The Autocourse competition is closed but there’s a new competition with a cracking prize coming up on the site later today. Also it’s the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend so I’ve been planning F1 Fanatic’s biggest ever coverage of the event

The F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship is as closely-fought as ever with Scunnyman edging into a one-point lead over Arpi_ as we pass the halfwau mark. Victory in round nine went to Mateusz (actually there should be several more ‘z’s in there) and Ace claimed the runners-up prize – by just three-thousandths of a second. Our round nine winner was the only person to correctly predict the podium at Valencia.

Having pilloried the European Grand Prix stewards in the 48 hours following the race, Ferrari have begun to tone down their criticism of Sunday’s event. Fernando Alonso was first to take a step back from his earlier criticism of the race as “manipulated”, saying “we should talk about it together in a calm way, to ensure that things like this do not happen again.” Alonso said : We were particularly unlucky in terms of the timing of when the safety car appeared on track. It would have only needed a few seconds more or less to totally change our race.

There’s no reason to believe Ferrari’s claim that the European Grand Prix was somehow “manipulated” . But considering the penalties that were handed out, particularly the nine drivers who were penalised after the race was finished, it’s clear there’s still room for improvement in how F1 races are refereed.

Coming up on F1 Fanatic later today, find out how you fared in the latest round of the Predictions Championship.

McLaren may not have won the European Grand Prix but they scored more points than anyone else and extended their lead in the constructors’ championship. The safety car appearance worked out particularly well for Jenson Button , putting him on the podium. But Lewis Hamilton was fortunate to keep second place after his drive-through penalty.

Ferrari were very unlucky with the timing of the safety car in the European Grand Prix. Seeing one of their principal rivals avoid the same misfortune by illegally overtaking the safety car prompted howls of criticism from the team , calling the result “a scandal” and claiming Formula 1 “could lose some credibility”. Four points for eight place was a meagre result from a weekend where much had been expected as the team introduced its exhaust-driven diffuser upgrade.

Michael Schumacher recorded his worst ever Grand Prix finish with 15th place in the European Grand Prix. Meanwhile Red Bull were celebrating their tenth F1 victory. Read on for more facts and stats from the European Grand Prix

Lots more Canadian Grand Prix analysis and reaction coming up today including all the team-by-team breakdowns and the stats and facts from the race.

Nine drivers have been handed time penalties after the European Grand Prix. All the drivers investigated for the speed behind the safety car received five-second penalties: Jenson Button , Nico Hülkenberg, Rubens Barrichello, Robert Kubica, Vitaly Petrov, Adrian Sutil, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Sebastien Buemi and Pedro de la Rosa