Preview – Canadian Grand Prix

7th Round of the FIA Formula One World Championship, 10th to 12th June 2011

Hinwil, 3rd June 2011 – The Sauber F1 Team is heading to the Canadian Grand Prix full of confidence after its results in Monaco. In the principality Kamui Kobayashi finished fifth, which is the team’s best result since the end of 2009, and Sergio Pérez ... [ more ]

Nick: “Montreal lives and breathes F1"

Montreal, a race he believes to be one of the most memorable on the Formula 1 calendar.

Four more points for the team in Monaco – what is your reflection on the last race?

Well, naturally we went to Monaco expecting more from the weekend. We were predicting a better performance and more points all around - we ... [ more ]

“Our pace shouldn’t be too bad”

Adrian Sutil and Force India picked up an excellent seventh place in Monaco after a good strategy call saw him running as high as fourth for a long time.

In the end it proved impossible to make the supersoft tyres last more than 40 laps, but Adrian still managed to bring the car home in a strong position. Now we head to Montreal, ... [ more ]

2011 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX - MONTREAL - 10-12 JUNE

In the midst of Formula One's European season, Round Seven of the 2011 World Championship sees the sport take a trip across the Atlantic Ocean to the vibrant city of Montreal for the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday 12 June.

• Mercedes-Benz power has achieved eight podiums in Canada since 1999, including four ... [ more ]

Jarno Trulli, Car 21 - Chassis T128-03:

"Monaco was really busy but the final result was great for the whole team. I enjoyed myself on track and I think the performances we've put in there and in Spain show that we are progressing in exactly the right direction.

Since then I've taken some time off before heading to Canada which has always been a bit of a ... [ more ]

Red Bull Racing Canadian GP Preview

Mark Webber:

My favourite thing about Canada is the laid-back attitude of the fans, which makes the atmosphere very good. The track has traditionally thrown up very interesting races due to the street circuit layout and because the low downforce configuration that we race in provides some good overtaking.

It’s always ... [ more ]

A meeting of the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) took place in Barcelona, Spain, today (3 June), and the following decisions were taken:

FORMULA ONE

Bahrain GP

Following a fact-finding mission undertaken at the request of FIA President Jean Todt, FIA Vice President Carlos Gracia visited Bahrain on 31 May 2011 to assess the situation in the country. ... [ more ]

A meeting of the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) took place in Barcelona, Spain, today (3 June), and the following decisions were taken:

FORMULA ONE

Bahrain GP

Following a fact-finding mission undertaken at the request of FIA President Jean Todt, FIA Vice President Carlos Gracia visited Bahrain on 31 May 2011 to assess the situation in the country. ... [ more ]

Elias Takes Positive 11Th In A Thrilling French GP

In a thrilling 28-lap race LCR Honda MotoGP rider Toni Elias finished 11th in today’s French Grand Prix at a cloudy “24 heures circuit du Mans” which saw Stoner taking his second victory. Toni Elias had a tough time in qualifying, ending yesterday afternoon’s session in 17th, albeit only 2.280s down on pole position ... [ more ]

DE PUNIET AND CAPIREX OUT AT LE MANS GRAND PRIX. CONCENTRATION NOW GOES TO BARCELONA ROUND

The unbelievable happened in Le Mans in Sunday's fourth grand prix of the season. Really a lot of anger and bad luck at the Pramac Racing garage. It all started during the warm up, when Casey Stoner, Honda Hrc, has become the protagonist of a argument with De Puniet on track, ... [ more ]

Stoner triumphs in Le Mans as records fall on new rear tyre


Bridgestone slick compounds available: Front: Soft, Medium. Rear (asymmetric): Soft, Medium

Casey Stoner completed his master class today with a dominant victory on Bridgestone’s new soft rear tyre, setting a provisional new lap record and setting a new record total race time by a staggering ... [ more ]

Race long battle sees Bautista narrowly miss top-nine finish


Rizla Suzuki’s Álvaro Bautista produced another strong performance as he fought fairing-to-fairing right to the chequered flag at Le Mans today.

Bautista got off the line well at the start of the race, but was boxed in on the first couple of corners and found himself relegated to last place ... [ more ]

Andreas Mikkelsen has won the inaugural Love Cyprus Golden Stage Rally, which was shown live on Eurosport and Cypriot channel LumiereTV and carried a prize fund of 150,000 Euros.

Co-driven by fellow Norwegian Ola Floene, Mikkelsen set a scorching pace over the opening 25-kilometre mixed-surface run to establish an interim lead of 10.3 seconds. And he maintained ... [ more ]

A flat-out charge enabled Nasser Al-Attiyah to go fastest on the second run of the Love Cyprus Golden Stage Rally. However, it wasn’t enough to prevent Andreas Mikkelsen from winning the event outright and securing a total prize purse of 40,000 Euros.


Mikkelsen’s winning margin over fellow M-Sport Ford Fiesta driver Al-Attiyah was 8.2 seconds. Bryan Bouffier ... [ more ]

Andreas Mikkelsen has gone fastest through the first run of the inaugural Love Cyprus Golden Stage Rally, which was televised live on Eurosport and Cypriot channel LumiereTV.


Driving an M-Sport Ford Fiesta S2000, the flying Norwegian was a staggering 10.3s quicker than Nasser Al-Attiyah over the demanding 25-kilometre mixed-surface stage held in baking sunshine ... [ more ]