Formula One News — May 2005

Spanish GP - Qualifying Session 2 Results

Jarno Trulli took provisional pole for the Spanish Grand Prix beating the local hero Fernando Alonso by 0.016s with Kimi Raikkonen right with the pair of them, just 0.008s behind Alonso and Ralf Schumacher's Toyota in the hunt as well with a best lap that was just 0.051s behind Ralf.

Spanish GP - Saturday Press Conference

Spanish GP - Saturday Photos

Gianmaria Bruni began to rebuild his reputation damaged last year in F1 with victory in the GP2 race in Barcelona on Saturday.

Spanish GP - Saturday Team Quotes

Spanish GP - Qualifying Session 1 Results

Ralf Schumacher was fastest on Saturday morning in Barcelona, lapping his Toyota a tenth faster than Kimi Raikkonen around the Circuit de Catalunya.

Spanish GP - Practice Session 4 Results

McLaren protege Lewis Hamilton has taken pole position for the Pau Grand Prix in his ASM Dallara-Mercedes, eight-tenths ahead of his team mate Adrian Sutil.

Spanish GP - Practice Session 3 Results

Spanish GP - Friday Press Conference

Spanish GP - Friday Photos

Spanish GP - Friday Team Quotes

Spanish GP - Practice Session 2 Results

It is Friday morning in Barcelona and modern F1 is going to work in preparation for the Spanish Grand Prix. In the paddock there was one team packing up and going home and two drivers wandering around looking for something to do.

Spanish GP - Practice Session 1 Results

The excitements post-race at Imola have reconfigured the World Championship standings with Fernando Alonso still out and clear with 36 points.

British American Racing Honda has announced that it is not going to go to a civil court because it cannot get legal matters sorted out fast enough to be able to run in Spain.

BMW has revealed a major problem for the Spanish Grand Prix and as a result the engines in both Nick Heidfeld's and Mark Webber's cars will need to have engine changes because of problems with a faulty exhaust valve.

British American Racing Honda is facing a race against time to get a court to rule that it can take part in the Spanish Grand Prix. The problem is that the FIA is under French jurisdiction and there was a French national holiday on Thursday.

The first stop in the battle between the FIA and BAR-Honda is likely to be Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris. There are 181 such courts in France and as the FIA is officially headquartered at 8 Place de la Concorde in Paris, it is governed by French law.

BAR Honda is not going to take the FIA International Court of Appeal decision sitting down. The team's chief executive Nick Fry read a statement to the media in Barcelona two hours after the FIA decision was made public and made it clear that the team is not going to give up.

The FIA International Court of Appeal has ruled that BAR-Honda should be suspended from the next two races and has been given a six-month suspension, suspended for a year.

Juan Pablo Montoya will be back in action for McLaren at the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend after missing two races through injury. The team announced the news in a statement on Wednesday.