Canadian GP - Spyker Ferrari - Qualifying
Spyker Ferrari will start tomorrow's Canadian Grand Prix with Adrian Sutil and Christijan Albers in 20th and 21st places respectively following an engine change penalty for Heikki Kovalainen.

In a mark of the high standard of competition this year, the duo were just over two seconds from pole position and under ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - Red Bull Renault - Qualifying
Mark Webber has qualified on the third row of the grid in sixth position for the Canadian Grand Prix. Webber, something of a qualifying specialist, is chasing his first points of the season tomorrow in Montreal. Team-mate David Coulthard suffered brake issues and had to cope with an inconsistent handling issue on his ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - Toro Rosso Ferrari - Qualifying
Scott Speed took the chequered flag in ninth position last time out in Monte Carlo, but today in Montreal, both Speed and Tonio Liuzzi made it into the second round of qualifying for the first time.

Speed would qualify in 16th position with Liuzzi 12th.

Tonio Liuzzi
“Another good qualifying after ... [ more ]

Ahead of Catalan challenge
Tomorrow's Grand Prix of Catalunya will see Fiat Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi start from pole position for the fourth time this season, after he put in another exemplary qualifying performance at Montmelo this afternoon.

The Italian, who is seeking a ninth victory at this circuit, will also be aiming to break the current ... [ more ]

Catalunya : Rizla Suzuki – Day Two
John Hopkins will start tomorrow's Catalan Grand Prix from the second row of the grid, as he powered his Rizla Suzuki GSV-R to fifth place during this afternoon's qualifying session at Montmelo.

Hopkins (1'42.233, 26 laps) produced a great final lap on his Bridgestone qualifying tyres to push him higher up the leaderboard, ... [ more ]

Catalunya : Gresini Honda – Day Two
The Team Honda Gresini riders worked hard on improving their settings for the race during two hour-long practice sessions today, before both qualifying for the Grand Prix of Catalunya on the third row of the grid.

The Spaniard Toni Elias both set a good pace today and is optimistic about his chances tomorrow. For Toni ... [ more ]

Catalunya : Repsol Honda – Day Two
Repsol Honda ace Dani Pedrosa today secured a valuable front row start for his home Grand Prix, finishing Saturday's one-hour qualifying session in third place, just 0.162s back from pole position.

Having been fastest yesterday, the 21-year-old was fifth in the morning's third free practice session while displaying ... [ more ]

Catalunya : Kawasaki – Day Two
Kawasaki Racing Team rider, Randy de Puniet, will start tomorrow's MotoGP race in Catalunya, the seventh of the season, from the first row of the grid. However, in a case of mixed fortunes for the squad, his teammate, Olivier Jacque, was unable to qualify due to a crash in practice.

De Puniet started the day by putting in ... [ more ]

Capirossi out of luck
Ducati Marlboro Team riders Casey Stoner and Loris Capirossi will start tomorrow's Catalan Grand Prix from the second and sixth rows of the grid after contrasting fortunes in this afternoon's qualifying session, run in blazing hot sunshine.

World Championship leader Stoner ended the session a close fourth quickest, less than three ... [ more ]

Catalunya : Konica Minolta Honda – Day Two
KONICA MINOLTA Honda took twelfth place in today's closely fought qualifying session for tomorrow's Catalan MotoGP race.

Team rider Shinya Nakano took around three-quarters of a second off his Friday time this afternoon, but more crucially found a set-up for his Honda RC212V MotoGP machine that eradicated some ... [ more ]

For Barcelona race
Fortuna Aprilia's 250cc World Champion Jorge Lorenzo will start tomorrow's quarter litre class race from pole position as he attempts to win a Grand Prix at Barcelona's Montmelo circuit for the first time, following his Saturday afternoon qualifying success.

The 20 year old Majorcan rider aims to win in Catalunya on Sunday for the first ... [ more ]

Ahead of valiant De Puniet
This afternoon's MotoGP qualifying session for the Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya saw Valentino Rossi take his third pole of the season as he looks reduce Casey Stoner's World Championship lead in tomorrow's race.

The Doctor set a new circuit best lap of 1'41.840s on the 23rd of his 27 laps to put him in a good position to ... [ more ]

Catalunya : 125cc – Day Two
An excellent 125cc second qualifying session for Bancaja Aspar saw their trio of riders secure the front three starting places on the grid for tomorrow's seventh race of the 2007 season at the Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya.

On pole position is the man currently sitting second in the general classification, Gabor Talmacsi, ... [ more ]

Spare monocoque and a fresh V8 for qualifying
The Renault crew are hard at work in Montreal following Heikki Kovalainen's accident yesterday and his engine failure in practice this morning. Underlining the work load that the crew put in is the following explanation, from Renault, regarding one small accident and its subsequent ramifications.

After going ... [ more ]

Catalunya : Fiat Yamaha – Day One
Fiat Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi rounded off the first day of the Grand Prix of Catalunya in positive fashion today, setting the second fastest time of the day on his penultimate lap as temperatures climbed into the thirties at Montmelo.

Fresh from a spectacular victory at his home-race in Italy last Sunday, Rossi ... [ more ]

Catalunya : Ducati – Day One
Ducati Marlboro Team riders Casey Stoner and Loris Capirossi completed day one of the Catalan Grand Prix very much on the pace, with fourth and sixth fastest times at the challenging Catalunya circuit.

