Montreal: Fernando Alonso set the fastest time in Friday's chilly and damp practice sessions at the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix, boosting Ferrari's hopes of ending Mercedes' recent monopolization

Finnish driver Heikki Kovalainen has offered his services to the Lotus Formula One team should the English outfit fail to agree a new contract with Frenchman Romain Grosjean, according to Finnish TV c

Lotus driver Romain Grosjean admitted that he made "a stupid mistake" in Japan, where Mark Webber branded him "a first-lap nutcase", but said that it was time to move on.

Grosjean, slapped with a one