Formula 1 2018 - Round 7 – Canada

Harika

Oh Canada oh Canada, after the pinnacle of F1 racing in Monaco, we are back at Canada with some of the most memorable races in the last decade. And Alonso’s 300th GP, second with the kitten soft. Renault and Honda are said to bring upgrades to match Mercedes power.



All sessions on Sky F1 and the Online Service
Friday May 24, Free Practice 1, 15:00-16.30
Friday May 24, FP2, 19:00-20.30
Saturday May 26, FP3, 16:00-17:00
Saturday May 26, Qualifying, 19:00-20:00
Saturday May 26, Highlights, 22:55 C4
Sunday May 27, Race, 19.10-21.10
Sunday May 27, Highlights, 22:40 C4

With the high engine power importance, ToroRosso and McLaren will have a good look at their engine partner while Mercedes is hoping for a good weekend.


My predictions for the craic ��
Hamilton will win
McLaren will struggle
Haas will be strong
Hartley will crash

flazio

A few broadcasting points.
This weekend is a highlights weekend for Channel 4 qualifying at 10:55pm on Saturday, race at 10:40pm on Sunday.
Because eir sports has French Open tennis rights and they seem to keep forgetting they have 2 channels there is no FP1 or FP3 coverage and I reckon FP2 could be under threat if a match runs long. Both Qualifying and the Race do have priority however.

Harika

Thanks, I corrected the Channel 4 info.

Charlie-Bravo

What? no FP1 or FP3, there'll be no ironing done.

PukkaStukka

No new Mercedes power units for this race amid reliability concerns in Canada.

But Honda will race new upgraded units and Ferrari expected to do same. Renault are "evaluating the situation".

Upgraded PU's expected to yield an additional 20-25bhp...

Joeface

Does this mean a more competitive race, given the additional drs zone.


Damn it I am doing it again. Dreaming of an awesome race with loads of over taking.

H3llR4iser

That third zone is likely too short to work with the current speed F1 cars run at...into the hairpin would have made a bit more sense, although having the three zones immediately adjacent to each other could have been weird.

Ghost Train

Canada throws up some good races. Nice classic track, overtaking possible into the hairpin, tire are sometimes a big factor, hopeful it will be a good race.

Jordan 199

Ghost Train wrote: »

Canada throws up some good races. Nice classic track, overtaking possible into the hairpin, tire are sometimes a big factor, hopeful it will be a good race.

The 2011 race was excellent.


I have good memories of the circuit when I followed Jordan too.

flazio

Good news for Ricciardo, the MGUK from China is still good so he'll try to run it on Friday and avoid the penalty.
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/headlines/2018/6/ricciardo-set-to-avoid-grid-penalty-in-canada.html

Frank Bullitt

Just over an hour in and Max hasn't crashed yet. Fair play.

cherryghost

Williams continue to look frankly embarrassing.

skipper_G

Red Bull pace looks good but clearly Mercedes & Ferrari are sandbagging

Harika

skipper_G wrote: »

Red Bull pace looks good but clearly Mercedes & Ferrari are sandbagging

Yeah Hamilton had the harder tyres on. Mercedes seems to be on top, but red bull is quicker than ferrari.

Charlie-Bravo

Just watching Paddock Pass and the interview with Verstappan; he seems a little edgy. It's not in his nature to curtail his antics so I'm expecting he'll either do really well with a fanatic result this weekend, or take out a top six driver!!

Burkie1203

astrofluff wrote: »

or take out a top six driver!!

Danny Ricc read this and just begged Horner to replace anything that gets him a grid penalty

2011

Harika wrote: »

All sessions on Sky F1 and the Online Service
Friday May 24 June 8, Free Practice 1, 15:00-16.30
Friday May 24 June 8, FP2, 19:00-20.30
Saturday May 26 June 9, FP3, 16:00-17:00
Saturday May 26 June 9, Qualifying, 19:00-20:00
Saturday May 26 June 9, Highlights, 22:55 C4
Sunday May 27 June 10, Race, 19.10-21.10
Sunday May 27 June 10, Highlights, 22:40 C4

FYP

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Ghost Train

Just seen video of Grosjean hitting the marmot , they showed it on the edge of the track during fp2 but didn't seem to mention it been hit

It's a pity they didn't stop the session and remove it before it went on the track, since they knew it was there for a while. Big enough animal to hit

Hartley seemed well ahead of Gasly, he could do with a good weekend

Jordan 199

Grosjeans engine goes pop.

