Paul Hembery: "Valencia could not present a bigger contrast to the street circuits that have come before it: the track is faster and the temperatures higher, with plenty... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa: "Just like in Barcelona, I'm really looking forward to racing in front of our home fans in Valencia. At the Valencia Street Circuit we will... read more »

Lewis Hamilton admitted that warmer weather on Saturday had led McLaren to struggle in qualifying, and then even higher temperatures for the race could be an issue. read more »

Paul di Resta, 8th: "I think we can be very happy with eighth today, which puts us in a strong position for the race. There was probably a little bit more speed in the car... read more »

Romain Grosjean, 7th: "For sure we wanted a bit more from qualifying but this is a tricky circuit to get right, and the big variation between conditions yesterday... read more »

Friday's actual track action escaped the fury of the Montreal weather. The paddock, however, was swept with rivers of falling water as the skies above the Circuit Gilles... read more »

Sebastian Vettel, 1st: "We were clear about the car today and able to improve step by step in qualifying. I’m very happy with the result and the laps at the end... read more »

Force India admitted that their Friday practice strategy had been largely dictated by concerns about the weather, but they were happy to get everything done in the end. read more »

Paul Hembery, motorsport director: "The teams were disadvantaged by wet weather during free practice inMonacoa fortnight ago, and we think they were all quite rightly wary... read more »

Timo Glock, 22nd: "It has been a difficult start in Montreal for us today. The performance of the car was not perfect. We tried to evaluate some downforce levels in P1,... read more »

Pastor Maldonado, 13th: "We completed all of the things that we had planned for the session so we have had a productive day and are in a good place heading into the... read more »

Paul di Resta, 5th: "The weather was a bit of a worry today with the constant threat of rain so we had a very busy morning and probably did more laps in FP1 than we... read more »

We obviously have a new lower downforce aero package for this race, so the pressure was on to get those evaluations completed before the weather hampered our efforts. read more »

Kimi Raikkonen, 15th: “It was an okay day for us. We expected rain in the afternoon so we used the super soft tyres in the morning to make sure we could do some long... read more »

It's been a pretty good day. We thought there would be more mixed weather, but it didn't come. read more »

We have to assess what's best for the race, and secondly the weather is expected to get a lot hotter, so we have to adapt what he have learned today to warmer conditions. read more »

After a mixed bag of weather and flags during the first two Friday practice sessions, the Scuderia Toro Rosso managed to complete their scheduled programmes for both drivers.... read more »

Sebastian Vettel, 4th: “We ran the super soft tyres this morning thinking there would be rain this afternoon; in the end it didn’t come but you never know... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi, 6th: "I am happy as we had a very smooth day today. It was nice that the weather conditions remained stable and the rain only came after the second free... read more »

Heikki Kovalainen: “First I want to say thank you to the team for doing a great job and getting the car fixed and ready for most of FP2. I made a mistake on the exit... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne, 19th: "The day went smoothly, because even if there were a couple of red flags and a few drops of rain, we managed to get through all our programme,... read more »

Against the pre-season odds a number of factors are pointing towards Fernando Alonso winning a third title this year. In a season that is so competitive and challenging the... read more »

Pedro de la Rosa: "I really like the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve because I've always done well there. The races are very open, with a lot of overtaking opportunities,... read more »

Lotus boss Eric Boullier has admitted to some concern that his team's performances appear to depend so much on the weather read more »

DRIVERS: 1 – Mark WEBBER (Red Bull Racing); 2 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes); 3 – Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari): TV UNILATERAL... read more »