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[AlmightyGod]

The talk is over and once again we are back in the wonderful city of Montreal. The Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada always puts and end to the tough talks and the battles automatically resumes, only this time the walls will happily sort some out. Nothing in life is free but I tell you what is free here.... a pesky yellow flag. For those of you who think you have had enough  of flags ruining stuff, you might be in for another one here. I have a direct line to lewis so those of you who want him to do his best lap on his first run, the number is 555-555-555-5555-555. 

 

So let do this....

 

Laps 70 Circuit length 4.361 km (2.709 mi) Race length 305.270 km (189.694 mi) Number of times held 50 First held 1961 Most wins (drivers)  Michael Schumacher (7) Most wins (constructors)  Ferrari (13)
 McLaren (13)

 

 

2013 pole lap. Sebastian Vettel. 1m 25.425s

 

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=tNrbO6RfZgk

 

 

 

 

This circuit is also famous for its wall of champions but non-champions are not immune as it claims anyone who wants to outwit it.

 

 

 

Current form suggests that Redbull will have a face as long as the back straight on sunday with the Mercedes works teams almost lapping the entire field. 1s-1.5s per lap seems like a good guesstimate. Race day promises to be fun with ill-timed safety cars making life miserable for stategists. 

 

 

LMAO@ Renault full power http://www.renaultsp...rong> </strong>. Will we see even more failures on the Renault powered cars compared to any point in the season?

 

The wolf, eh-mm, wolff won't accept tangling from his drivers or else team order shall be deployed. Sounds like my former team, dammit, School principal only without a cane. http://www.espn.co.uk/mercedes/motorsport/story/161083.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

 

Mclaren potential

 

Mclaren have a word they have used so many times it should automatically be plastered all over the car, why even look for a  title sponsor?. Every fan knows the word already. You, yes you, you know you want it, sorry, know it.....POTENTIAL. We hope they finally find the key to unlock this potential, why not just break the flipping locks?

 

 

All information and Images courtesy of Formula1.com and FIA

 

Circuit: Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve

Circuit length: 4.361 km

Number of corners: 14 (6 left, 8 right)

DRS zones: 2

Race laps: 70

Race distance: 305.270 km

2014 tyre compounds: Soft, supersoft

Circuit lap record: 1m 13.622s - Rubens Barrichello (2004), Ferrari

 

Number of races: 44 (34 - Montreal; 8 - Mosport; 2 - Mont-Tremblant)

 

Most pole positions (driver): 6 - Michael Schumacher; 3 - Ayrton Senna, Nelson Piquet, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel; 2 - Jackie Stewart, Alain Prost, Ralf Schumacher; 1- Jim Clark, Jochen Rindt, Jacky Ickx, Peter Revson, Ronnie Peterson, Emerson Fittipaldi, James Hunt, Mario Andretti, Jean-Pierre Jarier, Alan Jones, Didier Pironi, Rene Arnoux, Elio de Angelis, Nigel Mansell, Riccardo Patrese, Damon Hill, David Coulthard, Juan Pablo Montoya, Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso

 

 

 

 

Enough talk about v6 noise and decibels, let's................RACE!!!!

Edited by AlmightyGod, 04 June 2014 - 12:57.

[bauss]

I'd love to visit this city and GP one day.

Edited by bauss, 04 June 2014 - 12:14.

[jonpollak]

Not bad..Not bad at all there AG

You did get the phone number wrong though.

The number you require is.... 514-284-0017

 

Jp

[Sheepmachine]

Canada my favourite!
Fun fact: this is the place of the first F1 race I ever watched back in 1999.

[Disgrace]

This is certainly a circuit where simply watching the cars drive around is entertaining enough. It should be even better with year's ill-handling cars. That said, I'd prefer the racing here not being completely **** on by DRS.

[Jon83]

This is certainly a circuit where simply watching the cars drive around is entertaining enough. It should be even better with year's ill-handling cars. That said, I'd prefer the racing here not being completely **** on by DRS.

 

Absolutely.

[Kristian]

I'd love to visit this city and GP one day.

 

I'd say its easily the best on the calendar in terms of all-round spectator experience - relatively affordable, good racing, you are close to the race, full crowds so the atmosphere is immense, and the city just embraces F1 like no other - it really is a festival. 

 

I went in 2007 and 2008 and they were easily my best F1 experiences, and I've been to the likes of Melbourne and Monza too. 

[Owen]

Wall of Champions is spoilt for choice

[TurboF1]

This is certainly a circuit where simply watching the cars drive around is entertaining enough. It should be even better with year's ill-handling cars. That said, I'd prefer the racing here not being completely **** on by DRS.

Seriously, it's one of the tracks with the best natural tendency to promote overtaking, and it has TWO zones. Such ****. You gotta wonder who is making these calls. Do they watch the races?

