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FIA post-qualifying press conference - Canada

Formula1.com headlines - Sat, 2013-06-08 22:48
Drivers: 1 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing); 2 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes); 3 - Valtteri Bottas (Williams). Q: Sebastian, you seemed to be on top of those extraordinary conditions all the way through qualifying. Was that the case? Sebastian Vettel: Well it was very, very tricky, especially because you never knew what the conditions were like the next time you were out
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Qualifying - selected team and driver quotes

Formula1.com headlines - Sat, 2013-06-08 19:51
Force India's Paul di Resta on failing to make it through to Q2 for a second successive race; Ferrari's Felipe Massa on crashing out and prompting red flags; Valtteri Bottas on being the first Williams driver to compete in the top-ten shootout this season; and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel on claiming his third successive Canadian pole. All 22 drivers and senior team personnel report back on Saturday's action…
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Qualifying - Vettel on pole as Bottas stars in rain-hit Canada

Formula1.com headlines - Sat, 2013-06-08 19:30
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel will start from pole position for the Formula 1 Grand Prix Du Canada 2013 after a qualifying session in which the track steadfastly refused to dry out after rain at lunchtime. Vettel will be joined on the front row by a revitalised Lewis Hamilton for Mercedes, with surprise-of-the session Valtteri Bottas placing his Williams third ahead of Nico Rosberg in the other Mercedes
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Final practice - Webber tops truncated session in Montreal

Formula1.com headlines - Sat, 2013-06-08 16:47
Red Bull's Mark Webber claimed the fastest time in the dying minutes of Saturday morning's final practice session in Canada, edging out Force India's Adrian Sutil by 0.353s. The hour-long session was delayed half an hour after an accident in the preceding support race, and began in damp conditions which improved steadily to the point where there was a late rush on to slicks
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Practice Three delayed for barrier repairs

Formula1.com headlines - Sat, 2013-06-08 15:04
The start of Saturday morning's final practice session for this weekend's Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2013 has been delayed due to the need for repairs. The safety barriers at Turn 11, which are believed to have been damaged in an earlier support event, are currently being repaired.
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Sergio Perez Q&A: We are racers, not Sunday drivers

Monaco F1 news items - Fri, 2013-06-07 23:55
It seems Sergio Perez just can't win. First he is told by his new team boss that he is not being aggressive enough, and then when he puts in some strong passing moves in Monaco his fellow drivers complain he is being too aggressive. Will the criticism change Perez's approach in Montreal this weekend? Definitely not says the McLaren star
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FIA Friday press conference - Canada

Formula1.com headlines - Fri, 2013-06-07 23:18
Team representatives - Martin Whitmarsh (McLaren), Christian Horner (Red Bull Racing), Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari), Monisha Kaltenborn (Sauber), Ross Brawn (Mercedes). Q: Monisha, gentlemen, I'm sure most of my colleagues here would like to hear your views and opinions regarding the tyre test carried out at Barcelona last month
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Friday practice - selected team and driver quotes

Formula1.com headlines - Fri, 2013-06-07 21:42
Force India's Paul di Resta bested McLaren's Jenson Button and Lotus's Romain Grosjean in the wet-dry conditions of Friday morning's session to secure the top spot, but in the afternoon Ferrari's Fernando Alonso took charge of the timesheets. The drivers and senior team personnel report back on the opening day in Canada…
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No Monaco criticism from within Ferrari

Monaco F1 news items - Fri, 2013-06-07 13:29
Fernando Alonso on Thursday hit back at suggestions Ferrari might have been unhappy with his lacklustre performance recently at Monaco.
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Massa had medical checks after Monaco

Monaco F1 news items - Fri, 2013-06-07 13:26
Felipe Massa and Pastor Maldonado on Thursday announced they are fighting fit for this weekend's F1 action in Canada.
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Nico Rosberg Q&A: tyre test played no role in Monaco win

Monaco F1 news items - Thu, 2013-06-06 23:12
Nico Rosberg had a dream weekend in Monaco, topping every session before winning the classic street race 30 years after his father's triumph in the Principality. Since then, however, his Mercedes team have been engulfed in the controversy surrounding their Pirelli tyre test just prior to the Monte Carlo round. Did the test play a role in Rosberg's victory? Will it help Mercedes' performance in Canada this weekend?
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McLaren backing Perez amid criticism

Monaco F1 news items - Thu, 2013-06-06 13:53
McLaren is standing firmly behind Sergio Perez, despite fierce criticism from his rivals in the wake of the Monaco grand prix.
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Canada preview - can Mercedes maintain momentum?

