Formula 1

No Friday action for di Resta in Canada - Force India

Paul di Resta will sit out a third successive Friday morning practice on the sidelines of Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve next week. Force India's rookie reserve driver took over the 2010 car for initial practice in Australia, Malaysia, China ...

GMM

Edited: Jun 3, 2010, 12:49 AM

Copy link

Share on Viber

Add as a preferred source

Paul di Resta will sit out a third successive Friday morning practice on the sidelines of Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve next week.

Force India's rookie reserve driver took over the 2010 car for initial practice in Australia, Malaysia, China and Spain.

But in the interests of maximising the regular race drivers' practice time, the Scot did not drive in Bahrain because of the altered track configuration, or in Monaco "due to the challenging layout of the circuit".

And Adrian Sutil or Vitantonio Liuzzi also did not have to give up their cockpit at Istanbul Park last Friday, because the VJM03 was fitted with "some new development items", including the F-duct.

It has now emerged that di Resta, 24, will also not be in action on Friday ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix late next week.

"Paul will be back in the car in Valencia and will also drive at Silverstone," team manager Andy Stevenson said.

"In Canada, we want to give our two regular drivers as much track time as possible. The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is a very unique track," he added.

We want your opinion!

What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?

Take our 5 minute survey.

- The Motorsport.com Team

Read and post comments

Share Or Save This Story

Copy link

Share on Viber

Previous article Red Bull Turkish GP review

Next article Kimi versus Taddy at the Erzberg Rodeo showdown

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

View More & Comment

Latest news

F1 Mexico GP: Friday schedule, weather forecast and how to watch

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

Mexican GP

58 min

F1 Mexico GP: Friday schedule, weather forecast and how to watch

Unwell Kimi Antonelli skips F1 Mexico GP media day

Formula 1

F1 Formula 1

Mexican GP

2 h

Unwell Kimi Antonelli skips F1 Mexico GP media day

Adding a stage, fuel cell mod all on table to fix superspeedway fuel saving

NASCAR Cup

NAS NASCAR Cup

Talladega II

2 h

Adding a stage, fuel cell mod all on table to fix superspeedway fuel saving

Why Daniel Ricciardo would consider a comeback at Le Mans

WEC

WEC WEC 3 h

Why Daniel Ricciardo would consider a comeback at Le Mans

Feature

Discover prime content

The one aspect of the 2026 US GP that should be a blueprint for F1 2027

Formula 1

United States GP

By Jake Boxall-Legge

The one aspect of the 2026 US GP that should be a blueprint for F1 2027

A strategic masterclass: How Kimi Antonelli put himself on the cusp of F1 title at the US GP

Formula 1

United States GP

By Jake Boxall-Legge

A strategic masterclass: How Kimi Antonelli put himself on the cusp of F1 title at the US GP

How Verstappen and Antonelli were both “surprised” in United States GP qualifying

Formula 1

United States GP

By Stuart Codling

How Verstappen and Antonelli were both “surprised” in United States GP qualifying

What we learned from Friday practice at the 2026 United States GP

Formula 1

United States GP

By Jake Boxall-Legge

What we learned from Friday practice at the 2026 United States GP

Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.

From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.

You have 2 options:

Become a subscriber.
Disable your adblocker.

Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here

Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page

Manage Alerts