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Poland will become the latest stop for the Renault’s Roadshow event when national hero – and Renault driver – Robert Kubica visits the Poznan circuit for a special exhibition of his Formula One car on 17 July. The event will be Kubica’s first opportunity to put an F1 machine through its paces in his home country and will be a rare opportunity for Polish fans to experience the thrill of a Formula One car being driven at speed.
Poland will become the latest stop for the Renault’s Roadshow event when national hero – and Renault driver – Robert Kubica visits the Poznan circuit for a special exhibition of his Formula One car on 17 July. The event will be Kubica’s first opportunity to put an F1 machine through its paces in his home country and will be a rare opportunity for Polish fans to experience the thrill of a Formula One car being driven at speed. Entry to the event will be free, to allow as many people as possible to attend.
Red Bull may have given away victory in Turkey, but in Canada on Sunday they were beaten fair and square by both McLaren and Ferrari. McLaren’s one-two secured the lead in both championships, but with the season rapidly approaching its midpoint things couldn’t be closer.
The Montreal weekend turned out to be something of a Hamilton-fest, with the McLaren driver translating an imperious pole position into a well-deserved win.
Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button in their McLarens turned the world championship 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 losing 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.
BMW Sauber’s Kamui Kobayashi on his early exit; Toro Rosso’s Sebastien Buemi on overtaking seven-time champion – and Mercedes GP driver – Michael Schumacher; and McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton on clinching his second successive win. All 24 drivers and their teams review Sunday’s action
One of the great things about the Canadian Grand Prix is that it always attracts plenty of famous racing faces. Double world championship, double CART champion and double Indy 500 winner Emerson Fittipaldi was a steward, while Sir Jackie Stewart celebrated his 71st birthday at Queue de Cheval restaurant on Friday evening, together with childhood friend John Lindsay who was 70 the day before…
After clinching his first win of 2010 at the last event in Turkey, McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton has now scored his first pole position of the season in Montreal on Saturday. Hamilton reviews his qualifying session and looks ahead to Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton left it until the dying moments of qualifying in Canada, but his lap of 1m 15.105s was sufficient to push Red Bull off the pole for the first time in 2010. And as it left Mark Webber second on 1m 15.373s, Sebastian Vettel dropped to the second row of the grid with 1m 15.420s. Hamilton’s McLaren was so light on fuel he had to stop and push on his in-lap…
As the paddock returns to Montreal for this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, two Formula One stars – and one former driver now busy rallying – will be trying to shake off a memory from when they were last racing on the city’s Ile Notre Dame, back in June 2008…