Flying Finn

Voted for Alonso... Again... Been voting for him in every race...

When he finally wins, I can be like Wayne and say I WAS RIGHT!!!

multi21

Kiss of death

paradisenb

Let's hope so.

Ray S

morganabowen

Sebastian Vettel again, right? Actually, probably not. The Red Bulls have never run particularly well at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit, and aside from David Coulthard’s third place finish in 2007, it’s something of a bogey track for the team. McLaren, on the other hand, love the track’s high-speed corners – they finished first and second last year, while Lewis Hamilton also won back in 2007.

But then there’s a mildly resurgent Michael Schumacher. After a season’s best fifth place last time out in Monaco, we’re tipping Schumi as a possible podium finisher at the race he’s already won a record seven times. After all, if he doesn’t get a move on soon, it’ll be a wonder if he even bothers returning to the grid in 2012.

And Ferrari? Not even Fernando Alonso – our somewhat optimistic tip for Monaco – believes the team have it in them. Asked about the possibility of race wins after Monaco he said: “I think at the moment it’s not possible.” And on the evidence of the season so far, you’d have to agree with him.

So, for our money it’s a straight fight between Red Bull and McLaren. While Lewis and Jenson have the form book on their side, Vettel and Webber have a stronger car than this time last year. Pole will certainly be harder for Vettel than it’s been so far this year, but if he can make it six from seven on Saturday, we can’t see anyone stopping him on Sunday.

Agree? Disagree? What about Bahrain – are the teams being a bunch of overpaid whingers, or are their greivances perfectly reasonable? While you summon up some bile, here’s our prediction for the top ten in qualifying:

1. Lewis Hamilton
2. Sebastian Vettel
3. Mark Webber
4. Jenson Button
5. Fernando Alonso
6. Nico Rosberg
7. Michael Schumacher
8. Felipe Massa
9. Nick Heidfeld
10. Vitaly Petrov

ilko

Beautiful day today in Montreal, a little chilly this morning but sunny! Heading to the track early to pick up some left-over swag from last year.

Crossing the border yesterday afternoon was a breeze - no line at all. I don't think this year's race will be sold out like 2010.

DJF1

Yeah I dont think it will sell out, I picked up my ticket just this week! I'm driving in tomorrow morning and I'm very happy that the forecast for Sunday is drying up! Cant wait!!!
I'll be on Gstand 22.

Nizer

Getting into Canada is never the problem; it's getting back into the US.

Enjoy the race.

RajDatta

Depends. If you hit the borders by 4pm, you are good. The line starts forming after 4pm. Also, the agents are usually quick with citizens.
Heading up there soon as well.

GT3 Techno

The "Wall of Champions" just claimed Vettel in Practice 1 !

"He is safely out of the car, which has front-end damage, with its right-front wheel hanging off."

A.Wayne

Why ..?

All those years of lost bets and Kimi in Nascar ... huh ? I guess you are really scared of winning......




Boy Wonder has Broken Training wheels ........

Rosberg fastest , Vettel Crashes




By Pablo Elizalde Friday, June 10th 2011, 15:32 GMT


Nico Rosberg highlighted Mercedes GP's position as a dark horse for this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix, topping the times in the opening practice session on Friday.

But the big news of the first day of action was Sebastian Vettel's crash, the Red Bull driver starting his weekend on the back foot after a costly driving mistake.

The session had to be red-flagged with around 33 minutes to go when Vettel crashed into the "Wall of Champions" after his car jumped over the kerb at the final corner.

The right side of the Red Bull car was heavily damaged and the world champion, who had managed just eight laps before that, was unable to return to action.

Rosberg, meanwhile, enjoyed a trouble-free day to finish ahead of Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and his own Mercedes team-mate Michael Schumacher.

Felipe Massa was fourth fastest, with Jenson Button completing the top five ahead of McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton.

With the teams testing new parts, and with the track very dirty at the start of the session, it took several minutes before a time was set, with Toro Rosso's reserve Daniel Ricciardo becoming the first driver to complete a full lap over 20 minutes after the start.

Alonso quickly removed the Australian from the top spot, the Ferrari driver going four seconds quicker despite a scare at the exit of the hairpin. His time of 1m22.1s was bettered on the next lap, the Spaniard lapping in the 1m19s before heading back to the pits.

Schumacher took to the top with less than an hour left, the Mercedes driver going over a second faster than Alonso, with Hamilton and Jaime Alguersuari also setting fast times to relegate Alonso down to fourth.

Hamilton was next to move to the top with a time of 1m18.395s, a benchmark that lasted until Massa moved into the 1m17s with some 45 minutes of the session left.

