"A forecast is quite difficult for Canada. The only thing I can tell you for sure is that it will be very close again between the teams, so it will be yet another hard grand prix. The fight to get into the top ten in qualifying, and to get into points-scoring positions, will be as close as ever."
Scuderia Toro Rosso – Vitantonio Liuzzi (#18), Scott Speed (#19):
Scuderia Toro Rosso produced its best result of the season so far when Scott Speed raced to ninth place in Monaco, but its weekend was soured slightly by Tonio Liuzzi's second lap accident, thought to have been caused by a brush with
Red Bull stable-mate
David Coulthard at the start.
Although reliability was better in the Principality, the team has been working hard on making its STR2s more bullet-proof, while all the time working on the right set-up options for the lower-downforce Montreal layout, which both drivers will be experiencing for the second time in an
F1 car.
“We will be running new front and rear wings to suit the low downforce nature of the track,” technical chief Giorgio Ascanelli comments, “The front wing also requires new bargeboards and all these items will have their first track test on Friday. For now, we’re having to trust in our wind tunnel data. Of course, we have new braking solutions for this track which is the hardest on brakes, while also keeping some elements of our Monaco package as Montreal is also a soft tyre, bumpy circuit.”
Spyker F1 – Christijan Albers (#20), Adrian Sutil (#21):
In contrast to
STR, Spyker will be looking to recapture the sort of reliability that saw it take successive 'double' finishes in Bahrain and Spain after neither Christijan Albers or Adrian Sutil saw the chequered flag in Monaco. The team was boosted, however, by the German's legitimate P1 in Saturday morning's wet practice session.
Despite a frustrating race, the team came away from the weekend pleased with its overall improvement in pace relative to the rest of the field, and aims to continue to improve over the next two races before returning to Europe.
