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Diesels Crush All Challengers at Le Mans

Diesels didn't just win the 24 Hours of Le Mans, they crushed all comers to thoroughly dominate the race for the third consecutive year, taking the top six positions and leading the closest gas-fueled car by 19 laps in a race many pundits are calling one of the best ever. The prestigious endurance race has in recent years become the key battleground in the fight for diesel engine supremacy, and an Audi R10 - running some biodiesel, no less - scored its third consecutive win in a hard-fought race with Peugeot's 908 HDi. Everyone expected a tight race going in, and Peugeot held the advantage with faster cars that started from the first three places on the grid. Peugeot got off to a better start, with the No. 7 car of Nicolas Minassian, Marc Gene and Jacques Villeneuve leading the No. 2 Audi of Allan McNish, Tom Kristensen and Rinaldo Capello. Then the rain started. The Peugeots are a handful in the wet, and Audi seized the advantage. Kristensen took the lead on lap 234 at 5:17 a.m. Sunday as Villeneuve stopped for fuel. There was no looking back from there, but the race stayed tight. By 2 p.m. Sunday, with 23 hours elapsed, the cars were still less than two minutes apart on a track that's 8 miles long. Another spate of rain dashed Peugeot's hopes, though, as Minassian - running on slicks to make up time on dry parts of the track - spun near the end of the race. Audi opened its lead to finish the race 4 minutes and 31 seconds ahead of the Peugeot. But throughout the race - all 24 hours and 3,077 miles of it - the two cars were never more than one lap apart. Audi took first, fourth and sixth places, while Peugeot took second, third and fifth. The No. 7 Pescarolo Judd took seventh, the highest finish by a gasoline car. The performances by Audi and Peugeot should put to rest any lingering doubts about the performance and reliability of turbo-diesel engines. Associated Press photo.

McLaren Left Ruing What Could Have Been

Felipe Massa failed to spot the red light at the end of the pitlane at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve last year, but this year Lewis Hamilton failed to see the very same light and two stationary Formula One cars as he made contact with the back of Kimi Raikkonen in the pit lane following a safety car period in the Canadian Grand Prix.

BMW debuts in strong form in Canada

In recent years, the "Circuit Gilles Villeneuve" has suited the BMW Sauber F1 Team well. In the first free practice session for this year's Canadian GP, Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld demonstrated that this should also be the case in 2008. In the end, they finished second and fourth.

Canada: Entering the unknown

Round seven of the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship takes the Honda Racing F1 Team to Montreal for the Canadian Grand Prix. The 70-lap race takes place at the 4.361km (2.710-mile) Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and is the only race on North American soil this year.

Canada: Alex Wurz's lap of Montreal

The Honda Racing F1 Team's Alex Wurz talks us through a lap of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, home of the Canadian Grand Prix which, according to the Austrian, "is a nice Grand Prix." That's good to know, as Wurz will be spending the weekend in the city.

Canadian GP Facts and Figures

Montreal's "Circuit Gilles Villeneuve" is a demanding stop-and-go circuit, putting the brakes of the BMW Sauber F1.08 under particular strain. Here, we have compiled further interesting facts regarding the seventh race weekend of the year. .

Montreal Tech File

The ING Renault F1 Team prepares for the seventh round of the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship: the Canadian Grand Prix. Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is a stop-start, temporary circuit. The long straights mean plenty of heavy braking, while numerous slow corners put the emphasis on strong traction and good engine torque to launch the cars out of them.

Canadian GP Preview: Ile be back

Panasonic Toyota Racing makes the trip across the Atlantic this weekend for the Canadian Grand Prix, the only race in North America this season. The temporary Gilles Villeneuve Circuit in Montreal is located on the Ile Notre–Dame in the St Lawrence River and has hosted Formula 1 since 1978.

Canadian Grand Prix - Preview

Although the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal is also labelled a street circuit, one could hardly imagine a greater contrast to the Monaco course. When Formula One gathers for the Canadian Grand Prix on 8th June, there will be no sign of the extra wings that adorned the cars in the Principality.