Formula One News — May 2006

Monaco GP - Saturday Press Conference

Monaco GP - Saturday Team Quotes

Within minutes of the end of qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix, there were rumblings in the paddock that a number of the F1 drivers are so unahppy about what happened to Michael Schumacher that the Grand Prix Drivers' Association is going to demand Schumacher's resignation from the board of directors

Monaco GP - Qualifying Results

Fernando Alonso stayed ahead of the pack at Monte Carlo on Saturday morning with a best lap of 1m13.823s, which was within two-tenths of pole position from last year, despite the fact that V10s have been replaced with V8s.

Monaco GP - Practice 3 Results

Former Formula 1 driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen has been stopped for speeding by the French police on a motorway south of Avignon in France. The German was clocked at 133mph in an 80mph zone.

The death of Edouard Michelin in a fishing accident off the coast of Brittany has been a huge shock to the French tyre giant.

Edouard Michelin, the boss of the Michelin tyre company, has drowned in an accident in Brittany. Michelin was spending the weekend at the l'Ile de Sein in Brittany and was involved in a boating accident.

Merchandising is a concept which Formula 1 has never grasped with much enthusiasm but Renault has now come up with a novel idea, to licence a British company to produce bespoke furniture and objets d'art, based on parts of Renault F1 cars.

The Societe Wallonne de Gestion et de Participations (SOGEPA), a company owned by the regional government of the Belgian region of Wallonia, has announced a restructuring of the company that runs the Spa Francorchamps racing circuit.

The A1 Grand Prix Series has announced plans to float, with the goal of securing full funding for the next few years.

The Motor Sport Business Forum, which will take place in Monaco in December, has attracted a number of major players from the F1 world.

Monaco GP - Thursday Press Conference

Monaco GP - Thursday Photos

Monaco GP - Practice 2 Report

Monaco GP - Thursday Team Quotes

Monaco GP - Practice 2 Results

The first practice session of the Monaco Grand Prix weekend ended in tears for Kimi Raikkonen with his McLaren-Mercedes grinding to a smoky halt after just a couple of laps at the end of the session.

Monaco GP - Practice 1 Results

Valentino Rossi has been pondering a switch to Formula 1 in recent months but despite a handful of tests with Ferrari, it never looked very likely that the motorcycle ace would be able to jump from one World Championship to another.

In May 1966 Bruce McLaren arrived at Monaco with the first McLaren Formula 1 car. Designed by Robin Herd, it featured innovative aerospace materials called Mallite and an Indianapolis 500-winning four-cam Ford V8 which had been modified from 4.1-litres to 3-litres.

Franck Montagny will continue to race for Super Aguri at the British, Canadian and US Grands Prix.

Rubens Barrichello will be racing this weekend at the Indianapolis 500 and Tony Kanaan will be seen on the streets of Monaco. At least that is what it will look like.

The Red Bull Energy Station is an amazing construction at the best of times. It travels from race to race being built and taken down at amazing speed and rushed around Europe in a fleet of 25 trucks.