Canadian GP: Hamilton claims another 1-2 finish for McLaren

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June 13 '10

Lewis Hamilton won the 2010 Canadian Grand Prix, the most exciting race of the season so far. It was Hamilton's second victory in three visits to Montreal.

"It's been a tremendous weekend; it's been fantastic," Hamilton said. "Things have just gone so well throughout the weekend...The team did an exceptional job. I think the race was one of the toughest races so far, but that's what you want, to have the hardest part that these guys did. Jenson did a great job, and it's another one-two finish for us. I'm very happy for the team."

Mark Webber started seventh on the grid after taking a five-place penalty due to a late gearbox change. Red Bulls thought that they had a race advantage by starting on the harder tyres compared to Hamilton who started the race on the softer tyre. But Hamilton's superb drive and McLaren's inabilty to destroy its tyres quickly, lead to a fine victory to Hamilton.

His team mate Jenson Button finished second. It was McLaren?s third 1-2 finish of the season promoting them to the top of the constructor's championship.

Fernando Alonso fought well with the McLarens and seemed like he was going to win the race. But eventually he finished third after Button overtook him for second with 15 laps remaining, when he was slowed down while trying to overtake a lapped car.

Michael Schumacher had an eventful race all the way to the chequered flag. "Michael was looking strong in the first phase of the race and was very well-placed," said Brawn. "Unfortunately the incident with Kubica punctured the right front tyre and coming in for the extra stop meant we were out of phase with where we wanted to be with the tyres.

Schumacher was running eighth until he started to struggle badly for grip late in the race, leaving him helpless to defend his position as he dropped out of the points. Sebastian Buemi overtook him for 8th place with 9 laps to go. Schumacher lost two more places at the end to the two Force Indias.

Vitantonio Liuzzi in his Force India enjoyed the best weekend of the season and had he not been involved in collision with Felipe Massa at the start of the race, he would have had a better result. Nonetheless, Force India scored a double points finish, their second this season.

Race incidents involving few cars are being investigated. Will update once the results are out.

Update:

  • The stewards decided not to take any action over the collision between Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa in the closing stages of the race.
  • Massa was given a 20-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane (with a buckled front wing after his collision with Schumi).
  • Robert Kubica was reprimanded for weaving past Adrian Sutil at speed on his way into the pits.
  • Jaime Alguersuari was reprimanded for a collision with Rubens Barrichello, which caused Barrichello to pit for a new front wing.

Meanwhile, analyze the race lap-by-lap, thanks to Formula 1 broadcaster and journalist, James Allen's tweets below. (Hint : Read the tweets bottom-up!)

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Heading to Valencia in two weeks time, Lewis Hamilton now leads the drivers championship with 109 points. His team mate Jenson Button is second in the standings with 106 points and Mark webber who was leading the championship until now drops to third with 103 points.


Canadian Grand Prix Race times

1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 70 laps 1hr 33m 53.456s
2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes +2.2s
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari-Ferrari +9.2s
4. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault +37.8s
5. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault +39.2s
6. Nico Rosberg Mercedes-Mercedes +56.0s
7. Robert Kubica Renault-Renault +57.3s
8. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari +1 lap
9. Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes +1 lap
10. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes +1 lap

11. Michael Schumacher Mercedes-Mercedes +1 lap
12. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari +1 lap
13. Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth +1 lap
14. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth +1 lap
15. Felipe Massa Ferrari-Ferrari +1 lap
16. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth +2 laps
17. Vitaly Petrov Renault-Renault +2 laps
18. Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth +4 laps
19. Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth +5 laps

Rtd. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 50 laps completed
Rtd. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 42 laps completed
Rtd. Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 30 laps completed
Rtd. Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 13 laps completed
Rtd. Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1 lap completed


Fastest lap:

Robert Kubica Renault-Renault 1m 16.972s


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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Not the Only Reason for Shakeup, Rick Hendrick Says

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Although Dale Earnhardt Jr., winner of 18 career Sprint Cup races, has now stretched his winless streak at Hendrick Motorsports to 101 races, that's only part of the reason for the massive shakeup announced Tuesday, team owner Rick Hendrick said Wednesday.

"This was not a Dale Earnhardt ... this was not a move that we made -- this major a move -- because of Dale or his situation," Hendrick said Wednesday in a teleconference. "I'm excited about making all four teams better. We need to be better across the board. It was a move to make all four better."

It's hard to think that a racing juggernaut like Hendrick Motorsports, with five straight Sprint Cup championships in the history books and gunning for six in a row next year, might be going downhill.

