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Mastering Montreal - a set-up guide for Canada

   
The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, which will host this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, is one of the most unusual circuits on the Formula One calendar. With a mix of long straights and low-speed chicanes hemmed in by unforgiving concrete walls, it’s a bit like combining Monaco with Monza and therefore poses some unique challenges for car set-up. Renault explain more…

In terms of aero, Montreal will see the cars running with the lowest levels of downforce so far this year. “It’s only Monza where we will run less downforce,” confirms Vitaly Petrov’s race engineer Mark Slade. “We will therefore bring different wings that haven’t been used before to ensure good straight-line speed. That will give the car quite a different feel and the drivers will need to adjust to this.”

Because those long straights are followed by low-speed chicanes and hairpins, the brakes can expect a punishing workload this weekend. “Montreal is by far the toughest circuit on the calendar for the brakes with 16 percent of the lap spent on the brakes, which compares to 12 percent at Monza,” continues Slade. “There are four big stops where the drivers are braking from over 300 km/h plus down to around 120 km/h, which puts enormous energy levels through the braking system. And because it’s such a short lap, we’re doing those five big stops for 70 laps during the race.”

With cars starting the race fuelled to the brim, the demands on the brakes will be even tougher than in previous years. Compared with the last Canadian Grand Prix in 2008, we can expect around 10 percent more energy going through the braking system.

The low downforce package means the braking contribution caused by aerodynamic drag will be reduced, putting even more burden on the brake system. “The discs see very high peak temperatures for much longer than usual in Montreal,” says Slade. “We therefore need to keep a close eye on the wear and temperature sensors, which let us know if we’re getting marginal on brake wear because it’s not something the driver can feel in the car.”

The ideal Montreal set-up also demands good traction and a car that can cope with the bumpy track surface. “If the car is bouncing through the air then you’re losing grip,” continues Slade, “so the focus is on trying to keep the wheels in contact with the ground by softening up the suspension to improve ride over the bumps. Running softer suspension also gives the drivers good mechanical grip through the chicanes where it’s important to be aggressive because there’s a lot of lap time to be found.”

In terms of traction out of the low-speed corners, the teams will be keen to avoid high levels of rear tyre degradation. “To ensure good traction we might compromise mid-corner performance of the car in order to have better traction and protect the rear tyres,” Slade concludes. “This almost inevitably causes more understeer on corner turn-in, but it’s about making the right compromise for a set-up that will work for the whole race.”

Driver confidence around Montreal should not be underestimated either, and kissing the walls is just as important for finding those final few tenths as it is in Monaco. “The walls are very close on the exit of the chicanes, especially Turn Four,” confirms Renault driver Robert Kubica. “If you can scrape it by millimetres you will be two tenths quicker than if you miss it by two feet.”

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Round 8: Canada
09 June 2010

Montreal makes a welcome return to Formula 1 this weekend after spending a year off in 2009. The semi-street, Île Notre-Dame track also signals the return to the calendar of North America and a venue which has long since possessed a reputation of throwing up bizarre race results.

Gilles Villeneuve: 1950-1982

After Melbourne's Albert Park and legendary Monte-Carlo, Montreal hosts the third street race of the season on the back of a highly eventful weekend in Turkey which featured the highest profile collision between team-mates since 1999. A fantastic scenario, then, to lead up to the much-awaited return of the Canadian Grand Prix.

The 2.7-mile circuit is named after local hero Gilles Villeneuve - 6-time Grand Prix winner and father of 1997 Champion Jacques - who was killed in action during qualifying for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder.

The track is situated on Île Notre-Dame, an artificial island in the Saint Lawrence River which runs alongside the Saint Lawrence Seaway, from which the foghorns of ships can often be heard during the race.


Didier Pironi's Ligier races to a podium place in 1980

The isle, which was constructed ahead of the 1967 Montreal Expo, was created in just ten months and by using some 15 million tons of rock that had in fact been dug up in order to make way for the city's Metro line two years earlier.

The ever-buzzing downtown - which boasts a night life generally regarded as the best on the F1 schedule - first welcomed the sport in 1978, when the local crowd was thrilled to see the man himself - Villeneuve, driving a Ferrari - take the chequered flag from Jody Scheckter's Wolf and the second Italian car of Carlos Reutemann.

Back then, the track - despite looking, in essence, very much the same as nowadays - did sport a radical difference, as the back straight between L'Epingle (the hairpin) and what is now the final chicane sported a chicane of its own, preceded by what was then the start/finish area.


A dejected Nigel Mansell dominated before his Williams stopped on the final lap in 1991

Now, the more modern but still cramped pit complex feeds into Virage Senna (Turn 2) via a safer exit lane, which itself was installed for 2002 in order to prevent such incidents as the rejoining Michael Schumacher forcing compatriot Heinz-Harald Frentzen into the gravel in 1998.


Jacques Villeneuve was never blessed with luck at his home race

In fact, the late 90s provided an exhilarating cocktail of drama in the east-central province of Quebec, with Villeneuve Junior's Williams losing control and crashing into the wall at the final corner in 1997 before Olivier Panis broke both legs later in the afternoon, with his Prost having headed directly into the tyre barriers at the flat-out Turn 5. 12 months later, Alex Wurz's Benetton sensationally barrel-rolled its way into the first corner.

1999 also threw up a large number of surprises, as three of the four title winners in the field hit the retaining wall on the outside of Turn 13 which, even under normal circumstances, has cars brushing its concrete. Ever since, the spot has been dubbed 'Champions' Wall' and has welcomed a number of unenviable souls since. The Mika Häkkinen-won race was also the first ever to feature a Safety Car finish, with only Australia 2009 and Monaco 2010 having borne such a similarity.


1998: Alexander Wurz's Benetton cartwheels its way to Turn 1

The next consecutive pair of crazy Canadian races came in 2007 and 2008, the most two recent events at the venue and which both introduced new winners in Lewis Hamilton and Robert Kubica, the latter being a 1-2 finish for BMW and what turned out to be the Munich manufacturer's only significant success before pulling out of F1 at the end of last year.

Kubica's triumph was all the more respectable, however, when one considers that the Pole suffered one of Formula 1's most frightening accidents in history the year before.

Having connected with Jarno Trulli's Toyota on the approach to the hairpin, Kubica's car was subject to strengths of a terrifying 75 times the force of gravity, miraculously surviving before taking the chequered flag a year later - incidentally, at the end of a race in which Hamilton was the subject of great embarrassment after crashing into rival Kimi Räikkönen's stationary Ferrari beside a red light at the pit lane exit.


Robert Kubica's BMW sustained a terrible impact in 2007

As if the circuit isn't likely to throw up enough dramas of its own in 2010, not least with the most cars on-track in qualifying since the mid 1990s, the weather could also take a turn for the worst as thunderstorms have been forecast for Saturday night and parts of Sunday. The last wet race in Montreal was staged a decade ago, when a problem-affected Michael Schumacher was protected to the line by Ferrari team-mate Rubens Barrichello.

With the help of their f-ducts, which are expected to shine on the back straight, McLaren should be favourites to run at the front this year and fears have already been sparked over Red Bull's brakes; the circuit is highly dependant on efficient braking systems and this has already been a worrying area for the Milton Keynes team this season.

On the other hand - regardless of recent form - if anywhere can deliver a truly out of the ordinary outcome, Montreal certainly can.

Laps: 70
Record: 1:13.622 - R. Barrichello / Ferrari / 2004

Local start time: 12 noon (BST -5)


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Parts of Canadian track resurfaced
09 June 2010

Race organisers have confirmed that several sections of the Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve have been resurfaced ahead of this weekend's race, with some areas having suffered from heavily worn tarmac even before the last race began in 2008.


FIA Technical Delegate Charlie Whiting inspected the surface shortly before the start in 2008

With both the 2006 and 2008 races having featured severe tarmac degradation, causing a number of cars to run wide at the hairpin in particular, new tarmac has been laid and is not expected to suffer from such issues this year.

Also, the gravel traps at Turns 6 and 8 have now been replaced with more modern asphalt run-off areas and several additional guardrail posts have been installed around the circuit.


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Button tops opening Montreal practice
11 June 2010

Jenson Button's McLaren led the way as Formula 1 made its return to Canada on Friday. In a generally incident-free session, team-mate Lewis Hamilton finished third as Mercedes GP pairing Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg ended the 90-minute period second and fourth quickest.


Race fans strive for the craziest of vantage points…

The semi-street Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve was absent from the calendar in 2009 although the venue has already reconfirmed its popularity this year by achieving sell-out crowds, with several new grandstands set up in order to cater for the high demand.

With air temperatures in the high teens and the track surface not managing to reach anything more than the low 20s, it was an overcast morning as the action began at 10am local time, with several spots of rain causing a lack of grip which saw several cars overshoot chicanes.

Heavy showers hit the venue on Thursday and the threat remains for the rest of a weekend on which no less than eight drivers tackle the challenging track for the first time. Sutil, Vettel, Liuzzi, Kubica, Webber, Rosberg and Schumacher elected to complete two installation laps instead of the usual one although the first lap time - which came from Kobayashi's Sauber - did not emerge until over half an hour in.


Most drivers suffered from a lack of grip on a circuit which, according to Heikki Kovalainen via team radio, resembled a rally stage; Turn 1 and the hairpin proved the most treacherous, with the latter being the scene of a near-miss under braking between Schumacher's Mercedes and the Renault of Vitaly Petrov.

Fortunately, there were no issues of a more wild nature although a groundhog could be seen crossing the track at Turn 4 under green flag conditions, fortunately doing so with no competitors in the vicinity.

With the drops of rain ensuring that the track temperature dropped, no driver was able to better Button's leading effort of 1:18.127, although the Mercedes pilots were able to squeeze ahead of Hamilton. Sebastian Vettel and Robert Kubica led the way for Red Bull and Renault in fifth and sixth as Fernando Alonso verified himself as Ferrari's top representative of the session, seventh quickest but six tenths down.


Pedro de la Rosa suffered the only spin, cautiously missed by Kovalainen at the hairpin as the Finn's team-mate remained in the pits; however, Trulli's gearbox problem was not the only woe at the bottom end of the pit lane as Lucas di Grassi, after being rooted to the Virgin Racing garage after just three laps, then stopped at Turn 6 as he returned to the track.


