Formula One News — June 2008

Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time of the second practice session for the Canadian GP in overcast conditions in Montreal. The McLaren driver was three-tenths faster than Robert Kubica's BMW, but Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari was right with them.

Canadian GP - Friday Photos

Canadian GP - Friday Press Conference

Canadian GP - Friday Team Quotes

Canadian GP - Practice 2 Results

The aftermath of the FIA General Assembly has been fairly messy for the FIA, with a lot of negative criticism about the federation. This has not pleased all concerned and the FIA African Council, a new body that involves the clubs of the African continent, which grew out of the old Sub-Saharan African Touring and Automobile Clubs (SATAC), has written to the F1 Commercial Rights Holder Bernie Ecclestone complaining about remarks he made to Britain's Daily Express about what happened in Paris.

The Formula 1 world is not much associated with gardening, except when cars go flying off and go lawn-mowing across run-off areas. The Williams F1 team, often a pioneer in F1 marketing, has just launched the first F1-branded lawnmower, manufactured by Countax Ltd.

Sir Jackie Stewart is to give an address at the forthcoming memorial celebration for the life of racer David Leslie to be held at the BRDC Farm at Silverstone at 6pm on Thursday, July 24.

The first practice session for the Canadian Grand Prix resulted in the fastest time going to Felipe Massa in his Ferrari, two-tenths of a second ahead of the BMW Sauber of Robert Kubica.

Canadian GP - Practice 1 Results

Marketing Week in London has looked at the effects of the Mosley Scandal on Formula 1, drawing a parallel between Mosley and Hillary Clinton.

There are worrying signs that Renault's lack of success in Formula 1 in recent years - and the rules changes - are finally beginning to have an effect on the team.

The Belgian Grand Prix dropped off the F1 calendar in 2006 but returned last year on a short-term deal, based on getting the finance sorted out. That now seems to be sorted out as the Belgian newspaper Le Soir is reporting that a new deal has been done to secure the future of the race until 2012.

Canadian GP - Thursday Press Conference

There are reports in Canada that Jacques Villeneuve has teamed up with IRL team owner Barry Green and Canadian Grand Prix promoter Normand Legault to find the money to race in NASCAR.

The decision by the FIA General Assembly to support Max Mosley paints the federation in a very poor light, at least in the eyes of the general public. A large number of people in this world believe that married men should not break their vows and involve themselves with lurid sexual games, involving professional uniformed dominatrices.

Max Mosley has won a vote of confidence from the FIA General Assembly and the federation is waiting nervously to see the reaction to the decision. Mosley won by 103 votes to 55, with seven abstentions and four invalid votes.

The FIA General Assembly gathers today in Paris and it has emerged that there will be a total of 177 votes cast today in the confidence motion for Max Mosley. Nineteen of these votes will be by proxy.

This week will be of huge importance to the international automobile federation as it decides what to do about its disgraced president Max Mosley. Mosley was caught in a sordid sex scandal six weeks ago.

Ryan Briscoe won the Indy Racing League race at the Milwaukee Mile, scoring his first win in the series and the 300th victory in motorsports for team owner Roger Penske.