2012 Canadian Grand Prix (June 8 - 10)

[Wouter Melissen]

Hamilton has topped the opening practice, which was halted due to heavy crash from Kovalainen:

Pos Driver Team Time Laps
1. Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1m15.564 30
2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 1m15.682s + 0.118 29
3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1m15.782s + 0.218 30
4. Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1m15.842s + 0.278 34
5. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1m15.897s + 0.333 28
6. Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes 1m15.986s + 0.422 29
7. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari 1m16.000s + 0.436 31
8. Sergio Perez Sauber-Ferrari 1m16.249s + 0.685 32
9. Michael Schumacher Mercedes 1m16.264s + 0.700 28
10. Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1m16.347s + 0.783 12
11. Paul di Resta Force India-Mercedes 1m16.460s + 0.896 32
12. Felipe Massa Ferrari 1m16.619s + 1.055 17
13. Pastor Maldonado Williams-Renault 1m16.859s + 1.295 25
14. Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 1m16.890s + 1.326 36
15. Kimi Raikkonen Lotus-Renault 1m17.014s + 1.450 41
16. Jean-Eric Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m17.352s + 1.788 28
17. Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1m17.580s + 2.016 31
18. Vitaly Petrov Caterham-Renault 1m17.935s + 2.371 23
19. Heikki Kovalainen Caterham-Renault 1m18.177s + 2.613 16
20. Pedro de la Rosa HRT-Cosworth 1m18.182s + 2.618 26
21. Bruno Senna Williams-Renault 1m18.762s + 3.198 36
22. Narain Karthikeyan HRT-Cosworth 1m19.354s + 3.790 23
23. Timo Glock Marussia-Cosworth 1m20.004s + 4.440 21
24. Charles Pic Marussia-Cosworth 1m20.067s + 4.503 23

Lewis Hamilton quickest in opening practice for the Canadian Grand Prix - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com

[Kitdy]

Groundhogs, foxes, and squirrels, oh my!

[Dino Scuderia]

They said they shortened one of the straights 50 meters or something like that and there is only one DRS zone.

[henk4]

First race I watched this year, tires made the outcome quite unpredictable...DRS zones apprently prevent one slow driver to keep all those behind him at bay, but it makes overtaking very easy.

[RacingManiac]

Originally Posted by henk4

but it makes overtaking very easy.

I wouldn't say that...all the passes that looked easy the one being passed was running much slower laptime anyway. When they are running similar lap time, the passing even with DRS was not guaranteed. Most of the one being passed had traction issue coming out of the hairpin anyway, rendering them much more vulnerable to DRS....

[Magnum9987]

Tires once again prove to be the Great Equalizer..... I think its a shame. I'd much rather see the cars going as fast as they can be rather than rely on tire strategy and pit schedules to get ahead of the competition.

[RacingManiac]

The season I think is undoubtedly entertaining, but there is a bit of a philosophical issue for me with tire conservation being employed as a key element in a sprint race...

[Dino Scuderia]

Not any complaints from me this season except for the fugly noses.

Good race overall. Ferrari certainly underestimated the tire deg there at the end but in the beginning I didn't think any team was going to have a shot at Vettel.

Mclaren certainly have not been the best team yet Hami has the lead...the formula this season is completely unpredictable which is great for a change.