2012 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix

Kartik Sri Harsha · Jun 10, 2012

Diego Lopez said:
The atmosphere here in canada is somewhat disappointing, people were leavIng as they saw the top 3 results. Not a lot of rb fans i tell you. Most of my section nearby the paddock are mclaren fans. Oh well, cant do much on this phone but il upload pics after sunday.

Hamilton and Alonso better team up if they wanna take out vettel from staying 1st. Track fits RB.
Not a surprise he is 1st, t his year the gap is juat close but u cant deny he was -100s lap after lap so good job of him even tho i have a feeling he'll be in the pressure pf lewis and fernando.

I thought you said this track suits for Mercedes and Mclaren rather than RBR
Edit: My bad it wasn't you Lopez it was Markus Newman
And also lot of people thought that Mercedes will go for 1-2 with Mclaren behind them or LH in P1 but SEB did brilliant job and got p1 in a track which doesn't fit for Redbull Machinery

Kartik Sri Harsha · Jun 10, 2012

My993C2 said:
Will the "Wall of Champions" claim yet another victim this year?

Both Williams Drivers are Victims of Wall of Champions

Hampus Andersson · Jun 10, 2012

So the finger is once again on pole... i will boycott Red Bull from here on

No but seriously, the Red Bull seems to have some of it´s problems solved and can now show that it is a good car deep down, much like the Ferrari.

I think for Hamilton to win this one he would have to get a better start then Vettel and take him into T1 otherwise he will bugger off, create that gap and then Alonso would be like a dog with rabies behind Hamilton.

Hampus Andersson · Jun 10, 2012

btw, it was pretty funny hearing Vettel´s engineer saying "...and finger"

Here are the sector times,
http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2012/870/7142/best_sector_times.html

Alonso topping S1, Vettel 1 tenth away from him with 2nd, Hamilton down in 7th with 2 tenths down on Alonso.

Hamilton topping S2, Vettel only 0.030s behind, And Alonso pretty much 0.070s behind Vettel.

Vettel topping S3, 0.050s further down we see Alonso in 3rd, and a further 0.090s we see Hamilton in fourth.

One mistake and you might be starting tenth in Formula 1 nowadays

Also interesting to see the top speeds,

HAM - 322.2km/h (8th)
ALO - 320km/h (16th)
VET - 316km/h (23rd)

Mercedes was second lowest, only beaten by RBR in slowest top speeds.

Bradley Vanian · Jun 10, 2012

Hampus Andersson said:
Mercedes was second lowest, only beaten by RBR in slowest top speeds.

Did they forget to use the magic paddle to open the D-DRS ?

Bradley Vanian · Jun 10, 2012

A little prediction of mine:

If someone is challenging Vettel throughout the race, such as Hamilton or Alonso, I think he will crash at the Wall of Champions. He pushes his car and himself to the limit in the chicane and if he is under pressure, I predict he will make a mistake.

Hampus Andersson · Jun 10, 2012

Bradley Vanian said:
Did they forget to use the magic paddle to open the D-DRS ?

Probably just chose a short gearing i think.

Kartik Sri Harsha · Jun 10, 2012

1:13.732 is the Combined Times of top 3 sector times and we have 1:13.784 by Vettel

Chris Jenkins · Jun 10, 2012

Hampus Andersson said:
Probably just chose a short gearing i think.

Rosberg was one of the only people that I didn't hear hitting the rev limiter on the straight though.

Hampus Andersson · Jun 10, 2012

Chris Jenkins said:
Rosberg was one of the only people that I didn't hear hitting the rev limiter on the straight though.

ok his top speed were third slowest so perhaps he´s running lots and lots of downforce.

Bram Hengeveld · Jun 10, 2012

Kartik Sri Harsha said:
1:13.732 is the Combined Times of top 3 sector times and we have 1:13.784 by Vettel

In this case his finger is well deserved then

Fadel Sabbagh · Jun 10, 2012

Petar Tasev · Jun 10, 2012

Oh oh, Red Bull are starting to do really well again. I hope something exciting happens in the race because I don't want another slew of boring races where Red Bull wins everything like last year.

Fadel Sabbagh · Jun 10, 2012

it should be exciting, especially after the first and second corners at the start. I think Michael will take a podium here, but he'll have to gain a couple of positions at the start.

Metalfreaky · Jun 10, 2012

Bradley Vanian said:
Did they forget to use the magic paddle to open the D-DRS ?

D-DRS does not help that much in top speed. It helps opening und closing DRS earlier/later because of the better balance

Petar Tasev · Jun 10, 2012

I'm really hoping that Schumi can pull off a podium here somehow to offset all the bad luck he's been having. It seems Romain Grosjean hates him since they've had contact twice this season

Diego Lopez · Jun 10, 2012

oh my god is freaking hot HERE ! ....and to think canada as of a "ice" country hahahaha.

Anyways, Webber drove what the RB8 is capable of, Sebastian just pulled something out of his hat, but, the field is a lot closer, is just driver skill.

What kills me is, that in Monaco, they did have chance of rain, why did he get up there and Qualify? I know they were saving tyres, but they only used 2 :/
....just saying, he has in him, but did he loose his confidece? or did he go for pole, knowing that its a far easier track and less risk?

Paul M Jones · Jun 10, 2012

"FIA tell Red Bull to change brake cooling. Red Bull has made changes to the design of its wheel hubs at the Canadian Grand Prix after the FIA found that holes used for cooling the brakes were also having an aerodynamic effect on the car"

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100230