Williams are one of the most successful teams in Montreal. The team has won the race 7 times and drove the most laps on the Canadian circuit. Yesterday the team finished the free practice as 10th and 12th. Technical director Sam Michael was happy that despite the eventful sessions they were able to test a lot: "Even with the red flags, we had a really productive day with both cars. We evaluated front wings, rear wings and diffusers throughout both sessions and happily all of the new parts are working well. The tyres improved a lot over the course of the day and that will continue into the race weekend. We will now turn our attention to qualifying."

The Williams drivers were also satisfied with their first day on the Canadian circuit. Rubens Barrichello says they split the work load between his car and Pastor's: "The team worked well today. We had a lot of things to get through so we had to split our test programme between mine and Pastor’s car. Everyone did a good job to get it all done and we now have a lot of information to work through which I’m happy about." The Brazilian says he is looking forward to qualifying and hopes to make it into Q3: "We seem to be in better shape here and that might give us a couple of positions over the weekend. We will still have to work hard to make it into Q3 tomorrow, but I think it is achievable."

Barrichello's rookie teammate Pastor Maldonado was also happy with his first day in Montreal. "That was a positive day," said the Venezuelan. "Although we did have some problems on my car in the morning which meant we didn’t get to run the prime tyres, only the medium. We had a better afternoon and our pace appears strong, even over long runs. All seems to be working ok so let’s see what we can do in qualifying."