Second free practice begins at 2pm local time





1st Free Practice

17:32:40   Thank you for joining us for first practice in Canada
17:32:04   The 2nd will start at 2pm local time (BST -5)
17:31:39   So the Champion leads this first session
17:31:33   Kubica is 6th from Alonso, Liuzzi, Hulkenberg and Barrichello
17:31:22   Hamilton is 3rd as Rosberg and Vettel improve to 4th and 5th on their last laps
17:31:10   Schumacher is 2nd, a tenth and a half down
17:31:01   There are no improvements, so Button ends the session fastest
17:30:28   CHEQUERED FLAG
17:30:25   Vettel now runs wide at the hairpin
17:29:05   1 MINUTE REMAINING
17:29:03   Vettel is pushing very hard, right up against the wall at Turns 13 and 4
17:28:42   The time is fast approaching 11:30am in Montreal, which will signal the end of the session
17:28:15   Barrichello's car is being pushed back towards his garage, as if he had a problem exiting the pits
17:27:56   2 MINUTES REMAINING
17:27:51   Schumacher has had a moment at Turn 6
17:27:13   Rosberg crosses the line but stays 6th behind Button, Schumacher, Hamliton, Kubica and Alonso
17:26:55   3 MINUTES REMAINING
17:26:27   Rosberg is allowed past by team-mate Schumacher on the run to the hairpin
17:25:54   Sebastian moves up to 7th before running off at Turn 1
17:25:26   Vettel is half a second off P1 as he exits the second sector
17:25:14   Kovalainen goes out right now
17:25:10   Only Sutil, Massa, de la Rosa, Kovalainen and Trulli are in the pits now
17:24:55   5 MINUTES REMAINING
17:24:23   Liuzzi makes changes on his steering wheel before overshooting the final chicane
17:24:13   The tyre compounds on offer here are Medium and Super Soft
17:22:41   Massa lifts off heading to the hairpin and Petrov passes on the outside line
17:22:02   Trulli, incidentally, is suffering from gearbox problems in the Lotus garage
17:21:52   CURRENTLY IN PITS: Schumacher, Kubica, Rosberg, Barrichello, Sutil, de la Rosa, Buemi, Alguersuari, Kovalainen, Trulli
17:19:52   10 MINUTES REMAINING
17:19:47   Red Bull are 10th and 13th
17:19:38   McLaren are currently 1st and 3rd
17:19:26   Replays show Hamilton running wide on the exit of Turn 1, placing his two right-hand wheels on the grass
17:17:58   Hamilton has just rejoined from an off at Turn 1, doing what former team-mate Alonso did in 2007
17:17:12   The McLarens, Vettel, Massa and de la Rosa and currently on-track
17:16:49   Lucas di Grassi had a problem earlier, stuck in the pits after 3 laps, and then stopped at Turn 6 on his fourth
17:16:31   McLaren are, as expected, generally looking the strongest at the moment
17:16:20   Schumacher is a tenth down in 2nd ahead of Hamliton, Kubica and Alonso
17:16:11   Button is still fastest on a 1:18.127
17:15:59   We have just under 14 minutes to go in Free Practice 1 in Montreal
17:13:19   Rosberg is 6th ahead of Liuzzi, Hulkenberg, Vettel and Sutil
17:13:10   So it's Button on P1 with 1:18.127, with Schumacher ahead of Hamilton, Kubica and Alonso
17:12:57   ...he goes 2nd, a tenth down on Button
17:12:49   Schumacher is heading for the line...
17:12:40   CURRENT ORDER: Button, Hamilton, Schumacher, Kubica, Alonso
17:12:27   The rain has held off in this session
17:12:21   3rd placed Schumacher has just set the fastest Sector 1 time so far
17:12:02   Many drivers, including Barrichello again now, are struggling to get their cars slowed down at the hairpin
17:10:48   De la Rosa spins the Sauber at the hairpin as Kovalainen's Lotus just skips around the outside of it
17:09:54   20 MINUTES REMAINING
17:09:20   The yellow flags have been cleared
17:09:15   ALL CLEAR
17:09:12   Di Grassi must be wondering what else could go wrong, as he takes his helmet off behind the Armco
17:08:43   This has always been a strong race for Michael; he's won 7 times here
17:08:07   Schumacher lifts off as he sees the flashing yellow caution lights at Turn 5, which are there for di Grassi
17:07:15   Schumacher is making pizza with his steering wheel at the hairpin; it's very greasy down there
17:07:00   So he'd been in the garage for some time, having completed only 3 laps, and the car has failed on the first lap back out
17:06:45   Lucas has pulled onto the new run-off area at Turn 6
17:06:00   ...di Grassi has stopped, just after going back out onto track
17:05:50   We have a problem somewhere...
17:05:46   YELLOW FLAG
17:05:45   Kobayashi skips the final chicane
17:04:55   Rubens, meantime, has just run wide at the hairpin
17:04:32   Button's current best time is 1:18.127, with Rubens Barrichello's race lap record of 2004 being a very rapid 1:13.622
17:04:00   CURRENT ORDER: Button, Hamilton, Alonso, Kubica, Rosberg, Schumacher, Vettel, Sutil, Hulkenberg, Webber
17:03:40   di Grassi's Virgin is currently 24th and last, having completed only 3 laps
17:03:16   Turns 6 and 8 have been laid with tarmac run-off areas for this year, by the way
17:00:41   Kubica, Massa, Sutil, Vettel and Hulkenberg complete the top ten
17:00:32   It's Button and Hamilton for McLaren ahead of Alonso, Rosberg and Schumacher
17:00:21   Alonso has moved the Ferrari up to 3rd
17:00:11   30 MINUTES REMAINING
16:59:21   Alonso was on the white line, in fact, as opposed to the grass
16:58:35   Off goes Alonso, as he places his left-rear wheel on the grass coming into Turn 8
16:57:59   Webber's Red Bull shaves the Turn 4 wall
16:57:33   Petrov again runs across the grass again at Turns 8 and 9
16:57:19   Schumacher is now 4th, a second down
16:57:13   Button's current P1 time is 1:18.127, 2 tenths up on Hamilton and 9 tenths up on 3rd placed Rosberg
16:56:57   11th is Webber from Sutil, de la Rosa, Hulkenberg, Buemi, Petrov, Kobayashi, Kovalainen, Trulli, Alguersuari, Senna and Chandhok
16:56:34   CURRENT ORDER: Button, Hamilton, Rosberg, Schumacher, Massa, Alonso, Vettel, Kubica, Liuzzi, Barrichello
16:54:03   Liuzzi runs wide at Turn 3, getting slightly airborne over the kerbs as he rejoins
16:53:26   Hamilton is 57 thousandths up on Button, with Schumacher third and 6 tenths down
16:53:13   Lewis encounters a small slide at Turn 1, correcting with no problem
16:53:00   Hamilton takes the top spot on 1:18.571
16:52:52   Schumacher goes fastest on 1:19.173, with just under 40 minutes to go
16:52:13   Petrov has now run wide at Turn 8, over the grass
16:51:03   Schumacher nearly runs into the back of Vitaly Petrov at the hairpin, just missing the Renault and passing on the inside
16:50:34   Button goes fastest now on 1:19.315
16:50:27   Lewis goes P1 on 1:19.708
16:50:18   Hamilton runs very wide coming out of the final corner, as Barrichello did earlier
16:48:10   MARGIN FROM P1, BARRICHELLO: Hulkenberg 0.8, Buemi 0.8, Kobayashi 1.0, de la Rosa 1.0, Button 2.1, Trulli 2.2, Alguersuari 2.3, Kovalainen 2.3, Chandhok 3.8, Senna 4.0
16:47:11   CURRENT ORDER: Barrichello, Hulkenberg, Buemi, Kobayashi, de la Rosa, Trulli, Alguersuari, Kovalainen, Chandhok and Senna
16:46:52   It's one of the many unusual hazards which Montreal can throw up
16:46:42   In fact, Davidson's incident was actually during that year's race
16:45:51   Talking of the groundhogs, by the way, one of those did actually play a role here in 2007 when Anthony Davidson's Super Aguri hit one in qualifying
16:44:28   Chandhok cuts across Turn 1, going straight on
16:44:14   CURRENT ORDER: Hulkenberg, Kobayashi, Barrichello, Buemi, Alguersuari, Trulli, Kovalainen, Senna, Chandhok
16:43:46   Hulkenberg goes fastest now on 1:21.107
16:43:32   Kobayashi has completed the most laps so far; he's currently on his 14th
16:43:21   Hulkenberg is heading for the top spot again now
16:43:11   Barrichello moves to P2 on the timesheets, between Kobayashi and Hulkenberg
16:42:10   Replays show a groundhog running across the track on the entry to Turn 3; we don't want that being hit!
16:41:31   Kobayashi snatches back the top spot with 1:21.311
16:41:25   Hulkenberg goes quickest in the other Williams on 1:21.588
16:41:01   Barrichello takes a very wide line at the final corner, shaving Champions' Wall
16:40:27   Kobayashi has set the quickest middle sector time of the day, plus the last sector, as he raises the bar to 1:21.713
16:40:00   50 MINUTES REMAINING
16:39:01   Buemi has cut the Turn 8-9 chicane now, as Senna did earlier
16:38:24   *Kobayashi
16:38:17   Chandhok sets his first lap time of the day to go sixth, 8.1 seconds off Kobayahsi
16:37:55   MARGINS FROM P1, KOBAYASHI: Alguersuari 0.4, Hulkenberg 1.5, Senna, 3.8, Buemi 4.0
16:37:28   Kobayashi's P1 time is currently 1:22.581
16:37:21   CURRENT ORDER: Kobayashi, Alguersuari, Hulkenberg, Senna, Buemi
16:36:39   Hulkenberg cuts the final chicane
16:36:32   There are definite spots of rain on camera lenses now
16:35:22   Senna goes third fastest now
16:34:09   Senna has taken a trip across the grass at Turns 8 and 9, the chicane before the hairpin
16:33:14   FIA Race Director Charlie Whiting has also mentioned that there is a small trail of oil in the final chicane's braking zone
16:32:53   Spots are rain are falling at the hairpin, we believe
16:32:21   That pair plus Senna are the current three cars on-track
16:32:09   Alguersuari goes P1 now, on 1:25.265, which is 2.2 seconds up on Kobayashi
16:31:16   Kobayashi sets the first time of the session, over half an hour in: 1:28.723
16:30:47   That'll be either for light rain or perhaps some fluids which a car may have deposited there
16:30:25   There is a red and yellow, slippery surface flag out just before the last chicane
16:29:52   1 HOUR REMAINING
16:29:46   Alguersuari, Kobayashi and Rosberg are on-track
16:28:57   Sector 3 then leads back round to the grid
16:28:50   Sector 2 then leads the field to the entrance of the hairpin
16:28:38   Sector 1 here leads from the grid to Turn 5
16:28:19   Kamui's rear safety light is flashing as he turns into the left-hander at Turn 8
16:27:21   Kobayashi's Sauber is back out on-track
16:27:15   The local time is coming up to 10:30am in Montreal, where we still have overcast conditions but no rain as yet
16:25:39   Replays show di Grassi locking up his fronts at the hairpin
16:25:19   All cars are back in the pits now, after a clean first half an hour
16:22:01   Glock has pitted too, so only di Grassi remains on-track now
16:21:44   Sutil comes into the pit lane
16:20:56   70 MINUTES REMAINING
16:20:51   ...the reigning British F3 Champion
16:20:43   Mark Webber is now in discussion with Red Bull and Toro Rosso tester Daniel Ricciardo
16:20:02   The pit lane walkabout was rain-affected yesterday, there were many umbrellas up
16:19:40   There are several dark clouds around, so rain remains a threat
16:19:26   Sutil, Glock and Rosberg are the three Germans on-track at the moment
16:19:10   Glock is staying out for now; he's on his sixth lap now
16:14:23   So it's the two Virgin Racing cars plus Barrichello on-track now
16:14:11   Correction, Glock remains on-track; the timing system displayed the wrong information briefly
16:13:43   di Grassi's Virgin is on-track now, with Glock having come back in
16:13:25   At the moment, teams are simply testing systems such as the pit lane speed limiters and that the radios work at all parts of the track
16:12:54   Hulkenberg returns to the pits as compatriot Glock goes out for Virgin Racing
16:12:44   The Australian, incidentally, has re-signed with his team for 2011 only at the moment
16:12:19   Mark Webber shares a joke with Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner in the garage
16:11:50   Nico is the only man on-track at the moment, with surface temperatures up to 26°C now
16:11:24   The Williams drives straight through, checking systems such as the pit limiter, and rejoins the track
16:11:11   Kovalainen and Hulkenberg have just returned to the pits after going out again
16:10:56   The rest of the field did one each
16:10:52   Sutil, Vettel, Liuzzi, Kubica, Webber, Rosberg and Schumacher all did two initial installation laps
16:10:08   We're just over 10 minutes through, now
16:09:55   80 MINUTES REMAINING
16:09:36   As usual, the two Sauber drivers are following the session together in the team garage
16:09:02   Michael pits now, as Hulkenberg and Kovalainen go back out
16:08:09   Schumacher now starts a second lap, so both Mercedes drivers did the same there
16:06:33   Rosberg starts a second lap
16:06:22   Schumacher is on-track too, now
16:06:15   He gives the crowd a wave through Turn 2, as the drivers skip Turn 1 when they exit the pits
16:05:43   Remember, we had some bad problems in 2006 and 2008 with the track braking up
16:05:25   Kovalainen has just compared the track to a rally stage, in terms of grip levels
16:05:06   Only Hamilton and Schumacher are yet to go out
16:04:54   Mark Webber has also done a second lap straight away
16:03:53   Kubica is the fourth car to go on to a second lap straight away
16:03:17   Vettel's Red Bull goes onto a second lap too, now
16:03:01   Liuzzi, his team-mate, does the same
16:02:53   Sutil's Force India has gone on to start a second lap
16:02:35   We have dry conditions, with air temperatures of 18°C and a track temperature of 22°C at the moment
16:01:48   Buemi is the first man to complete one lap and return to the pits
16:01:40   We have 14 cars on-track now
16:01:34   Massa is the first Ferrari out, having re-signed for 2011 and 2012
16:00:06   The session has begun
16:00:03   GREEN LIGHT
15:54:28   The session will begin in just over 5 minutes' time, at 10am local time
15:53:47   There are several new grandstands around this Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve, in fact, in order to make up for the huge ticket demand
15:53:21   After a year off in 2009, it's great to see F1 back in Montreal, which has a sellout crowd this weekend
15:51:36   Good Morning from Montreal and welcome to a live following of Free Practice 1 ahead of Sunday's 2010 Canadian Grand Prix



