this is one of the worst days of my career so far"
Third Practice Session: Best lap 1.17.282, pos. 12th, 17 laps
Qualifying Session: Best lap 1.18.916, pos. 16th
Sebastian Vettel (STR3-03)
"This morning I made a mistake, losing the rear end of the car and unfortunately here the walls are very close, without much run-off area. The impact was not that bad but bad enough to damage the monocoque in a way that it could not be repaired in the two hours we had available before qualifying.
This year of course the rules ban spare cars, so we had to rebuild the damaged one which meant no qualifying for me today".
Third Practice Session: Best lap 1.17.085, pos. 10th, 16 laps
Qualifying Session: DNP
Franz Tost: "This morning, we paid the price of the unforgiving Montreal walls and of having two young drivers, neither of whom had driven here in a Formula 1 car before Friday, pushing to the limit. In Vettel's case, he crashed at Turn 9, after losing control of the car, using too much of the kerb. The impact broke the right hand front and rear suspension. Unfortunately, this also damaged the monocoque around the rocker mounting point.
We therefore have to change the monocoque, which could not be done in time for qualifying. Sebastian will therefore start the race from pit lane. Bourdais went off at Turn 4, damaging the right hand side suspension.
The wishbones broke and the right hand driveshaft came out of the gearbox, which means the box had to be changed. Sebastien will therefore take a five place penalty on the grid. Our drivers always try hard. To paraphrase a well known saying: better to have tried and lost than never tried at all!"
Canadian Grand Prix - Qualifying
Today's Weather: Hot and sunny, clouding over later. Air 27-28°C, track 40-45°C
Best 2008 grid position: 3rd, Jarno Trulli (Malaysia)
Best 2008 race result: 4th, Jarno Trulli (Malaysia)
Timo Glock (Car 12, Chassis TF108-06)
Summary: Missed out on Q3 by a hundredth of a second ... mehr
2008 Canadian Grand Prix Qualifying and Final Free Practice Report
Adrian Sutil (car 20, VJM01/02):
FP3: 20th 1:18.424 (21 laps)
Q1: 17th 1:19.108 (12 laps)
Giancarlo Fisichella (car 21, VJM01/04):
FP1: 16th 1:17.608 (24 laps)
Q1: 18th 1:19.165 (12 laps)
Force India's Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo F ... mehr
FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2008
1 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.909 1:17.034 1:17.886
2 4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:17.471 1:17.679 1:18.498
3 1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:17.301 1:17.364 1:18.735
4 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:17.415 1:17.488 1:18.746
5 7 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:17.991 1:17.891 1:18.844
... mehr
FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2008
1 7 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:16.555 16
2 1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:16.589 0.034 22
3 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.725 0.170 17
4 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:16.787 0.232 19
5 8 Kazuki Nakajima Williams-Toyota 1:16.898 0.343 16
6 11 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:16.946 0.391 20 ... mehr
Der zweifache Weltmeister analysiert den ersten Trainingstag in Montreal. Trotz des nicht ungetrübten Auftakts zeigt er sich sehr optimistisch.
Fernando, wie waren die Streckenbedingungen am Freitag?
Fernando Alonso ... mehr
Das ING Renault F1 Team kämpfte bei seinen Vorbereitungen auf den Kanada-Grand Prix auf dem Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal mit einigen Problemen.
Fernando Alonso, Renault R28-02 Nelson Piquet, Renault R28-01
1. freies Training: P10,
1.19,005 min, 13 Runden 1. freies Training: P17,
1.20,091 min, 23 Runden
2. freies Training: P17, ... mehr
Lewis Hamilton MP4-23 06
Heikki Kovalainen MP4-23 02
2008 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX FREE PRACTICE
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in Friday's Free Practice for the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. Lewis drove 42 laps in the second session and posted a best time of 1m15.752.
His team-mate Heikki K ... mehr
2008 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX - FRIDAY 06/06/08
Sebastian Vettel (STR3-03)
"Overall, this was a good day for us. It's my first time driving on this track and even though it was wet in the morning, I have to say I like it and it reminded me a bit of the Melbourne circuit.
We will have to analyse the other guys' times, but I think we are in better shape t ... mehr
No British team has qualified for the Euro 2008 football tournament starting tomorrow but, this being Formula One, it didn't stop people in the team having an opinion about it…
- Guillaume Rocquelin, David's Race Engineer (French): "I'm supporting France, of course. We won the last World Cup, well Italy claimed they won it…, but they cheated, so didn't deserve it. So the ... mehr
CANADIAN GRAND PRIX - FREE PRACTICE
The AT&T Williams team had a solid day of preparation ahead of tomorrow’s qualifying for the Canadian GP, finding a good set-up direction for the low downforce, high speed Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, the venue for Sunday’s race for the 30th time.
