Will the upgraded Ferrari have the Edge (European GP preview)

With their bad performance in Turkey Ferrari bounced back in Montreal but the track suited their F10 ,And in Valancia the F10 should be fast and with Red Bull's RB6 style exhaust they should be very quick and the question is will Ferrari have the edge around the street circuit of Valancia.

Ferrari tested their upgraded car as some media call it 'F10b' in Vairano with test driver Mark Gene ,And Fernando Alonso drove the car in Fiorano for ‘filming purposes’.

Mclaren will introduce few parts here but the big upgrade with Red Bull's RB6 style exhaust will be debuted in Silverstone.

Red Bull will bring their version of Mclaren's F-DUCT system back after failing to put the system in Montreal as they said it affects the overall downforce,Red Bull could fall behind Mclaren and Ferrari this weekend so they should make the F-Duct working good for them as Christian Horner claim their Renault V8 is 25-30 horse power short than Mercedes.

Renault has been making a great development on their car and their now ahead of Mercedes and they should be strong in Valancia with Robert Kubica and Vitaly Petrov.

Felipe Massa should make a good race in Valancia if he wants to keep his championship hopes alive and reduce the gap to teammate Fernando Alonso and Championship leader Lewis Hamilton.

Micheal Shumacher will be driving in Valancia's street circuit for the first time he will have a busy Friday .

Can Lotus close the gap to BMW-sauber and maybe make it to Q2 for the first time this season with Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen.

Have your say in the comments .

adjustable rear wings to be introduced in 2011 and 107% Qualifying rule back

The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council has agreed a number of significant changes to the Formula One regulations.aerodynamic revisions designed to boost overtaking, a ban on F-ducts, and the return of a 107% qualifying rule.

Under new moveable bodywork regulations for next season, drivers will be able to adjust the rear wing from the cockpit as soon as they are two laps into the race. However, the system’s availability will be electronically controlled and it will only be activated when a driver is less than one second behind another at pre-determined points on the track. The system will then be deactivated once the driver brakes. It will be available at all times throughout practice and qualifying.


In a move that could frighten one or two of the new teams, next year any driver not setting a qualifying time within 107% of the fastest Q1 lap will not be permitted to race. Stewards, however, will have the power to grant exceptions in extenuating circumstances, such as where a driver has recorded a suitable time in a previous practice session.


Several other measures have been brought in with immediate effect. Following the late-race confusion at Monaco, where Michael Schumacher passed Fernando Alonso, the safety-car rules have been clarified. No overtaking is allowed if the safety car is on track on the final lap.


And following the spectacle of Lewis Hamilton pushing his fuel-light McLaren back to the pits at the end of Montreal qualifying, new rules state that cars required to give a post-session fuel sample must arrive back in pit lane under their own power.
Wednesday's World Motor Sport Council decisions in full:
Tyres
Pirelli has been selected as the single tyre supplier for the FIA Formula One World Championship for a period of three years, commencing in 2011. The sole supplier will undertake to strictly respect the sporting and technical regulations implemented by the FIA.
“Competitor’s staff” FIA Licence
A proposal relating to specific licences for members of staff of competitors entered in the FIA World Championships has been submitted to the Formula One Commission. This is under consideration for implementation in the FIA Formula One World Championship from the start of 2011, with a view to inclusion in other FIA World Championships in the future.
Safety Car
With immediate effect, no car may overtake until it has passed the first safety car line for the first time when the safety car is returning to the pits. However, if the safety car is still deployed at the beginning of the last lap, or is deployed during the last lap, it will enter the pit lane at the end of the lap and the cars will take the chequered flag as normal without overtaking.
General safety
With immediate effect, any car being driven unnecessarily slowly, erratically, or which is deemed potentially dangerous to other drivers, will be reported to the stewards. This will apply whether any such car is being driven on the track, the pit entry or the pit lane.
In order to ensure cars are not driven unnecessarily slowly on in-laps during qualifying or reconnaissance laps when the pit exit is opened for the race, drivers must stay below the maximum time set by the FIA between the safety car line after the pit exit and safety car line before the pit entry. The maximum time will be determined by the race director at each event prior to the first day of practice, but may be amended during the event if necessary.
The grid
From 2011, any driver whose best qualifying lap exceeds 107% of the fastest Q1 qualifying time will not be allowed to take part in the race. Under exceptional circumstances, however, which may include setting a suitable lap time in a free practice session, the stewards may permit the car to start the race. Should there be more than one driver accepted in this manner, the grid order will be determined by the stewards.
Driver adjustable bodywork
From 2011, adjustable bodywork may be activated by the driver at any time prior to the start of the race and, for the sole purpose of improving overtaking opportunities during the race, after the driver has completed two laps. The driver may only activate the adjustable bodywork in the race when he has been notified via the control electronics that it is enabled. It will only be enabled if the driver is less than one second behind another at any of the pre-determined positions around each circuit. The system will be disabled the first time the driver uses the brakes after the system has been activated. The FIA may, after consulting all the competitors, adjust the time proximity in order to ensure the purpose of the adjustable bodywork is met.
Aerodynamic influence
With the exception of the parts necessary for the driver adjustable bodywork, any car system, device or procedure which uses driver movement as a means of altering the aerodynamic characteristics of the car is prohibited from 2011.
Weight
From 2011, the minimum weight of the car must not be less than 640 kg at all times during the event.
Fuel draining
With immediate effect, if a sample of fuel is required after a practice session the car concerned must have first been driven back to the pits under its own power.
Licences
Based on his career résumé and comparative F1 testing times, the World Council has approved the granting of a four-race probationary super license to Chinese driver Ho-Pin Tung.

