Formula 1 2013: Round 7 - Canadian Grand Prix

Seannew1 · 08-06-2013 5:47pm

Watching the race on BBC,how much I've missed this coverage, EJ not sitting on the fence at all with this Mercedes Tyre scandal,beats boring Herbert and Hill any day.

Frankie Lee · 08-06-2013 5:53pm

Seannew1 wrote: »

Watching the race on BBC,how much I've missed this coverage, EJ not sitting on the fence at all with this Mercedes Tyre scandal,beats boring Herbert and Hill any day.

It can be a bit cringey at times but is full of character in comparison to Sky's pre-race coverage.

cherryghost · 08-06-2013 5:57pm

Rain, yay. Radar looks like its down for about 5-10 minutes, possible break, then down again.

Anyone · 08-06-2013 6:02pm

Rain+Slicks+Wall of Champions=possibly a mental qualifying.

decisions · 08-06-2013 6:06pm

The rain should really mix the grid up nicely.

decisions · 08-06-2013 6:08pm

**** forgot to do a top 3

Alonso
Kimi
Rosburg.

Any chance you will accept it 8 min into q1.

T-Maxx · 08-06-2013 6:16pm

decisions wrote: »

**** forgot to do a top 3

Alonso
Kimi
Rosburg.

Any chance you will accept it 8 min into q1.

No:D

Seannew1 · 08-06-2013 6:24pm

Frankie Lee wrote: »

It can be a bit cringey at times but is full of character in comparison to Sky's pre-race coverage.

EJ: "Sometimes you just have to get off the fence ever once and a while", if that was said in sky's coverage, there'd be sackings on the spot.

My top 3 is Rosberg,Webber and Vettel.

Ghost Train · 08-06-2013 6:29pm

wonder could Rosberg get a slap on the wrist for the way he recovered the car after his spin, looked a bit clumsy blocking the other cars

decisions · 08-06-2013 6:40pm

Another smash for Felipe

smellslikeshoes · 08-06-2013 6:41pm

Gonna be an interesting 2 mins when it starts again

Max_Charger · 08-06-2013 6:42pm

I was going to say earlier that Massa has been driving on the limit to borderline reckless all weekend. 2 mins of madness coming up

Ghost Train · 08-06-2013 6:43pm

smellslikeshoes wrote: »

Gonna be an interesting 2 mins when it starts again

Those in the top ten might want a slow outlap to stop others getting better time in

mickdw · 08-06-2013 6:43pm

astrofluff wrote: »

Did a quick search for news over the last week - the only thing I found was that he was being told to leave his dog at home. That's a bit harsh to refer to...:pac:

Any motorsport events ive been too clearly state on ticket that no animals are allow within the facility. I dont see why hamilton should be treated any different.

Grim. · 08-06-2013 6:46pm

let the carnage commence

Max_Charger · 08-06-2013 6:46pm

This will not end well...

decisions · 08-06-2013 6:48pm

So who's going to hit the wall? My money's on Crashtor.

_rebelkid · 08-06-2013 6:59pm

Bottas and Toro Rosso in first ever Q3.

Bottas looks quick!

ExcitedGorilla · 08-06-2013 7:08pm

Bottas??? DAFUQ??

Frankie Lee · 08-06-2013 7:09pm

Brilliant for Bottas, hopefully he will begin to fulfil his hype from before he got the drive with Williams.

ExcitedGorilla · 08-06-2013 7:14pm

Hope to see some of the red bulls, mercedes and mclarens skid off the track at the first corner so that bottas can get a good mile ahead

Glico Man · 08-06-2013 7:14pm

_rebelkid wrote: »

Bottas and Toro Rosso in first ever Q3.

Bottas looks quick!

Toro Rosso have been in Q3 plenty of times. First time ever in Canada maybe.

Terrontress · 08-06-2013 7:48pm

aaronh007 wrote: »

Toro Rosso have been in Q3 plenty of times. First time ever in Canada maybe.

Did Vettel not get a pole or P2 for STR?

Grim. · 08-06-2013 7:52pm

Terrontress wrote: »

Did Vettel not get a pole or P2 for STR?

pole at monza 2008 and the race win

Jordan 199 · 08-06-2013 8:17pm

Well done to Bottas. He did a super job today.

As for Lewis, it will be his fourth time starting from the front row this season. If he finishes in the top three tomorrow I will be very happy.

As for Romain, he'll have to start in 29th

paddy147 · 08-06-2013 9:06pm

Jordan 191 wrote: »

Well done to Bottas. He did a super job today.

As for Lewis, it will be his fourth time starting from the front row this season. If he finishes in the top three tomorrow I will be very happy.

As for Romain, he'll have to start in 29th

His manager is also the team principal Eric Boullier.

