Formula 1 2017: Round 7 - Canada Grand Prix

Harika

Canada the land of mounties and bears, hosts the seventh round of this epic F1 season, with the exception of Monaco Carlo.

TV times live on Sky and Highlights on Channel 4

Friday June 9

Practice 1 – 15:00 – 16:30pm

Practice 2 – 19:00 – 20:30pm

Saturday June 10

Practice 3 – 15:00 – 16:00

Qualifying – 18:00 – 19:00

Sunday June 11th

Race: 19:00 - 23:00


Talking points:
Will Mercedes get back to usual form?
Will Alonso ask for an Indycar engine?
Will Stroll crash in the wall of champions?

Charlie-Bravo

Driver's Press Conference Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HklqeOl0jFE

Driver's Press Conference Part 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XcJlEMZde4

LollipopJimmy

I'm over in Croft this weekend to take in the BTCC. Usually get my local to throw the Canadian race on the tellybox and sink a few pints while watching

Joeface

Sainz out of FP ...engine Failure , one lap .

LollipopJimmy

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

I'm over in Croft this weekend to take in the BTCC. Usually get my local to throw the Canadian race on the tellybox and sink a few pints while watching

Let me know what it's like, I'm dying to get over for a weekend.

LollipopJimmy

Deleted User wrote: »

Let me know what it's like, I'm dying to get over for a weekend.

Been over a load of times, never been to Croft though. It's a great couple of days, some of the teams do packages if you contact them directly which work out cheap enough.

Charlie-Bravo

And that's the end of the run for Alonso!

skipper_G

Alonso stopped on track again. Christ on a bike

skipper_G

astrofluff wrote: »

And that's the end of the run for Alonso!

Could be hydraulics maybe? Didn't seem to be an engine blow

Edit: Sky saying it was hydraulic failure now

Jordan 199

AMKC

So is that all that happened in FP1 and FP2? Any one crash? What are the chances of rain for the weekend?

Mike Litoris

skipper_G wrote: »

Could be hydraulics maybe? Didn't seem to be an engine blow

Edit: Sky saying it was hydraulic failure now

Managed 7th at the end of Practise 2! Impressive or qualy run, right time and right tyres at the end of the session? I didn't see the session.

Charlie-Bravo

AMKC wrote: »

So is that all that happened in FP1 and FP2? Any one crash? What are the chances of rain for the weekend?

Verstappen had a failure, don't know if it was gearbox.

Nothing much other happened. Yes, chance of rain on Sunday which will mix things up nicely if it does!

skipper_G

AMKC wrote: »

So is that all that happened in FP1 and FP2? Any one crash? What are the chances of rain for the weekend?

The track was fairly greasy and grip levels were low. Lots of spins but nobody had any major issue. Not sure on the weather forecast

skipper_G

Mike Litoris wrote: »

Managed 7th at the end of Practise 2! Impressive or qualy run, right time and right tyres at the end of the session? I didn't see the session.

Qualy run on the ultra soft tyres at the end but impressive nonetheless

Top Dog

AMKC wrote: »

So is that all that happened in FP1 and FP2? Any one crash? What are the chances of rain for the weekend?

Verstappen gearbox gone.
Riccardo engine gone.
Alonso managed 7th on his very last lap with only about 20mins running in the 90min session.
Grojean having terrible trouble with loose rear end - spun on the same corner on consecutive laps.
Vettel having a whinge while following Hamilton "he's making mistakes and backing off"

El_Duderino 09

Tom Watson was on the BBC chequered flag podcast and he was excellent. Really upfront and unafraid of hurting anyone's feelings by speaking the truth in a measured way

Anyway he also brought up a really interesting point about the nature of the Montreal track. He said it's very similar to Monaco in that all the corners are tight and slow. He spoke about the Ferrari having a short wheelbase car compared to Mercedes who has a long wheelbase. The short wheelbase makes the car more nimble in the tight corners which gives Ferrari am advantage this weekend.

He also reckons that advantage might reverse in the second half of the season when they get to faster tracks with sweeping turns like Silverstone. Those tracks might suit the Mercedes longer wheelbase

skipper_G

Looks like everyone is doing the same slow warmup with the tyres. Traffic might be a problem in Q1

skipper_G

That is an excellent lap from Alonso, more than a half second clear of his teammate as usual.