Pirelli to supply Tyres For Formula1 in 2011

Pirelli have beaten off competition from Michelin to become the official F1 tyre supplier from 2011.

The FIA confirmed Pirelli have a three-year contract to supply tyres to Formula 1:

Pirelli has been selected as the single tyre supplier for the FIA Formula One World Championship for a period of three years, commencing in 2011. The sole supplier will undertake to strictly respect the sporting and technical regulations implemented by the FIA.

The Italian tyre manufacturer last supplied F1 teams in 1991. Tyrrell, Brabham, Dallara and Benetton used its products while the rest of the field were supplied by Goodyear.

Nelson Piquet scored the last win for a car on Pirelli tyres in the 1991 Canadian Grand Prix. He inherited the win when Nigel Mansell’s Williams broke down on the last lap.
Prior to that, Pirelli had gone five years without a win. But the company was a dominant force in the first years of Formula 1, with several drivers winning world championships on their tyres in the 1950s.

2010 Valancia grand prix drivers preview

Valancia has been in the calender for two years and it didn't host an entertaining racing ,The Drivers think it's too simple and wide with so much straights and it gets a lot of grip in the Qualifying and the race so the drivers have different opinions about the track.
Jarno Trulli will be looking forward to Valancia:

"I’m really looking forward to Valencia. It’s a circuit I like, and I enjoy the race there - It’s always warm, and it’s a beautiful city. I’m in the new chassis (T127-04) from this race, and hopefully that will bring me some better luck over the race weekend - in Canada I was really flying until the retirement, so I hope I can carry that through to this weekend and see the chequered flag. That’s obviously important, but this weekend is also all about the 500th race for Lotus. It’ll be very special to help take that famous name to such a milestone, and I’m very honoured to be part of it. I met Hazel Chapman on Sunday at the Classic Team Lotus Festival, and that was very special for me, particularly as I had the chance to drive Elio De Angelis’ T91 in front of the crowds, and that felt great.”

Adrian Sutil think the track is easy and simple to drive:

“Valencia is not my favourite circuit as there's not so much of a challenge for the driver. Even though it's classed as a street circuit, it doesn't really feel like it as there's no challenging corners: it's just braking into hairpins, then flat out. You just don't get the thrill you have on a standard street circuit like Monaco or Singapore. The last complex is a little bit more challenging as there's a left-right chicane taken at high speed followed by another right hander. Then it's just flat out with a few corners into the last turn, which is actually one of the trickiest as we're braking while turning in so it's easy to overshoot the corner and lose it in the exit. Grip levels can be quite low, particularly off line, so you have to judge any overtaking manoeuvre pretty carefully. That said, the track is also very wide with a lot of run off areas so you're not worried about touching a barrier. Over one lap it's not a classic but the racing there can be quite tight and with the cars being so close this year it could produce a good race. Valencia needs a medium to low downforce aero configuration and we've shown that we can perform well on this type of track. We were strong in Canada and I believe we can be quite good in Valencia as well. We've also got some new parts coming for this race that should further improve our performance, including a new front wing and some smaller bodywork changes, plus a few minor suspension component developments. I think it looks promising. We've not had the best luck in Valencia in the past but I hope that the good basic foundations of the car, plus the solid developments we've had over the past races and leading into this one will put us in good shape to get some more points on the board and close the gap to Renault.”

Lewis Hamilton likes the circut a little bit :
Felipe Massa Likes the circut having won in his first and only attempt:

I think it’s good for the championship to have a variety of circuits – we’ve just come from a fast, flowing road course in Canada, to a tight street track in Valencia. And, next month, we’ll be at Silverstone – one of the fastest tracks of the year, and a circuit with incredible history. As a driver, that sort of variety makes the racing exciting and unpredictable, which is all you can really ask for.



[Valencia] is not a circuit where we’ve seen too much passing in the past, but I think this year could be different – the grid is so tight, there were battles all through the field in Montreal last week, so I think we could have a close and exciting race this year.

The street circuit there is not so different in terms of its characteristics to the Montreal track and on top of that, we expect to have some more updates for the F10 to make it even more competitive with those ahead of us in the championship. Valencia has not produced very exciting races so far, but I enjoy the track, as the only time I have raced there, in 2008 – it was one of the races I missed last year after my accident – I won.

Ferrari confirms McLaren's Pat Fry joining team

Ferrari on Tuesday confirmed reports that Pat Fry is joining the famous Italian team.


It emerged at the weekend that the 46-year-old Briton, who until recently was heading McLaren's 2011 car project as long-time joint chief engineer, was linked with a move to the Maranello based squad.

Italian reports had said Fry, although currently on compulsory 'gardening leave', will be able to have an impact on Ferrari's next car.
A team statement on Tuesday confirmed that Fry will begin his new role as assistant technical director, reporting to Aldo Costa, on 1 July.

Ferrari said the "structure of the technical department remains (otherwise) unchanged".
Fry joined McLaren from Benetton in 1993.
"I think it was probably good for him, the right decision for him to take a bit of a break, take a breather," McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh said last month.

Bridgestone changes tyre choices for five rounds to produce more exciting races

Bridgestone has altered the choice of tyre compounds on offer for five forthcoming races on the F1 calendar.

