Di Resta has become a popular figure since joining the Formula 1 field in 2011

From what I understand the teams had a meeting in Monaco last Friday and decided that they are not going to race [in Bahrain] this year. This was not based on any moral questions but rather on the date that was being offered to them. The word is that the race will be back on the F1 calendar at the start of 2012.
Full story: Joe Saward's Grand Prix blog

Pirelli say it will be "impossible to predict" how the tyres will perform at the Canadian Grand Prix on 12 June. The Italian tyre supplier is taking the supersoft and soft compounds to Montreal's part street circuit, part permanent track.
Full story: Autosport

Force India driver Paul di Resta has chosen Brazil's late three-time world champion Ayrton Senna as his dream team-mate and says if he ever won the world title he would celebrate with fish and chips.
Full story: Formula1.com

Williams technical director Sam Michael described the Monaco Grand Prix as "bittersweet" as Rubens Barrichello scored the team's first points of the season but Pastor Maldonado lost out after a tangle with Lewis Hamilton late on. On the plus side, Michael is confident both drivers can be competitive in Montreal.
Full story: Williams F1 team

Virgin driver Timo Glock is doing some hardcore training for the next race in Canada. Glock says on social networking site Twitter: "Just on the way to proper mountain bike camp for 3 days with some other crazy riders!!! 3 hard days, and yes, no Mark Webber stories."
Full story: Virgin driver Timo Glock on Twitter

It's happy birthday to BBC commentator Martin Brundle who writes on his Twitter page: "Thank you for all the birthday wishes. Awesome day in sunny Norfolk. Just going in the gym, seems I may well be racing this weekend."
Full story: Martin Brundle on Twitter

Jamiroquai are to play at the Italian Grand Prix and the band's Manchester-born singer Jay Kay says: "Live music and the F1 circus, all happening in Monza the home of Ferrari... it doesn't get any better."
Full story: Formula 1.com

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