Maybe that explains why he hasnt been given the boot yet.:pac:

08-06-2013 11:34pm

Kimi Raikkonen and Daniel Ricciardo have both been given 2 place grid-penalties for queueing in the wrong place at the end of the pitlane at the restart of Q2 after Massa's crash. They didn't line up in order of who got there first.

Charlie-Bravo · 08-06-2013 11:51pm

20 entries with one disqualification for posting 8 mins into Q1!

Boardsies 1st 2nd 3rd
recyclebin Kimi Alonso Vettel
astrofluff Alonso Kimi Vettel
potholes84 Kimi Alonso Massa
Gintonious Alonso Massa Kimi
vectra Alonso Kimi Massa
restingpilgrim Kimi Vettle Di Resta
lolie Alonso Kimi Perez
wextext Alonso Vettel Kimi
edgy Kimi Vettel Hamilton
antodeco Vettel Kimi Hamilton
tunguska Alonso Kimi Vettel
gerbear1 Vettel Kimi Massa
T-Maxx Vettel Alonso Massa
colm911 Rosberg Vettel Alonso
EnterNow Alonso Rosberg Massa
Kxii Alonso Rosberg Kimi
_rebelkid Hamilton Alonso Vettel
bigboy Kimi Hamilton Alonso
BFassassin Alonso Kimi Massa
decisions Alonso* Kimi* Rosberg*

* disqualified for late entry - rules is rules, no exceptions. :P

Please check your order of drivers or if I've left you out (it's well past beer-o-clock)

Jordan 199 · 09-06-2013 12:29am

paddy147 wrote: »

His manager is also the team principal Eric Boullier.

Maybe that explains why he hasnt been given the boot yet.:pac:

I wasn't aware of that until I heard it on the BBC.

Deleted User wrote: »

Kimi Raikkonen and Daniel Ricciardo have both been given 2 place grid-penalties for queueing in the wrong place at the end of the pitlane at the restart of Q2 after Massa's crash. They didn't line up in order of who got there first.

Kimi to start 11th and Ricciardo 12th. Hulkenberg and Perez to benefit by moving two places forward to 9th and 10th respectively.

09-06-2013 2:38am

Damn, too late to win the pics. I'm still gonna go ahead and say Kimi, Vettel, Alonso.

As far as Brawn etc. goes, once Mercedes bought the team out it was only a matter of time before he was shoved out, pretty damn classless of them if this is how they're doing it though. If he's not out this time they'll always have it over him as well, "We stuck by him through the tyre thing... blah blah blah."

eviltimeban · 09-06-2013 8:32am

Anyone catch Ross Brawn's phone number? During the segment on the Sky broadcast when Brundle was driving Hamilton in, Hamilton's phone rings and it cuts to a close up of the phone - with "Ross Brawn" and his phone number clear for all to see. Wonder will he get any prank calls as a result? :-)

cherryghost · 09-06-2013 9:22am

Race will be very interesting. Coming into the weekend it looked like a dry race. Yesterday showers were at 20-30% for the race, it's now hovering at a 50% chance. Rain looking increasingly likely at some point over the race. Canada always throws surprises!

paddy147 · 09-06-2013 12:22pm

I thought the interview with Robert Kubica was good.

He was very humble and very honest with the BBC too.

Would be great to see him back in F1 at some stage in the future.

cherryghost · 09-06-2013 12:26pm

Anyone afraid Bottas might do a Grosjean? :P

paddy147 · 09-06-2013 12:27pm

Just incase anyone forgot...Kubica had a massive crash in Montreal back in 2007.

He was lucky to survive that one.:eek:

paddy147 · 09-06-2013 12:27pm

cherryghost wrote: »

Anyone afraid Bottas might do a Grosjean? :P

he might even stall it???:pac:

Myrddin · 09-06-2013 12:34pm

cherryghost wrote: »

Anyone afraid Bottas might do a Grosjean? :P

He's free to slam into Vettel all he wants

losthorizon · 09-06-2013 12:59pm

Forecast: 23C mainly warm and sunny. Some spotty rain and maybe the odd shower passing over.

smellslikeshoes · 09-06-2013 1:04pm

cherryghost wrote: »

Anyone afraid Bottas might do a Grosjean? :P

It hasn't been too noticeable because the Williams has been muck but Bottas has been keeping himself out of trouble much better than one would expect for a guy in his first season.

I personally think Bottas is the next in the line of great Finnish drivers. Outqualified Maldonado 5:2 so far this season and we all know Maldonado can be quick. Bottas has also finished all 6 gp compared to Maldonado's 3/6 so he seemingly doesn't have Maldonado's ability to always be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Crasp · 09-06-2013 1:06pm

smellslikeshoes wrote: »

It hasn't been too noticeable because the Williams has been muck but Bottas has been keeping himself out of trouble much better than one would expect for a guy in his first season.