The move is an attempt to re-create the conditions which produced an unpredictable and exciting race in Canada last week.
In the German Grand Prix drivers will have to use both the super-soft and hard tyres during the race for the first time ever.
It will also be the first time F1 has raced on the current configuration of the Hockenheim circuit using slick tyres.
Bridgestone has also changed its tyre allocation for the Hungarian, Belgian, Italian and Singapore Grands Prix compared to what were used last year.
At the Hungaroring the super-soft and medium tyres will be used instead of super-soft and soft compounds.
At Spa-Francorchamps and Monza Bridgestone will supply soft and hard tyres where last year soft and medium compounds were used.
And at Singapore the choice of tyres will be super-soft and medium – last year the teams had super-soft and soft tyres.
Bridgestone’s head of motorsport tyre development Hirohide Hamashima said:

The major interest of this allocation announcement is that we are bringing the hard and super soft compounds to Germany. The characteristics of the Hockenheim circuit allow us to bring the compounds from the extremes of our softness range.

This will give us very good data for evaluation and will be interesting for those who have called for a bigger difference between the allocated tyres.

Hirohide Hamashima

Lewis Hamilto Q&A:it's very tight championship

Lewis Hamilton's 2010 Formula1 season got to a bad start with a lot of mistakes either from him

or from the team but the british driver have got every thing to his liking in the last two races..
Q: Your second win of the year lifts you to the top of the drivers' championship - you must be feeling on top of the world…
Lewis Hamilton: It's great to be leading the world championship, but, I have to be honest, Formula One is so tough and so competitive at the moment that you can't take anything for granted - and, while I might be on top right now, I know that I'll need to fight for every lap of the next 11 races to remain up there. And, I think I'm like the fifth leader of the championship so far this year, so it's pretty clear that it's not so easy staying on top. Our sport is so incredibly competitive at the moment - and we're seeing different teams come to the forefront all the time - that this championship is going to be as much about playing the long game - minimising mistakes, scoring points at every race - as it is about success at individual races. And, actually, I think that's the first time you can probably say that about a Formula One championship. Whether it's the changes to the points system, or just the fact that there are maybe as many as 10 drivers out there with the machinery capable of winning races, you can't afford to just take the points. You've got to be on the limit all the time - and I love that, because that's how I love to race.

Q: So how on the limit was your race in Montreal?

LH: It was pretty full-on, but it wasn't flat-out in the sense of pushing from the start to the finish; it was full-on because you had to stay absolutely focused on every lap, making sure the tyres were looking after themselves while also trying to attack, or hold off somebody behind you. It's a complicated balancing act. The pit wall and the strategy team judged everything perfectly. Andy (Latham, race engineer) fed me lots of information throughout the race, and really acted like a second pair of eyes for me. The team and I worked well together for this result.

Q: People always expected the MP4-25 to go well at Montreal. Was the circuit a good match for the car's characteristics?
LH: It was a good match, yes, but it wasn't a perfect one - we'd probably still look at other tracks coming up on the calendar as giving us a better opportunity to win. Montreal is quite an extreme circuit, and I think our strength was having a package that worked well against all those extremes. For example, we've been working very closely with Akebono all year to ensure that our brakes would perform consistently here, which is one of the toughest tracks of the whole year for braking. We felt that if we were able to push aggressively for the whole race, then it might give us an advantage by pushing other teams whose braking performance might be more marginal, particularly at the end of the race. And we've added up all those small gains everywhere. That's why we've got a car and a team that's working so well together at the moment.

Micheal Shumacher come back is it that worse ??

Many peaple have said very bad words about Micheal Shumacher's come back to Formula1 and so many peaple think that he made a mistake coming back and that he would repulsive to his big history.
Maybe we should wait and see what Micheal can do after the first half of the season and we must consider that the MPG_001 is not up to the pace of the leaders,and we must also be aware of that Micheal Shumacher is almost matching the pace of his teammate Nico Rosberg.

Always when a driver comes to a new team it takes up to half a season for the driver to be comfortable with the new team and with in season testing ban it takes more than that.
I'm expecting Micheal Shumacher to be back and up to speed within a race or two and by the end of the season he will be higher in the rankings than his teammate Rosberg,but the championship this season is out of reach,that will be determined in the next two races by the Mercedes team.
But the big question that keep confusing me is that Red Bul and Mercedes(Brawn )last year they were very close last year, why the Mercedes is far from Red Bull's pace at the start of the season and now?
where do you think Micheal Shumacher will finish this season in the championship ?
have your say in the comments.

New Ferrari to feature Red Bull-like exhausts

A feature of Ferrari's heavily upgraded F10 car in Valencia next weekend will reportedly be Red Bull-style exhausts.


Rival teams initially thought an illegal ride-height control system was the secret of the RB6's speed, but it is now believed that the layout of the rear of the car - including lowly-mounted exhausts - is the basis of the design.

Spain's AS newspaper reports that the updated F10 will be between three and four tenths per lap quicker than the basic specification raced in Turkey and Canada.

The report also said the change represents a fundamentally new aerodynamic direction for the car, opening up a new avenue for subsequent development.

"The most important improvement in Valencia is not what we achieve there, but the way it opens us developments to be stronger for the remainder of the season," Fernando Alonso is quoted as confirming.

As well as the lower exhausts, the 'B' car will feature modified rear suspension, AS continues to explain, in order to open a bigger channel of air "to double the downforce generated by the diffuser".

"For Valencia, the focus has been on other areas of the car apart from the (F-duct) rear wing," team boss Stefano Domenicali is quoted by Brazil's Globo.

Meanwhile, McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh has revealed that the championship-leading MP4-25 will feature a "reasonably big upgrade" at the British Grand Prix next month.

Ferrari to use KERS throughout 2011 season

Ferrari will run a KERS-equipped car in every race of next year's world championship, team boss Stefano Domenicali has revealed.