Tomorrow the team will turn their attention in morning practice to singl ... mehr
Canadian Grand Prix - Free Practice
Today's Weather: Damp track in the morning, dry in the afternoon. Air 17-21°C, track 17-26°C
Toyota's Best Canadian GP qualifying: 4th Jarno Trulli 2006
Toyota's Best Canadian GP race result: 6th Ralf Schumacher 2005, Jarno Trulli 2006
Take Note: Given that brakes and braking stability are key perfor ... mehr
2008 Canadian Grand Prix Free Practice
Adrian Sutil (car 20, VJM01/02):
FP1: 16th 1:19.888 (15 laps)
FP2: 18th 1:17.813 (37 laps)
Giancarlo Fisichella (car 21, VJM01/04):
FP1: 15th 1:19.815 (16 laps)
FP2: 14th 1:17.508 (39 laps)
The Force India Formula One Team's Canadian Grand Prix challe ... mehr
FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2008
1 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.752
2 4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:16.023 0.271
3 1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:16.093 0.341
4 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.331 0.579
5 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:16.413 0.661
6 3 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:16.589 0.837 ... mehr
FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2008
1 2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:17.553 14
2 4 Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:17.809 0.256 12
3 23 Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1:18.133 0.580 10
4 3 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:18.182 0.629 13
5 1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:18.292 0.739 12
6 22 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:18.303 0.750 ... mehr
- rain still forecast for Canada
Welcome to the first practice day for the Canadian Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Montreal’s Ile Notre Dame.
The forecast continues to predict a wet weekend. There will be showers on Friday and Saturday, with ambient temperate highs of 24 and 29 degrees Celsius respectively, and thunderstorms with a hi ... mehr
6 - 8 June 2008
It is with renewed confidence and motivation that the Force India Formula One Team will make the journey to Montreal, Canada, for the seventh event of the 18-round FIA Formula One World Championship. After a string of solid performances at the start of the ... mehr
Formula One fever grips Montréal this week as the teams cross the Atlantic for the only North American round on the calendar this season, the Canadian Grand Prix. Widely regarded as one of the country’s most favoured sporting events, the Canadians will be celebrating their 40th Grand Prix this year having hosted a race ever year bar one since 1967.
Twenty nine of those h ... mehr
This weekend's Canadian Grand Prix is the first time the TF108 has got to grips with the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit. Well, in real life that may be so, but not in the virtual world of simulation at Panasonic ... mehr
Martin Whitmarsh, CEO Formula 1, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
Coming out of Monaco, what is the mood within the team?
"Overall the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team comes out of Monaco a third of the way through the season leading the Drivers’ Championship and second ... mehr
Lewis Hamilton
Following your Monaco win, we now move to Canada, what are your thoughts ahead of this race?
"As I said on Sunday, winning at Monaco is the highlight of my career, it was a very emotional victory for me as it is something I have dreamed of ... mehr
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes travels across the Atlantic for round seven of the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship, the Canadian Grand Prix, which is being staged in the North American country for the 40th time.
The first Canadian race took place in 1967 at the Mosport track in Toronto. Mont-Tremblant hosted the event for two years in 1968 and 1970 before it moved to the Cir ... mehr
The most important sporting event in the country to be presented next June 6th, 7th and 8th
It is as of tomorrow, Thursday December 20th, 2007 that tickets will go on sale for the next edition of the most exciting and prestigious sporting event in the country, the Grand Prix of Canada. It will be presented on June 6th, 7th and 8th 2008, at the Gilles-Villeneuve cir ... mehr
Fernando Alonso MP4-22 08Lewis Hamilton MP4-22 01T-car MP4-22 03
2007 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal and took his maiden Formula 1 victory. After 70 laps with four Safety Car periods, Lewis won 4.3 seconds ahead of Nick Heidfeld and Alexander ... mehr
CANADIAN GRAND PRIX - RACE
Podium! In a gripping performance, Alex Wurz drove the AT&T Williams team to its first podium in two seasons, through the debris of multiple accidents, safety car deployments and altering race strategies up and down the pitlane.
