Formula One News — June 2005

The Formula 1 Media is generally a fairly docile group of people but at the weekend the press finally took exception to the facilities on offer in Montreal and sent a petition to the FIA, FOM and the Montreal city authorities asking for action to be taken to improve the facilities on the Ile de Notre Dame.

Jordan F1 team owner Alex Shnaider says that he would like to have a Russian and a Canadian driving for the Midland F1 team in the future. The Toronto-based Russian is a naturalised Canadian and would love to see a driver from each country in his cars.

Motorsport enthusiasts have a chance this week to buy unbuyable privileges for the British Grand Prix weekend. A pair of F1 paddock passes are on offer from The Grand Prix Mechanics Charitable Trust

While everyone was concentrating on the race in Montreal on Sunday, the BMW Williams pit had a low-key but very important visitor, BMW's chief financial officer Stefan Krause, who is tipped to be the man who will take over as chairman within the next few years.

Canadian GP - Sunday Press Conference

Canadian GP - Race Notes

Canadian GP - Sunday Photos

Canadian GP - Race incidents

Canadian GP - Sunday Team Quotes

Canadian GP - Race Results

Tomas Scheckter has not won an Indy Racing League race since Michigan in 2002 when he took a Red Bull Cheever Dallara-Infiniti to victory. The South African has always been seen as being quick but has been accident-prone. But at the Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday night, Scheckter showed his class.

Any talk about cheating at Imola dried up rather suddenly in Montreal when Jenson Button nailed pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal in his BAR-Honda.

Danica Patrick is expected to be present at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Thursday next week as the Formula 1 teams get ready for the United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis.

Sons of famous fathers were in the spotlight in the Star Mazda Championship race at Montreal on Saturday with Bobby Rahal's son Graham taking on Michael Andretti's son Marco.

David Coulthard and Rubens Barrichello are fighting it out to get the number one drive at BAR-Honda in 2006.

Canadian GP - Saturday Photos

Canadian GP - Saturday Press Conference

The word on the street in NASCAR circles is that former Cosworth F1 engine designer Nick Hayes is to work on engine development for the Hendrick Motorsport team in the Nextel Cup.

Canadian GP - Saturday Team Quotes

Canadian GP - Qualfying Session Results

Kimi Raikkonen set the pace in the final practice session before qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix. The Finn set the fastest time of the session in the final moments of the action, lapping four-tenths faster than Renault's Fernando Alonso.

Canadian GP - Practice Session 4 Results

Canadian GP - Practice Session 3 Results

The reason that there always seems to be an ongoing fight about safety in motor racing is, in part, due to an event 50 years ago today at Le Mans when the factory Mercedes-Benz 300SLR of Pierre Levegh was caught up in an accident caused by a thoughtless Mike Hawthorn.

They say that Las Vegas is a city that never sleeps and the same can be said for stories of an F1 race in the Nevada city. Formula 1 went to Vegas back in 1981 and 1982 but the event, held in the car park of the Caesar's Palace casino was a flop.