David Coulthard, the former Forumla 1 racing driver, receives an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.

Former world champion Michael Schumacher has admitted he is using the remainder of the 2010 season to prepare for 2011.

Nico Hülkenberg was upbeat following his first outing at the Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve on Friday. Despite finishing a place behind Williams team-mate Rubens Barrichello, the GP2 Champion was just 62 thousandths of a second down and believes that a pleasing result can be picked up on Sunday.

Virgin Racing has confirmed that a brake problem was the reason for Lucas di Grassi's stoppage during Montreal's first free practice session on Friday morning. The early woes signalled the start to a generally bad day for the Sheffield-based squad, which finished 23rd and 24th on the timesheets.

There was a general feeling of satisfaction in the Force India garage as Adrian Sutil and Vitantonio Liuzzi finished Canada's Practice 2 sixth and tenth fastest on Friday. With an hour-long session preceding qualifying on Saturday, both men are now hoping to fine-tune car setups to the best of their abilities.

As most of the field complained about a large lack of grip in Canada on Friday, Sebastian Vettel remained calm after posting the day's fastest lap time. The German's best of 1:16.877 placed him fractionally ahead of Fernando Alonso but four tenths faster than team-mate Mark Webber.

As most of the field complained about a large lack of grip in Canada on Friday, Sebastian Vettel remained calm after posting the day's fastest lap time. The German's best of 1:16.877 placed him fractionally ahead of Fernando Alonso but four tenths faster than team-mate Mark Webber.

Fernando Alonso gave little away in his official post-practice press release in Canada on Friday. The Ferrari driver, who is yet to win since the start of the season in Bahrain, finished less than a tenth of a second off P1 in second practice but insists that Friday's results mean little in comparison with those of Saturday.

Virgin looks back at today's free practice sessions in which its drivers finished 23rd and 24th overall

Red Bull looks back at today's free practice sessions in which its drivers finished 1st and 4th overall

Robert Kubica stresses that taking care of tyres will be an essential job this weekend after most drivers madly struggled for grip in Canada on Friday. With Formula 1 having not visited the Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve for a year and following heavy rain on Thursday, a number of cars could be seen skipping across run-off areas.

Ferrari looks back at today's free practice sessions in which its drivers finished 2nd and 5th

Williams looks back at today's free practice sessions in which its drivers finished 12th and 13th

Michael Schumacher believes that Mercedes GP is now the third quickest team on the grid and should be able to prove the prediction, should rain not affect proceedings in Canada on Saturday. After leading team-mate Nico Rosberg on Friday morning, the 7-time Champion dropped back behind in the afternoon.

Renault looks back at today's free practice sessions in which its drivers finished 8th and 14th

Force India looks back at today's free practice sessions in which its drivers finished 6th and 10th

Champion Jenson Button admitted that McLaren had suffered from a distinct lack of pace after tumbling down the timesheets from the top to 11th in Canada on Friday. Having led the way in the morning's practice session, the Frome man ended the day 1.1 seconds slower than P1 man Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull.

Mercedes looks back at today's free practice sessions in which its drivers finished 3rd and 9th

Bridgestone's super soft tyre took Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel to the fastest time of the day amidst difficult track conditions at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

McLaren looks back at today's free practice sessions in which its drivers finished 7th and 11th

Of the 90 minutes on offer in Friday's afternoon practice session, Jarno Trulli was able to make use of just 17 of them after being stranded in the Montreal pit lane. Losing precious setup-developing time as a result, the Italian will now head into Saturday on the back foot.

Sauber looks back at today's free practice sessions in which its drivers finished 15th and 16th

Lewis Hamilton was left frustrated with both the performances of his McLaren and the Montreal track following second free practice on Friday afternoon. The 2008 Champion, who has taken the last two pole positions in Canada, finished the day seventh quickest.

Hispania looks back at today's free practice sessions in which its drivers finished 20th and 21st

Lotus looks back at today's free practice sessions in which its drivers finished 19th and 22nd

Sébastien Buemi was admittedly pessimistic following Friday practice in Montreal as he and team-mate Jaime Alguersuari visit the Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve for the first time this weekend. The pairing ran in tandem in the afternoon, finishing 17th and 18th quickest and ahead of only Formula 1's three new teams.

Toro Rosso looks back at today's free practice sessions in which its drivers finished 17th and 18th

Canadian GP: Friday Free 2 - Times

Sebastian Vettel is quickest in today's second practice session ahead of Alonso, Rosberg, Webber, Massa, Sutil, Hamilton, Kubica, Schumacher and Liuzzi.

Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing moved atop the timesheets in the second free practice session on Friday. Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg ensured that Ferrari and Mercedes also made the top three in Canada as Lewis Hamilton led the way for McLaren from seventh position.

Ex McLaren and Stewart driver Jan Magnussen has confirmed that he will be making his first appearance in NASCAR next weekend. The Danish driver will be taking part for Phoenix Racing, driving a Chevrolet at Sonoma.

Sébastien Bourdais is delighted with Peugeot's efforts, which allowed him to hold on to pole position for this weekend's Le Mans 24 Hours on Thursday evening. The former Toro Rosso F1 driver will start the legendary race ahead of three more Peugeots, with the leading Audi in fifth.

McLaren live up to their billing as pre-race favourites by setting the pace in first practice at the Canadian Grand Prix.

Canadin GP: Friday Free 1 - Times

Jenson Button sets the pace in the opening practice session in Canada, ahead of Schumacher, Hamilton, Rosberg, Vettel, Kubica, Alonso, Liuzzi, Hulkenberg and Barrichello.

Jenson Button's McLaren led the way as Formula 1 made its return to Canada on Friday. In a generally incident-free session, team-mate Lewis Hamilton finished third as Mercedes GP pairing Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg ended the 90-minute period second and fourth quickest.

Practice is about to get under way in Montreal for this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix.

Formula 1 partner LG Electronics has extended its reach within Formula One to include the Virgin Racing team in its sponsorship package. In addition to LG being a Global Partner and a Technological Partner of Formula 1 since the start of the 2009 season, the electronics company is also supporting new entrants to the sport and is now an official supplier to Virgin Racing.

Jenson Button believes that if, contrary to what they say, there is a faction within Red Bull which sees/wants Sebastian Vettel as the team's number one driver, it can only aid McLaren's title challenge.

As organizers in Montreal announce that this year's race is a sell-out, tickets for the 2011 event go on sale.

Earlier this week the Ferrari team announced that it extended its contract for another two seasons with Felipe Massa. Rumours in the paddock though linked Robert Kubica with a driver at Ferrari next year. According to Massa it is not adding any pressure to him as a Ferrari driver has to cope with different rumours all the time.

Andy Soucek continues to enjoy his time as Virgin Racing test and reserve driver but admits that keeping up with a Formula 1 schedule can be trying at certain moments. Having picked up the Formula 2 crown last year, the Spaniard remains on-hand in case either Timo Glock or Lucas di Grassi need to be replaced at any point.

Williams has announced that it is now making best use of technology known as 'Telepresence', which allows team members to engage in real-time High Definition (HD) video conversations with colleagues at the squad's Grove factory in Oxfordshire as well as other locations around the world.