His team-mate, Nico Rosberg, was unlucky not to be able to join Alex on the podium after an unavoi ... mehr
Canadian Grand Prix - Race Round-Up Sunday 10 June 2007
Panasonic Toyota Racing will leave Montreal with a single point courtesy of Ralf Schumacher following a dramatic Canadian Grand Prix that featured a total of four safety car periods. Ralf started in 18th place with a heavy fuel load. Following the first two interruptions for the safety car he was the last driv ... mehr
RED BULL RACING F1 - Canada Grand-Prix
32,286kg
…was the weight of Red Bull Racing's air freight for the Canadian GP
WINNER: Ricardo Rosa, who guessed 32,373kg
973
…was the number of meals served in Red Bull Racing's hospitality area during the Canadian GP
WINNER: Maurice Hamilton, who guessed the exact number, ... mehr
2007 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX - SUNDAY 10/06/07
IF MY AUNT HAD BALLS...
SHE WOULD BE MY UNCLE
Tonio Liuzzi (STR2-03) Pos. DNF
"It was not the way I had hoped for this race to end. After Kubica's accident I got some debris caught under the car and thought I was going to have to retire. It was like a slalom trying to av ... mehr
2007 Canadian Grand Prix Race Report
Adrian Sutil (car 20, F8-VII/03):
RET: 21 laps Accident
Fastest lap: 1:19.452
Christijan Albers (car 21, F8-VII/02):
RET: 47 laps Accident
Fastest lap: 1:19.254
Weather: 26 C ambient, 40 C track. Hot and sultry.
The Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team had its ... mehr
BMW Sauber F1 Team - Großer Preis von Kanada - Rennen
Großer Preis von Kanada - Rennen, Sonntag - 10.06.07
Wetter: sonnig und trocken, 27-29°C Luft, 49-53°C Asphalt
Zur Halbzeit des Großen Preises von Kanada kam die erlösende Nachricht, dass Robert Kubica seinen fürchterlichen Unfall in Runde 27 nach ersten Auskünften der ... mehr
... according to medical reports.
Kubica left the track at speed on the run down to the hairpin, after appearing to make contact with the rear of a Toyota. The BMW Sauber became airborne, hitting a wall in the centre of circuit, before rolling to halt at the hairpin entry, with little more than its monocoque intact.
Kubica was quick ... mehr
2007 Canadian Grand Prix
1 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 70 Winner 1 10
2 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 70 +4.3 secs 3 8
3 17 Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 70 +5.3 secs 19 6
4 4 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 70 +6.7 secs 22 5
5 6 Kimi Räikkönen F ... mehr
2007 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING
Fernando Alonso MP4-22 08Lewis Hamilton MP4-22 01T-car MP4-22 03
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix from his first ever Formula 1 pole position after setting a fastest time of 1m15.707. Team-mate Fernando Alonso qualified second with 1m16.163. It is the se ... mehr
Adrian Sutil (car 20, F8-VII/03):
FP3: 18th 1:18.270 (13 laps)
Q1: 21st 1:18.536 (7 laps)
Christijan Albers (car 21, F8-VII/02):
FP3: 22nd 1:18.933 (13 laps)
Q1: 22nd 1:19.196 (7 laps)
The Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team will start tomorrow's Canadian Grand Prix with Adrian Sutil and Christijan Alb ... mehr
2007 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX - SATURDAY 09/06/07
Tonio Liuzzi (STR2-03)
"Another good qualifying after Monaco, which confirms the car is getting better and better. On my final run I drifted just a little wide at corner 7 and without that it's just possible I might have made it into Q3 and the top ten. I am in positive mood and maybe I am g ... mehr
CANADIAN GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING
The AT&T Williams team had a mixed qualifying session with Nico Rosberg securing P7 on the grid for tomorrow’s Canadian GP, while team-mate Alex Wurz had a troubled Q1 and his qualifying efforts ended 15 minutes into the afternoon session. Alex will start the race from P20 and despite his disappointment, has vowed to fight back ... mehr
You've got another chance to win a Red Bull Racing cap signed by our drivers…
Just guess how many meals will be served in the Red Bull Racing Hospitality area at the Canadian GP (guests and team) Send your answers to katie.tweedle@
Closest figure wins the cap!
DAVID COULTHARD, Position 14th
"It's been a pretty ug ... mehr
QUEBEC TO LIFE
Panasonic Toyota Racing will line up with one car in the top ten of the grid for tomorrow's Canadian Grand Prix after a mixed qualifying session. Following yesterday's front suspension problems, the team investigated the cause overnight at the circuit and back in its Cologne factory.
The front upright that failed had been used for two years ... mehr
2007 Canadian Grand Prix
1 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.576 1:15.486 1:15.707
2 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.562 1:15.522 1:16.163
3 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 1:17.006 1:15.960 1:16.266
4 6 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:16.468 1:16.592 1:16.411
5 5 Felipe Massa Ferr ... mehr