But Hendrick said as much Wednesday in describing why he shuffled the drivers and crew chiefs among three of his teams and switched driver partners in the twin pairing arrangement he has for the four teams at the organization's sprawling Concord, N.C. complex.

"I think we just kind of got complacent and other teams were getting stronger and stronger, and we were just not where we needed to be," Hendrick said. "We just were off this year. The 48 was off. And we needed to make a lot of things better.

 

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Making the most of the F1 season

I find it impossible to think that this is it. I said to Harriet, as I packed my bag for the final race of this year, that 2010 has been the fastest 12 months of my life.

I can vividly remember eating pizza in a small restaurant in Richmond back in March as we both apprehensively considered the next nine months of almost constant travel.

In the blink of an eye, it's almost over.

Although I've visited many of the same places, same hotels, even the very same hotel room at times, this year has been an incredibly different journey to the one I took in 2009.

I'll never, ever forget the nerves in the Melbourne pit-lane as F1 returned to the BBC after a long absence almost two years ago. And while the nerves have settled down, the pressure never has.

In 2009, I went into every race having never been there before, feeling anxious, aware I was a total newcomer, looking to please everyone. At the end of what was the most incredible year of my life, I realised that I hadn't actually taken time to step back and enjoy it. I was determined to put that right in 2010.

I think I've managed to do that but, as I've tried to take a step back and be objective about this season, remember the sights and the sounds of a championship year, I wonder if the same can be said of the men who are at the very centre of the storm... the championship contenders.

One of my mottos in life is "savour it". I said it to my wife on our wedding day, to my sister when her first child was born and to Red Bull team principal Christian Horner after last weekend's constructors' title triumph.

As life zips past at an incredible rate and the smallest things become the biggest issues, savouring what is around us is often the last thing we think of doing.

Last weekend in Brazil, for example, David Coulthard turned to me and said: "You'll never see a driver celebrate a win for as long as a team member."

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He was referring to the psyche of a driver, the complex psychological make-up that inspires the chosen few to constantly put their neck on the line in pursuit of perfection.

After he picked up pole position last weekend, I asked Nico Hulkenberg what had crossed his mind following the achievement.

"Oh no, two press conferences and then more interviews," was his answer.

He didn't allow himself the indulgence of reflecting on the hard times when an F1 pole was beyond his wildest dreams, or how his family would be celebrating back in Germany. Nope, it was all about what was to come.

F1 doesn't do the present very well. It's all about the next race, the next upgrade, the next season. The constant pursuit of perfection demands that. Live in the now for a fraction of a second and, in this world, it instantly becomes the past.

In this year, of all years, it's been important to take stock of what we are witnessing, to be aware that it may be very many seasons before we encounter another similarly close title battle. And it all comes down to this weekend's final race.

For four of the drivers, there is no looking beyond this weekend. Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton know their entire season - every lap of every track - has distilled to this... one race with everything on the line.

My advice? Tune in, take the phone off the hook and, most of all, savour it. I know I will.

The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is live on BBC1 (from 1210 GMT) and the BBC Sport website (UK users only) on Sunday with the race starting at 1300 GMT.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/jakehumphrey/2010/11/making_the_most_of_the_f1_seas.html

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Your classic grand prix - race 19

The 1993 Portuguese Grand Prix is our chosen race for the final edition of our classic Formula 1 series this year.

That means we will broadcast the full 'Grand Prix' highlights programme shown on BBC Two at the time, as well as the shorter highlights edit that we have cut for all our choices.

That 'Grand Prix' programme is embedded below, with the shorter highlights clips linked underneath. There are also short and long versions of last year's inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

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Watch short highlights of the 1993 Portuguese Grand Prix
Watch short highlights of the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Watch long highlights of the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

The classic races will be available on the BBC red button in the UK on satellite and cable from 2200 GMT on Wednesday 10 November until 1300 GMT on Friday 12 November. On Freeview, they will be available between first and second practice on Friday (approximately 1040-1240 GMT).

The 1993 Portuguese Grand Prix is a fascinating race, not only for the action on the track, but also for the fact that it has something of a fin de siècle feeling about it.

It was an event that, in hindsight, seems to encapsulate the passing of the torch from one generation to the next.

It was the race at which the great Alain Prost clinched his fourth, and final, world championship title, and at which he announced his retirement, not willing to go toe-to-toe again with Ayrton Senna, who had signed to drive in 1994 for Williams, where Prost drove in 1993.

