Formula 1 Buckwud Grand Prix du Canada 2015

[MBKF1 91]

This weekend is the Canadian Grand Prix, one of my top 3 on the calendar, without a doubt!

Can Lewis Hamilton break Nico Rosberg's run of two wins in a row?
Can Ferrari and Honda make gains with their upgraded power units?
Can Williams fight Mercedes for the victory?

I also thought I'd tell you all that last year's winner, Daniel Ricciardo, answered my question on Periscope earlier today! He was doing a broadcast with Red Bull Canada, and he answered my question, which I'm very happy about, so he's heard of my name aha :p 

The question was 'what was your best overtake you've made?' He said it was his move on Vettel last year at Monza into the chicane.

[couger1981 89]

Can Ricciardo sneak through for the win again? lol

[Juice29 0]

Yes,maybe and no

[f1since08 60]

I had a look for an article I wrote and Gilles Villenueve, Jean Alesi, Lewis Hamilton, Robert Kubica and Daniel Ricciardo have all taken their first wins here. That's a lot for a single track!

[sjsharp2010 227]

fIsince08 said:

I had a look for an article I wrote and Gilles Villenueve, Jean Alesi, Lewis Hamilton, Robert Kubica and Daniel Ricciardo have all taken their first wins here. That's a lot for a single track!

Indeed in fact if I remember rightly it was Alesi's only win

[f1since08 60]

sjsharp2010 said:

fIsince08 said:

I had a look for an article I wrote and Gilles Villenueve, Jean Alesi, Lewis Hamilton, Robert Kubica and Daniel Ricciardo have all taken their first wins here. That's a lot for a single track!

Indeed in fact if I remember rightly it was Alesi's only win

It was, and F1 Stat Man just told me Boutsen can be added to that list.
Monaco holds the record with nine first timers apparently.

[sjsharp2010 227]

fIsince08 said:

sjsharp2010 said:

fIsince08 said:

I had a look for an article I wrote and Gilles Villenueve, Jean Alesi, Lewis Hamilton, Robert Kubica and Daniel Ricciardo have all taken their first wins here. That's a lot for a single track!

Indeed in fact if I remember rightly it was Alesi's only win

It was, and F1 Stat Man just told me Boutsen can be added to that list.
Monaco holds the record with nine first timers apparently.

Yeah I only remember that as it was around that time that I was getting into F1

[buttonfan 5]

fIsince08 said:

sjsharp2010 said:

fIsince08 said:

I had a look for an article I wrote and Gilles Villenueve, Jean Alesi, Lewis Hamilton, Robert Kubica and Daniel Ricciardo have all taken their first wins here. That's a lot for a single track!

Indeed in fact if I remember rightly it was Alesi's only win

It was, and F1 Stat Man just told me Boutsen can be added to that list.
Monaco holds the record with nine first timers apparently.

Lots of interesting stats about Canada

 

[f1since08 60]

Some of those are wrong, a few races were red flagged in the 50s and 60s and the BBC showed Japan 76.

[couger1981 89]

fIsince08 said:

Some of those are wrong, a few races were red flagged in the 50s and 60s and the BBC showed Japan 76.

Those stats are only for that race.

[Hughesy 254]

Friday evening, F1 and beer, perfect night B)

[RevolvingPrawn 1]

Saturday night will be better :p Some proper competition! 

Bit of a silly crash for Hamilton, least his car doesn't really seem to be damaged other than the front wing.

[Hughesy 254]

Lewis is waiting for a nice cold beer by the looks of it :joy: 

[buttonfan 5]

Νicely done Mercedes :p

[Chadwick8505 0]

Really a dumb crash by Hamilton.

[Hughesy 254]

Chadwick8505 said:

Really a dumb crash by Hamilton.

Well he couldn't really do anything once it aquaplaned, so how is it dumb? The decision to send them out on inters was dumb, but not the crash itself.

[Chadwick8505 0]

Hughesy said:

Chadwick8505 said:

Really a dumb crash by Hamilton.

Well he couldn't really do anything once it aquaplaned, so how is it dumb? The decision to send them out on inters was dumb, but not the crash itself.

I fail to see the difference between the crash being dumb and the circumstances resulting in the crash being dumb. I'm guessing you just want to find anyway to blame Merc and not Lewis.

Not trying to start anything... just think there was nothing to gain (for either Lewis or Merc) for running in the wet on inters and thus the crash was dumb.

[MBKF1 91]

To be fair to Lewis, if he was gonna crash anywhere at that corner and if he could choose which part of the car to crash with, he made the perfect choice! Only front wing damage which is easily replaceable.

[Juice29 0]

Stupid crash all round. We know that Mercedes's decision making has been off recently :tongue:

[couger1981 89]

Hamilton thinking "i shouldn't have turned the radio off!"  :p

[RevolvingPrawn 1]

Seems EJ and DC need to coordinate their outfits with each other :p 

[Platy 6]

That was a dull Q1.

[Hughesy 254]

Hamilton showing his class once again, didn't have a good P3 but still beats Rosberg by a big margin (in F1 terms). Rosberg moaning on the radio as always. :joy: 

[GoldenColt 1]

Lewis' 44th pole. Cool. 

[buttonfan 5]

Sainz again faster than "young Senna"