The confirmation was made after the F1 teams met in Canada to discuss technical matters relating to the 2011 season.

Adjustable rear wings are also set to debut in order to boost overtaking, and FOTA's ban on using energy-recovering KERS systems is to lapse.
Some teams including Ferrari had pushed hard to make the KERS systems much more powerful in 2011, but agreement has instead been made to lift the minimum weight of the car-plus-driver.

As the weight handicap was considered among the problems of the KERS debut in 2009, the minimum limit will rise from 620 to 640kg next year.

"The teams have agreed on that," Domenicali confirmed.

"We would have preferred to see a solution with much more energy being available (to KERS), but unfortunately an agreement could not be found."

It is understood that the reason for staying with a lower power output is that some manufacturers would have had trouble adapting their existing technology.

However, while it has been suggested that another major problem for KERS in 2009 is that the systems were voluntary to run, it has emerged that the units will not be compulsory in 2011.

Mercedes, for instance, is considering whether to use KERS next year, even though a programme has already been initiated by the Brackley based squad with a view to a 2011 implementation.

"We will make a decision (about KERS for 2011) within four to six weeks," said Ross Brawn.

Montreal Race - McLaren one-two in a thriller

Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button in their McLaren MP4-25s turned the world championship fight on its head in Montreal on Sunday afternoon, when they scored the team’s third one-two of the season after a tense race in which nobody was able to relax.

It began with second fastest qualifier Mark Webber being moved back five grid places after Red Bull replaced his gearbox, then a collision between Ferrari’s Felipe Massa and Force India’s Vitantonio Liuzzi which split the field up and put some unfancied runners in places you wouldn’t have expected in the midfield.

Up front Hamilton grabbed the lead from Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, with Button slipping into fourth as Liuzzi and Massa fell down the order to begin sterling recovery drives after pit stops.

Soon it became apparent that those who had gambled on soft rubber in qualifying were in trouble: Button, Hamilton and Alonso all pitted for the harder Bridgestones within seven laps.

That left Vettel in the lead with Webber a surprised second, having closed in while Hamilton was struggling for grip. But when the Red Bulls pitted on the 13th and 14th laps the complexion of the race changed again. Vettel switched to the option tyre and lost ground; Webber stayed on the primes, intent on building enough of a lead to be able to stop for the options (as per the rules which say you have to run both compounds in a race) without losing first place.

That plan was stymied by heavy mid-race traffic, and he eventually lost the lead before his final stop on Lap 50. That should have put Alonso in front after he’d outdragged Hamilton from their first pit stop, but the 2008 champion overtook the Ferrari on the final straight, and after that Alonso came under increasing pressure from Button, who took second place away on the 56th lap when the Spaniard was seemingly baulked by Karun Chandhok’s HRT.

The Ferrari driver clung to third, comfortably ahead of Vettel, whose switch to a second set of the harder tyres didn’t improve his Red Bull’s speed. Webber had to run the final 20 laps on the options, which were good for a while before losing their edge.

“It was one of those races”, Hamilton said, “where it was very hard to judge how hard to push and how much to try and conserve your tyres.”

In the end that was how they finished, which leaves Hamilton in the lead of the world championship with 109 points to Button’s 106, Webber’s 103, Alonso’s 94 and Vettel’s 90. McLaren lead Red Bull and Ferrari, with 215 points to 193 and 161.

“It’s been a tremendous weekend, fantastic,” Hamilton beamed. “Things have just gone so well for us, and there’s been incredible support from all the Brits out here. And the team did an exceptional job. This was one of the toughest races so far but that’s what you want, you want it to be difficult. I won my first Grand Prix here three years ago, and to come back and repeat that has been a real pleasure.”

Nico Rosberg lost time early on in the Liuzzi/Massa melee, but a few fastest laps in a strong comeback drive eventually earned him a solid sixth place for Mercedes, ahead of Robert Kubica who had an adventurous afternoon for Renault which included a brush with Michael Schumacher, harassment by Force India’s Adrian Sutil, a late pit stop for fresh tyres, and a trip to the stewards where he was asked to explain having to cut across Sutil when he made his second pit stop on Lap 35. The Polish driver was eventually handed a reprimand.

Behind them, Sebastien Buemi drove a blinder for Toro Rosso, making the most of the first-corner incident. He was about to lead the race when he pitted for fresh rubber at the end of the 15th lap, and thereafter pushed hard all the way to eighth for the Faenza team.

Michael Schumacher seemed likely to finish ninth, having savagely blocked Massa’s attempts to wrest away the place, but then he got caught by Liuzzi on the final lap, and then got shuffled out of the points when Sutil jumped him too going down to the last corner.

The two Force India drivers were embroiled in a mighty scrap with each other, Massa, who set a series of fastest laps and lost his chance of points thanks to Schumacher, Nico Hulkenberg before the young German dropped back, and Jaime Alguersuari before the Spaniard, too, lost ground.

In the end Liuzzi’s excellent drive paid off with ninth, but he could have been much higher without that first corner clash. Schumacher was another who had to visit the stewards, but no action was eventually taken against him. Massa, meanwhile, was initially classified 15th, but then got another 20s added to his race time for speeding in the pit lane.

Alguersuari eventually took 12th from Williams’ Hulkenberg and Rubens Barrichello, whom the Spaniard had run into at the hairpin on the seventh lap. Heikki Kovalainen was a strong 16th, having at one stage run as high as sixth for Lotus after the early pit stops and having made up places hand over fist in the first corner. He led home Vitaly Petrov, who got two drive-through penalties for jumping the start, and then causing a collision with BMW Sauber's Pedro de la Rosa.