I personally think Bottas is the next in the line of great Finnish drivers. Outqualified Maldonado 5:2 so far this season and we all know Maldonado can be quick. Bottas has also finished all 6 gp compared to Maldonado's 3/6 so he seemingly doesn't have Maldonado's ability to always be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

I agree, from what I've seen so far he seems very mature and quite a smart driver.. I think he'd be happy in this race with 3rd/4th/5th rather than doing a Grosjean and going for the win on the first lap.

cherryghost · 09-06-2013 1:49pm

smellslikeshoes wrote: »

It hasn't been too noticeable because the Williams has been muck but Bottas has been keeping himself out of trouble much better than one would expect for a guy in his first season.

I personally think Bottas is the next in the line of great Finnish drivers. Outqualified Maldonado 5:2 so far this season and we all know Maldonado can be quick. Bottas has also finished all 6 gp compared to Maldonado's 3/6 so he seemingly doesn't have Maldonado's ability to always be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

It was only a joke, I'm aware that Bottas has drove quite well this season. The evening's race however is a different kettle of fish. True colours could be shown. A man sitting in third sandwiched between some of the best racers in the world. Will he keep his nerve? I certainly hope he will.

The weather today will be entirely different to quali though so I think there will be a lot of chopping and changing throughout the race. Bottas will be lucky to get a top 10 imo unless some elements go in his favour (safety car, pit stop strategy, rain shower etc). Alonso will probably grab a podium if he stays out of trouble. The Force India's will definitely be worth looking at too.

09-06-2013 2:33pm

eviltimeban wrote: »

Anyone catch Ross Brawn's phone number?

Can't make it out in Standard Definition anyway. :pac:

Jordan 199 · 09-06-2013 2:38pm

cherryghost wrote: »

It was only a joke, I'm aware that Bottas has drove quite well this season. The evening's race however is a different kettle of fish. True colours could be shown. A man sitting in third sandwiched between some of the best racers in the world. Will he keep his nerve? I certainly hope he will.

The weather today will be entirely different to quali though so I think there will be a lot of chopping and changing throughout the race. Bottas will be lucky to get a top 10 imo unless some elements go in his favour (safety car, pit stop strategy, rain shower etc). Alonso will probably grab a podium if he stays out of trouble. The Force India's will definitely be worth looking at too.

I think Bottas won't get cause any problems. He wouldn't do anything anything risky. He has a chance that he will come away with points today and perhaps they might be the only points he might score this year as the Williams is a dog of a car.

And on another note: weather for Montreal today.

mickdw · 09-06-2013 2:46pm

eviltimeban wrote: »

Anyone catch Ross Brawn's phone number? During the segment on the Sky broadcast when Brundle was driving Hamilton in, Hamilton's phone rings and it cuts to a close up of the phone - with "Ross Brawn" and his phone number clear for all to see. Wonder will he get any prank calls as a result? :-)

That has to be a piss take im thinking. Ive got the number clear as can be.
No way they would have left that there in a heavily edited piece. Also after watching it again, the way the close up of the phone is taken doesnt make alot if sense. The camera shot is there square on to the phone close up before the phone screen actually changes to show the incoming call. Looks like a little bit of fun.

Charlie-Bravo · 09-06-2013 4:49pm

The Hulk has been bumped to 9th on the grid, expecting him to score some points today. Bottas does seem to be a mature racer for a 23 year old. Be nice to see him get a decent result for his hard work yesterday (and today of course, all things going well).

So here's hoping for a safety car to ruin Vettel's advantage at some stage in the race. Any sign of rain today?

Top Dog · 09-06-2013 4:54pm

cherryghost wrote: »

The Force India's will definitely be worth looking at too.

Well - one of them anyway :pac:

Jordan 199 · 09-06-2013 5:04pm

Top Dog wrote: »

Well - one of them anyway :pac:

Well Di Resta started 17th in Monaco and finished 9th there so he could come away with something today.

It will be interesting to see if Perez ruffles any feathers today.

smellslikeshoes · 09-06-2013 5:13pm

DRS is always strong here too, if the car is there he could get well into the points.

Top Dog · 09-06-2013 5:16pm

Jordan 191 wrote: »

Well Di Resta started 17th in Monaco and finished 9th there so he could come away with something today.

True enough. I guess I just don't rate him that highly. He seems a nice enough bloke in interviews, but he's just not that great on track (in my own opinion).

mickdw · 09-06-2013 5:19pm

Top Dog wrote: »

True enough. I guess I just don't rate him that highly. He seems a nice enough bloke in interviews, but he's just not that great on track (in my own opinion).

He has to be the most boring man in f1. I cannot listen to his interviews

Formula 1 2013: Round 7 - Canadian Grand Prix

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