The Frenchman won the title by finishing second to an emerging star called Michael Schumacher. The German's Benetton was slower than Prost's Williams but Schumacher defended his lead with all the lack of compromise for which he was to become notorious in future years.

Meanwhile, McLaren gave a debut to another promising talent, a certain Mika Hakkinen.

The Finn would go on to win two world titles in 1998 and 1999, becoming the man to push Schumacher hardest until the emergence of Fernando Alonso, but was, at this stage of his career, McLaren's test driver.

Hakkinen had driven for struggling Lotus in 1991-2, but moved to McLaren in a downgraded role in 1993 on the promise of being given a chance to race at some stage.

That chance came in Portugal, after team boss Ron Dennis had grown frustrated by the continuing struggles of Michael Andretti.

Hakkinen wowed F1 by outqualifying Senna on his debut. The great Brazilian was very far from amused.

Senna wasted no time in dispensing with Hakkinen in the race, but the Finn had made his point - this was a special talent awaiting the chance to blossom.

So, it is a superb race, laden with symbolism.

As I explained in my blog on Tuesday, though, all the choices this time were great in their own way.

There was a victory by the incomparable Gilles Villeneuve at Watkins Glen in 1979, his final win in a year that established him as the finest driver in the world, following a battle with Alan Jones of Williams, whose race ended when he accelerated away from a tyre stop too soon and he lost a wheel.

And in Portugal in 1988, there is one of the defining episodes in the bitter battle between Prost and Senna, when Senna pushed Prost so close to the pit wall in trying to defend the lead that those holding signalling boards had to move them out of the way.

Finally, there is a fight between team-mates in a great car, with Riccardo Patrese getting the better of Williams team-mate Nigel Mansell in the 1991 Mexican Grand Prix despite the Italian suffering from a stomach upset.

I hope you enjoy them.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/andrewbenson/2010/11/your_classic_grand_prix_-_race_6.html

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F1: Barrichello feeling better than ever

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Canadian GP: Hamilton claims another 1-2 finish for McLaren

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June 13 '10

Lewis Hamilton won the 2010 Canadian Grand Prix, the most exciting race of the season so far. It was Hamilton's second victory in three visits to Montreal.

"It's been a tremendous weekend; it's been fantastic," Hamilton said. "Things have just gone so well throughout the weekend...The team did an exceptional job. I think the race was one of the toughest races so far, but that's what you want, to have the hardest part that these guys did. Jenson did a great job, and it's another one-two finish for us. I'm very happy for the team."

Mark Webber started seventh on the grid after taking a five-place penalty due to a late gearbox change. Red Bulls thought that they had a race advantage by starting on the harder tyres compared to Hamilton who started the race on the softer tyre. But Hamilton's superb drive and McLaren's inabilty to destroy its tyres quickly, lead to a fine victory to Hamilton.

His team mate Jenson Button finished second. It was McLaren?s third 1-2 finish of the season promoting them to the top of the constructor's championship.

Fernando Alonso fought well with the McLarens and seemed like he was going to win the race. But eventually he finished third after Button overtook him for second with 15 laps remaining, when he was slowed down while trying to overtake a lapped car.

Michael Schumacher had an eventful race all the way to the chequered flag. "Michael was looking strong in the first phase of the race and was very well-placed," said Brawn. "Unfortunately the incident with Kubica punctured the right front tyre and coming in for the extra stop meant we were out of phase with where we wanted to be with the tyres.

Schumacher was running eighth until he started to struggle badly for grip late in the race, leaving him helpless to defend his position as he dropped out of the points. Sebastian Buemi overtook him for 8th place with 9 laps to go. Schumacher lost two more places at the end to the two Force Indias.

Vitantonio Liuzzi in his Force India enjoyed the best weekend of the season and had he not been involved in collision with Felipe Massa at the start of the race, he would have had a better result. Nonetheless, Force India scored a double points finish, their second this season.

Race incidents involving few cars are being investigated. Will update once the results are out.

Update:

  • The stewards decided not to take any action over the collision between Michael Schumacher and Felipe Massa in the closing stages of the race.
  • Massa was given a 20-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane (with a buckled front wing after his collision with Schumi).
  • Robert Kubica was reprimanded for weaving past Adrian Sutil at speed on his way into the pits.
  • Jaime Alguersuari was reprimanded for a collision with Rubens Barrichello, which caused Barrichello to pit for a new front wing.

Meanwhile, analyze the race lap-by-lap, thanks to Formula 1 broadcaster and journalist, James Allen's tweets below. (Hint : Read the tweets bottom-up!)