Chandhok was 18th for HRT, ahead of the Virgins of Lucas di Grassi and Timo Glock which were the final finishers. BMW Sauber had an appalling race, with De la Rosa shoved into a spin even before he got to the first corner, Kamui Kobayashi biting the Turn 14 exit wall at the end of the opening lap, and then De la Rosa going out with engine failure. Jarno Trulli’s Lotus yet again fell prey to mechanical ills, as did Bruno Senna’s HRT.

Hamilton Break Red Bull's Qualifying dominance In Montreal

Lewis Hamilton took pole for the canadian grand prix as he edged Red Bull's Mark Webber.
Q1
Every thing went as normal in Q1 with Lewis Hamilton topping the times and the new teams are fighting for the last six places,with Kamui Kobayashi the failing to make it to Q2,Heikki Kovalainen for Lotus was only eight tenth from 16th place Pedro De La Rosa.
Q2
in Q2 the times were very close again at the top with Lewis Hamilton also fastest for the Mclaren team with less then a tenth between the top three cars, but the biggest surprise was Micheal Shumacher failing to make into Q3 and will start from 13th place wth both Williams ahead of him ,another surprise was Force India getting both cars into Q3.
Q3
Lewis Hamilton was again the man to beat in Q3 setting 1:15.500 in the early minutes as only both Red Bulls and Fernando Alonso got bellow that time ,but Lewis Hamilton made a great lap right at the end of the session with 1:15.105 to take pole.
Vitantonio Liuzzi made a great performance to start from six place behind Mclaren's Jenson Button And ahead of Ferrari's Felipe Massa.

Montreal Final Practice :Mclaren on top again

Things settled down a little in Montreal on Saturday morning as teams found better ways to generate grip in the continuing cold conditions on the Ile Notre Dame. And McLaren got back on top courtesy of Lewis Hamilton, but Red Bull were again close and things look good for an exciting qualifying session this afternoon.


Hamilton lapped his McLaren MP4-25 in 1m 16.058s, leaving series leader Mark Webber back in second on 1m 16.340s. Then came Fernando Alonso for Ferrari on 1m 16.495s, Michael Schumacher for Mercedes on 1m 16.536s, Sebastian Vettel for Red Bull on 1m 16.582s, Robert Kubica for Renault on 1m 16.653s, Adrian Sutil for Force India on 1m 16.673s, Jenson Button for McLaren on 1m 16.699s, Tonio Liuzzi for Force India on 1m 16.814s and Vitaly Petrov for Renault on 1m 16.982s.

There were plenty of incidents, with many drivers missing the chicane exits, but the most significant were Felipe Massa scraping a wall exiting Turn Five, and Lucas di Grassi hitting the outer wall as he spun his Virgin entering the hairpin.

Massa ended the morning 12th on 1m 17.231s, behind Nico Hulkenberg’s Williams on 1m 17.121s and just ahead of Jaime Alguersuari’s Toro Rosso on 1m 17.331s. Then came the BMW Saubers of Kamui Kobayashi and Pedro de la Rosa on 1m 17.548s and 1m 17.609s respectively, and Sebastien Buemi’s Toro Rosso on 1m 17.633s. Rubens Barrichello lapped his Williams in 1m 17.789s for 17th, while Nico Rosberg was kept in the garage by mechanical problems on his Mercedes and literally had time for one flying lap right at the end – 1m 17.979s – which left him 18th.

Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen were again the fastest of the new team runners with 1m 19.013s and 1m 19.447s respectively for Lotus, but Virgin had a much better handle on things today and got Timo Glock within striking distance on 1m 19.536s. Team mate di Grassi managed 1m 19.844s before his spin. Bruno Senna was 23rd on 1m 20.325s, but HRT team mate Karun Chandhok didn’t clock a time after stopping early in the session with technical problems.

Adjustable rear wings being discussed to help overtaking

F1 is considering a radical innovation for 2011 in order to make overtaking much easier.


Technical bosses of the twelve teams met at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Friday, where it was agreed that the adjustable front wings will be scrapped at the end of the season.

Instead, drivers will next year be able to adjust the angle - by a factor of 50mm - of the rear wings, meaning that straight-line speed can be dramatically increased when the cars are not negotiating corners.

The intriguing twist, designed exclusively to boost overtaking, is that only chasing drivers will be able to adjust their cars' wings.

A green light will shine in the cockpit when a car is close enough to the rear of his rival, thereby allowing the driver to trigger the rear wing button.

The systems will not be available to drivers during the first three laps of a race, but the wings may be triggered after a safety car period.

"Why do we need KERS now?" Red Bull team boss Christian Horner joked to Germany's Auto Motor und Sport. "The overtaking wings will be enough!"

Vettel Leads Montreal Second Practice

Sebastian Vettel Leads the way in second practice for the Canadian Grand Prix ,Vettel's 1:16.877 which he set in the middle of the session was good to stay in the lead ,Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was second with less than a tenth down on Vettel's time,the session saw Mclaren running on high fuel loads in the end of the session they may be hidden their true pace for Qualifying.
Full Result:

