Qualifying For The Canadian GP, Oh The Rain…
Here is all you need to know about Qualifying for this weekends GP in Montreal. It was cold and wet and rained off and on. Therefor it is no surprise that the cars that generate a higher core temp in regards to their tires were the cars that were quickest in the final session. So the two teams that are experiencing greater tire degradation do to overheating the tires in dry conditions, in this case were the teams that had the best chance at pole: Red Bull and Mercedes.
Sebastian Vettel – Happy with P1, Hamilton – Not so happy with P2, Valtteri Bottos – Very very happy with P3.
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Fernando Alonso – couldn’t do it.
Felipe Massa – definately could not do it.
Kimi Raikkonen – couldn’t to it.
Roman Grojean – couldn’t do it.
McLaren duo – still can’t do it.
The exception to this was Valtteri Bottas for Williams who stuck his car on the second row. Great job by the rookie and lets hope he turns that into a decent result for himself and Williams F1.
The updated forecast tomorrow is now for rain which means any advantage that Ferrari and Lotus have over their rivals has just been chucked into the St. Lawrence River and is now floating far far away. Well that’s racing…
-jp- and i think i have to revised my predictions 
Here is your starting grid for the Grand Prix of Canada
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:22.318 | 1:28.166 | 1:25.425 | 25 |
| 2 | 10 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:23.801 | 1:27.649 | 1:25.512 | 31 |
| 3 | 17 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams-Renault | 1:23.446 | 1:28.419 | 1:25.897 | 30 |
| 4 | 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:23.840 | 1:28.420 | 1:26.008 | 32 |
| 5 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing-Renault | 1:23.247 | 1:28.145 | 1:26.208 | 30 |
| 6 | 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:23.224 | 1:28.788 | 1:26.504 | 30 |
| 7 | 18 | Jean-Eric Vergne | STR-Ferrari | 1:24.159 | 1:28.527 | 1:26.543 | 32 |
| 8 | 15 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1:24.551 | 1:28.799 | 1:27.348 | 29 |
| 9 | 7 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 1:24.451 | 1:28.667 | 1:27.432 | 32 |
| 10 | 19 | Daniel Ricciardo | STR-Ferrari | 1:24.770 | 1:29.359 | 1:27.946 | 31 |
| 11 | 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:23.899 | 1:29.435 | 22 | |
| 12 | 6 | Sergio Perez | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:24.176 | 1:29.761 | 23 | |
| 13 | 16 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 1:24.776 | 1:29.917 | 24 | |
| 14 | 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:24.021 | 1:30.068 | 22 | |
| 15 | 12 | Esteban Gutierrez | Sauber-Ferrari | 1:24.408 | 1:30.315 | 24 | |
| 16 | 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:23.735 | 1:30.354 | 20 | |
| 17 | 14 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 1:24.908 | 12 | ||
| 18 | 20 | Charles Pic | Caterham-Renault | 1:25.626 | 10 | ||
| 19 | 8 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 1:25.716 | 13 | ||
| 20 | 22 | Jules Bianchi | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:26.508 | 12 | ||
| 21 | 23 | Max Chilton | Marussia-Cosworth | 1:27.062 | 12 | ||
| 22 | 21 | Giedo van der Garde | Caterham-Renault | 1:27.110 | 10 | ||
| Q1 107% Time | 1:28.080 |
Note – Grosjean qualified 19th but penalised 10 grid spots for causing collision at previous round.
You’re so right, the chassis are toast.
Speaking of rookies, what I think we’re seeing is, there’s quite a bit of even talent at the top .
among more drivers.