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Heading to Valencia in two weeks time, Lewis Hamilton now leads the drivers championship with 109 points. His team mate Jenson Button is second in the standings with 106 points and Mark webber who was leading the championship until now drops to third with 103 points.


Canadian Grand Prix Race times

1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 70 laps 1hr 33m 53.456s
2. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes +2.2s
3. Fernando Alonso Ferrari-Ferrari +9.2s
4. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault +37.8s
5. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault +39.2s
6. Nico Rosberg Mercedes-Mercedes +56.0s
7. Robert Kubica Renault-Renault +57.3s
8. Sebastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari +1 lap
9. Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes +1 lap
10. Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes +1 lap

11. Michael Schumacher Mercedes-Mercedes +1 lap
12. Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari +1 lap
13. Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth +1 lap
14. Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth +1 lap
15. Felipe Massa Ferrari-Ferrari +1 lap
16. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth +2 laps
17. Vitaly Petrov Renault-Renault +2 laps
18. Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth +4 laps
19. Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth +5 laps

Rtd. Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 50 laps completed
Rtd. Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 42 laps completed
Rtd. Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 30 laps completed
Rtd. Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 13 laps completed
Rtd. Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1 lap completed


Fastest lap:

Robert Kubica Renault-Renault 1m 16.972s


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Red Bull train sights on second title

Red Bull clinched their first Formula 1 constructors' title at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday and experts have been marvelling at just how an energy drinks company came to topple the racing powerhouses of Ferrari and McLaren six short seasons after buying the ailing Jaguar team.

Driver turned BBC pundit David Coulthard, who raced for Red Bull from their debut season in 2005 until 2008, believes the success of any F1 team is built first on the strength of its technical department.

"Bringing in designer Adrian Newey was the first piece of the jigsaw puzzle of putting together a successful team," Coulthard explained.

"The technical chief is the king of the castle and Adrian had already won more grands prix than Michael Schumacher."

Coulthard was influential in persuading Newey, who had masterminded six championship-winning cars for Williams initially and then for McLaren, to join Red Bull in time to design the 2007 car.

Team principal Christian Horner says the next step was to create the "right environment" in which Newey, who had become disillusioned at McLaren, could work.

The English designer needed a nimble operation that allowed him to spend more time at the drawing board - the only literal drawing board you are likely to find in F1, where computers are king - and which was capable of responding quickly to his 'eureka' moments.


Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber celebrate a Red Bull one-two at the Brazilian Grand Prix

Relations between Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber have been strained this season. Photo: Getty

"Adrian is like the conductor of an orchestra and he has to have the relevant players so we had to make some key appointments early on," Horner told BBC Sport.

"Guys like our head of aerodynamics Peter Prodromou, who was also at McLaren, Rob Marshall who joined us as chief designer from Renault and Paul Monaghan and Ian Morgan on the engineering side.

"Unlike Williams and McLaren, who already had [established] structures which Adrian just fed into, with Red Bull he started with a clean sheet of paper."

After two seasons spent moulding the team's technical department, Red Bull came alive on the track in 2009.

Sebastian Vettel scored the team's first win in China ahead of team-mate Mark Webber. It was to be the first of six victories in Red Bull's breakthrough season.

When I asked Horner to put a percentage on how important Newey - who Mercedes boss Ross Brawn ruefully described in Brazil as his nemesis - was to Red Bull's success, he said it would not be fair to do so.

But most F1 insiders believe Newey's design genius is Red Bull's main weapon.

Red Bull also helped their 2010 championship charge by retaining both stability and momentum in the team.

While rivals Ferrari, McLaren and Mercedes bedded in new drivers, Red Bull stuck with Webber and Vettel.

Between them they have captured pole position 14 times and won eight races for Red Bull on their way to the constructors' crown.

"Mark and Sebastian are both vitally important because they had to deliver their part on the track," Horner added.

"They are different personalities and characters but they share a common determination and drive, which is winning.

"Mark and Sebastian are not superstars in the factory, they are two drivers and they show great camaraderie with their team.

"Mark lives near the Milton Keynes factory and so you often find him out riding his mountain bike with members of the team up in the hills.

"I vividly remember Sebastian's first visit to Red Bull when he was 17. He had only just got his driving licence and so he drove over to the factory just because he could. He turned up in reception and said, 'Hi, I'm Sebastian Vettel.'