Friday, first free practice

Pos.   Driver   Team      Time   Laps

1    J. Button   McLaren      1:18.127   23
2    M. Schumacher   Mercedes Grand Prix      1:18.285   19
3    L. Hamilton   McLaren      1:18.352   19
4    N. Rosberg   Mercedes Grand Prix      1:18.356   23
5    S. Vettel   Red Bull      1:18.549   27
6    R. Kubica   Renault      1:18.662   19
7    F. Alonso   Ferrari      1:18.726   21
8    V. Liuzzi   Force India F1      1:19.097   25
9    N. Hulkenberg   Williams      1:19.282   31
10    R. Barrichello   Williams      1:19.313   19
11    A. Sutil   Force India F1      1:19.373   12
12    F. Massa   Ferrari      1:19.511   21
13    V. Petrov   Renault      1:19.549   24
14    M. Webber   Red Bull      1:19.609   26
15    K. Kobayashi   Sauber      1:20.186   33
16    S. Buemi   Scuderia Toro Rosso      1:20.320   27
17    P. de la Rosa   Sauber      1:20.584   21
18    J. Alguersuari   Scuderia Toro Rosso      1:20.823   28
19    H. Kovalainen   Lotus F1      1:21.869   24
20    K. Chandhok   HRT F1 Team      1:21.977   27
21    J. Trulli   Lotus F1      1:22.543   12
22    B. Senna   HRT F1 Team      1:22.701   28
23    T. Glock   Virgin Racing      1:22.713   20
24    L. Di Grassi   Virgin Racing      no time   4



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Vettel ends Montreal Friday on top
11 June 2010

Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull Racing moved atop the timesheets in the second free practice session on Friday. Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg ensured that Ferrari and Mercedes also made the top three in Canada as Lewis Hamilton led the way for McLaren from seventh position.



2nd Free Practice

21:32:21   Final practice in Canada begins at 10am local time on Saturday (BST -5)
21:31:38   There is rain forecast for tomorrow night and Sunday so Montreal Magic could be supplied...
21:30:50   Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko talks with Vettel
21:30:39   Alonso is 2nd from Rosberg, Webber and Massa
21:30:33   So it's Vettel P1 on 1:16.877
21:30:24   Trulli goes onto a final lap
21:30:17   Alonso dives into the pits
21:30:15   Times have dropped spectacularly
21:30:09   It's unlikely we're going to see any improvement
21:30:03   CHEQUERED FLAG
21:29:25   Vettel's finished for the day; he's P1 and climbs out of his car
21:29:17   1 MINUTE REMAINING
21:26:53   3 MINUTES REMAINING
21:25:22   Trulli's back in the pits now after 7 laps
21:24:53   5 MINUTES REMAINING
21:24:34   CURRENT ORDER: Vettel (pits), Alonso, Rosberg, Webber, Massa (pits), Sutil, Hamilton, Kubica, Schumacher and Liuzzi
21:24:15   Nico completes his fastest lap but doesn't improve and stays third
21:24:04   Rosberg shoots past Hamilton on the back straight
21:23:42   Many cars have been across that lawn today...
21:23:36   Chandhok's gone off again, this time bouncing across the grass at Turn 8
21:23:24   We have have had no major incidents here today
21:23:13   Massa, Barrichello, de la Rosa, Kobayashi, Kovalainen and di Grassi are in the garages
21:22:19   It was actually Vettel in the Red Bull; he was close with Schumacher
21:22:09   The Hispania was Chandhok
21:22:01   An Hispania and Toro Rosso both run wide at the hairpin
21:21:41   The track surface is up to 28°C
21:21:32   The ambient temperatures are now 22°C
21:21:16   At this stage it certainly looks likely that Vettel's best time will not be beaten, as teams perform longer stints
21:20:53   The quickest Lotus is 3 seconds off the pace, the quicker HRT 4 seconds off and fastest Virgin 4.6 off
21:20:29   It's Lotus, HRT, HRT, Lotus, Virgin, Virgin at the back
21:20:20   Virgin are clearly last at the moment, quite frankly
21:20:12   Jarno is already ahead of both Virgin Racing cars
21:20:03   Trulli passes Rosberg under braking for Turn 8
21:19:52   10 MINUTES REMAINING
21:19:02   Chandhok goes out now
21:18:35   Only 20 of the 24 cars are in the pit lane now
21:18:28   CURRENTLY IN PITS: Barrichello, Kovalainen, Chandhok and Senna
21:18:02   It's very much like rubbing a school rubber constantly on a piece of paper
21:17:45   That relates to when the tyre begins to lose grip, as small balls of rubber come loose on its surface
21:17:29   Vettel is suffering from front graining problems with his tyres
21:15:26   Team-mate Kovalainen is currently 19th and quickest of the new teams' cars
21:15:11   Trulli has completed his first lap of the session and goes onto a flyer now
21:14:59   Just under 15 minutes to go now
21:14:21   His Renault then dropped back out of the pack just after the red lights went out in 2004
21:14:04   Those who were watching in 1998 and 1999 will have seen Jarno getting caught up in first corner shunts for Prost
21:13:14   Trulli finally emerges from the Lotus garage
21:13:07   ...and on longer stints, too
21:12:48   Most cars are on the Super Soft tyres now
21:12:28   Jenson stays 11th in the McLaren
21:12:22   The Champion is currently 11th
21:12:14   Button heads for the final chicane, Turns 12 and 13
21:11:52   The reason is an electrical problem, which allowed the gearbox to be jammed in 5th gear
21:11:28   ...the Italian's Lotus was stranded in Practice 1 for most of the session and is yet to come out yet this afternoon
21:11:10   Trulli has having a nightmare of a day at a track where he's already had several nightmares since 1997...
21:10:44   He's currently fastest on 1:16.877
21:10:35   Fastest man Vettel is back out on-track
21:09:55   20 MINUTES REMAINING
21:06:47   CURRENT ORDER: Vettel, Alonso, Rosberg, Webber, Massa, Sutil, Hamilton, Kubica, Schumacher, Liuzzi
21:06:34   Alonso has just set his personal best time in Sector 1, currently 86 thousandths off Vettel
21:06:16   Petrov starts a flying lap in the Renault
21:06:06   CURRENTLY ON-TRACK: Alonso, Rosberg, Hulkenberg, Petrov, Kovalainen, di Grassi
21:05:39   There's a particularly large black cloud over the track near the hairpin
21:03:33   Kovalainen runs off at Turn 8; so many cars have done that today
21:03:22   He now moves to within 86 thousandths of P1
21:03:11   Alonso is absolutely on the limit through the final chicane
21:03:02   Webber has just set the best second sector time
21:02:05   His last sector was the best so far
21:01:56   The 2006 winner goes 2nd, 1 tenth down on Vettel
21:01:40   Alonso is coming into the final corner now...
21:01:17   Sutil moves up to 8th as he passes Glock down the start/finish straight
21:00:29   Massa was briefly up to 3rd but Webber's taken that spot now
21:00:20   Vettel, Rosberg, Webber, Massa, Alonso is the order
21:00:11   30 MINUTES REMAINING
21:00:04   Heinz-Harald Frentzen had a nasty accident there in 1999, crashing the Jordan
20:59:31   The Ferrari skips across the grass and is the closest to the barriers there so far
20:59:20   Alonso gets an armful of opposite lock and he's off at Turn 4
20:56:11   That's the first sub-1:17.000 time this weekend
20:55:40   He's now heading for the final chicane, Turns 12 and 13
20:55:31   Vettel is heading for an even quicker lap time, with a personal best in Sector 2 now
20:55:18   Vettel, Massa, Barrichello, Alguersuari, Chandhok and Senna are on-track
20:55:00   Sebastian now sets the quickest Sector 1 time
20:54:49   P1 for Vettel's Red Bull; he's one hundredth up on Rosberg
20:52:56   David Coulthard is sporting some ice blue shades in the pit lane...
20:51:52   Lotus have actually taken the gearbox off Trulli's car in the garage
20:51:01   Trulli's Lotus is still stuck in the pit lane with gearbox problems
20:49:53   40 MINUTES REMAINING
20:48:43   The McLaren looked up its left-front wheel at Turn 1
20:47:56   We can now see Hamilton circulating on the green-striped, Super Soft 'Option' tyres
20:47:44   Glock skips over the green run-off area of the final chicane
20:46:45   It was close but no damage was picked up
20:46:40   Rosberg then accelerated and pulled into the final chicane as Alguersuari dived into the pits
20:46:26   Alguersuari was on the inside line, with greater speed
20:46:18   Rosberg was coasting down the back straight, as if he was heading for the pits
20:46:06   Rosberg pulls what looked like a silly move on Alguersuari
20:45:00   It has a modified endplate, which the Woking team hopes will lowers lap times further
20:44:44   Those of you also following this session on the television will see the latest McLaren front wing, which debuts here
20:43:39   We're a full second under that already now, thanks to Rosberg and Vettel
20:43:30   Button's fastest time of this morning was 1:18.1
20:42:41   Pedro de la Rosa runs wide at Turn 1
20:39:54   50 MINUTES REMAINING
20:38:28   Massa is 6th from Liuzzi, Button, Sutil and Kubica
20:38:18   It's Rosberg, Vettel, Hamilton, Webber, Schumacher
20:38:08   The Red Bull driver sets the best Sector 1 time so far
20:38:00   Vettel is currently on-track, and is hoping to take the top spot from Rosberg
20:37:47   Liuzzi enters the back straight
20:34:17   Rosberg raises the bar to 1:17.151
20:34:00   The track temperature is up to 25°C now, which is 4 higher than the air temperature
20:31:13   Vettel is just 52 thousandths down, with Hamilton 2 tenths down
20:31:04   Rosberg has gone fastest on 1:17.277
20:30:55   We have 60 of the 90 minutes to go
20:30:49   1 HOUR REMAINING
20:29:00   Trulli still hasn't made it out onto track as he suffers with gearbox problems
20:28:48   18th is Kobayashi ahead of Kovalainen, Chandhok, Glock, Senna and di Grassi
20:28:35   11th is Alonso from Hulkenberg, Petrov, Barrichello, de la Rosa, Alguersuari and Buemi
20:28:24   CURRENT ORDER: Rosberg, Vettel, Hamilton, Webber, Schumacher, Massa, Liuzzi, Button, Sutil and Kubica
20:28:06   Kubica heads for Turn 3 on a flying lap
20:28:01   Hamilton exits the pits to rejoin the session
20:27:55   Rosberg is fastest in cloudy Canada from Vettel, Hamilton, Webber and Schumacher
20:26:46   In terms of tyres, Medium and Super Soft are on offer here
20:26:39   Chandhok locks up his left-front under braking for Turn 1
20:26:00   Williams Director of Engineering Patrick Head watches on from the pit wall; he arrived in Canada late last night, at around midnight
20:24:37   He's not a Champion yet but that won't stop him hitting it...
20:24:27   Vettel scrapes the Wall of Champions
20:22:11   Rosberg's current fastest time is 1:17.277
20:20:20   So Chandhok is out but Trulli is still stuck in the pits
20:20:11   CURRENTLY ON-TRACK: Massa, Vettel, Alonso, Webber, Hulkenberg, Chandhok
20:19:50   Turns 1, 8, 10 and 12 have caught a number of cars out so far today
20:19:23   He's at Turn 3 now
20:19:21   Alonso has just cut the last chicane
20:18:48   Vettel is using a particularly wide line coming out of the final corner, Turn 13
20:17:07   Meantime, Rosberg is the latest to skip the corner at Turn 8 and cut across the grass
20:16:55   CURRENT ORDER: Rosberg, Hamilton, Schumacher, Liuzzi, Button, Massa, Sutil, Kubica, Alonso, Barrichello
20:16:35   SPEED TRAP TOP 6: Kubica, Petrov, Hamilton, Alguersuari, Sutil, Alonso
20:16:17   Kubica and Petrov's Renaults are quickest, with 319 km/h at the end of the back straight
20:16:01   Mercedes are out of the top six through the speed trap, though
20:15:44   The German goes P1 on 1:17.277, 2 tenths up on Hamilton
20:15:02   He does the same in Sector 2
20:14:57   Rosberg is 3rd and has just set the best Sector 1 time
20:14:38   Felipe Massa has just very narrowly missed the wall coming out of Turn 7, right up on the rumble strip
20:14:09   Rubens made best use of Turn 6's new tarmac run-off area, which has also been installed at Turn 8
20:13:25   Replays show Barrichello spinning at Turn 6, that was the reason for the yellows
20:13:12   Hamilton really slides the McLaren into Turn 1; he's just gone fastest
20:13:01   That yellow has now gone, perhaps somebody spun
20:12:54   ALL CLEAR
20:12:51   We have a problem somewhere on the circuit
20:12:45   YELLOW FLAG
20:12:21   Alguersuari now overshoots at Turn 8
20:12:14   Hamilton gets close to the wall at Turn 4
20:12:01   The Lotus is stranded with the same gearbox problem with left him there for most of this morning's session
20:11:43   Karun Chandhok and Jarno Trulli are yet to leave the pits
20:11:33   CURRENT ORDER: Button, Hamilton, Kubica, Barrichello, Petrov, de la Rosa, Liuzzi, Hulkenberg, Buemi, Kobayashi
20:11:16   Button's leading lap time featured leading times in all three sectors
20:10:55   Kovalainen and Barrichello are running together and both shave Champions' Wall
20:10:44   Jenson goes 4 tenths up now
20:10:39   Jenson took pole here in Montreal back in 2005, for B.A.R
20:10:30   He's 2 tenths up on Kubica, but Button is heading for the line now
20:10:23   Lewis Hamilton goes P1 on 1:18.421
20:09:06   Kobayashi's Sauber has skipped the final chicane
20:08:57   Kubica certainly doesn't fear the kerbs in Montreal
20:08:15   CURRENT ORDER: Petrov, Hulkenberg, Button, Hamilton, Buemi, Kobayashi, Barrichello, Senna, Kubica, di Grassi
20:07:55   Buemi moves the Toro Rosso to 4th
20:07:49   So it's Petrov, Hulkenberg, Hamilton, Kobayashi, Barrichello
20:07:38   Petrov's Renault beats that with 1:19.156
20:07:32   *name
20:07:29   Hulkenberg's Williams is now on P1, with 1:19.746 to his nam
20:04:30   Senna slots into second place
20:04:26   Kobayashi now goes 5.7 seconds quicker
20:04:17   Di Grassi sets the first lap time: 1:30.035
20:04:03   Barrichello does the same
20:03:57   Di Grassi, Kobayashi, Senna, Petrov and Hulkenberg have all gone on to start second installation laps
20:03:26   Meantime, we still have no rain but air temperatures of 20°C and the track at 25°C
20:02:46   di Grassi also pulled off and only completed three laps earlier on
20:02:31   There were no major incident's in this morning's first session; de la Rosa had a spin at the hairpin and there was a close call between Schumacher and Petrov, although nothing major
20:01:57   Both Red Bulls, di Grassi, Kobayashi, Senna and Petrov are on-track
20:01:10   We are go again
20:01:08   GREEN LIGHT
19:57:24   The local time is approaching 2pm, which will signal the start of the second 90-minute session of the day
19:55:27   Welcome back to the Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve for second free practice ahead of this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix




