Monday, 21 June 2010 08:24
For the first time this season, Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi left a Grand Prix feeling pleased with his result following last weekend’s Canadian round. Buemi’s strong Montreal race saw him finish eighth, which in turn boosted the solitary point he had gleaned from May’s Monaco Grand Prix to a total tally of five.For the Swiss driver, who has endured three retirements from the eight races run, his Canada result comes as welcome relief, especially as it helped Toro Rosso pass rivals Williams in the hunt for seventh place in the constructors’ standings.
“Three days after the last race, I’m still smiling at the thought of my Canadian Grand Prix weekend,” Buemi told Toro Rosso’s official site.
Monday, 21 June 2010 08:22
Mercedes boss Ross Brawn believes his team are still capable of winning this season's Formula 1 world title.The German-owned outfit have managed only two podium finishes this season, Nico Rosberg taking third place at the Malaysian and Chinese Grands Prix.
And Rosberg, Mercedes's highest-placed driver, is 35 points behind leader Lewis Hamilton of McLaren.
But Brawn insisted: "We are still within striking distance of the Championship leaders."
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Lewis Hamilton believes Formula 1 is more competitive than ever before this season, and says he is all too aware of how difficult it will be to stay at the top of the championship table.
Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher will not be punished for his part in an incident with Ferrari's Felipe Massa during the Canadian Grand Prix.
Sebastien Buemi was delighted to have scored his and Toro Rosso’s best result of the season so far with his eighth place in the Canadian Grand Prix – and to have overtaken Michael Schumacher in the process.
Lewis Hamilton led Jenson Button to a McLaren one-two in a thrilling Canadian Grand Prix after a race-long five-car battle in Montreal.
With the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve's challenging layout and Montreal’s welcoming atmosphere, the Canadian Grand Prix is a firm favourite with many of the Formula One drivers and their teams. Here they explain why and discuss their prospects...
Q: A question to all those of you who have been here before. Your thoughts on coming back to this circuit, to Canada and Lucas your first impressions of Canada as I don't think you've been here before. So if you would like to start.
Montreal has achieved a sell-out crowd for its first Formula 1 race in two years, with the organisers of the Canadian Grand Prix reporting that they closed sales for 2010 this afternoon.
Following a meeting at their Milton Keynes factory on Thursday, Red Bull believe they have drawn a line under the collision between drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber during the Turkish Grand Prix.