Ghost Train

Wonder can McLaren get into Q3. I suppose it's unlikely

Bottas had big moment in P3, was lucky not to end up in the wall

Top Dog

Wehrlein just ended a lot of fast lap attempts

skipper_G

Wehrlein in the wall and out. So Q1 over, the Saubers gone, Stroll, Vandoorne & KMag out

Ghost Train

More car repairs for Sauber

Ferrari not using the ultras yet

I get the feeling we might see a car take a wheel or two off in one the walls before the end of qualifying

"Despite the yellow flags that would have been waving on that back straight." They just showed it, there were no yellows. Seriously what is wrong with Croft?

Ghost Train

Very close up the front

Ghost Train

Ghost Train wrote: »

Very close up the front

Should be fairly comfortable once Ferrari go for it.

skipper_G

Palmer 9 tenths slower than Hulk. At least it's less than a second, take the positives as Palmer always says.

He's a complete joke.

Santan

Deleted User wrote: »

"Despite the yellow flags that would have been waving on that back straight." They just showed it, there were no yellows. Seriously what is wrong with Croft?

jesus sky are making every race harder to watch, maybe its time to go the same as when my gf is fighting with me, picture and no sound.

Top Dog

Love him or hate him - thats some lap from Hamilton! New track record.

Ghost Train

Deleted User wrote: »

Should be fairly comfortable once Ferrari go for it.

Ferrari not getting on to well with tires though

skipper_G

Man I don't like Hamilton or Vettel but those are two sensational laps.

skipper_G

That's a great lap. Should make for an interesting race, let's see who can get off the line quickly and get the tyres working fastest.

prettyboy81

Serious speed at the end of that Qualifying.

Ghost Train

Hope Lewis doesn't fall out the window

Nice prize to get the Senna helmet, they must have had that on standby for a while

Jordan 199

I saw the Camel branding on the Senna helmet so that was from '87 when he was at Lotus.

flazio

Jordan 199 wrote: »

I saw the Camel branding on the Senna helmet so that was from '87 when he was at Lotus.

Did Lotus have a Honda engine at the time?

Jordan 199

flazio wrote: »

Did Lotus have a Honda engine at the time?

They did.

AMKC

Just seen the highlights of the qualifying there now. Wow that was some lap from Hamilton alright super mega. Overall it was very exciting. Should be a great race tomorrow. Will not get to see it live unless its on in a pub but doubt it. Hope its good if not then hopefully some rain will make it a good race.

mickdw

Hamilton was properly stunned by that presentation.
First time in a long time he appeared genuine.

R00ster

The return of the raft race on the rowing lake allows Mclaren to take their first win of the season :
https://www.facebook.com/Formula1/videos/831723616984622/

skipper_G

Alonso was happy with the McLaren chassis for his qualy run and confirmed the deficit is a power one. Also read one of the German F1 publications reckons that he lost 1.3 seconds due to the power deficit and with equivalent power to a Mercedes they would have been 3rd on the grid.

skipper_G

skipper_G wrote: »

Alonso was happy with the McLaren chassis for his qualy run and confirmed the deficit is a power one. Also read one of the German F1 publications reckons that he lost 1.3 seconds due to the power deficit and with equivalent power to a Mercedes they would have been 3rd on the grid.

They're quite obviously around the top 4 chassis-wise but it's very hard to say where in the top 4. Red Bull may still have the best chassis for example.

Charlie-Bravo

mickdw wrote: »

Hamilton was properly stunned by that presentation.
First time in a long time he appeared genuine.

Agreed. I'm not a fan of his but he acted naturally. I'll give him that.

boardsuser1

As this is the Canadian race, a former race winner wants to come back.

Oh this will set tongues wagging if he can pull it off.

http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/10908725/sky-sports-exclusive-robert-kubica-targets-full-formula-1-comeback

LollipopJimmy

Lights out 7pm?

Jordan 199

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Lights out 7pm?

Yes.

boardsuser1

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Lights out 7pm?

I'll be tuning in but will have the volume on mute just before the lights go out.

David Croft rightly p1sses me off.

LollipopJimmy

I'll be trying to find a sports bar in Newcastle. Carnage in the BTCC quali yesterday with 3 drivers seriously hurt including Aron Smith for anybody interested

skipper_G

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

I'll be trying to find a sports bar in Newcastle. Carnage in the BTCC quali yesterday with 3 drivers seriously hurt including Aron Smith for anybody interested

I saw the clip, how was the feeling at the circuit? Guys in induced coma for multiple fractures I heard. Hope they all recover

LollipopJimmy

skipper_G wrote: »

I saw the clip, how was the feeling at the circuit? Guys in induced coma for multiple fractures I heard. Hope they all recover

Strange feeling over the place all day today. Nobody really knew anything today

Jordan 199

I liked the McLaren feature in the race build-up.