Mike Litoris

No access to EIR this weekend. It's hard going listening to that Croft fella.

Mike Litoris

That's shocking performance from the McLarens.

Santan

Christ how much are they trying to dumb down this sport, croft telling us how they they to explain things as simple as possible so we can understand it, and then we get the "turn your tv up" so you can hear the noise an engine makes. Jesus.

Ghost Train

Pretty poor that Vettel got blocked on his flying lap, at the very least drivers shouldn't have been on the racing line

Santan

Wow McLaren, beaten by the STR Honda

seamusk84

Very poor and majorally disappointing from McLaren. Really need to radically rethink the aero package.
It’s days like today that will make the decision for Alonso for 2019 easy.

Come on Raikkonen for pole!

Ghost Train

Hope Verstappen doesn't hit the wall sometime about now. Looked fasted in earlier sessions

seamusk84

Sorry to see that mistake from Raikkonen on his flyer there, but great to see Verstappen in 3rd. Really want to see him on the podium and in front of Ricardo tomorrow.......Too much talk about how great Riccardo is currently!

Grim.

Ferrari's first pole in Canada since 2001 :eek:

Santan

With all the money and resources McLaren have, they seem so far behind even force India, where so they even go from here having gone from Merc Honda and now Renault with no real progress, and also having Alonso in the seat. If he leaves next year who would take his place, McLaren now facing a time where even mid table drivers will be having to think about if they want to go there

chicorytip

seamusk84 wrote:

Sorry to see that mistake from Raikkonen on his flyer there, but great to see Verstappen in 3rd. Really want to see him on the podium and in front of Ricardo tomorrow.......Too much talk about how great Riccardo is currently!

Too many qualifying mistakes from Raikkonen - always seems to lose his nerve when it counts.

Mike Litoris

Should be interesting enough at the start tomorrow.


The new music is ridiculous.

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17larsson

What is the story with the constant talking to Christian Horner? Three times during those three sessions they forced me to mute the volume

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seamusk84

17larsson wrote: »

What is the story with the constant talking to Christian Horner? Three times during those three sessions they forced me to mute the volume

Red Bull are in F1 for marketing purposes of their products. They basically will take all the airtime they can get.
Hence they are always happy to engage with the press and media.

flazio

seamusk84 wrote: »

Red Bull are in F1 for marketing purposes of their products. They basically will take all the airtime they can get.
Hence they are always happy to engage with the press and media.

True but I reckon Christian finds Ben Edwards less frustrating then David Croft

Mike Litoris

flazio wrote: »

True but I reckon Christian finds Ben Edwards less frustrating then David Croft

It's only a couple of times a year I'm forced to watch Sky but was today a particularly bad day for Croft or is he always like that? He was shocking.

Jordan 199

You have to feel sorry for Grosjean, not getting a single lap in qualifying. Comes out of the garage and the power unit packs up.

Joeface

So Gasly had to use the old engine for qualifying .

He is usually 0.5s quicker than Hartley so the Honda did improve on power quiet a bit .

Good mix at the front nice to finally see all three lead teams that close on a fast track.

Jeff2

I'm watching this replay on C4 and too many adverts.
Tomorrow night I'll know to walk the dog when the show starts rather then before hand and fast forward through the adds.

Jeff2

After watching that on C4 I'm looking forward to the race.

AMKC

Jeff2 wrote: »

I'm watching this replay on C4 and too many adverts.
Tomorrow night I'll know to walk the dog when the show starts rather then before hand and fast forward through the adds.

That's what I done. Then I came back watched a film then watched the C4 highlights. Would love to see the race live but if it ends up being a borefest I will not mind just getting see the highlights.

Wanderer78

AMKC wrote: »

That's what I done. Then I came back watched a film then watched the C4 highlights. Would love to see the race live but if it ends up being a borefest I will not mind just getting see the highlights.

this can be easily done, if access is your issue

weisses

AMKC wrote: »

That's what I done. Then I came back watched a film then watched the C4 highlights. Would love to see the race live but if it ends up being a borefest I will not mind just getting see the highlights.

Usually there is plenty of action in canada

skipper_G

Williams might have the have worst car but they won the F1 raft race so that's something for them to celebrate at least

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skipper_G

Prisoner 6753 wrote: »

Didn’t the minardi team win that once?

Don't know about that but Mclaren won it last year, a pattern developing maybe

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Burkie1203

https://twitter.com/wbuxtonofficial/status/1005825251752730624?s=19