Friday, second free practice

Pos.   Driver   Team      Time   Laps

1    S. Vettel   Red Bull      1:16.877   32
2    F. Alonso   Ferrari      1:16.963   35
3    N. Rosberg   Mercedes Grand Prix      1:17.151   34
4    M. Webber   Red Bull      1:17.273   33
5    F. Massa   Ferrari      1:17.401   33
6    A. Sutil   Force India F1      1:17.415   28
7    L. Hamilton   McLaren      1:17.522   29
8    R. Kubica   Renault      1:17.529   36
9    M. Schumacher   Mercedes Grand Prix      1:17.688   34
10    V. Liuzzi   Force India F1      1:17.903   35
11    J. Button   McLaren      1:17.961   33
12    R. Barrichello   Williams      1:18.385   27
13    N. Hulkenberg   Williams      1:18.447   41
14    V. Petrov   Renault      1:18.582   40
15    P. de la Rosa   Sauber      1:18.658   34
16    K. Kobayashi   Sauber      1:19.142   38
17    S. Buemi   Scuderia Toro Rosso      1:19.168   32
18    J. Alguersuari   Scuderia Toro Rosso      1:19.274   41
19    H. Kovalainen   Lotus F1      1:19.969   35
20    K. Chandhok   HRT F1 Team      1:20.879   29
21    B. Senna   HRT F1 Team      1:21.097   31
22    J. Trulli   Lotus F1      1:21.346   11
23    T. Glock   Virgin Racing      1:21.488   25

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Hamilton fastest in final free practice
12 June 2010

Lewis Hamilton completed the fastest lap in Saturday morning's free practice session. The Briton completed his best lap in 1.16.058 and finished ahead of Webber, Alonso and Schumacher. Karun Chandhok missed the entire session due to hydraulic problems.
Saturday's free practice session started at a slightly damp track at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. As the lights turned green at 10.00am in Montreal most drivers completed their installation lap but after that remained in their pitboxes until track conditions were getting better.

There were problems for Nico Rosberg at the start of the session. The German Mercedes driver returned from his installation lap and according to the latest reports he had problems with the clutch. His team worked hard during the entire session to get his car back on track. With just three minutes to go Rosberg managed to get out on track and complete one timed lap.

At Hispania Racing Karun Chandhok didn't get much further than the end of the pitlane. His session ended right away. The driver from India faced hydraulic problems again and will have to start today's qualifying session without having completed a single lap today.

Today's one hour session saw just one incident when Lucas di Grassi lost control of his Virgin Racing car at the hairpin. Di Grassi crashed into the wall in the final minute of free practice.









Saturday, free practice


17:01:43   Stay tuned for another live report in two hours, qualifying in Montreal!
17:01:24   Today's session ends with Hamilton on top, ahead of Webber, Alonso and Schumacher.
17:01:14   The chequered flag is out
17:01:04   Di Grassi actually didn't spin but hit the walls as he lost the car under braking
17:00:19   Lucas di Grassi spins at the hairpin and is stuck in the gravel
17:00:05   YELLOW FLAGS
16:59:13   Rosberg is out on track, his team made it and he will probably manage to complete 1 timed lap.
16:58:16   Hamilton improves today's best time! 1.16.058
16:58:03   Now Hamilton is fastest in the second sector
16:57:27   Mark Webber improved the best 2nd sector time but remains second
16:56:59   Rosberg stepped in his car, the team is trying to get him out before the chequered flag is out
16:56:44   De la Rosa almost kissed the wall but manages to control his car just in time
16:55:15   It is getting busy on track again, 20 drivers are out on track at the moment
16:54:14   Rosberg meanwhile is standing in front of his car, watching his engineers while he still wears his helmet
16:53:55   Nico Rosberg has yet to complete a timed lap. His team works hard on his car to get it out on track
16:50:29   Michael Schumacher is the first driver out on the softer Bridgestone compound today
16:49:31   ten minutes to go in this session
16:49:26   Just Barrichello and Glock on track at the moment
16:44:22   Massa has touched the wall lightly and is now back in the pitlane
16:40:10   Alonso goes fastes tin the first sector now
16:39:26   Vettel moves up to P2
16:37:52   Hamilton goes fastest in 1.16.259
16:37:20   Schumacher is currently in third, ahead of Vettel and Petrov
16:37:09   Button now tops the time sheets, he is right ahead of team-mate Hamilton
16:31:23   Lewis Hamilton completes todays best time in 1.17.689
16:28:48   Alonso and both McLarens are out on track
16:28:06   Buemi has a moment as he cuts the chicane
16:19:51   Di Grassi and Alguersuari hit the track
16:19:18   Glock clocks his first lap in 1.24.902
16:17:10   Glock is the first to start a timed lap today
16:16:49   Timo Glock is the first driver back on track
16:10:59   Ferrari has said it won't be out for a while as the team waits for better track conditions
16:09:54   Mansell was taken back to the medical centre by ambulance but according to officials he is doing fine fortunately.
16:09:14   Meanwhile former F1 champion Nigel Mansell crashed out of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
16:07:27   The track has gone quiet now. All drivers in their pitboxes
16:06:04   According to Glock the kerbs are a bit slippery and some damp patches at turn 5
16:03:55   Chandhok's car is being pushed back through the pitlane now by his mechanics
16:03:09   At Mercedes both Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher are at the back of the pitbox. They won't be out yet for a while
16:02:05   Chandhok has stopped his car at the end of the pitlane.
16:01:25   Alonso leaves his pitbox to go out on track for his installation lap
16:00:46   The session is under way, Trulli is the first driver out on track.
16:00:32   According to Lotus the track might be a little bit damp still at some places due to last night's rain
15:58:38   On Friday Sebastian Vettel ended on top of the time sheets ahead of Alonso and Rosberg.
15:57:07   The session will start at 10.00am, local time
15:56:27   and it is likely to remain dry today
15:56:20   Temperatures are up to 19 degrees Celcius nad it is likely
15:55:41   Today's free practice session will take 60 minutes and is the final session ahead of qualifying.



Saturday, free practice

Pos.   Driver   Team      Time   Laps

1    L. Hamilton   McLaren      1:16.058   15
2    M. Webber   Red Bull      1:16.340   16
3    F. Alonso   Ferrari      1:16.495   19
4    M. Schumacher   Mercedes Grand Prix      1:16.536   15
5    S. Vettel   Red Bull      1:16.582   16
6    R. Kubica   Renault      1:16.653   18
7    A. Sutil   Force India F1      1:16.673   15
8    J. Button   McLaren      1:16.699   16
9    V. Liuzzi   Force India F1      1:16.814   15
10    V. Petrov   Renault      1:16.982   18
11    N. Hulkenberg   Williams      1:17.121   16
12    F. Massa   Ferrari      1:17.231   16
13    J. Alguersuari   Scuderia Toro Rosso      1:17.331   22
14    K. Kobayashi   Sauber      1:17.548   20
15    P. de la Rosa   Sauber      1:17.609   16
16    S. Buemi   Scuderia Toro Rosso      1:17.633   21
17    R. Barrichello   Williams      1:17.789   18
18    N. Rosberg   Mercedes Grand Prix      1:17.979   4
19    J. Trulli   Lotus F1      1:19.013   15
20    H. Kovalainen   Lotus F1      1:19.447   16
21    T. Glock   Virgin Racing      1:19.536   22
22    L. Di Grassi   Virgin Racing      1:19.844   20
23    B. Senna   HRT F1 Team      1:20.325   18
24    K. Chandhok   HRT F1 Team      no time   1



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Hamilton snatches Montreal pole from Red Bull
12 June 2010

Lewis Hamilton has become the first non-Red Bull driver to clinch pole position in the 2010 season, courtesy of a rapid lap in Canada on Saturday. The 2008 Champion will start ahead of Mark Webber as Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso make up Row 2. Michael Schumacher could manage no more than 13th for Mercedes.




