Formula One News — June 2004

It is fair to say that the exclusion of the two BMW Williams from the results in Canada is a massive blow to Williams's World Championship ambitions in 2004.

The Williams and Toyota teams were both disqualified in Canada for having illegal brake ducts. This means that Ralf Schumacher and Juan Pablo Montoya lose second and fifth places respectively and that Cristiano da Matta loses his eighth place.

Canadian GP - Race Notes

Canadian GP - Sunday Photos

Canadian GP - Sunday Press Conference

Canadian GP - Race Results

No-one expected Ralf Schumacher to take pole position for Williams in Montreal, least of all the German himself.

Canadian GP - Saturday Photos

Canadian GP - Saturday Press Conference

Canadian GP - Qualifying Results

Giorgio Pantano has been unable to sort out the contractual problems which meant he was unable to run in Canada yesterday and so the team has drafted in reserve driver Timo Glock for what will be his first Grand Prix.

Jarno Trulli and Fernando Alonso emerged first and second fastest in a session where there were a number of minor incidents as drivers pushed the cars the full to establish their race pace for Sunday.

Canadian GP - Practice Session 4 Results

Canadian GP - Practice Session 3 Results

Canadian GP - Practice Session 2 Report

Canadian GP - Friday Photos

Canadian GP - Friday Press Conference

Canadian GP - Practice Session 2 Results

The Korean conglomerate Samsung has been looking closely at Formula 1 in the last few months but it seems that the company has decided that it does not want to embark on a high-profile sponsorship in the sport and will use other forms of publicity between its involvement in the Olympic Games of 2004 and 2008.

Canadian GP - Practice Session 1 Results

The BMW Williams F1 team has announced that it is extending its commercial agreement with the Brazilian oil company Petrobras. It will be the seventh consecutive season that the two parties have worked together.

The boss of British American Tobacco, Martin Broughton, has been appointed the new chief executive of British Airways and inevitably this has led to speculation that the airline might become involved in an Formula 1 sponsorship, perhaps even with BAR.

Giorgio Pantano is having to sit out the first practice session in Montreal because of a dispute over money. Pantano is committed to paying Jordan to drive for the team this year and the money is in place but it seems that there is now a dispute over who is going to run his career in the future.

Formula 1 racing is a great show, even if the TV coverage of the sport sometimes does not do a very good job getting that across to the all-important viewers around the world.