European Grand Prix weekend

May 27, 2005 by paul
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The good news – no change to the results of the Monaco Grand Prix.

As previously noted, there’s only the one qualifying session from now on. [FIA announcement]
BAR are back (yay!) “Formula One’s governing body has ruled out any further action against BAR, who return after a two-race suspension at Sunday’s European Grand Prix.” [BBC]
However, “BAR-Honda have been told that they will not be able to change the engines in their cars without incurring a penalty at this weekend’s European Grand Prix.” [TSN]
Jacques Villeneuve has said sorry to team-mate Felipe Massa for the incident that ended their Monaco GP hopes. [BBC]
Red Bull have allowed Vitantonio Liuzzi to keep his seat in the team’s second car for the European Grand Prix at Germany’s Nurburgring on 29 May. [BBC]
Michael and Ralf Schumacher have called a truce in the war of words that followed a controversial incident at the Monaco Grand Prix. Ralf Schumacher accused his brother of “crazy” driving after a last-gasp overtaking manoeuvre in Monte Carlo. [BBC]

This weekend’s schedule:

	Circuit (local) time	EDT (GMT -4hrs)	TV coverage
~~Friday Practice 1~~	1100-1200	0500-0600	x
Friday Practice 2	1400-1500	0800-0900	Live on Speed
Saturday Practice 1	0900-0945	0300-0345	x
Saturday Practice 2	1015-1100	0415-0500	x
Saturday Qualifying	1300-1400	0700-0800	Live on TSN & Speed
Race	1400-1600	0800-1000	Live on TSN and Speed (both have pre-race at 7:30am)