Looking at the forecast for the weekend it looks as if it will be cold with a threat of rain on Friday and Sunday. So perhaps graining will be the main issue this weekend, I fear we will see another Barcelona type race where we will see 3 or 4 stops. Unless it's a wet race.
Massa will be running a new Ferrari Chassis this weekend after his last car was written off at Monaco.
Clearly his intention to get a new chassis as he had two attempts at writing it off in the same place ...........
A strong perfromance from both FI and JB - here's hoping? I think the Mercs will be quick and probably grab pole but will fade in the race and the Red Bulls will be compromised by the extra stop. Alonso and Kimi to top the podium with a suprise 3rd place man.
FA @ joseluisf1 4h McLaren is rumored that the team will be more news to bring to GP of Canada, the number of parts could be 2 digits f1talks.pl @ f1talks 4h As I Suggested yesterday McLaren will bring to Canada huge amount of upgrades. Revised rear suspension or even new chassis. # F1
the FIA confirm the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve will revert to two DRS zones for this weekend’s race but they will be shorter than those used in 2011.
It always rains when they bring upgrades for Silverstone and it has screwed McLaren over in the past to be honest, 2010 and 2012 are the most noticeable. Both times they bought a "new car" but unable to test it and then be on the back foot come Saturday. Unlike RBR for example would do it the GP before and got a good amount of data. Silverstone just seems a jinx to McLaren nowadays. To be honest I wouldn't be surprised if the other big teams bought significant upgrades as well before Silverstone.
Can't remember if the DRS zones worked in 2011 or not. I have a feeling the one down to the chicane didn't.
Sunday yes.. but qualifying on Saturday maybe effected.. http://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/montreal/h2k/hourly-weather-forecast/56186?hour=81
Stats: Red Bull's bogey track? A venue known for upsets, Montreal has never hosted a Sebastian Vettel or Red Bull victory. McLaren meanwhile has won Canada's last three grands prix, while Ferrari hasn't triumphed there since 2004 despite having more Montreal wins than anyone else. It's a pretty miserable place for its driver Felipe Massa too - in contrast to Jenson Button, who is a Canadian GP winner despite leading just one lap of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. • Montreal is one of the eight tracks where Sebastian Vettel has raced in Formula 1 but never won. The others are Austin, Hockenheim, Hungaroring, Fuji Indianapolis, Magny-Cours, and the Nurburgring, of which only the first three are on the current calendar. • Vettel's best Canadian GP result came in 2011, second, but was tempered by the disappointment of losing the lead halfway round the last lap, when Jenson Button passed him. Vettel was fourth last year and three years ago. He has always qualified on the front row with Red Bull here, posting pole in the last two editions. In all his four Montreal races he has never been lapped and always scored points. • Mark Webber finished on the podium only once out in 10 Canadian Grands Prix contested, and that was third two years ago. He has never qualified on the front row here and was often victim of bad luck as he recorded spins or contact with other cars in no less than five races (2004, '07-08, '10-11). • Fernando Alonso has also often hit problems in Canada, retiring five times out of 10 races. He was nevertheless able to win from pole in 2006 and finished third in 2010. Except for his year with Minardi in 2001, he always qualified in the top five here. • This is not one of the best tracks for Felipe Massa: never on the front row and never on the podium in Montreal. His best race result is a fourth, obtained in 2005 with Sauber, while he was third in grid two years ago. The Brazilian has always been beaten by his team-mates here: his qualifying score is 0-9. • Jenson Button won in 2011 and took podiums in 2004 and '10. Last year was not one of his best showings, as he was lapped by his McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who went on to win the race. Curiously Button has led only one lap here: the last one of the 2011 race, which gave him the win. • Last year Sergio Perez was able to climb from the 15th grid spot to the podium, in third, pitting only once. Romain Grosjean adopted a similar strategy and from seventh finished second. • Two podiums for Kimi Raikkonen here: winner in 2005 (from seventh in grid) and third in '06. The only year he hasn't scored points in Montreal is 2008, when he was rammed by Hamilton in the pitlane. • Nico Rosberg's scoreboard here is divided in two: a good one in qualifying, since he always started from the top 10, and a disappointing one in the race, as he has finished in the points only twice. Last year was his best showing here: fifth on the grid (a spot obtained also in 2008) and sixth in the race. • One statistic that this year is going to change for sure: both Rosberg (6-0) and Hamilton (5-0) have always beaten their team-mates in qualifying at this track. • Hamilton is one of the most successful drivers here with three poles (2007, '08, '10) and three wins (2007, '10, '12). He is ranked second for wins in Montreal behind Michael Schumacher (seven wins) and for poles (six poles). The only times Hamilton hasn't won here are when he has crashed out: in 2008 in the pitlane with Raikkonen and in 2011 after contact with his team-mate Button.
It worked too well IIRC. People saying to made things too easy. With 10 points places it had to happen soon. Amazing really that Schumachers record has lasted this long given that he set it in the days on only the top 6 scoring. (in fact in only three of those races was Michael off the podium, say what you like about Vettels success, but thank god we don't have that at the moment.)