[Disgrace]

Seriously, it's one of the tracks with the best natural tendency to promote overtaking, and it has TWO zones. Such ****. You gotta wonder who is making these calls. Do they watch the races?

 

The patient is healthy, but the FIA have prescribed two doses of broad-spectrum antibiotics just to be sure.

[ollebompa]

I think that FOM should have the podium finishers do a leap of the steps. And then a mid-air freeze frame to end the broadcast.

Edited by ollebompa, 04 June 2014 - 14:03.

[Richard T]

A favourite race, I get the same feeling heading into the Canada-weekend as the race in Melbourne. It's pretty much the same!

 

How I would love to see Lewis getting a revenge on Nico one way or another 

[Ferrari2183]

Alonso for the win!

Jokes aside, I expect Hamilton to dominate this one. Quite possibly his best track.

[jjcale]

The talk is over and once again we are back in the wonderful city of Montreal. The Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada always puts and end to the tough talks and the battles automatically resumes, only this time the walls will happily sort some out. Nothing in life is free but I tell you what is free here.... a pesky yellow flag. For those of you who think you have had enough  of flags ruining stuff, you might be in for another one here. I have a direct line to lewis so those of you who want him to do his best lap on his first run, the number is 555-555-555-5555-555. 

 

 

Hey Almighty God!  .... If youre 555 then I'm 666!

 

 

... please dont strike me with lightning

Edited by jjcale, 04 June 2014 - 15:43.

[Imateria]

Seriously, it's one of the tracks with the best natural tendency to promote overtaking, and it has TWO zones. Such ****. You gotta wonder who is making these calls. Do they watch the races?

I can understand having the DRS zone down the front stretch but down the back straight, pointless.

Edited by Imateria, 04 June 2014 - 16:37.

[ch103]

Pulling for a Trifecta for Lewis this weekend!  

[charly0418]

So I keep reading the track might be better for Mercedes teams because of the amount of straights. But I got a feeling the pecking order will remain the same. Really cant see Williams, FI or McLaren beating the Red Bulls. What do you guys think?

[NoSanityClause]

Some minor changes to the track for this year.

 

http://www.gpupdate....les-villeneuve/

[Nemo1965]

So I keep reading the track might be better for Mercedes teams because of the amount of straights. But I got a feeling the pecking order will remain the same. Really cant see Williams, FI or McLaren beating the Red Bulls. What do you guys think?

 

That first and second sector (till the hairpin) is, though flat, really Red Bull territory. Left and rights but quite long corners, with quite some even throttle, not so angular as on another tracks. In ye old days (last year!) the Red Bulls really were good there, and especially Vettel seemed to be driving in the next corner when he had not reached the apex of the first... So I think: 1 & 2  Mercedeses. 3 and 4. Red Bullls. 5. Ferrari (Alonso). 6 en 7. Force India's, 8. Raikkonen, 9. Button, 10. Bottas, 11. Massa, 12... something like that.

[Scuferrari]

This time again 2 DRS zones BUT:

 

Only 1 activation point (before the hairpin). So there won't be a counter attack on the start finishing straight. The guy behind can overtake before the final chicane and then pull further away with DRS after the chicane. Not good.

[4MEN]

Canada reminds me the old Hockenheim circuit. Long straights and chicanes.

Edited by 4MEN, 04 June 2014 - 18:18.

[Atreiu]

This time again 2 DRS zones BUT:

 

Only 1 activation point (before the hairpin). So there won't be a counter attack on the start finishing straight. The guy behind can overtake before the final chicane and then pull further away with DRS after the chicane. Not good.

 

Crap.

[BullHead]

Some minor changes to the track for this year.
 
http://www.gpupdate....les-villeneuve/

More Tarmac then? Pffft....

[HoldenRT]

Great track..

[RonnyRonny]

Top 3 for the race:

 

Hamilton, Rosberg and Alonso. 

[HoldenRT]

It'll be interesting to see if McLaren and Williams/Force India are higher up the order than usual and if they can make the podium, or if it'll be a Ferrari or Redbull on the final step of the podium.

[froggy22]

This time again 2 DRS zones BUT:

 

Only 1 activation point (before the hairpin). So there won't be a counter attack on the start finishing straight. The guy behind can overtake before the final chicane and then pull further away with DRS after the chicane. Not good.

Same as they always seem to do at Canada every year, for reasons I don't know.

[BillBald]

Same as they always seem to do at Canada every year, for reasons I don't know.

 

It's baffling. If a car can't overtake on the first straight, it's unlikely they will overtake on the pit straight which is much shorter. The 2nd DRS Zone only serves to allow the overtaker to pull a gap, so that the battle will more likely end there.

