That was my reaction after an amazing lap from Lewis Hamilton. I thought his first lap was good but then he went even faster on his second run in Q3. Championship leader Seb Vettel was 2nd with Valtteri Bottas coming third.
MAD FACT: Bottas his qualified 3rd in every race this year apart from when he took pole in Bahrain!
The results from qualy (no grid penalties)
1. Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes - Mercedes 1m 11.459s
2. Sebastian Vettel GER Ferrari - Ferrari 1m 11.789s 3. Valtteri Bottas FIN Mercedes - Mercedes 1m 12.177s 4. Kimi Raikkonen FIN Ferrari - Ferrari 1m 12.252s 5. Max Verstappen NED Red Bull - TAG 1m 12.403s 6. Daniel Ricciardo AUS Red Bull - TAG 1m 12.557s 7. Felipe Massa BRA Williams - Mercedes 1m 12.858s 8. Sergio Perez MEX Force India-Mercedes 1m 13.018s
9. Esteban Ocon FRA Force India-Mercedes 1m 13.135s
10. Nico Hulkenberg GER Renault - Renault 1m 13.271s
11. Daniil Kvyat RUS Toro Rosso-Renault 1m 13.690s
12. Fernando Alonso ESP McLaren-Honda 1m 13.693s
13. Carlos Sainz ESP Toro Rosso-Renault 1m 13.756s
14. Romain Grosjean FRA Haas-Ferrari 1m 13.839s
15. Jolyon Palmer GBR Renault - Renault 1m 14.293s
16. Stoffel Vandoorne BEL McLaren-Honda 1m 14.182s
17. Lance Stroll CAN Williams - Mercedes 1m 14.209s
18. Kevin Magnussen DEN Haas-Ferrari 1m 14.318s
19. Marcus Ericsson SWE Sauber - Ferrari 1m 14.495s
20. Pascal Wehrlein GER Sauber - Ferrari 1m 14.810s
Hamilton needs 3 more to match Schumi, if he takes the next 3 poles, he will do it in Britain which will be amazing and the crowd will go pretty wild.
F1's pole position leaders
Le circuit
Les pneus
Quickest: 1 stop. 22 laps on Ultrasofts, then 48 laps on Softs
Slightly slower: 1 stop. 33 laps on Ultrasofts, then 37 laps on Super Softs
Much slower: 2 stops. Two times 22 laps on Ultrasofts, then 26 laps on Super Softs
WATCH OUT: A SC or VSC may prompt (ooo big word) cars to come in and pit which may cause a 2 stopper especially if a SC or VSC comes out near the end of the race. With overtaking being okay on this circuit don't be surprised to see a mix of strategies.
A Spain style race could be on the cards here and I just hope we see something is special as yesterday. According to recent trends today should be the greatest day in Motorsport. Here's why http://forums.autosp...est/?p=7931972.
Spain certainly wasn't boring and since Marklar made the Spain race thread, I blame him for a rubbish Monaco race . But I made the Monaco race thread so today should be "the greatest day in motorsport" so we should be in for an epic race.
Here's to a good one, it should be dry but Canada can produce some classics!
What I found interesting was that if Lewis had have had a scrappy final lap he would have lost pole by a few thousandths from being up a few thousands
Lewis is great around this track and although I am naturally a pessimistic sports fan I can't get past the race pace that Ferrari has and I think seb will win off the line or through more intelligent and aggressive strategy. I see Merc sleeping or over analysing
Quickest: 1 stop. 22 laps on Ultrasofts, then 48 laps on Softs
Slightly slower: 1 stop. 33 laps on Ultrasofts, then 37 laps on Super Softs
Much slower: 2 stops. Two times 22 laps on Ultrasofts, then 26 laps on Super Softs
WATCH OUT: A SC or VSC may prompt (ooo big word) cars to come in and pit which may cause a 2 stopper especially if a SC or VSC comes out near the end of the race. With overtaking being okay on this circuit don't be surprised to see a mix of strategies.
Extremely windy in Montreal, the fence at the back of parc ferme took off and struck a woman passing by. Fortunately she was ok. Four security men now holding onto the fence. Could be some safety issues around the venue, and high winds tricky for the F1 cars too
Extremely windy in Montreal, the fence at the back of parc ferme took off and struck a woman passing by. Fortunately she was ok. Four security men now holding onto the fence. Could be some safety issues around the venue, and high winds tricky for the F1 cars too
I keep expecting there to be a crash at turn 1 on lap 1 (there always seemed to be 20+ years ago), yet it never happens. I'm predicting it will this year because of the wider cars (may not be a big one but I don't expect all 20 cars to get through without any contact or damage).
I keep expecting there to be a crash at turn 1 on lap 1 (there always seemed to be 20+ years ago), yet it never happens. I'm predicting it will this year because of the wider cars (may not be a big one but I don't expect all 20 cars to get through without any contact or damage).
I keep expecting there to be a crash at turn 1 on lap 1 (there always seemed to be 20+ years ago), yet it never happens. I'm predicting it will this year because of the wider cars (may not be a big one but I don't expect all 20 cars to get through without any contact or damage).
In the past there was grass and gravel so cars were funnelled through, now in effect the track is a lot wider.
Thus I expect a clean turn 1. Compared to last year, this season has been very well behaved so far.
After all the hype about the wind I bet nothing happens at all! However, I expect any spins to be blamed on it...
At least Alonso isn't doing any more IndyCar....thank god that's done with.
lol... Oh ye of short sight.. You should have heard him on the phone to the Indycar broadcast booth during the race last night.... Effusive?... Not harf !!
lol... Oh ye of short sight.. You should have heard him on the phone to the Indycar broadcast booth during the race last night.... Effusive?... Not harf !!
Hey, as long as the discussion around it isn't overwhelming and drowning, I'm happy.
If I had some photoshop skills, I'd have represented it as those Finding Nemo 'Mine? Mine? Mine? Mine?' seagulls but with 'Alonso? Alonso? IndyCar? Alonso?'. I like that it happened, but I'm glad it's done.
And yes, I realize I'm a total joyless, wet blanket on this subject.
lol... Oh ye of short sight.. You should have heard him on the phone to the Indycar broadcast booth during the race last night.... Effusive?... Not harf !!
Hey, as long as the discussion around it isn't overwhelming and drowning, I'm happy.
If I had some photoshop skills, I'd have represented it as those Finding Nemo 'Mine? Mine? Mine? Mine?' seagulls but with 'Alonso? Alonso? IndyCar? Alonso?'. I like that it happened, but I'm glad it's done.
And yes, I realize I'm a total joyless, wet blanket on this subject.
You missed the point Sean....He's NOT done and has said so.
You missed the point Sean....He's NOT done and has said so.
Jp
I wouldn't be surprised if Alonso re-signed at McLaren (Mercedes) at the end of the a year simply so he can drive the McLaren Indycar in 2018 or beyond.
You missed the point Sean....He's NOT done and has said so.
Jp
He's done.
He wanted a vacation from his nightmare, but will likely have a better situation next year in F1, where he *really* wants to be. Whether it's at Mclaren or elsewhere.
He's obsessed with winning another world-class title. It's the only reason he left Ferrari. He wants that F1 championship again. He wants to sit on top of the world. Not be the best in a 2nd-rate series.