In hot, sunny conditions the pair were just 0.4 and 0.5 seconds off the quickest times and can look forward to another day ... [ more ]

Catalunya : Rizla Suzuki – Day One
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP racers John Hopkins and Chris Vermeulen recorded the third and seventh fastest times respectively in today's free practice sessions for the Catalan Grand Prix near Barcelona this weekend.

Both riders were on the pace early on with Hopkins (1'43.389, 55 laps) heading the leaderboard for a large amount ... [ more ]

Catalunya : Repsol Honda – Day One
Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa dominated events on Friday's first day of practice for his home race, the Cinzano Grand of Catalunya.

The 21-year-old local favourite blitzed the competition in the morning session at the 4.727km (2.937-mile) Montmelo circuit, finishing over 0.4s ahead of his nearest rival with a lap of ... [ more ]

As Kawasaki hit Catalunya
A hot, Spanish sun shone on Kawasaki today as the Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya got off to a promising start for the team.

Both Randy de Puniet and Olivier Jacque put in plenty of fast laps around the 4.727km track, near Barcelona and, by the end of practice, only 1.5 seconds separated the top 16 riders.

Randy, sporting ... [ more ]

Catalunya : Konica Minolta Honda – Day One
Less than a week after their home Grand Prix of Mugello, the KONICA MINOLTA Honda Team has already begun practice for this weekend's Catalan GP at the Montmeló circuit.

Shinya Nakano made steady progress today as he and the KONICA MINOLTA Honda Team aimed to improve the set-up of their Honda RC212V MotoGP machine ... [ more ]

To take provisional 250cc pole
The first 250cc qualifying session at the Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya this afternoon saw Fortuna Aprilia's World Champion Jorge Lorenzo take provisional pole at the seventh Grand Prix of the season.

The Majorcan rider aims to bounce back from his Italian disappointment and continue his quarter litre class dominance on ... [ more ]

Despite crash
The second free practice session for the MotoGP riders on day one at the Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya saw Valentino Rossi top the timesheets as he improved on his morning best, but the Italian was ultimately unable to improve on Dani Pedrosa's first free practice effort of 1'43.099s.

Repsol Honda's Pedrosa was almost half a second quicker ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - Renault - Practice
Giancarlo Fisichella completed a trouble-free day as he ran through a technical programme including brake wear evaluation, tyre behaviour analysis and set-up changes to fine-tune the handling balance of the R27. He ran in the top ten throughout both sessions, and on both types of tyre, and was encouraged by the car’s performance ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - Super Aguri Honda - Practice
Super Aguri Honda made a solid start to its Canadian Grand Prix weekend today. Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson made good progress in the SA07 around the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit to record the tenth and 15th best times respectively.

Takuma Sato
“It was an encouraging day. At the beginning we struggled a lot ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - Red Bull Renault - Practice
Routine work for the Red Bull Renault duo today in Montreal. Mark Webber took soft tyres to move fifth fastest in the first 90-minute session before ending ninth in the afternoon, two position ahead of team-mate Coulthard. The veteran Scot seemed to enjoy grass-tracking though turns one and two on his hot laps.

Mark ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - Toro Rosso Ferrari - Practice
Tonio Liuzzi was 14th after missing much of the morning session due to gearbox issues while Scott Speed was 16th in his Toro Rosso Ferrari - and not impressed with Mark Webber who slammed on the brakes into the hairpin right at the end of the session.

Tonio Liuzzi
“In one way I am happy because the car went ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - Honda - Practice
Free practice for Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix got underway at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal today with Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button ending the day in seventh and 13th positions respectively.

Both Honda drivers spent much of the day working to find a good long-run balance on the low downforce circuit ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - Toyota - Practice
Toyota began its preparations for the Canadian Grand Prix with a disrupted Friday of practice under sunny skies at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Jarno Trulli and Ralf Schumacher both had solid mornings of work but Trulli’s afternoon was disrupted by a suspension problem early in the second session.

The incident cost him ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - BMW Sauber - Practice
BMW Sauber managed to complete the lion's share of its work for practice for the Canadian Grand Prix despite some incidents. Robert Kubica was not able to do his morning work due to a fuel leak. In the afternoon session both he and Nick Heidfeld had brushes with the wall, but luckily neither were bad enough to damage the cars. ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - Ferrari - Practice
Felipe Massa ended Friday practice with the me behind Fernando Alonso, while Kimi Raikkonen was fourth fastest half a second adrift of his team-mate.

Ferrari made a lot of their expected Montreal pace, but after day one of three, it seems the lack of grip at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is hurting the Ferrari duo.

Felipe ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - Williams Toyota - Practice
Williams Toyota were the only team to opt to rest one race driver today in favour of running a test driver.

Nico Rosberg sat out the morning session while the team ran Kazuki Nakajima in his place. Nakajima was 17th fastest of the 22 runners in the morning session while regular racer Alex Wurz was 15th.

Rosberg ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - Spyker Ferrari - Practice
Spyker had a tough opening day of the Canadian Grand Prix. Christijan Albers and Adrian Sutil completed a total of 55 and 50 laps respectively over the two free practice sessions held today at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, with a best time of 1:19.453 and 1:19.662. The times placed them at the firmly at the bottom ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - McLaren Mercedes - Practice
Fernando Alonso set fastest times in both of Friday’s free practice sessions for the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal with 1:17.759 in the morning and 1:16.550 in the afternoon. Team-mate Lewis Hamilton was second fastest in the first practice and third fastest in the second session.

Fernando Alonso
“A good start ... [ more ]