British Grand Prix organisers have assured fans that contingency plans are in place to prevent major trouble if the event is hit by bad weather this weekend. read more »

Paul Hembery: “Silverstone is one of the most iconic circuits on the Formula One calendar, precisely because it is so demanding for the drivers, cars and tyres. This... read more »

After a mixed race result for Red Bull that saw Sebastian Vettel fall out of a race victory and Mark Webber fall short of a podium, the Austrian team looks to make up for it in... read more »

Timo Glock: "Silverstone is a very important weekend for the whole team, so I'm looking forward to it and happy that the problems of Valencia are behind me. We have... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi: “I’m really looking forward to this race, and my expectations are quite high. Silverstone is one of my favourite circuits. Our cars were... read more »

Mark Webber: “I’m really looking forward to the British Grand Prix and racing in front of a sell-out crowd that’s passionate about F1. Many of... read more »

Despite running near the top throughout both sessions, the Red Bull drivers are not entirely happy with their performance just yet. Their balance was off on the soft compounds... read more »

Paul Hembery: “From what we can see initially, the time difference between the two tyre compounds is in the region of 0.3-0.5s, and this only emphasises how close the... read more »

Kimi Raikkonen, 11th: "The car feels okay and there were no issues. The wind was a bit of a factor in the morning but it was better in the afternoon. I was stuck in... read more »

DRIVERS – Heikki KOVALAINEN (Caterham), Daniel RICCIARDO (Toro Rosso), Kamui KOBAYASHI (Sauber), Fernando ALONSO (Ferrari), Lewis HAMILTON (McLaren), Pedro DE LA ROSA... read more »

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 »