Once the session was restarted following Vettel's accident, it was Alonso who returned to the top of the times with a lap of 1m17.102s, relegating his team-mate to second. The Spaniard went even quicker moments later, by a full second, to become the first man to lap in the 1m16s.

With 13 minutes to go, Rosberg jumped to first place, outpacing Alonso by over a tenth of a second on his 28th lap of the day. The Mercedes driver stayed on track for several minutes and posted a 1m15.591s with seven minutes remaining.

Renault's Vitaly Petrov was one a few drivers with problems, the Russian not managing to set a time until there were less than 10 minutes of the session left.


Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Nico Rosberg ... Mercedes ... 1m15.591s 32
2. Fernando Alonso ... Ferrari ... 1m16.139s + 0.548 27
3. Michael Schumacher .... Mercedes ... 1m16.549s + 0.958 30
4. Felipe Massa ... Ferrari ... 1m16.658s + 1.067 26
5. Jenson Button ... McLaren-Mercedes ... 1m16.676s + 1.085 20
6. Lewis Hamilton ... McLaren-Mercedes ... 1m16.842s + 1.251 19
7. Rubens Barrichello ... Williams-Cosworth ... 1m16.990s + 1.399 28
8. Paul di Resta ... Force India-Mercedes ... 1m17.294s + 1.703 26
9. Nick Heidfeld ... Renault .... 1m17.445s + 1.854 28
10. Nico Hulkenberg ... Force India-Mercedes... 1m17.549s + 1.958 20
11. Sergio Perez ... Sauber-Ferrari ... 1m17.662s + 2.071 27
12. Mark Webber ... Red Bull-Renault .. 1m17.820s + 2.229 30
13. Jaime Alguersuari .. Toro Rosso-Ferrari .. 1m18.458s + 2.867 31
14. Vitaly Petrov ..Renault ... 1m18.506s + 2.915 15
15. Daniel Ricciardo .. Toro Rosso-Ferrari .. 1m18.648s + 3.057 35
16. Sebastian Vettel ... Red Bull-Renault .. 1m18.852s + 3.261 8
17. Pastor Maldonado ... Williams-Cosworth .. 1m18.932s + 3.341 20
18. Jarno Trulli .. Lotus-Renault .. 1m19.274s + 3.683 2919. Heikki Kovalainen ... Lotus-Renault ... 1m19.422s + 3.831 3020. Kamui Kobayashi ... Sauber-Ferrari ... 1m19.577s + 3.986 2621. Jerome D'Ambrosio ... Virgin-Cosworth ... 1m19.838s + 4.247 3122. Tonio Liuzzi ... HRT-Cosworth ... 1m19.960s + 4.369 2323. Timo Glock ... Virgin-Cosworth ... 1m20.520s + 4.929 2124. Narain Karthikeyan ... HRT-Cosworth ... 1m20.839s + 5.248 27

All Timing Unofficial

Sean F

when is the race being televised?

va122

it's on Fox.

Ray S

Practice 2

Friday Practice Session 2
POS DRIVER NATIONALITY ENTRANT TIME
1. Fernando Alonso Spain Ferrari 1:15.107
2. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 1:15.476
3. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari 1:15.601
4. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.977
5. Jenson Button Britain McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.989
6. Paul di Resta Britain Force India-Mercedes 1:16.089
7. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 1:16.102
8. Vitaly Petrov Russia Renault 1:16.324
9. Nick Heidfeld Germany Renault 1:16.422
10. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Williams-Cosworth 1:16.687
11. Adrian Sutil Germany Force India-Mercedes 1:16.905
12. Pastor Maldonado Venezuela Williams-Cosworth 1:16.941
13. Sebastien Buemi Switzerland Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:17.051
14. Jaime Alguersuari Spain Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:17.694
15. Kamui Kobayashi Japan Sauber-Ferrari 1:17.757
16. Jarno Trulli Italy Lotus-Renault 1:18.470
17. Heikki Kovalainen Finland Lotus-Renault 1:18.482
18. Pedro de la Rosa Spain Sauber-Ferrari 1:18.536
19. Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes GP 1:18.601
20. Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes GP 1:19.209
21. Timo Glock Germany Virgin-Cosworth 1:19.810
22. Vitantonio Liuzzi Italy HRT-Cosworth 1:20.284
23. Narain Karthikeyan India HRT-Cosworth 1:20.311
24. Jerome d'Ambrosio Belgium Virgin-Cosworth 1:20.922

agdamis

Nice job from Fernando! Let's hope he continues the trend on Sunday!

Leaving NYC early Saturday morning, plan on being in Montreal by Qualifying.