Formula 1 2016: Round 7 - Canadian Grand Prix

Charlie-Bravo

Race 7 of 21, one-third the way through the season and it looks to be a wet race, and likely exciting, race to watch.

Times to note:

Friday: FP1 - 3pm, FP2 - 7pm

Saturday: FP3 - 3pm, Qualy - 6pm

Sunday Race - 7pm

Here's Inside Grand Prix to whet your appetite!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de6i6GV0wZs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW12xOKpHTQ

Harika

Weather Forecast:

It's going to be cold and sunny for a June day.
Friday: A few clouds, low near 11 C.
Saturday: Sun and cloud combo. High near 23 C.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy, 70 per cent chance of showers with a high near 16 C.

skipper_G

Harika wrote: »

Weather Forecast:

It's going to be cold and sunny for a June day.
Friday: A few clouds, low near 11 C.
Saturday: Sun and cloud combo. High near 23 C.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy, 70 per cent chance of showers with a high near 16 C.

Excellent

flazio

Oh dear, picture problems at Setanta mean we've crashed out of practice.

Mike Litoris

skipper_G wrote: »

Excellent

Ben Edwards mentioned during practise today that it is more likely in the morning and the race will start on a possible damp track. Damn it.

Jordan 199

I was watching the 1995 race earlier where Alesi won and Barrichello and Irvine came second and third.

:cool:

skipper_G

Jordan 199 wrote: »

I was watching the 1995 race earlier where Alesi won and Barrichello and Irvine came second and third.

:cool:

Finished watching it earlier
thing that stood out was after Schumi had his issue and ended up in the pits for ages was how quickly he got back on the pace. Fastest lap after fastest lap, in his prime he was an absolute machine

Mike Litoris

Jordan 199 wrote: »

I was watching the 1995 race earlier where Alesi won and Barrichello and Irvine came second and third.

:cool:

Watched that too. The sound of those Ferraris. Rubens looked like he'd won the race.

Andrew76

Was watching a few minutes of FP2 replay earlier - is it just me or have they flattened the final chicane that leads into the wall of champions? The cars seem smoother and faster through it than previous years. Always remember it being much bumpier.

Charlie-Bravo

Not sure, but am wondering will any of the presently racing champions have an encounter with 'the wall' this weekend. So there's Alonso, Hamilton and Raikonnen (I think I have this right) who have yet to make a visit to the wall with Vettel and Button both having a trip to the wall in their racing careers. Alonso was mega close yesterday in practice.

skipper_G

Watching P3 and Verstappen & Ricciardo have both done the exact same time

Mike Litoris

What a great session so far. Everyone pumping in qualy laps! Some epic powerslides out of the final chicane!.

skipper_G

That was a really odd accident for Magnussen. He was going at such a low speed but absolutely demolished the car

Harika

Three teams covered by 0.6 seconds, should make interesting quali. and according to top speeds Renault seems to have catched up, Honda still trailing by 10 km/h

LEIN

Hope it's a wet race.

Ghost Train

Could be great qualifying if weather is a bit mixed. Looks like they'll all be out early

skipper_G

If the track temperature is low for the race and it remains dry, it will be a disaster for Renault & Haas because they have no SuperSoft tyres. The aggressive choice could really backfire

Autosport

The wall of champions takes another victim.

Charlie-Bravo

Sainz, future champion hope he gets the Ferrari drive though.

Ghost Train

Sainz a victim of the wall, didnt look like hard hit but plenty of damage done

GTE

Good man Di Resta, calling out some of Crofts bull**** in the commentary.

Harika

RedBull again with a Supersoft lap?

skipper_G

Gutted Checo is out, but great job from Alonso so far down on power. At least Perez will have his free tyre choice for the race assuming it's a dry start.

Autosport

Can't believe they're in the 1:12's already. Will Rosberg come back at Hamilton

Grim.

very impressive lap from vettel

Autosport

The way Di Resta says Ricciardo annoys the hell out of me. Vettel and Ric both touched the wall and managed not to crash, takes skill

skipper_G

That was a bit of an anti-climax, some lap from Vettel to get that close. Hope the race is more exciting than that

Charlie-Bravo

bbk wrote: »

Good man Di Resta, calling out some of Crofts bull**** in the commentary.

What did Croft say and what was Paul's response? I have Setanta...

risteard7

Croft is a clown, he tries to be smart and witty. #askcrofty eh no thanks

Myrddin

I like Di Resta, seems a decent skin...they need to drop Herbert & get Di Resta in there instead.

Frank Bullitt

Alonso in the top 10, he sounded happy over the radio.

PopePalpatine

astrofluff wrote: »

What did Croft say and what was Paul's response? I have Setanta...

Seconded, I was just watching the highlights on C4.

Jordan 199

Starting grid for the race.

Charlie-Bravo

Jordan 199 wrote: »

Starting grid for the race.

Just looking at the tyre info and am wondering will Hamilton and Rosberg be on a doubly-scrubbed set of ultras for the start of the race - see Q2 tyres below.

I know there were penalties to be added to this:

GTE

astrofluff wrote: »

What did Croft say and what was Paul's response? I have Setanta...

Croft was suggesting that Williams use an app which was developed with an advertising sponsor to determine whether there is going to be a red flag situation with respect to historical data and that they use this to base when they come out for qualifying. There happened to be a red flag and Williams were in the pits at the time.

Di Restas reply was (paraphrasing) "I know you like a good statistic but I do not believe that at all". But in the way it was said, I took it as "thats a load of rubbish".

Croft kept trying to get back at him a few times after that but Di Resta wasn't giving him any of it.

You can hear it a lot with Brundal; croft will say something dumb or totally tangential and Brundal will just change the subject. It is a pity Croft doesnt take that as a hint.

prettyboy81

Temperatures look very cool for the race but no rain forecast.

ricimaki

Here's the tires available for everyone:

https://twitter.com/JennieGow/status/741984611287339008

Red Bull must be counting on rain with what they have available. Magnussen has plenty of new ultra-softs

Harika

Weather Forecast doesn't look like rain for the race, but also states it is dry while it rains oO

Charlie-Bravo

I'm looking at the doppler radar for Montreal; the wet weather seems to be swirling to the north-east. It doesn't look it at the moment like it will be raining, but we'll have to wait until nearer race time...

http://www.accuweather.com/en/ca/national/weather-radar

Cool_CM

Facebook just reminded me that it's been 5 years to the day since this:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056293134

Fuping love Canada, hope it's a good one!

Ghost Train

I'd say there might be light shower at some point during the race. Mid or Near end of the race could be good

Cool_CM

Excellent stuff, there was a spot of rain on one of the grid cameras just there

Charlie-Bravo

Checo saying the track is grand considering a bit of rain at turns 7 & 8.

Autosport

Praying for rain absolutely loved 2011

Mike Litoris

Lets go!

Mike Litoris

Vettel holy ****! Mercs!!!

Cool_CM

What a start by Seb! Failing rain, I can't see Rosberg coming back from that.

GTE

Lewis seems like quite the ass at the start, again.

This seems like a force the rival into the middle of the pack where the Merc becomes a very average car.
I may be wrong though.

G'wan Vettel.

Autosport

I'd love to hear the radios now esp Nico

Mike Litoris

McLarens getting murdered on the straights. Vettel flying.

skipper_G

Incredible start from vettel. Dying to see replay of that incident with the mercs