Monaco F1 news items - Thu, 2013-06-06 11:57
Can Lewis Hamilton rediscover his mojo and give Mercedes a second consecutive victory to follow up on team mate Nico Rosberg's triumph in Monaco? Will Red Bull get back on track on a circuit that historically hasn't suited them? Or can Ferrari or Lotus reassert themselves? This weekend's Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2013 poses plenty of questions that make for an exciting and unpredictable encounter
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Exclusive Q&A with Force India's Vijay Mallya

Monaco F1 news items - Tue, 2013-05-28 13:52
Force India left Monaco with a haul of 12 points, equalling their best result of the year, as the team continue to enjoy their strongest ever start to a world championship campaign. And that was despite one car starting 17th on the grid. With the VJM06 proving competitive on all types of circuit, and both their drivers seemingly at the top of their games, it's no surprise team principal and managing director Vijay Mallya is upbeat
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Monaco analysis - Mercedes finally hit the jackpot

Monaco F1 news items - Mon, 2013-05-27 14:28
For just under two hours and 18 minutes on Sunday afternoon talk of protests and 'secret' tyre tests was forgotten, as the Monaco Grand Prix did what it does best - serve up drama, excitement, tension and emotion. And no one was more emotional at the end of it all than race winner and Monte Carlo resident Nico Rosberg, as Mercedes finally converted their supreme qualifying speed into unbeatable race pace
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Paddock Postcard from Monte Carlo

Monaco F1 news items - Sun, 2013-05-26 11:51
Motorsport obviously owns the limelight this weekend in Monaco, but proceedings traditionally open with a charity football match on Tuesday night. This year the annual game - the 20th to be held - raised money for the Princess Charlene Foundation in the Stade Louis II. Ferrari team mates Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa and McLaren's Sergio Perez were amongst the Formula One stars in action
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Jenson Button Q&A: Qualifying a lost opportunity

Monaco F1 news items - Sat, 2013-05-25 20:04
P9 on the grid is not the ideal starting position in Monaco. Jenson Button had been hoping for much better after what had been a promising weekend so far for McLaren. Then technical gremlins struck his MP4-28 at just the wrong time in Q3. Button knows he now has a lot of work to do on Sunday
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Exclusive Q&A with Mercedes' Ross Brawn

Monaco F1 news items - Sat, 2013-05-25 19:41
Sunday's Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2013 will feature two Mercedes on the front row of the grid. But their experienced team principal Ross Brawn knows that even in Monte Carlo that is no guarantee of victory. In an exclusive interview with Formula1.com, Brawn discusses Mercedes' race prospects, their struggle with the 2013 tyres, Paddy Lowe's early arrival from McLaren and more
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Qualifying analysis - all goes to plan for Mercedes

Monaco F1 news items - Sat, 2013-05-25 18:20
Drizzle at lunchtime on Saturday which left the Monaco track damp helped to make Q1 and Q2 two of the most dramatic qualifying sessions of the year, the first requiring Pirelli's intermediate tyres throughout, the latter drying sufficiently to facilitate a switch to supersofts five minutes before the end. The result in both was some machine-gun fire lap times that registered, and were then beaten, faster than they could be written down
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Practice analysis - Rosberg set to rule Monte Carlo?

Monaco F1 news items - Fri, 2013-05-24 09:42
Pole position is all important in Monaco, and if the practice times so far are anything to go by, Mercedes' Nico Rosberg is clear favourite for the prized P1 grid slot. Should he go on to win, he would become the only second-generation victor in the Principality, following father Keke's triumph in 1983. However, the likes of Ferrari and Lotus also looked very much at ease around the Monte Carlo streets on Thursday
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