 

FIA

[Scuferrari]

I thought I was sure there were 2 activation points in the past. I'm 100% sure concerning 2011 at least ( with Schumi in a battle for 3rd place). How about last year?

[BillBald]

I thought I was sure there were 2 activation points in the past. I'm 100% sure concerning 2011 at least ( with Schumi in a battle for 3rd place). How about last year?

 

There's only ever been a single activation point at this track.

[f1RacingForever]

There's only ever been a single activation point at this track.

That is incorrect. There has only ever  been a single detection point but there have been two activation points since 2011 at the same points illustrated in the circuit diagram the OP provided.

[Longtimefan]

I know theres zero chance of it, but I'd love someone other than a Merc driver to win on sunday.

 

and I'm not biased. it can be any of the other drivers...  getting tired of the Merc demonstration drives.

[RubalSher]

For those who missed it... HAM wins every alternate race at this track since his debut and is due a win this year

 

My podium prediction: HAM, BOT, HUL.

[TurboF1]

I know theres zero chance of it, but I'd love someone other than a Merc driver to win on sunday.
 
and I'm not biased. it can be any of the other drivers...  getting tired of the Merc demonstration drives.

Somehow I get the feeling if Schumacher was in the car and beating Nico the way Lewis is, you would sing a slightly different tune. Just a hunch though ;)

[1Devil1]

Somehow I get the feeling if Schumacher was in the car and beating Nico the way Lewis is, you would sing a slightly different tune. Just a hunch though ;)

 

Yeah that's the reason he is not biased, when Schumacher would drive the car he would love to see him win against Rosberg, as biased fan, right? And you are a Lewis fan 

Edited by 1Devil1, 04 June 2014 - 21:50.

[Zava]

For those who missed it... HAM wins every alternate race at this track since his debut and is due a win this year

 

My podium prediction: HAM, BOT, HUL.

Kimi was win or DNF at spa (where he is considered a master) until the year before last year, when he got a third place. next year he got a DNF...

 

Hamilton was win or DNF at canada (where he is considered a master) until last year, when he got a third place. this year he gets a... ?

[BillBald]

That is incorrect. There has only ever  been a single detection point but there have been two activation points since 2011 at the same points illustrated in the circuit diagram the OP provided.

 

OK, I meant only one detection point, and I think the poster I was replying to made the same mistake.

[George Costanza]

This is certainly a circuit where simply watching the cars drive around is entertaining enough. It should be even better with year's ill-handling cars. That said, I'd prefer the racing here not being completely **** on by DRS.

 

Agreed, sir.

[George Costanza]

Somehow I get the feeling if Schumacher was in the car and beating Nico the way Lewis is, you would sing a slightly different tune. Just a hunch though ;)

 

I think Michael wouldn't play these mind-games with Nico.

[OO7]

Kimi was win or DNF at spa (where he is considered a master) until the year before last year, when he got a third place. next year he got a DNF...

 

Hamilton was win or DNF at canada (where he is considered a master) until last year, when he got a third place. this year he gets a... ?

Edited by Obi Offiah, 05 June 2014 - 03:39.

[ez2c]

I've been watching formula 1 for 20 of my 30 years. And this will be my first race attended. I honestly cannot wait for practise 1!!! Yesssssssir

[lbennie]

I've been watching formula 1 for 20 of my 30 years. And this will be my first race attended. I honestly cannot wait for practise 1!!! Yesssssssir

 

You are going to have a blast. Have fun mate 

[discover23]

I've been watching formula 1 for 20 of my 30 years. And this will be my first race attended. I honestly cannot wait for practise 1!!! Yesssssssir

You have chosen a great track for your first f1 experience. Enjoy

[Ricciardo2014]

I've been watching formula 1 for 20 of my 30 years. And this will be my first race attended. I honestly cannot wait for practise 1!!! Yesssssssir

 

Well you've certainly picked a great track to make your "F1 Debut" !

Congratulations mate 

 

I'm a fan of this track.

Usually provides some exciting racing, and the weather can spice things up as well.

 

I'm not giving Red Bull much chance of beating the Merc's around here.

I reckon they will still comfortably be best of the rest though.

[Thomas99]

Hamilton was over half a second faster than Rosberg in qualifying here last year.

[ez2c]

Thnx guys! I can't wait

[Ricciardo2014]

Thnx guys! I can't wait

 

What sort of tickets do you have mate ?

 

Do you get to sit in the stands ?

[jjcale]

Hamilton was over half a second faster than Rosberg in qualifying here last year.

 

Im guessing in this car LH laps up to 5th or 6th place in Canada....

[PayasYouRace]

I'm having visions of the two Mercs taking each other out at T1.

[Cyanide]

Can't see Rosberg winning this one. 

 

I believe this is where Hamilton will start to take control over the championship.