2015 Canada - Thursday Press Conference (FULL VIDEO)

Maldonator - The Movie

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Marussia recruit Bell and bolster technical ranks

Marussia have secured the assistance of former Mercedes technical director Bob Bell, and announced new appointments to their technical and engineering teams, as they look to implement an 'ambitious' plan to improve their Formula One racing fortunes.

Bell, who will act as technical consultant to the team, is the most high-profile arrival. A former Renault F1 team principal, his career has also featured spells at McLaren, Benetton and Jordan, and includes winning two Formula One constructors' titles. He left Mercedes at the end of last year.

Marussia have also appointed Luca Furbatto as their new head of design. Furbatto, who will serve under technical director John McQuilliam, previously held the role of head of design at Toro Rosso, and before that spent close to a decade with McLaren. Gianluca Pisanelli, meanwhile, joins in the role of chief engineer, having served most recently as head of engineering operations at Caterham.

“We're delighted to welcome Bob, Luca, and Gianluca," said Marussia team principal John Booth, who believes the appointments will help Marussia progress to the next level.

"As ever in Formula One, we rely on the experience, tenacity and drive of our colleagues, so we're delighted to welcome our new teammates. Each of them brings a huge amount of experience from within the sport, adding further dimensions to our existing technical and engineering capability.

"It's been a dramatic but rewarding start to our 2015 season, and we're only now able to settle into more of a rhythm, allowing us to look to the future. Our focus this season is to re-build the foundations of the team and develop our internal capabilities. Whilst we seek to optimise our performance during the remainder of the 2015 season, we can also turn our attention to the next exciting chapter in our story - 2016 and beyond."

Marussia lie tenth in the 2015 constructors' standings, with their best results so far this season two 15th places, in Malaysia and China.

(source: f1.com)

2015 Canadian Grand Prix preview

The Monaco Grand Prix is behind us and now it's time to move to Canada! The track is in Montreal and there has always been entertaining races. I have no doubt that this will be one of the best races this season.

What about the previous races in Canada? This is actually the place where Hamilton took his first victory back in 2007. I remember people saying that Hamilton was leading the championship because he had better consistent results than Alonso, Räikkönen and Massa. The three other "better" drivers had won races but Hamilton was still leading the championship with podium finishes (2nds and 3rds). Then in Canada he showed everybody that he is a superstar who is also able to win races. He also won the race after that in the US.

The same race in 2007 was also the race where Robert Kubica had his terrible accident. The following year he won the race. 
Here's a video of the accident:



What else has happened in Canada? In 2011 Canada offered us the longest F1 race in history (4:04:39.537). Sebastian Vettel was leading the race from the start till the last few laps and made a small mistake. Jenson Button was behind and overtook him right away and won the race. He was waiting the whole day for Vettel to make a mistake and he finally did. Sebastian Vettel was soooo frustrated...



Speaking of frustrated who remembers what happened in 1991? Nigel Mansell was about to win the race and was already waving to the crowd on the last lap but then his car broke down. Nelson Piquet was behind him and won the race for Benetton.



I have always enjoyed the Canadian Grand Prix and will most likely enjoy this one as well.


Then it's time for my predictions again!

Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes

The race:

1. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes
2. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes
3. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari 

Fastest lap: Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari

Surprise: McLaren will show some improvement in Canada.

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FIA opens grid to prospective new Formula One teams

Formula One racing's governing body, the FIA, has launched a selection process that could bring a new team onto the grid for the 2016 or 2017 world championship.

Candidates must formally express their interest before June 30, after which they will be sent more detailed criteria. The FIA says full submissions must be registered by September 1, leading to a final decision on September 30.

The selection process will prioritise the "overall long-term interests of the championship" and all applicants will undergo a due diligence process to include assessment of:

• the technical ability and resources of the team
• the ability of the team to raise and maintain sufficient funding to allow participation in the championship at a competitive level
• the team's experience and human resources
• the FIA's assessment of the value that the candidate may bring to the championship as a whole.

The FIA's statement added that "In the event that no applicant is considered suitable by both the FIA and the commercial rights holder, no additional team will be selected".

American squad Haas are set to become the 11th team on the grid when they join next year. An additional entrant could therefore boost the grid to 24 cars.

(source: f1.com)

FIA press conference schedule - Canada

Fresh from his agonising defeat in Monaco, Lewis Hamilton will likely be centre stage when he appears in Thursday's FIA press conference in Montreal alongside Max Verstappen - whose crash led to the Briton's reversed fortunes - and Sergio Perez and Felipe Massa, who memorably collided in Canada last year. On Friday meanwhile Ferrari's James Allison and McLaren's Matt Morris will be amongst the senior team personnel facing questions from the media. The line-ups in full...


Thursday, June 4, 1100 hours local time (1500 hours GMT)
Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), Daniil Kvyat (Red Bull), Pastor Maldonado (Lotus), Felipe Massa (Williams), Sergio Perez (Force India), Max Verstappen (Toro Rosso)

Friday, June 5, 1600 hours local time (2000 hours GMT)
James Allison (Ferrari), Matthew Carter (Lotus), Graeme Lowdon (Marussia), Paddy Lowe (Mercedes), Matt Morris (McLaren), Rob Smedley (Williams)

The qualifying and post-race conferences with the top three drivers will take place immediately after the respective sessions.

(source: f1.com)