Midland: Canada could let us take first points.

Midland MF1 Racing's head of race and test engineering, Dominic Harlow has predicted they could well score points this weekend at the Canadian GP.

Speaking prior to the ninth round in the schedule, Harlow added that they were pleased with how testing went last week at Silverstone and as Canada is often an event which has first-corner accidents and safety cars, it could play into their hands and benefit Tiago Monteiro and Chrisitjan Albers.

"We didn't go to Monza [to test] like nearly everyone else, but last week we were in Silverstone," he told the teams official website.

"Apart from the braking element, it isn't too different, and you can run Canada-spec wing levels there quite successfully. We actually surprised ourselves with how good the lap times were, relative to what we did when we were there racing. So it's not like we're running an untested Canada aero package this weekend, and in fact, we're fairly encouraged by it.

"It was generally a very good three days. We had a little bit of rain overnight before we started, but from then on it was good conditions. The circuit was not bad, having just been raced on, and it gives you a good reference. So from that point of view, it was quite productive.

"At the moment, we can't expect to easily get points on pure race form alone. Canada though is a high-attrition race, sometimes with a variable climate, and as a street circuit it's more prone to safety cars. So it is one where we could see ourselves making some capital. Based on the rate of development that we've shown since Nurburgring, we have to be quite positive about these next two [events] and really try to carry on improving. There's a general feeling here that we can do more and more. If there is a safety car or whatever, I'm sure our time will come."