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Gap	Laps
1	5	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	1:16.877		32
2	8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:16.963	0.086	35
3	4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes GP	1:17.151	0.274	34
4	6	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	1:17.273	0.396	33
5	7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:17.401	0.524	33
6	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:17.415	0.538	28
7	2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:17.522	0.645	29
8	11	Robert Kubica	Renault	1:17.529	0.652	36
9	3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes GP	1:17.688	0.811	34
10	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1:17.903	1.026	35
11	1	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:17.961	1.084	33
12	9	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1:18.385	1.508	27
13	10	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1:18.447	1.570
14	12	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:18.582	1.705
15	22	Pedro de la Rosa	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	1:18.658	1.781
16	23	Kamui Kobayashi	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	1:19.142	2.265
17	16	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	1:19.168	2.291
18	17	Jaime Alguersuari	STR-Ferrari	1:19.274	2.397
19	19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Cosworth	1:19.969	3.092
20	20	Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	1:20.879	4.002
21	21	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	1:21.097	4.220
22	18	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Cosworth	1:21.346	4.469
23	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1:21.488	4.611
24	25	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin-Cosworth	1:21.577	4.700

Canada Practice One Mclaren Leads with Button

Mclaren's Jenson Button Leads the way in the first practice of the round eight of the FIA Formula1 world championship in Montereal with Mercedes's Micheal Shumacher splitting the two Mclarens in second place .
The session started with the track dirty as no one did a flying lap in the first 30 minutes ,the session saw many mistakes from almost every driver as the drivers were trying to get to grip with track .
Felipe Massa carried a lot of work In the F10 as he tried a new rear wing and was running in different pace to teammate Fernando Alonso.
Full Resul:

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time/Retired	Gap	Laps
1	1	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:18.127		23
2	3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes GP	1:18.285	0.158	19
3	2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:18.352	0.225	19
4	4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes GP	1:18.356	0.229	23
5	5	Sebastian Vettel	RBR-Renault	1:18.549	0.422	27
6	11	Robert Kubica	Renault	1:18.662	0.535	19
7	8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:18.726	0.599	21
8	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1:19.097	0.970	25
9	10	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1:19.282	1.155	31
10	9	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1:19.313	1.186	19
11	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:19.373	1.246	12
12	7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:19.511	1.384	21
13	12	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:19.549	1.422	24
14	6	Mark Webber	RBR-Renault	1:19.609	1.482	26
15	23	Kamui Kobayashi	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	1:20.186	2.059	33
16	16	Sebastien Buemi	STR-Ferrari	1:20.320	2.193	27
17	22	Pedro de la Rosa	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	1:20.584	2.457	21
18	17	Jaime Alguersuari	STR-Ferrari	1:20.823	2.696	28
19	19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Cosworth	1:21.869	3.742	24
20	20	Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	1:21.977	3.850	27
21	18	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Cosworth	1:22.543	4.416	12
22	21	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	1:22.701	4.574	28
23	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1:22.713	4.586	20
24	25	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin-Cosworth	No time		4

Canada Preview - Groundhog Day for Red Bull?

There isn’t a team in the paddock that isn’t welcoming the return to North America, and everyone is excited about the prospect of racing once again on the 4.361-kilometre (2.709-mile) Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Montreal’s Ile Notre Dame.



Some, however, which includes Red Bull who hitherto have taken all seven 2010 pole positions, expect it to be a cakewalk for McLaren. That’s because the strategy is always to minimise downforce here because of the long straights, which will particularly favour their top speed as their F-duct which is working much better than Mercedes’, Red Bull’s, Ferrari’s or Force India’s.


It may also help BMW Sauber, who are quite pleased with theirs. The low downforce also makes mechanical grip extremely important, for drive out of the twisty corners out the back, out of the hairpin as it dictates pace on the back straight, and out of the last corner as it dictates pace on the pit straight. Braking performance, stability and durability are also critical, as Montreal is the hardest circuit of the season in that respect, and the engines take a beating too.



“It’s fantastic to be going back to Montreal after a year away,” world champion Jenson Button says. “I think everyone in Formula One loves the city, the people and the track, so it’s very fitting that we’re heading back - particularly during one of the best seasons we’ve had for years. Looking back at the pace of the Turkish Grand Prix, which was run pretty much flat-out from start to finish, it’s going to be interesting to see how Canada plays out.
“It’s an extremely fast circuit, but it isn’t a place that tolerates even the slightest mistake - because of the proximity of the concrete walls. The track configuration should suit the MP4-25; it’s got a couple of slowish corners that lead on to long straights, so we should be able to use the combination of the Mercedes-Benz engine and our aero package to be competitive in both qualifying and the race.”


Turkish Grand Prix winner - and fellow McLaren driver - Lewis Hamilton scored his maiden Formula One victory here in his debut season in 2007, and loves the place.


“2007 seems like such a long time ago, but I still have some absolutely fantastic memories of that weekend: the pole position, the crazy number of safety cars, the uncertainty in the final laps, and then, at last, crossing the line, which just a massive feeling of relief and amazement at the same time,” said Hamilton.



“It was fantastic. Returning for 2010 is great, because it’s such a fast, demanding and unforgiving circuit - I love racing here. It’s an incredibly tough track - even if you can avoid the walls, which are really close and exciting at some places, the surface is very treacherous offline because of all the marbles. It’s a place where you don’t want to make even a tiny mistake.”

Especially when you are exiting the pits and don’t see a red light and crash into the back of Kimi Raikkonen’s Ferrari, as Hamilton did here last time out…


Ferrari are hopeful that the low-downforce nature of the track will give them a better chance than they had in Turkey, where they were really struggling, while Mercedes GP’s team principal Ross Brawn sounded a cautious note when he said: "Looking back at our last race in Turkey, the team and drivers performed well throughout the weekend to achieve our highest points score of the season, however we are simply not yet quick enough. We know the solution, the continuation of our hard work and application, and we will keep pushing. The circuit is an interesting one from an engineering perspective and should be a track where our slow to medium-speed performance, good braking stability and strong engine performance will be an asset."