Qualifying

20:04:04   Thank for you joining us for a dramatic qualifying session from Montreal
20:03:49   So Hamilton is sitting on the side of his cockpit rolling down the back straight!
20:03:33   "Lewis, we need you to stop on the circuit please. There is not enough fuel and we need a fuel sample," Andy Latham tells Hamilton
20:02:26   Sutil and Rosberg will make up Row 5
20:02:21   Webber was brushing the Champions' Wall on his last lap
20:02:10   Button is 5th from Liuzzi, Massa and Kubica
20:02:02   So it's Hamilton, Webber, Vettel and Alonso
20:01:57   Red Bull will start on the harder tyres tomorrow
20:01:46   It's 3 Montreal qualifying sessions and 3 pole position for Hamilton, brilliant
20:01:37   McLaren beat Red Bull in qualifying for the first time this season
20:01:29   Hamilton stayed on the inside line heading to the first corner and Lewis Hamilton is absolutely delighted
20:01:11   Hamilton does it!
20:01:08   Vettel up to 2nd, then
20:01:03   It's Webber, Vettel, Alonso
20:00:59   Hamilton heads for the final chicane...
20:00:53   Hamilton is heading for pole; can he beat Red Bull in 2010?
20:00:45   Hamilton sets the best first sector time
20:00:37   He's up to 4th
20:00:34   Button is very wide at the final corner
20:00:29   Vettel is 9th and not improving
20:00:21   CHEQUERED FLAG
20:00:15   He's up to P5
20:00:10   Massa is 9th and heading for the line...
20:00:05   He can finish this last lap
20:00:00   Hamilton crosses the line with 9 seconds to go
19:59:28   Hamilton blows it at Turn 8, he's lost a lot of time on this lap
19:59:17   Liuzzi is P4 for Force India!
19:59:12   Webber, Alonso, Hamilton is the top 3
19:59:05   Hamilton is at Turn 7 now
19:59:00   So it's Webber, Alonso, Hamillton
19:58:53   Webber now beats it!
19:58:46   Alonso goes P1 now!
19:58:44   Rosberg is out of shape at the last corner
19:58:36   Webber is just 0.034 slower than Hamilton!
19:58:13   Hamilton, Webber, Alonso, Button, Kubica
19:58:08   He's got 2 more!
19:58:05   Vettel skips the final chicane and wrecks his lap
19:57:56   Button goes 4th, ahead of Massa
19:57:50   Liuzzi is next from Rosberg, Vettel, Kubica and Sutil
19:57:44   Hamilton, Webber, Alonso, Massa, Button is the top five
19:57:33   All cars on track now
19:57:29   The Red Bulls are on the harder, Medium tyres
19:57:23   Webber is heading for P1, this is going to be very close
19:57:15   Will Hamilton be the first Red Bull-beater in qualifying this year?
19:57:01   3 MINUTES REMAINING
19:56:56   Vettel is currently 7th but guns the throttle out of the final corner now
19:56:36   Massa goes 3rd now
19:56:31   Hamilton is still 4 tenths quicker than Webber
19:56:23   Webber goes 2nd now
19:56:20   It's Hamilton, Alonso, Button, Webber, Vettel
19:56:14   Some are using the Medium compound, others the green-striped Super Softs
19:56:03   The leading teams are not all on the same tyres
19:55:50   Alonso turns into Turn 8 with both left tyres on the white line
19:55:36   Only Hamilton is in the pits now
19:55:26   Vettel weaves down the back straight to build up tyre temperatures
19:55:12   5 MINUTES REMAINING
19:55:07   Webber goes P4
19:55:02   ...he goes 3rd but is much slower
19:54:57   Alonso is next to set a lap time...
19:54:13   Only Rosberg and Sutil are yet to leave the pits
19:53:45   Hamilton is much quicker, almost a second quicker: 1:15.500
19:53:35   Button sets the first lap time: 1:16.432
19:52:58   Button is sliding around a lot; he's not got this car right together...
19:52:38   Q3, correction
19:52:31   As Button starts the first flying lap of Q2
19:52:23   Webber and Alonso leave the pits now
19:51:40   It's still just the two McLarens out at the moment
19:51:31   Hamilton knows that he's never been beaten to pole here
19:51:22   Button took pole here for B.A.R in 2005
19:50:55   Button and Hamilton are first out in the two McLarens
19:50:46   McLaren look very strong, as predicted beforehand
19:50:39   Surely, if Red Bull's pole run is going to end anywhere, it'll be here
19:50:28   No cars leave the pits immediately
19:50:23   So, we have no Michael Schumacher as Q3 begins
19:50:11   Q3 BEGINS
19:50:08   GREEN LIGHT

19:46:37   19) Kovalainen 20) Trulli 21) Glock 22) Senna 23) di Grassi 24) Chandhok
19:46:13   15) Buemi 16) Alguersuari 17) de la Rosa 18) Kobayashi
19:45:52   11) Barrichello 12) Hulkenberg 13) Schumacher 14) Petrov
19:45:38   ESTABLISHED GRID (provisional) AFTER Q2:
19:45:21   Q2 TOP 10: Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso, Kubica, Webber, Button, Rosberg, Liuzzi, Sutil, Massa
19:44:42   Massa dropped down to 10th there, he was in the pits...
19:44:08   He was banging his steering wheel for that!
19:44:02   Petrov messed up his last lap at the hairpin
19:43:56   Q2 DROP ZONE: Barrichello, Hulkenberg, Schumacher, Petrov, Buemi, Alguersuari, de la Rosa
19:43:03   Replays show Schumacher cutting the last chicane, that's why he coasted over the line
19:42:51   Make that 13th now as Barrichello goes 11th!
19:42:44   That's bad news...he's only 12th
19:42:39   Schumacher slows at the line and is out in Q2 for the first time this year
19:42:27   Schumacher is coming now...
19:42:24   Schumacher is down to 12th as Hulkenberg goes 11th
19:42:15   Liuzzi moves up from 10th to 8th now
19:42:07   Michael's second sector wasn't fantastic...
19:41:59   Can Michael improve?
19:41:55   So Schumacher is 11th now
19:41:52   Button moves up to 7th
19:41:47   Button is only 11th but he's at the final chicane now...
19:41:39   Barrichello goes 13th but has one more lap
19:41:25   Button must, must improve on this lap
19:41:21   So Schumacher is 10th and Button 11th
19:41:17   10th, correction
19:41:08   Schumacher is down to 11th
19:41:04   Liuzzi moves up to P9, great stuff
19:40:56   4th placed Webber pits after improving
19:40:50   He'll have time for one more after, if he needs it
19:40:44   Button starts what could be his last lap now
19:40:37   He needs to warm his tyres up because he's 9th
19:40:31   Button is weaving down the back straight
19:40:06   2 MINUTES REMAINING
19:39:57   Anybody who starts a flying lap before the chequered flag comes out may finish it
19:39:43   We have just over 2 minutes to go until Q2 comes to an end
19:39:35   Button and Schumacher are 9th and 10th, right on the bubble...
19:39:27   CURRENT Q2 DROP ZONE: Liuzzi, Buemi, Barrichello, Petrov, Alguersuari, de la Rosa, Hulkenberg
19:39:13   CURRENT ORDER: Hamilton, Vettel, Kubica, Alonso, Rosberg, Webber, Massa, Sutil, Button, Schumacher
19:39:00   Webber is still 6th but sets a personal best time in Sector 1
19:38:30   We have all 17 cars on track now
19:38:26   At the moment, the drop zone consists of two Williams, two Toro Rossos, Liuzzi, Petrov and de la Rosa
19:37:41   Only Hamilton, Rosberg, Button and de la Rosa are in the pits
19:37:13   5 MINUTES REMAINING IN Q2
19:36:52   Webber runs wide at the hairpin, so he needs an improvement
19:36:44   CURRENT Q2 DROP ZONE: Liuzzi, Barrichello, Petrov, Alguersuari, Buemi, de la Rosa, Hulkenberg
19:36:28   Hamilton and Vettel were at the front in Q1 and it's them up there again at the moment
19:36:15   Vettel is just a few hundredths slower with Kubica 3rd
19:36:03   Hamilton is P1 on 1:15.528
19:35:55   We've got just over 6 minutes to go in Q2
19:35:49   ...the championship leader is P6 at the moment
19:35:43   Webber heads for the finish line...
19:35:11   He ended up being right alongside a Renault as he did so
19:35:01   Rosberg has just got the final chicane wrong so quickly decides to enter the pits
19:34:34   ...Alguersuari, Buemi, de la Rosa, Hulkenberg
19:34:24   CURRENT Q2 DROP ZONE: Liuzzi, Barrichello, Petrov...
19:34:12   ...Sutil, Button and Schumacher
19:34:07   So it's Hamilton, Vettel, Kubica, Alonso, Rosberg, Webber, Massa...
19:33:54   Ron Dennis nods in approval
19:33:44   Hamilton is far more aggressive and it's P1 for him at the moment
19:33:35   But it only puts him P9; it didn't look quick, it has to be said
19:33:23   Button takes a much tidier line through thre
19:32:54   He moves up to P4
19:32:51   Rosberg is hammering the kerbs at the final chicane
19:32:23   10 MINUTES REMAINING
19:32:18   So it's all change all the time at the moment
19:32:09   Vettel now goes quicker on 1:15.556
19:32:02   Robert took his first and so far only F1 victory here in 2008
19:31:54   Alonso briefly went P1 but Kubica trumps that now
19:31:41   ...followed by Buemi, Kubica, Kobayashi, di Grassi and Alguersuari
19:31:28   Petrov is currently the quickest through the speed trap...
19:31:12   Hamilton now goes P1 on 1:16.053
19:31:03   Kubica sets the best first sector time so far
19:30:54   ...not for long, as Vettel sets a 1:16.163
19:30:44   Webber's current P1 time is 1:16.292
19:30:18   So it's Liuzzi, Alonso now, Hulkenberg and Massa
19:30:08   Liuzzi goes P1 now
19:30:05   Hulkenberg beats it
19:30:02   Massa is currently atop the timesheets
19:29:55   Petrov slows on his lap on the back straight, he'll start again now
19:29:45   Hulkenberg briefly quickest in Sector 2 but Liuzzi beats it
19:29:29   Alonso sets the best Sector 1 time now
19:29:18   Schumacher sets the most rapid Sector 2 time
19:29:11   Massa sets the quickest Sector 1 time so far
19:29:02   Petrov is out of shape coming through Turn 4
19:28:36   Petrov is first to start a flying lap in Q2
19:28:30   Just de la Rosa is in the pits now
19:28:14   12 cars are out before the first minute is up
19:27:50   We've had a 7-minute break and this phase lasts for 15 minutes now
19:27:27   Petrov is first out, followed by Massa, Hulkenberg, Alonso and Liuzzi
19:27:14   Q2 BEGINS
19:27:10   GREEN LIGHT