Adrian Newey celebrates with Red Bull at the Brazil Grand Prix

Adrian Newey gets front and centre in Red Bull's Brazilian celebrations Photo: Reuters

"Sebastian injects a lot of enthusiasm because of his infectious personality and sense of humour."

The relationship between Red Bull's two drivers has, at times, threatened to undermine the team's title ambitions and Horner has played a crucial role in defusing a powder-keg of internal team tensions.

First, Horner had to smooth over relations after Vettel took Webber out when trying to pass him for the lead at the Turkish Grand Prix.

At Silverstone accusations of favouritism towards Vettel blew up after a new version of the front wing was taken off Webber's car and bolted on to Vettel's.

In Brazil the pride in winning the constructors' title came only three days after Webber had cast a shadow over the team by publicly claiming they were not supporting him emotionally.

Though reluctant to talk about his own role, Horner said: "Inevitably when you have two fiercely competitive animals, who are both competing for the same target, there will be times when tensions bubble over.

"Yes, we've had blips this year where tensions have run high between the drivers but we've always recovered from those very quickly - and that's about not being afraid to deal with issues head on and being as transparent and open and straightforward with the drivers as possible.

"Red Bull are probably the least political team in the pit-lane. It is all about racing, it is all about the sport."

What Red Bull are not, however, is a privateer racing team such as Williams, or a manufacturer team like Mercedes or the Fiat-owned Ferrari.

They are a marketing arm for Austrian businessman Dietrich Mateschitz's energy drink company and that brings no guarantees that Red Bull Racing are in F1 to stay.

The team are understood to run on a similar budget to McLaren - around 200m euros - with Ferrari's coffers stacked a little higher.

But Horner sees no reason for Mateschitz to cut off the F1 team saying: "There has never been any timeframe on Red Bull's commitment.

"They have been in F1 for the last 15 years as a sponsor, a shareholder [in Sauber] and now as a team owner, so they are as committed, if not more so, as any other team in F1.

"Dietrich always had a clear vision for Red Bull to run at the front and to become a winning race team. It been a lot of hard work but I'm very proud of what's been achieved."

Red Bull are famous for throwing parties but the celebrations will not have lasted long in Sao Paulo as there is still one more prize to be won.

Red Bull go two-handed to Abu Dhabi where the desert will decide if Ferrari's Fernando Alonso, Webber, Vettel or McLaren's Lewis Hamilton will be crowned champion.

"It's nice to get the constructors' championship out of the way," smiled Horner among the confetti strewn outside Red Bull's garage.

"Now we can focus on the drivers."

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/sarahholt/2010/11/red_bull_train_sights_on_secon.html

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Spotter's Stand: Carl Edwards Has Offseason Momentum in His Back Pocket

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He may have won the two races that dole out the least amount of recognition of the entire season, but Carl Edwards doesn't much care.

"For our team, to finish like this and to be on the upswing that we are, this is as good as it gets," Edwards said after winning Sunday at Homestead, his second in a row.

Of course, Edwards was overshadowed by an incredibly dramatic championship fight that he watched from the outside looking in Sunday, largely in his rear-view mirror.

Jimmie Johnson overcame Denny Hamlin and held off Kevin Harvick to win the 2010 title, and proceeded to spin through a burnout as Edwards celebrated with his traditional backflip.

"I tell you, it's a lot more frustrating to not be in victory lane and watching somebody out there doing their donuts and all that stuff," Edwards said.

 

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Schumacher and Villeneuve exchange warm words

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June 10 '10

Jacques Villeneuve has been reunited with his old nemesis.

The one-time car-racing champ and his former rival Michael Schumacher appear to have made up.

They met reporters near Montreal on Thursday to promote new automobile safety technologies and raced around on a rainy track.

It's been over a decade since Schumacher tried running his Canadian foe off the track in a decisive Formula One race. Schumacher now says he believes there's still a place in F1 for Villeneuve ? who hasn't driven on the circuit since 2006.

In return, Villeneuve is applauding the return of the seven-time champion.

It?s been over a decade since Michael Schumacher tried to run Jacques Villeneuve off an F1 track but on Thursday the two champions had nothing but good things to say about each other

?It's great for Formula One because it was starting to run short a bit of heroes,? he said of his former German rival. ?It's important because it brings in fans.?

Villeneuve is in Montreal while the city enjoys its own comeback this week: the return of F1 racing after a one-year hiatus.

Schumacher said he is happy the city is back on the F1 calendar.

?The track is always good emotion because the spectators really live the Grand Prix and you can feel that and that makes it special from that point of view,? Schumacher said.


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