Nothing about top speed there… Brawn has admitted, however, that their F-duct is still not turning off enough drag on the straight.
Renault are also feeling bullish. Robert Kubica has good and bad memories of this place, having had the biggest crash of his career here in 2007, and then scoring the only Grand Prix victory of his career so far here in 2008.

“Right now we have to get everything perfect to jump ahead of Mercedes,” Kubica said, “but I think our race pace is quite similar, maybe even quicker, so it’s important we close the gap. We have some more updates coming along in the next few races, which I hope will give us a chance to do that.
“I’m glad that after a year’s break we are returning to Montreal. I enjoy driving there and I like the characteristics of the track. It’s kind of a mix between a high and low-speed track because there are big braking zones and some long straights where top speed is important. We haven’t been to a track with these characteristics yet, so we will have to wait and see how all the teams perform here.

“Also, because it’s not a permanent track, the grip level changes quite quickly during the weekend and you can push more with each lap, which always feels nice. I think the car should work well in Montreal so I’m quite confident we can go there and get a strong result. It would be great if we could repeat the performance we showed in Monaco and fight for the podium.”


The track has been resurfaced in various areas, especially the hairpin where there was evidence of degradation the last time the cars ran here in 2008. The run-off areas at Turns Six and Eight, the chicanes out the back, have been laid with asphalt, and some of the guardrails also have more posts for greater security.

As the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is little used for the rest of the year the surface tends to be very slippery until it cleans up with use, which means that Friday times will be slower until it ‘rubbers in’ fully and the level of grip increases significantly.

Bridgestone will have their medium and super-soft tyres this time out, just as they did in Monaco, but there is a possibility that the weather might play a role in tyre choice, with possible showers predicted in the region throughout the weekend.

Felipe Massa to stay at Ferrari until 2012

Ferrari have announced Felipe Massa will continue to drive for the team until the end of the 2012 season. Massa started to race for Ferrari in 2006, following a stint at Ferrari-engined Sauber, and over his 69 Grands Prix with the Italian outfit has taken 11 wins, 30 podiums, 15 pole positions, 12 fastest race laps and 360 world championship points.


“I am happy to be given the opportunity to drive for Ferrari for a further two seasons,” said the Brazilian. “Throughout my entire Formula One career, I have always raced with an engine made in Maranello and it is a matter of pride for me to be able to continue working with a team that I regard as a second family.”

Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali added: “Felipe has been part of Ferrari for almost a decade and together with us, he has grown as a driver and as a man, going through some very difficult times as well as giving us moments of great happiness. We wanted to show proof of stability for the future, believing in the worth of a driver pairing that is without equal in terms of talent, speed and its ability to work together for the good of the team.”

With Massa’s current team mate Fernando Alonso also contracted until 2012, it means Ferrari will have an unchanged driver line-up for the next two seasons.

Domenicali backs moves for specific tyre tests

Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali agrees there should be some specific track testing for F1's new 2011 tyre supplier.

FOTA technical chief Ross Brawn said in Turkey that despite the in-season testing ban, there should be some running exempted for the development of the new tyres in the "late summer and early winter".
Mercedes reserve driver Nick Heidfeld recently put his hand up to do some tyre testing this year, as current supplier Bridgestone is set to be replaced by either Pirelli or Michelin for the 2011 season.
Domenicali agrees that tyre testing will be a priority.

"Yes, this is what we have to discuss with the tyre manufacturer as soon as we have decided and we know who will be the supplier for next year," he said.
It is suggested that, due to the late appointment of a new supplier, tyre tests have become even more necessary, given the short development lead-time and the danger that cars and tyres will not be ideally optimised.

"Clearly we need to have some specific testing to make sure the tyres are sorted properly," agreed Brawn.
"It may take a few iterations to get where we want to be and undoubtedly there will be a degree of conservatism at the beginning because we can't afford to have any problems with compounds.
"But we're all there to help the new tyre supplier and I think we've got a good chance of success," he added.

Red Bull new statement after the collision

Mark Webber And Sebastian Vettel both said it won't happen again as the FIA Formula1 world championship goes to round eight in Canada.

Mark Webber said it will not happen again:
It’s a shame for the team, as we lost a good opportunity to win the race. It’s sport and these things can happen, but it shouldn’t have done. I feel for everyone at Red Bull, at the factory and everyone involved. Seb and I will make sure it doesn’t happen again and will continue to work openly together, no problem. We have talked enough on it now, it’s done, we’re looking ahead and I’m focused on the race in Canada next week.


Mark Webber
 
Sebastian Vettel said he was Sorry about the collision:
The team had got us into a great position and it wasn’t good for them what happened – so I’m sorry for them that we lost the lead of the race. Mark and I are racers and we were racing. We are professionals and it won’t change how we will work together going forward. We have a great team and the spirit is very strong. I’m looking forward to Canada.


Sebastian Vettel

Horner blames both drivers for crash

What happened on lap 40 of the Turkish GP?

Christian Horner: We had a unique situation during the Turkish GP where the first four cars were separated by two seconds, with Mark having led every lap until lap 40. The race was the fastest of the season to date with all four drivers pushing each other extremely hard.

On lap 38, Mark changed his mixture setting based on his fuel consumption to a slightly leaner mode, which had an average lap time loss of about 0.18 seconds, whilst maintaining the same revs. Sebastian had conserved more fuel than Mark during the race and therefore was able to run in a slightly better mode for an additional couple of laps.