19:23:15   Replays show him just missing the Turn 4 wall
19:23:10   But Kobayashi was the first to be knocked out of the midfield teams, having scored in Turkey last time out
19:22:55   The new teams' order is Lotus, Lotus, Virgin, HRT, Virgin, HRT
19:22:41   11th was Massa from Hulkenberg, Barrichello, Alguersuari, Liuzzi, Buemi and de la Rosa
19:22:29   The leading time was 1:15.889 in Q1
19:22:21   So Hamilton heads Vettel, Alonso, Rosberg, Kubica, Button, Webber, Sutil, Petrov and Schumacher
19:21:32   Kovalainen gives the crowd a wave around the hairpin
19:21:21   Q1 DROP ZONE: Kobayashi, Kovalainen, Trulli, Glock, Senna, di Grassi, Chandhok
19:21:02   ...It's 18th, so he's back ahead of Kovalainen but he is eliminated
19:20:50   Kobayashi heads towards the line...
19:20:45   He's 18th now
19:20:42   Kovalainen has just moved ahead of Kobayashi on the timesheets!
19:20:23   CHEQUERED FLAG
19:20:14   Team-mate de la Rosa will be the man he knocks out, if he makes it
19:20:01   He's on his last flying lap now; can he improve?
19:19:54   Kobayashi stays 18th on his penultimate lap
19:19:42   Chandhok watches on with Hispania Technical Director Geoff Willis
19:19:19   Kobayashi is still 18th and is set to be knocked out
19:19:05   1 MINUTE REMAINING
19:18:04   2 MINUTES REMAINING
19:17:48   Chandhok knows he has a 5-place gearbox penalty so remains in the pits
19:17:38   CURRENT DROP ZONE: Kobayashi, Glock, Kovalainen, Trulli, Senna, di Grassi, Chandhok (pits)
19:17:20   CURRENT TOP 10: Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso, Rosberg, Kubica (on-track), Button, Webber, Sutil, Schumacher, Massa
19:17:01   3 MINUTES REMAINING
19:16:56   Turn 2 carries his own surname; it's Virage Senna
19:16:46   Senna is off-line at Turn 1
19:16:21   Interestingly, with just under 4 minutes to go in Q1, 8 of the drivers in this session are yet to race here
19:14:49   So, Kobayashi's Sauber is currently in the drop zone
19:14:38   CURRENT DROP ZONE: Kobayashi, Kovalainen, Trulli, Glock, Senna, di Grassi, Chandhok
19:14:24   The top 7 men are now in the pits
19:14:01   6 MINUTES REMAINING
19:13:49   CURRENT ORDER: Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso, Rosberg, Button, Webber, Sutil, Schumacher, Massa, Kubica
19:13:24   Rosberg's lap sees him improve to 4th
19:13:07   Kubica goes 9th on his first hot lap
19:12:56   Rosberg is currently 7th and has just set the quickest middle sector time
19:12:43   Vettel goes 2nd, between Hamilton and Alonso
19:12:16   Alonso is P2 on a 16.1, Webber P3 on 16.4
19:12:02   Hamilton has just set a 1:15.889 lap time
19:11:50   CURRENT DROP ZONE: Kovalainen, Trulli, Glock, Senna, di Grassi, Chandhok, Kubica
19:11:35   Sutil improves to go 4th for Force India
19:10:54   9 MINUTES REMAINING
19:10:33   Button's last lap featured an armful of oversteer at the hairpin
19:10:23   Petrov (pits) is 6th from Alonso, Schumacher, Barrichello and Massa
19:10:10   Hamilton, Vettel, Button, Liuzzi, Webber is the current top five
19:10:00   It's fast and furious stuff on the timesheets; nobody is pausing apart from Kubica
19:09:44   Liuzzi goes P1 but is replaced by Hamilton, who is first into the 1:16s in this session
19:09:31   He had a clutch problem and lost most of the 1-hour session this morning
19:09:21   Rosberg hits the final chicane's kerbs as he crosses the line for P8
19:09:12   Webber's Red Bull now goes fastest on 1:17.102
19:09:04   Petrov's Renault goes P1 now, with the best final sector time
19:08:45   Alguersuari, 4th, has just set the quickest last sector time
19:08:32   Kubica still hasn't ventured out in the Renault
19:08:21   It's Alonso, Hulkenberg, Liuzzi, Sutil, Barrichello with just over half of Q1 still to go
19:08:07   Alonso retakes P1 with 1:17.255
19:07:58   Remarkably, nobody has hit a wall big style so far this weekend
19:07:44   Hulkenberg and Sutil go 1st and 2nd
19:07:26   Glock, Chandhok and Kubica are in the pits; Kubica is yet to go out at all
19:07:15   Webber heads towards the hairpin now
19:07:09   Chandhok will take a 5-place grid drop because of the gearbox change
19:07:00   Remember, the 7 slowest cars will drop out of this phase and start 18-24 tomorrow
19:06:45   It's Alonso, Petrov, Sutil, Hulkenberg, Alguersuari at the moment
19:06:36   ...he goes P1 on 1:17.864
19:06:29   Alonso heads for the line...
19:06:24   Chandhok missed all of this morning's session after a gearbox problem only saw him make the end of the pit lane
19:06:05   Only Chandhok and Kubica are in the pits at the moment
19:05:57   Petrov is likely to pit because of that flat spot
19:05:35   Three cars all slow to allow Alonso to start his flying lap cleanly
19:05:19   Petrov has completely flatspotted his left-front tyre on the Renault
19:05:09   Former McLaren Team Principal Ron Dennis is watching on from the garage
19:04:53   Hulkenberg abandons that lap, lifting off exiting the hairpin
19:04:41   14 cars are on-track now
19:04:32   Alonso, on an out-lap, yields to Hulkenberg on the exit of Turn 7
19:03:26   Sir Richard Branson watches on from the Virgin Racing pit lane
19:02:14   Hamilton's P1 time this morning was 1:16.058
19:01:55   Glock goes on to start a flying lap
19:01:21   We have air and track temperatures of 23 and 31°C at the moment
19:00:36   Team-mate di Grassi, incidentally, suffered an off at the hairpin this morning
19:00:17   Timo Glock's Virgin is out on-track straight away
19:00:11   Q1 BEGINS
19:00:08   GREEN LIGHT
18:58:27   The other one on offer is Medium
18:58:22   In Friday's second session, most drivers complained about the green-striped Super Soft compound tyres
18:58:05   Talking of rain, we had heavy showers on Thursday and then more last night, which washed away all of the F1 rubber and left a green circuit for this morning's practice
18:57:42   Conditions are good but rain remains a threat for tomorrow
18:57:30   We then have a 7-minute break ahead of the 15-minute Q2, an 8-minute break and the 10-minute Q3
18:57:12   As usual, qualifying consists of 3 phases, with the first of which about to start and containing 20 minutes
18:56:50   Will one of those three be on top again this afternoon?
18:56:42   We have had Jenson Button, Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton on P1 in the three practice sessions here
18:55:39   Welcome to Montreal's Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve for Qualifying ahead of tomorrow's Canadian Grand Prix


Qualifying
Pos.   Driver   Team   Tyres   Time
1    L. Hamilton   McLaren      1:15.105
2    M. Webber   Red Bull      1:15.373
3    S. Vettel   Red Bull      1:15.420
4    F. Alonso   Ferrari      1:15.435
5    J. Button   McLaren      1:15.520
6    V. Liuzzi   Force India F1      1:15.648
7    F. Massa   Ferrari      1:15.688
8    R. Kubica   Renault      1:15.715
9    A. Sutil   Force India F1      1:15.881
10    N. Rosberg   Mercedes Grand Prix      1:16.071
 
11    R. Barrichello   Williams      1:16.434
12    N. Hulkenberg   Williams      1:16.438
13    M. Schumacher   Mercedes Grand Prix      1:16.492
14    V. Petrov   Renault      1:16.844
15    S. Buemi   Scuderia Toro Rosso      1:16.928
16    J. Alguersuari   Scuderia Toro Rosso      1:17.029
17    P. de la Rosa   Sauber      1:17.384
 
18    K. Kobayashi   Sauber      1:18.019
19    H. Kovalainen   Lotus F1      1:18.237
20    J. Trulli   Lotus F1      1:18.698
21    T. Glock   Virgin Racing      1:18.941
22    B. Senna   HRT F1 Team      1:19.484
23    L. Di Grassi   Virgin Racing      1:19.275
24    K. Chandhok   HRT F1 Team      1:27.757


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Hamilton snatches Montreal pole from Red Bull
12 June 2010

Lewis Hamilton has become the first non-Red Bull driver to clinch pole position in the 2010 season, courtesy of a rapid lap in Canada on Saturday. The 2008 Champion will start ahead of Mark Webber as Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso make up the second row. Michael Schumacher could manage no more than 13th for Mercedes.
For the first time since 1987, Formula 1 took a year off from Canada in 2009 although the popularity of its return was backed up by a sell-out crowd on Saturday, helped by the installation of several new grandstands around the Île Notre-Dame track.

With rain holding off, despite more being forecast for tomorrow, overnight showers confirmed another 'green' track surface for final practice as Hamilton took the top spot. Afternoon temperatures of 23°C (73°F) ensured that race fans were able to enjoy the weather conditions as well as the on-track action.

There were no major surprises in Q1, with Lotus leading the way amid F1's three new teams. However, Bruno Senna did manage to slot his Hispania car between those of Virgin Racing as 18th placed Kamui Kobayashi failed to improve and was eliminated at the earliest possible stage - a disappointing next step after scoring for Sauber last time out in Turkey.

Karun Chandhok remained 24th and last on the timesheets as he sat in the garage for the final few minutes although the Indian was always unable to start any higher up on the grid, thanks to a 5-place grid drop which is the result of a penalty after encountering a gearbox issue in final practice.

Williams were knocked out in Q2 although Rubens Barrichello and Nico Hülkenberg will be the first cars able to select their tyre compounds - as opposed to keeping their final qualifying set - as they share the sixth row. The pair of Toro Rossos also left the session after Q2, plus Petrov's Renault and de la Rosa's Sauber, although the other dropout was far more unexpected.

As Tonio Liuzzi rejuvenated himself to move into the top ten shootout, both reigning Champion Jenson Button and 7-time Montreal winner Michael Schumacher found themselves on the bubble, with the German's Mercedes making a crucial error by cutting the last chicane on its final lap - meaning the driver was forced to lift off the throttle in order to avoid a penalty. Michael will start 13th on what promises to be a exceedingly tricky Sunday.

Vettel was the German causing all the drama in Q3, as the Red Bull driver - like team-mate Webber - elected to complete qualifying on the slower but more durable Medium compound tyres as opposed to the Super Soft type. However, Sebastian blew his first attempt by also skipping over the last chicane before moving up to a brief second on his final run, then being demoted one place as Hamilton moved took pole.

Fernando Alonso gave Ferrari and Italy something else - apart from the ongoing football World Cup - to cheer about by qualifying fourth although team-mate Massa was unable to start any higher than seventh, behind Button and the superb Vitantonio Liuzzi, who beats Force India team-mate Adrian Sutil with a performance which will do his career prospects no harm at all.

Although Renault were considered underdogs entering the weekend, 2008 Canadian race victor Kubica could manage no more than eighth as Sutil and Nico Rosberg complete the top ten, with the latter's result confirming a tough afternoon all round for Mercedes GP.

Webber and Vettel looked to have secured yet another all-Red Bull front row in the dying seconds, especially after Hamilton compromised his penultimate lap by bouncing over the Turn 8 kerbs, but the Englishman made P1 in all three stages of qualifying and was last challenger to cross the finish line in Q3 with a superb lap time in the form of 1:15.105.

The Stevenage man is therefore unbeaten in Canadian Grand Prix qualifying, managing three poles from as many attempts, and he becomes the first driver to top Red Bull on a Saturday in 2010.

However, Lewis amusingly pushed his car along the back straight after being instructed to pull over by McLaren due to a shortage on fuel on the in-lap.


