“Tomorrow will be a very hard race for us”
Valentino Rossi is faced with an uphill task in tomorrow's Catalan Grand Prix, after struggling with set-up issues throughout today's practices and qualifying in ninth position.

Today's session was in stark contrast to this time last year, when the Fiat Yamaha Team rider put his M1 on pole position for this same ... [ more ]

During Catalunya qualifying
Kawasaki's John Hopkins bravely qualified in 14th position for tomorrow's Grand Prix of Catalunya, after riding with an injured back sustained in a turn two highside during Friday's practice.

Hopkins was determined to make up for the loss of valuable track time to set up his Ninja ZX-RR around the Catalunya circuit, after crashing ... [ more ]

Difficult day for Melandri
Casey Stoner picked up his first pole position of the season at Barcelona with a perfect lap on his third and final qualifying tyre.

The Australian had shown good form on his first two Bridgestone qualifiers before an outstanding demonstration of skill and determination saw him smash the previous pole record by over six tenths ... [ more ]

“We are fighting hard and it is exciting”
Repsol Honda riders Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden scorched to a double front-row start at Catalunya today, setting the second and third fastest times in this afternoon's thrilling qualifying session.

Pedrosa was less than a tenth of a second off pole position, with Hayden just 0.251 seconds off pole.

Both ... [ more ]

For third pole of 2008
Alvaro Bautista completed the lower cylinder category sweep of Spanish polemen with his third qualifying blitz of 2008, maintaining a 100% record of front rows thus far this season.

Whilst some way off Jorge Lorenzo´s astonishing pole position record from last year –nearly half a second slower than his countryman´s time- Bautista´s ... [ more ]

With Catalunya pole position
With his first pole position since the race at Misano in 2007, World Champion Casey Stoner broke his top spot drought in qualifying for the Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya.

The Australian did so with a new record time of 1´41.186, preventing a home pole for Repsol Honda´s Dani Pedrosa.

Last year´s racewinner, Stoner ... [ more ]

Catalunya : 125cc grid
Sixteen year-old Pol Espargaro took a career-first pole position in qualifying for the 125cc Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya, following up his provisional top spot from Friday afternoon.

The Spaniard, who has broken records the last two years at his home track as the youngest points scorer and podium finisher in Grand Prix history, ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - Bridgestone - Qualifying
Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position on Bridgestone’s super-soft compound Potenza at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for the seventh round of the championship, the Canadian Grand Prix.

The McLaren Mercedes driver produced a blinding lap in tricky conditions of 1:17.886s, over six-tenths faster than the second fastest ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - Ferrari - Qualifying
A third and a sixth place for Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa respectively was the story of Scuderia Ferrari's qualifying session for the Canadian Grand Prix. Two key problems were encountered this afternoon: a slight difficulty in getting the tyres up to temperature, which necessitated running a different program to usual and ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - McLaren Mercedes - Qualifying
McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton will start Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal from pole position. In the closing seconds of Saturday's qualifying, Hamilton set a time of 1:17.886s and was more than six-tenths of a second faster than Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber) in second place.

It is Lewis's eighth ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - BMW Sauber - Qualifying
Robert Kubica will start from the front row of the grid for the Canadian Grand Prix. The BMW Sauber F1 Team driver qualified second in Montreal. His team-mate, Nick Heidfeld, also qualified his F1.08 safely in the top ten this time out and was eighth.

Robert Kubica
"It was a very difficult qualifying with the track ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - Red Bull Renault - Qualifying
Both Red Bull Renault drivers made it into the second round of qualifying with David Coulthard going on to place his RB4 13th on the grid. Mark Webber had just posted a top five time when he spun exiting turn seven and hit the concrete retaining wall.

Webber's RB4 sustained front right suspension damage and ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - Williams Toyota - Qualifying
Williams Toyota team converted their consistent practice pace around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve into their best qualifying result of the 2008 season, with Nico Rosberg improving on his sixth-placed qualifying in Monaco by claiming P5 for tomorrow’s race start.

Team-mate Kazuki Nakajima was tantalising close ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - Toro Rosso Ferrari - Qualifying
It was a very tough day for Sebastian Vettel and Sebastien Bourdais today in Montreal. The morning practice session saw Vettel hit the wall at turn nine and the German rookie was unable to take part in the afternoon practice session as the Toro Rosso team were unable to build up the spare car in time.

Bourdais ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - Honda - Qualifying
Honda experienced mixed fortunes during today's qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix. Rubens Barrichello took his best grid position of the year, whilst Jenson Button's progress was disrupted from the outset by a gearbox problem.

Barrichello made steady progress with the set-up of his car throughout the day, beginning ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - Renault - Qualifying
It was a productive afternoon for the Renault team as Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet qualified in fourth and 15th places respectively for tomorrow’s Canadian Grand Prix.

Having endured a difficult day on Friday, the team began the day on the back foot, suffering from a lack of mileage. But a positive free practice ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - Toyota - Qualifying
For the first time this year, Toyota will not start a Grand Prix from within the top ten. Timo Glock lines up 11th while Jarno Trulli spun twice in qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix and starts a poor 14th.

Timo Glock
"That was just a really difficult session. It was very hard to find a good balance and I was far ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - Force India Ferrari - Qualifying
Force India's Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella will start tomorrow's Canadian Grand Prix in 17th and 18th position respectively following a close qualifying session at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in the heart of Montreal.

Hot, sultry weather conditions were a welcome change from yesterday's rain and ... [ more ]