On lap 38 and 39, Sebastian’s pace picked up and he closed right up to the back of Mark while under considerable pressure from Hamilton behind. After a very strong run through Turn 9, Sebastian got a run and strong tow and moved to the left to pass Mark. Mark held the inside line and adopted a defensive position, which he is entitled to do.
When Sebastian was three quarters of the way past, he moved to the right. As Sebastian moved to the right, Mark held his position and the ensuing result was contact that resulted in Sebastian retiring, Mark damaging the front-end of his car and the team losing a one two finish. Ultimately both drivers should have given each other more room.

Q: Was either driver to blame for the incident?
CH: What we expect from our drivers, as team mates, is that they show respect for each other and allow one another enough room on the race track. Unfortunately neither driver did this on Sunday and the net result was an incident between the two. During the previous six one-two finishes we have achieved, there have been many incidences of close racing between our drivers and they have previously always abided by this understanding.

Q: What do you think about Sebastian’s actions when he got out of the car?
CH: The adrenaline was flowing and obviously there’s a great deal of frustration when you’ve just crashed out of a race. It will be discussed and I am certain that the air will be cleared before Canada.

Q: Some people commented after the race that Mark was to blame – why was that?
CH: Ultimately we win as a team and we lose as a team and on Sunday we lost as a team, as a result of our two drivers having an incident. Having looked at all the information it’s clear that it was a racing accident that shouldn’t have happened between two team-mates. After looking at all the facts that weren’t available immediately after the race, Dr. Marko also fully shares this view.

Q: What do you think would have happened if Mark and Sebastian hadn’t collided?
CH: Our priority as a team is to finish first and second, irrelevant of the order. The Turkish GP was the closest race of probably the last twelve months with significant pressure coming from both of the McLarens. Sebastian’s pace improved from lap 37 onwards and he appeared to be the faster of the two Red Bull drivers. Had the incident not have happened, I believe we would have achieved a one-two finish and a maximum score for the second race in succession.

Q: Were you happy that Sebastian challenged Mark for the lead at that point in the race? You had a one-two, so why not stick with that?
CH: With the pace of the McLarens and with it looking like Sebastian was the quicker of the two Red Bull cars, the priority was to win the race. With intense pressure from Hamilton behind, who was in a McLaren that had a significant straight line speed advantage, it would have been impossible to back Sebastian off. Therefore it was acceptable to us for him to attempt an overtaking manoeuvre.

Q: Were there any team orders given for Sebastian to pass Mark?
CH: Neither driver was given any instruction to change position. There are no team orders within Red Bull Racing, other than that the drivers should race each other with respect.

Q: How will you resolve the situation?
CH: We’re a very strong team and we will sit down and discuss this openly with the drivers in order to learn from what has happened and avoid a situation like this arising again. One of the strengths of Red Bull Racing is the team spirit here, which has contributed to the performance that we have achieved so far this season. The drivers are both intelligent individuals and this issue will be resolved prior to the Canadian Grand Prix.

Q: How will you deal with the drivers? Have you already spoken to them?
CH: I have spoken with both drivers, who are both disappointed with what happened. They recognise that they represent the team and so are not only disappointed for their own loss, but the loss of points for the team who put in so much hard work before the race.

Q: What’s the plan going forwards for the team? Will one of the drivers now be given number one status?
CH: Both drivers, as has always been the case, will continue to be given equal treatment. The Turkish Grand Prix has been a costly lesson for both drivers and we are confident that this situation won’t happen again.

Q: Were there any positives from the race for the team?
CH: Up until lap 40 the race had been very positive for us. Despite our significant straight line speed disadvantage to the McLarens, we had managed to not only maintain position with Mark through the pit stops against Hamilton, but we had also managed through strategy and excellent pit stop work for Sebastian to leapfrog Hamilton during the pit stops. We were being pushed very hard, but appeared to have the race within our grasp until lap 40. We will now move on from this as a team and concentrate on the Canadian Grand Prix.

Q: What is Mr. Mateschitz’s opinion of the incident?
CH: Dietrich has spoken with both drivers following the incident. He has always supported both drivers equally and summed it up by saying, ”**** happens… we shouldn’t talk about the past, but concentrate on the future. The fact is that we not only have the fastest car, but also two of the best and fastest drivers”.

Renualt Will test it's own F-DUCT Soon

Renault's F-duct will be seen at a Grand Prix circuit "soon", according to team boss Eric Boullier.


Earlier this year, the Enstone based team said it would not waste resources on the downforce-stalling innovation.

But given that several of Renault's key rivals including Mercedes, Sauber, Williams and Force India have implemented the McLaren-pioneered system, Boullier revealed in April that the team is now "actively working" on an F-duct design.

France's Auto Hebdo said a date for the debut has not been set, but the solution is expected to prove a significant advantage on the long straights of Montreal's Circuit de Villeneuve in two weeks.

"I can tell you that the F-duct will be tested soon," Boullier confirmed. "We are going to use it soon but we want to make sure it works 100 per cent before we put it into a race."

Only Toro Rosso and the three new teams are not working on F-ducts.

Massa Set to sign 2011 Contract

Arguably the best-connected member of the Brazilian Formula One media, Galvao Bueno, has revealed that Felipe Massa only needs to put his signature on a new Ferrari contract for 2011.


In the wake of strong speculation that the 29-year-old Paulista might lose his seat to a rival driver, it was reported in Turkey that Massa is now closing on a new deal.

Massa had been driven or Scuderia Ferrari formula1 team since 2006 and in 2008 he lost the championship by one point.

Galvao is the influential lead commentator and head of sports for Brazil's Globo TV.

Ferrari had a bad weekend at Istanbul Park, but Galvao said: "Want the good news about Felipe Massa? Everything is set (for a new deal).

"(The contract is) missing two or three commas, but the signing should happen quickly now."