The 2010 Canadian Grand Prix - Round 8 of 19 in 2010 - will begin at 12 noon local time on Sunday.


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Gearbox change for Webber
13 June 2010

Mark Webber will not be allowed to start Sunday's race from P2 as the Red Bull driver saw his gearbox being changed by his team on Sunday morning. Webber will now have to start from seventh while team-mate Vettel will move up to second.
At Red Bull Racing the team did not wish to take any risk with Webber's current gearbox. A Red Bull spokesperson told GPUpdate.net: "Unfortunately we had to change Mark's gearbox which will cost him five valuable places on the grid."

Mark Webber currently leads the Formula 1 championship with 93 points - five points ahead of McLaren driver Jenson Button.


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Hamilton leads Button home in Canada
13 June 2010

Lewis Hamilton has picked up his second consecutive Grand Prix victory following a highly entertaining afternoon in Montreal on Sunday. The 2008 World Champion headed a McLaren 1-2 result from team-mate Jenson Button as Fernando Alonso's Ferrari made the podium, ahead of the two Red Bull Racing cars.



LAP BY LAP:

19:43:17   It's set up very nicely for the European Grand Prix in 2 weeks' time
19:41:26   So Lewis Hamilton now leads the World Championship heading to Valencia in a fortnight's time
19:40:50   Vettel stopped by the pit exit on the slowing down lap
19:40:42   ...Webber, Rosberg, Kubica, Buemi, Liuzzi, Sutil
19:40:34   FINAL POINTS POSITIONS: Hamilton, Button, Alonso, Vettel...
19:40:00   "We can do this," Hamilton tells the team via radio
19:39:09   So Schumacher is 11th
19:39:06   Liuzzi and Sutil both got past him, at Turns 6 and 8!
19:38:55   Schumacher loses 9th and 10th on the last lap
19:37:17   And it's the second consecutive McLaren 1-2 result!
19:37:10   He's absolutely delighted
19:37:06   ...Lewis Hamilton WINS the 2010 Canadian Grand Prix!
19:36:59   At the same place he won his first Grand Prix three years ago...
19:36:37   He's at the hairpin
19:36:35   Hamilton is almost home
19:36:25   FINAL LAP
19:35:23   Michael cuts the final chicane
19:35:19   Michael's rear tyres are completely destroyed
19:35:13   Liuzzi is attacking Schumacher for P9 now
19:34:19   This will be a busy late afternoon for Emerson Fittipaldi...
19:34:06   Unsurprisingly, Schumacher's chop on Massa will be investigated after the race
19:30:01   Massa has to pit for a new front wing, that's his chance of points gone...
19:29:00   Michael moved over on Felipe and pushed him onto the grass heading into the last chicane
19:28:49   Felipe went wide but now has to do another lap
19:28:40   Schumacher moves over on Massa and it's taken Felipe's front wing off!
19:28:26   Schumacher's rear tyres have gone off
19:28:09   Massa is now attacking Schumacher for 9th place
19:28:03   Kubica sets another fastest lap
19:27:05   Rosberg is P6 from Kubica, Buemi, Schumacher and Massa, who's into the points
19:26:51   Hamilton leads Button, Alonso, Vettel and Webber
19:26:45   He's 7th after his last stop
19:26:38   Kubica now sets the fastest lap of the Grand Prix
19:25:54   The lead is 2.4 to Button, who may have got the message from that...
19:25:43   Hamilton responds to Button's pace by setting the fastest lap of the race
19:24:42   So the Swiss driver is up to 9th place
19:24:35   Buemi takes Michael Schumacer at Turn 1, that's great stuff for Toro Rosso!
19:23:35   Hulkenberg pits from P14
19:23:31   Kubica pits from P6
19:23:26   Button is closing in on Hamilton for the lead; it's just 2.2 seconds now
19:21:17   They've just lapped Michael Schumacher, who is 8th
19:21:09   He's 3.1 ahead of Button, with Alonso right behind Jenson
19:21:00   Hamilton leads on Lap 58 of 70
19:19:54   He loses 13th to Liuzzi
19:19:49   Replays show Alguersuari going off across the grass at Turn 8
19:19:02   The Ferrari was held up behind Chandhok's Hispania as he lapped it
19:18:53   Replays show Button passing Alonso out of Turn 7
19:18:31   Button takes Alonso for P2!
19:18:27   Kubica, Rosberg, Schumacher, Buemi and Hulkenberg complete the top ten
19:17:34   Glock is out, he's stopped in the pits
19:17:29   Webber is stuck down in 5th
19:17:24   Vettel is 5.5 behind Button and has some kind of problem
19:17:16   Alonso is 2nd but Button is right behind him
19:17:11   Hamilton leads by 2.7 seconds
19:17:04   So things have calmed down, just a bit!
19:16:27   One of them was Sutil, and that's for P11
19:16:20   Massa takes two cars in one move at Turn 6
19:14:05   RETIREMENTS: Kobayashi (crash), Senna (pits), de la Rosa (engine), Trulli (suspected engine)
19:13:46   Hulkenberg in 10th is the first lapped car
19:13:37   CURRENT ORDER on Lap 53: Hamilton, Alonso, Button, Vettel, Webber, Kubica, Rosberg, Schumacher, Buemi, Hulkenberg
19:12:52   Vettel is now 5.5 seconds behind Button as he suffers with problems
19:12:44   Alonso is second from Button
19:12:11   Hamilton leads as the field starts Lap 52 of 70
19:11:42   Buemi pits from P8, and Glock from P18
19:10:51   But Webber dives into the pits
19:10:45   ...he faints to the inside to distract Mark
19:10:38   Alonso attacks Webber for P2 as they head to the final chicane...
19:10:30   So Hamilton has a clear run to a second consecutive victory
19:09:46   Webber drops into the clutches of Alonso now
19:09:40   Hamilton leads on Lap 50 of 70
19:09:35   He's done it, on the inside!
19:09:32   Hamilton goes for the lead at Turn 1!
19:09:28   They're all coming through back markers
19:09:10   The top five are now glued together on Lap 49
19:08:45   Hamilton is right behind Webber for the lead now
19:07:42   "We are managing an issue, we are managing an issue," Horner replies
19:07:32   5th placed Vettel: "Seriously, how do you want me to pass if we're going slower and slower?"
19:06:25   And out goes Jarno Trulli, he's stopped at the pit entrance and is out of a third race in a row
19:05:35   Kubica, Rosberg, Buemi, Schumacher and Hulkenberg are also in the points
19:05:25   Hamilton, Alonso, Button and Vettel are all closing
19:05:18   Webber's lead is now only 3.6 seconds
19:05:13   This is Lap 46
19:04:15   "The cars ahead are going to to the finish: try and pass," Christian Horner tells Vettel
19:03:19   Alonso sets the best lap of the race, again!
19:03:13   The lead is only 4.8 seconds as Hamilton comes over the line
19:02:48   Webber leads by 6.6 seconds on Lap 45
19:02:35   Alonso has just set the fastest lap
19:02:04   Webber's lead is right down to 6.6 seconds now as he laps back markers
19:01:52   Alguersuari has just pitted from 10th
19:01:08   Hulkenberg crosses the chicane and keeps 11th
19:00:55   Hulkenberg is under pressure from Sutil and they've just touched into the final corner
19:00:23   Massa pits from 14th, Trulli from 18th and di Grassi from 19th
18:59:18   Remember, Massa took the Italian off there on Lap 1
18:59:11   Liuzzi's having none of it, forcing Felipe wide at Turn 2
18:59:03   Massa again attacks Liuzzi into Turn 1
18:58:25   Kubica is 6th from Rosberg, Buemi, Alguersuari and Schumacher
18:58:16   Hamilton, Alonso, Button and Vettel are still together in 2nd to 5th
18:58:02   He has to come in, surely
18:57:59   Webber is leading by 9 seconds now
18:57:54   Vettel sets the fastest lap now
18:56:26   He's just lost a second of his lead to Hamilton, who sets another fastest lap!
18:56:13   "My tyres are slowly starting to go," says leader Webber
18:55:11   Hamilton sets the best lap of the race now, in P2
18:55:04   Massa is attacking Liuzzi for 13th and they're both behind Sutil
18:54:34   Webber's crew believe Hamilton, Alonso, Button and Vettel (2-5) are all hoping to reach the end without pitting again
18:54:12   Jenson Button has just set the fastest lap of the race in P4
18:53:43   "Just keep doing what you're doing," Webber is told
18:53:36   Rosberg is 7th from Buemi, Alguersuari and Schumacher
18:53:28   Hamilton is 2nd from Alonso, Button, Vettel and Kubica
18:53:17   He's 12 seconds ahead
18:53:12   Lap 37 and it's Webber leading but must pit at least once more
18:53:02   ...that involved Kubica passing Sutil on the inside but then diving across into the pits
18:52:29   The incident involving Kubica diving across Sutil to enter the pits will be investigated after the race
18:51:38   Buemi has just pitted from P6
18:51:14   HALF DISTANCE
18:50:19   Leader Webber must stop at least once again because he hasn't used the softer tyre yet
18:50:07   Button is 4th with Vettel behind him
18:50:02   Alonso is 3rd, 2 seconds behind Hamilton
18:49:54   Webber leads Hamilton by 11 seconds
18:49:50   And he's told that he needs to pass the three in front of him!
18:49:40   "Rocky, do I need to pass Button to win?!"
18:49:33   Vettel asks he engineer over the radio:
18:49:02   Schumacher pits from P9
18:48:51   Kovalainen has just pitted from 16th, his 2nd stop
18:48:44   7) Kubica 8) Rosberg 9) Schumacher 10) Alguersuari
18:48:32   1) Webber 2) Hamilton 3) Alonso 4) Button 5) Vettel 6) Buemi
18:48:16   CURRENT ORDER, LAP 34 of 70
18:46:30   A shame, to say the least, after scoring in Turkey
18:46:21   The Ferrari engine looks as though it's blown and it's another double retirement for Sauber...
18:45:48   YELLOW FLAG
18:45:46   Button is told that Vettel is in 'exactly the same race', they're 4th and 5th
18:45:25   Barrichello pits from 15th, that's his 3rd stop
18:45:15   7th to 10th have all pitted twice: Kubica, Rosberg, Schumacher, Alguersuari
18:45:01   Buemi is 6th and has pitted once
18:44:54   ...they've all pitted twice
18:44:51   Hamilton is 2nd from Alonso, Button and Vettel...
18:44:37   Mark Webber leads and has pitted once
18:44:30   We're on Lap 31 of 70
18:44:26   So, let's regroup in this incredible race
18:43:59   Sutil passes team-mate Liuzzi for 12th into Turn 1
18:43:49   Hulkenberg takes his penalty for pit lane speeding
18:42:41   That's why he rejoined behind Hamilton
18:42:31   Replays show Alonso being held up by Jarno Trulli
18:42:12   Button is 4th from Vettel, Buemi, Kubica and Rosberg
18:42:02   So Webber now leads from Hamilton and Alonso
18:41:53   That was the end of Lap 28
18:41:50   Alonso, who's been flying, has just pitted from the lead
18:41:03   Sutil pits with a right-rear puncture, that's why he was off at Turn 1
18:40:08   Button and Vettel pit from P2 and P3
18:39:48   Alonso is absolutely flying, now that he's released in the lead
18:39:37   One of the Force Indias has just gone off and rejoined at Turn 1
18:39:06   Kubica pits too
18:38:43   Hamilton dives straight into the pits!
18:38:36   Alonso attacks Hamilton for 1st!
18:38:33   Emerson Fittipaldi will have contributed to that decision in Race Control
18:38:19   Petrov has just taken another drive-through penalty, this time for dangerous driving at the start
18:38:06   Alguersuari pits from 11th
18:37:38   de la Rosa takes Kovalainen for 14th at the hairpin
18:37:30   Button is 3rd from Vettel and Webber
18:37:21   Hamilton leads from Alonso, who continues to challenge
18:36:48   Liuzzi pits from 13th, too
18:36:42   Hulkenberg pits in the Williams from 12th place
18:36:34   Vettel has said that his rear tyres are beginning to go off, but slowly...
18:35:38   Massa pits from P14
18:33:28   "Looking good, looking good," Alonso says over the radio
18:33:19   Button is 2 seconds further back, with Vettel 2.5 behind him
18:33:07   Alonso is just 7 tenths behind Hamilton for the lead of the Canadian Grand Prix
18:32:56   Kobayashi hit Champions' Wall and Senna stopped in the pits
18:32:48   Chandhok is 22nd after 1 stop and is the last runner
18:32:41   Petrov is 21st and 2 stops, he went off at the start and hit de la Rosa
18:32:29   19th for di Grassi and 20th for Glock, 1 stop each
18:32:21   18th Barrichello, he's been in twice
18:32:15   17th Trulli, he's been in once
18:32:11   de la Rosa is 16th and has pitted twice
18:32:03   Liuzzi is 13th from Massa and Kovalainen; they've pitted once
18:31:51   Schumacher is 12th and has pitted twice because he hit Kubica
18:31:41   ...Vettel, Webber, Kubica, Sutil, Buemi, Rosberg, Hulkenberg and Alguersuari
18:31:28   The top 11 cars have all pitted, they are: Hamilton, Alonso, Button...
18:31:16   Lap 21 of 70
18:31:12   Massa has just passed Kovalainen for 14th but we're not sure where
18:29:11   Petrov hit de la Rosa at the start and they both went onto the infield
18:28:58   Petrov pits now too
18:28:55   Massa is way down in 15th because he connected with Liuzzi no less than 3 times at Turn 2 on Lap 1
18:28:42   de la Rosa pits from 13th in the Sauber
18:28:37   Hamilton still has Alonso just half a second behind at the front
18:28:28   Kobayashi retired after hitting Champions' Wall on Lap 2 and Senna has pulled into the garage
18:28:13   Chandhok is 21st from Glock
18:28:07   13th for de la Rosa from Liuzzi, Kovalainen, Massa, Petrov, Trulli, di Grassi and Barrichello
18:27:48   11th is Alguersuari from Schumacher, who is right behind him
18:27:37   9th placed Rosberg has just set the fastest lap of the race
18:25:42   Kovalainen pits right now, in fact
18:25:35   10th is Kovalainen, who hasn't pitted yet
18:25:30   CURRENT ORDER: Hamilton, Alonso, Button, Vettel, Webber, Kubica, Sutil, Buemi, Rosberg
18:25:18   Lap 17 of 70
18:25:14   The top nine have all pitted
18:24:50   Glock pits
18:24:49   Senna retires now
18:24:46   Correction, Kobayashi retired earlier
18:24:38   Senna and Kobayashi pit
18:24:04   He's up to 2nd but it's now 1st because Buemi pits
18:23:55   Hamilton passes Alonso down to the chicane!
18:23:47   Buemi defends from Alonso and Hamilton tries to take Alonso on the inside, this is great!
18:23:31   Down to the hairpin
18:23:27   Alonso and Hamilton are right behind him!
18:23:22   Buemi, who hasn't pitted, is now leading
18:22:48   Schumacher pits again
18:22:41   Sebastien Buemi goes through into the lead for Toro Rosso!
18:22:32   YELLOW FLAG
18:22:28   Leader Sebastian Vettel pits now
18:22:23   Replays show Schumacher, who had just rejoined from the pits, blocking Kubica into Turn 3 as they both skipped over the grass
18:22:02   Petrov pits from 18th
18:21:33   Mark Webber's Red Bull pits from 2nd place
18:20:53   They're back on ahead of Sutil, that was dramatic!
18:20:47   They touch, they're both across the grass!
18:20:42   Kubica dives down the inside of Schumacher into Turn 3
18:20:15   The reason we have so many stops is that people started on different tyres of tyres
18:19:47   Schumacher pits from 3rd place now
18:19:42   Button has just set the fastest lap in 7th and Kubica, Sutil and Kovalainen round out the top ten
18:19:26   Buemi is 4th with Alonso under attack from Hamilton for 5th
18:19:19   Vettel leads Webber by 3 seconds, with Schumacher 4 seconds further back
18:19:08   Lap 12 of 70
18:19:04   Barrichello pits from 16th
18:19:00   Kovalainen has lost several places at quicker cars take him
18:18:18   It's a drive-through penalty for Petrov
18:17:43   He cuts the final chicane and Rosberg takes 13th from him
18:17:36   Petrov has been handed a penalty for jumping the start
18:16:40   Hulkenberg takes Glock on the inside of Turn 3, for 13th
18:16:30   Vettel, Webber, Schumacher, Buemi, Alonso, Hamilton, Kovalainen, Button, Kubica, Sutil
18:16:19   Lap 10 of 70
18:16:16   It's all happening as Kubica rejoins the track from the pits
18:16:08   Hamilton has passes Kovalainen and now Button attacks the Lotus
18:15:39   Kubica pits from 3rd
18:15:36   Alonso is 6th from Hamilton, but Kovalainen is between them!
18:15:21   Kubica is up to 3rd from Schumacher and Buemi now
18:15:13   Vettel and Webber lead for Red Bull
18:15:07   We're on Lap 9 of 70 in Canada
18:15:02   Massa, at the back, is setting fastest lap after fastest lap
18:14:12   Meantime, Hulkenberg has run into the back of a Force India at the hairpin
18:13:54   They were side by side down the pit exit and the Ferrari is ahead
18:13:45   He's through!
18:13:44   Alonso forces past Hamilton down the pit lane!
18:12:58   But it's all change as Hamilton and Alonso pit!
18:12:53   Vettel challenges Hamilton at the front
18:12:45   Kubica is released in 5th because Button pitted
18:12:37   Alonso and Webber are right there too
18:12:30   Hamilton leads on Lap 7 with Vettel right behind him
18:11:54   Button, Sutil and Hulkenberg all pit
18:11:48   Vettel is on the harder tyres
18:11:43   Hamilton is under attack from Vettel for the lead!
18:11:35   Then Massa and Liuzzi banged into each other at Turn 2
18:11:27   That was at the start
18:11:22   Start replays show Petrov getting completely out of shape heading into Turn 1, going right and forcing both himself and de la Rosa straight onto the grass
18:10:26   Trulli pits from 15th place, too
18:10:20   Rosberg pits from 14th place
18:09:49   Webber passes Button at Turn 8, up to 4th place!
18:08:45   Kubica, Sutil, Schumacher, Hulkenberg and Alguersuari complete the top ten
18:08:32   Button is 4th with Webber breathing down his neck, attacking at all corners
18:08:23   Alonso is a further second behind
18:08:18   Hamilton leads on Lap 4 by 1.1 seconds from Vettel
18:07:55   Webber faints to the inside of Turn 3, trying to pass Button
18:07:46   So, Kobayashi is the only retirement despite all the drama
18:07:20   Kobayashi has pulled off at the end of the pits, having hit the Champions' Wall
18:07:10   Heikki Kovalainen's Lotus is up into 12th place from 18th!
18:06:52   That yellow came out as marshals clear debris up
18:06:42   ALL CLEAR
18:06:32   YELLOW FLAG
18:06:29   Webber is piling the pressure on Button for 4th place
18:06:20   Lap 3 and Hamilton leads Vettel, Alonso, button, Webber, Kubica, Sutil, Schumacher, Hulkenberg and Alguersuari
18:06:06   The yellow flags have gone
18:06:03   ALL CLEAR
18:05:17   de la Rosa is in the pits, as are Liuzzi and Massa
18:05:10   He does continue
18:05:07   Kobayashi was side-by-side with Hulkenberg into the final corner and bounced over the kerbs, then into the wal
18:04:53   It's a highly dramatic opening lap
18:04:49   Kobayashi goes off, he's into the Champions' Wall!
18:04:30   We do not have a Safety Car
18:04:25   Massa and Liuzzi are last after all of the Turn 2 dramas
18:04:14   Schumacher is up to 8th place already
18:04:10   They're at the hairpin
18:03:49   Petrov's Renault was off onto the grass even before Turn 1
18:03:40   Liuzzi spins off at Turn 2 now, it's chaos in the midfield
18:03:34   Massa has been tagged at Turn 2
18:03:23   YELLOW FLAG
18:03:18   He's leading
18:03:16   Hamilton pulls away
18:03:12   ...NOW!
18:03:05   Formula 1's return to Montreal begins...
18:02:55   We're waiting for the lights now
18:02:50   Chandhok lines up as the final runner
18:02:44   It's Hamilton, Vettel, Alonso, Button, Liuzzi, Massa, Webber, Kubica, Sutil and Rosberg in the top ten
18:02:31   Pole man Hamilton makes it back to the grid
18:02:26   The situation with tyres is that those on the Super Softs will hope for a Safety Car before Lap 10, ideally at the start
18:01:35   Rain was expected for today but it's not to be
18:01:29   Air temperatures are at 25°C on this lovely day in Canada
18:00:57   Michael Schumacher starts 13th and also has the Super Softs in use
18:00:47   The rest of the top ten is using the Super Soft compound, as opposed to the Medium
18:00:34   Both Red Bulls and Kubica's Renault have the harder tyres on-board
18:00:12   FORMATION LAP BEGINS
18:00:08   This race starts at 12 noon local time in Montreal
17:59:43   The Australian has been forced to change his gearbox since yesterday
17:59:33   We've already had drama today, as Webber starts 7th as opposed to 2nd
17:54:03   Welcome to the 2010 Canadian Grand Prix

