Canadian Grand Prix articles archive
2008 Canadian Grand Prix live blog
Posted onThe 2008 Canadian Grand Prix Live Blog is finished. You can replay the action in full including all the images and polls below…
Canadian GP: thoughts on the start
Posted onLewis Hamilton sits on pole position for the second year in a row at Canada. Last year he made a poor start but held onto the lead as Fernando Alonso went off at the first corner. It’s an unusual first corner at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and with Hamilton’s career-long rival Robert Kubica alongside him … Continue reading Canadian GP: thoughts on the start
Circuit to be partly resurfaced but will it be enough to save the Grand Prix?
Posted onThe Canadian Grand Prix organisers are hurriedly re-surfacing part of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve following the break-up that occured during today’s qualifying session. But is this just a case of too little too late? And does the sensitive political climate in F1 increase the chance that the race might be cancelled?
2008 Canadian GP qualifying Live Blog
Posted onThe Canadian Grand Prix qualifying live blog has finished. You can review the live blog in full below.
2008 Canadian GP preview: predictions
Posted onIt looks like being nip and tuck between Ferrari and McLaren for victory at Montreal this weekend. And BMW might be in the mix with surprised championship contender Robert Kubica a candidate for victory at the track where he crashed heavily last year. Who’s going to win the Canadian Grand Prix? These are my picks … Continue reading 2008 Canadian GP preview: predictions
Debate: is F1 too fast for Montreal?
Posted onLast year F1 fans held their breath as Robert Kubica’s BMW ricocheted off the retaining wall at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve with sickening force. Faced with the task of improving the safety provisions at that bend the organisers have decided the best thing they could do was to bring the wall closer to the track. … Continue reading Debate: is F1 too fast for Montreal?
2008 Canadian GP preview: BMW
Posted onLast year Nick Heidfeld scored BMW?óÔé¼Ôäós best result of the season at Montreal ?óÔé¼ÔÇ£ and 12 months on he badly needs a repeat of that form. Heidfeld generally held the upper hand over his highly rated team mate Robert Kubica last year. But Kubica has turned things around with a string of consistent points finishes … Continue reading 2008 Canadian GP preview: BMW
Video: Canadian GP history 1977-98
Posted onThis weekend is the 30th anniversary of F1’s first world championship race at Montreal. F1 Fanatic guest writer Journeyer takes us through the history of the race at the track we now call the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve – starting with the last Canadian Grand Prix not held at the track. The Canadian Grand Prix has … Continue reading Video: Canadian GP history 1977-98
Video: Canadian GP Toyota preview
Posted onOne of the areas where Toyota struggled in last year’s Canadian Grand Prix was getting their car to ride the bumpy kerbs as effectively as possible. How are they trying to cure that problem this year? By replicating every bump, bounce and ripple of 70 laps of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on their seven-post simulation … Continue reading Video: Canadian GP Toyota preview