Top Gear Blogs - F1 Special

French GP preview

tgweb@bbc.co.uk (Maurice Hamiton) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:30:00 BST

As paddocks go, Magny-Cours has as much atmosphere as a supermarket car park on a bank holiday.

Pole star

tgweb@bbc.co.uk (Maurice Hamiton) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:20:00 BST

Robert Kubica's dry sense of humour being fully exercised. Reflecting on his first ever win at the end of a highly dramatic race, the Pole gave a wry grin before thanking his old sparring partner, Lewis Hamilton

Montreal mayhem

tgweb@bbc.co.uk (Jamie Hibbard) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:40:00 BST

They say that the Canadian Grand Prix usually manages to throw a curve ball as far as results go, and it certainly did today.

During safety car conditions early on, Lewis Hamilton failed to see the red light at the end of the pit lane until it was too late, driving into the back of his main rival, Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen

F1 Montreal qualifying

tgweb@bbc.co.uk (Jamie Hibbard) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:00:00 BST

That was certainly an edge-of-the-seat qualifying session wasn't it?

It looked to be Lewis Hamilton's pole position right from the outset, until right at the last, when Robert Kubica banged in a stunning time while no one was really looking

Montreal gossip

tgweb@bbc.co.uk (Maurice Hamiton) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:00:00 BST

When is a press conference not a press conference?

When Bernie Ecclestone walks into the media centre and starts planting the seeds of a story with the feigned innocence of a mugger caught with a cosh in his back pocket