Formula One News — June 2006

JUNE 11, 2006

Sunday Press Conference

British GP - Sunday Press Conference

Sunday Team Quotes

British GP - Sunday Team Quotes

Montoya out of McLaren

The word in the paddock at Silverstone is that Juan Pablo Montoya has been told by McLaren that his services will not be required in 2007.

Race Incidents

British GP - Race Incidents

Race Results

British GP - Race Results

JUNE 10, 2006

Qualifying Report - Alonso blasts to pole

Fernando Alonso took pole position for the British Grand Prix with a controlled lap to see off the challenge of Michael Schumacher while Kimi Raikkonen snuck in at the last minute to bump Schumacher back to third on the grid.

US TV programming note

We want to remind all American television viewers that the British GP this Sunday will be broadcast on tape delay at 1pm ET on CBS.

Saturday Photos

British GP - Saturday Photos

Saturday Press Conference

British GP - Saturday Press Conference

Saturday Team Quotes

British GP - Saturday Team Quotes

Qualifying Results

British GP - Qualifying Results

Practice 3 Report - Some very odd times

The Saturday morning practice session at Silverstone produced a very weird set of times with Michael Schumacher ahead of the rest of the field by four-tenths of a second but with Nick Heidfeld second in his BMW Sauber. Felipe Massa was third fastest ahead of Kim Raikkonen.

Practice 3 Results

British GP - Practice 3 Results

JUNE 9, 2006

Practice 2 Report - Kubica on top

Robert Kubica gave everyone a surprise at Silverstone on Friday afternoon when he set the fastest time of the day in his BMW. The Pole was more than 1.2secs ahead of the nearest challenger, indicating that the major runners have still to show their hands fully.

Friday Photos

British GP - Friday Photos

Friday Press Conference

British GP - Friday Press Conference

Friday Team Quotes

British GP - Friday Team Quotes

Practice 2 Results

British GP - Practice 2 Results

A race for Valencia?

The word in the paddock in Silverstone was that the city of Valencia will be hosting a Formula 1 race in 2008. The event would be in addition to the Spanish Grand Prix and would aim to take advantage of the huge interest in F1 in Spain because of the success of Fernando Alonso.

Mosley's brave new world

FIA President Max Mosley has revealed his ideas for the future of Formula 1 and is aiming to follow up his engine freeze regulations with a new era of energy storage devices and beyond that a new formula in 2011 that would restrict not the capacity of the engine but rather the energy consumed.

Practice 1 Report - Wurz tops for Williams

Alexander Wurz set the fastest time of the first practice session on Friday at Silverstone with a lap time that was just a few thousandths faster than Anthony Davidson's Honda.

Practice 1 Results

British GP - Practice 1 Results

Red tractors?

Ferrari is to carry sponsorship at the United States Grand Prix from tractor company Case IH. The agricultural equipment company is owned by FIAT and is a sister business of Ferrari and Fiat boss Sergio Marchionne hopes that exposure on the Ferraris will help the firm to sell more tractors in the Midwest.

JUNE 8, 2006

Thursday Press Conference

British GP - Thursday Press Conference