London: Pirelli's decision to change the Formula One tyres after just six races penalises those who have done a better job than others in getting the existing ones to work, Lotus principal Eric Boullier said on Thursday.
"Just imagine for a moment that because a football team can't run as fast as its opponent, the dimensions of the pitch are changed at half time," the Frenchman said on the team website (www.lotusf1team.com).
"That there are changes to come can be seen as somewhat frustrating and I hope they are not too extreme."
Pirelli announced after Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix that they would change the tyres from next month's Canadian Grand Prix, round seven of 19, to make them last longer without producing so many pitstops....
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09:46 AM, May 17, 2013
London: Formula One world champions Red Bull could benefit from changes to be introduced at next month's Canadian Grand Prix that will make tyres tougher and longer lasting, supplier Pirelli recognised on Tuesday. The Italian company's motorsport director Paul Hembery hoped that would not be the case, however. "There have been concerns from some of the teams that the changes will favour one team or another, but we don't think...
08:21 AM, May 15, 2013
London: McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton has said he will not take much from his victory at the Canadian Grand Prix unless he follows it up with success at this weekends European Grand Prix. The 27-year-old Briton became the seventh winner in the first seven races of the season in an unprecedented display of parity on the F1 circuit last Sunday, but has just a two-point lead over Ferraris Fernando Alonso....
01:10 PM, Jun 20, 2012
Lotus must improve its qualifying performances if it aims to win its first race of the Formula One season, says reigning GP2 champion Romain Grosjean. We need to qualify better, that is not our strength this season but we are working on it, said the Frenchman. If we are able to have a strong weekend from the beginning, we are able to fight for the podium and even for victory,...
11:37 AM, Jun 19, 2012
Montreal: Troubled by high tyre degradation, Sahara Force India returned empty-handed from the Canadian Grand Prix with Paul Di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg finishing 11th and 12th respectively, here. Resta, who started eighth on the grid, was running as high as fifth initially but his speed was compromised when he switched to super soft tyres. The tyres wore down quite swiftly, prompting the Scot to go to the pit lane...
01:02 PM, Jun 11, 2012
Montreal: McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton won the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday to become the seventh different winner in the first seven races of the season in an unprecedented display of parity on the F1 circuit. Romain Grosjean in a Lotus was second 2.5 seconds behind and Sergio Perez in a Sauber was third, followed by Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel. "I think this mix-up is normal. I think...
01:17 AM, Jun 11, 2012
Montreal: Sahara Force India' s Paul di Resta set the eighth fastest time in the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix here on Saturday while his team-mate Nico Hulkenberg finished in 13th position. Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel clocked 1:13.784 for pole position, ahead of Lewis Hamilton, who set 1:14.087 for McLaren. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was third fastest with 1:14.151. Di Resta made Q3 for the second in the time season, recording...
12:39 AM, Jun 10, 2012
Montreal: Sebastian Vettel's last lap skid at the Canadian Grand Prix last year was a minor diversion on his way to the 2011 Formula One championship. Now he has a chance to make up for that rare mistake. Vettel earned the pole position for the Canadian GP on Saturday, finishing qualifying with a fastest lap of 1 minute, 13.784 seconds that was more than a quarter-second faster than No. 2...
12:06 AM, Jun 10, 2012
Montreal: Lewis Hamilton topped both Formula One practice sessions on Friday at the Canadian Grand Prix. The McLaren driver, the winner at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in 2007 and 2010, had a top lap of 1 minute, 15.564 seconds in the morning session, and turned a lap at 1:15.259 in the afternoon. "It's a circuit I do enjoy," said Hamilton, whose best results this year are third-place finishes in the first...
10:00 AM, Jun 09, 2012
Montreal: McLaren's Jenson Button is targeting a big result in Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix to put his flagging season back on track. The struggling 32-year-old British driver's attempt to reclaim the Formula One title has seen him slip to sevenin the championship, 31 points off leader Fernando Alonso of Ferrari. "In the last few races, I've retired twice and scored two points in the other race. They haven't been my...
01:58 PM, Jun 08, 2012
London: Sebastian Vettel's critical error on the final lap of Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix will have raised a flicker of hope among his Formula One rivals, Australian team mate Mark Webber included. Since the start of the season, they have been searching for a chink in the 23-year-old German's armour and found next to nothing as he sprints towards a second successive world championship. Even when he has crashed in...
10:40 AM, Jun 14, 2011
Montreal: Points eluded Force India at the rain-marred Canadian Grand Prix as Paul Di Resta ended 18th and Adrian Sutil failed to even finish the race here. Torrential rain showers were the story of the day in Montreal causing a delay of over two hours to the Canadian Grand Prix. When the proceedings resumed, Di Resta and Sutil raced hard but were unable to convert their effort into points finishes....
10:48 AM, Jun 13, 2011
New Delhi: Hispania Racing driver Narain Karthikeyan isn't too amused with Felipe Massa after the Canadian GP. Shifting the blame on the Indian driver for losing control of his car and places, the Massa said he was angry at Narain as his chances of finishing on the podium evaporated while trying to pass the Indian driver. "I don't know what he is talking about," Karthikeyan, who sounded agitated, told ibnlive.com...
10:42 AM, Jun 13, 2011
Montreal: Jenson Button celebrated his greatest victory on Sunday after overtaking Red Bull's Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel on the last lap of a rain-delayed Canadian Grand Prix thriller. Button, who earlier had squeezed team mate and fellow Briton Lewis Hamilton into the wall and out of the race, salvaged the weekend for his team by battling back to deny Vettel a sixth victory in seven races. Vettel, who...
08:27 AM, Jun 13, 2011
Montreal: Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel chalked up his sixth pole position in seven races at the Canadian Grand Prix on Saturday to maintain Red Bull's stranglehold on qualifying. The 23-year-old German will be joined on the front row by Ferrari's Spanish double world champion Fernando Alonso. Vettel's 21st career pole, and Red Bull's eighth in succession, also brought him his 12th consecutive front row start. "Thank you. Thanks for...
12:24 AM, Jun 12, 2011
Montreal: Formula One leader Sebastian Vettel bounced back from Friday's crash to clock the fastest time in the final practice session for the Canadian Grand Prix on Saturday. The world champion, winner of five of the season's first six races, got his weekend off to stuttering start when he smashed into the Wall of Champions during Friday's first practice, causing heavy damage the right side of his Red Bull. But...
10:35 PM, Jun 11, 2011
New Delhi: Hispania Racing team principal Colin Kolles had created quite a stir when he threatened to lodge complaint at the Monaco GP against the teams using blown diffusers, an aerodynamic aid. However, it now seems that HRT cars could be fitted with blown diffusers for this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix as a part of the team's aerodynamic upgrade. This might also partly explain why Kolles didn't register a protest...
08:57 PM, Jun 10, 2011
Sebastian Vettel set the fastest overall time in Friday's practice sessions for Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix. ...
03:05 PM, Jun 12, 2010
Renault sits pretty on the fifth place with 73 points in kitty and with a 41-point lead over Force India. ...
11:41 PM, Jun 08, 2010
