Formula One News — June 2011

Lotus Renault GP will be able to race at the Canadian GP with unchanged livery after concerns that a colour scheme arguably based on the JPS Lotus cars of the seventies and eighties would contravene Canadian anti-tobacco legislation.

Red Bull driver Mark Webber spoken out about his disappointment that the Bahrain Grand Prix has been reinstated on the F1 calendar at the end of October.

The FIA has voted in favour of reinstating the Bahrain Grand Prix, which will now take place on October 30, the date initially slated for the inaugural Indian GP.

At the FIA World Council meetings in Barcelona today, a number of decisions were taken concerning Formula One.

Sergio Perez will be examined by FIA doctor Gary Hartstein in Montreal next week before hopefully being given the green light to drive in the Canadian GP.

Following a board meeting post-Monaco, Marussia Virgin Racing has halted its technical collaboration with Wirth Racing Technologies and boss Nick Wirth, the designer of the Virgin race chassis.

Team Lotus boss Tony Fernandes has revealed on Twitter that he has put in a bid for English soccer club West Ham United.

Resurfacing work at Monaco has been cited as a potential contributory factor in the accidents that occurred coming out of the tunnel and under braking for the harbour front chicane during the grand prix weekend.

Williams scored its first points of 2011 with Rubens Barrichello's ninth place in Monte Carlo, but technical director Sam Michael admitted that the team was disappointed that the result was not stronger.