Canadian GP June 11-13th

[f6fhellcat13]

Red Bull's stranglehold is broken.

Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Laps
1 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.889 1:15.528 1:15.105 20
2 6 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 1:16.423 1:15.692 1:15.373 21
3 5 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 1:16.129 1:15.556 1:15.420 24
4 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 1:16.171 1:15.597 1:15.435 24
5 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.371 1:15.742 1:15.520 24
6 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 1:17.086 1:16.171 1:15.648 22
7 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:16.673 1:16.314 1:15.688 23
8 11 Robert Kubica Renault 1:16.370 1:15.682 1:15.715 21
9 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 1:16.495 1:16.295 1:15.881 21
10 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 1:16.350 1:16.001 1:16.071 20
11 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 1:16.880 1:16.434 22
12 10 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1:16.770 1:16.438 20
13 3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 1:16.598 1:16.492 16
14 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 1:16.569 1:16.844 21
15 16 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 1:17.356 1:16.928 16
16 17 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 1:17.027 1:17.029 17
17 22 Pedro de la Rosa BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:17.611 1:17.384 19
18 23 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1:18.019 10
19 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 1:18.237 12
20 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 1:18.698 11
21 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 1:18.941 12
22 21 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 1:19.484 10
23 25 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 1:19.675 12
24 20 Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 1:27.757

[wwgkd]

Quite the dramatic pole for Hamilton, too, though he is on the option while Red Bull went with the primes. I've been cheering for someone other than Red Bull to win pole because of their dominance, but after that wallslapping qualifier lap I almost hoped Webber would hold on to keep it just for sheer drama. And Schumacher missing the last corner and not making the cut for Q3was kind of a bummer.

[ringle]

Would someone "in the know" please explain/clarify the rules for me regarding stopping out on the circuit during qualifying? Is running out of fuel not the same a being stuck in a gravel trap or crashing. And is the in-lap still considered to be part of the qualifying session or not? Thanks in advance.

[kylekosir]

I dont know the rules. But it was a good qualifying. What a good day for it. Since im at the track its an amazing day.

[wwgkd]

Congrats to Hamilton and McLaren. Was a pretty good race, I thought. Drama up front right to the end.

[LeonOfTheDead]

Would someone "in the know" please explain/clarify the rules for me regarding stopping out on the circuit during qualifying? Is running out of fuel not the same a being stuck in a gravel trap or crashing. And is the in-lap still considered to be part of the qualifying session or not? Thanks in advance.

sorry for the late answer, anyway, the in lap is considered as a part of the qualifying session, and drivers must go back to the pits within a certain time frame even after the session is over. Eventually, Hamilton was reprimanded, and McLaren had to pay a 10.000 $ fine.

Good race, but as for last year in some occasions, the key is bringing crappy tires.

[Ferrer]

What a race indeed. Quite a lot of action pretty much everywhere.

[torque55]

IMO this was the most entertaining race of the season.

now it is clear that Schumi should reconsider his comeback, and Redbull ought to bring in some qualified tacticians.

[henk4]

the key is bringing crappy tires.

yep, next year Pirellis

[Ferrer]

now it is clear that Schumi should reconsider his comeback

He should've never come back at all.

yep, next year Pirellis

Hey, the road ones aren't bad.

[Dino Scuderia]

Worst set of tires I ever had were Pirelli.

[fpv_gtho]

The teams will be giving Pirelli the technical specs they require, which you would assume would be as close to the existing Bridgestones as possible. If they cant produce a tyre within a certain degree of the quality Bridgestone have been it'll be interesting.

[Dino Scuderia]

The teams will be giving Pirelli the technical specs they require, which you would assume would be as close to the existing Bridgestones as possible. If they cant produce a tyre within a certain degree of the quality Bridgestone have been it'll be interesting.

Unless they do go to 18" rims in 2011.

[LeonOfTheDead]

Unless they do go to 18" rims in 2011.

It's too late for that, teams already started designing the new cars so that they'll fit present tires.

[RacingManiac]

nothing wrong with the Bridgestone....IMO the whole season should be like this to force people run tires off as opposed to just putting around for 1.5 hours...

The race was also much hotter than the ENTIRE weekend....and rain during the weekend washed the track green again in saturday so the tire issue is pretty much expected....