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FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2010
Provisional Results

Pos   No   Driver   Team   Laps   Time/Retired   Grid   Pts

1   2   Lewis Hamilton   McLaren-Mercedes   70   Winner   1   25
2   1   Jenson Button   McLaren-Mercedes   70   +2.2 secs   4   18
3   8   Fernando Alonso   Ferrari   70   +9.2 secs   3   15
4   5   Sebastian Vettel   RBR-Renault   70   +37.8 secs   2   12
5   6   Mark Webber   RBR-Renault   70   +39.2 secs   7   10
6   4   Nico Rosberg   Mercedes GP   70   +56.0 secs   10   8
7   11   Robert Kubica   Renault   70   +57.3 secs   8   6
8   16   Sebastien Buemi   STR-Ferrari   69   +1 Lap   15   4
9   15   Vitantonio Liuzzi   Force India-Mercedes   69   +1 Lap   5   2
10   14   Adrian Sutil   Force India-Mercedes   69   +1 Lap   9   1
11   3   Michael Schumacher   Mercedes GP   69   +1 Lap   13   
12   17   Jaime Alguersuari   STR-Ferrari   69   +1 Lap   16   
13   10   Nico Hulkenberg   Williams-Cosworth   69   +1 Lap   12   
14   9   Rubens Barrichello   Williams-Cosworth   69   +1 Lap   11   
15   7   Felipe Massa   Ferrari   69   +1 Lap   6   
16   19   Heikki Kovalainen   Lotus-Cosworth   68   +2 Laps   19   
17   12   Vitaly Petrov   Renault   68   +2 Laps   14   
18   20   Karun Chandhok   HRT-Cosworth   64   +4 Laps   24   
19   25   Lucas di Grassi   Virgin-Cosworth   65   +5 Laps   23   
Ret   24   Timo Glock   Virgin-Cosworth   50   +20 Laps   21   
Ret   18   Jarno Trulli   Lotus-Cosworth   42   +28 Laps   20   
Ret   22   Pedro de la Rosa   BMW Sauber-Ferrari   30   +40 Laps   17   
Ret   21   Bruno Senna   HRT-Cosworth   13   +57 Laps   22   
Ret   23   Kamui Kobayashi   BMW Sauber-Ferrari   1   +69 Laps   18

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