Canadian Grand Prix 2010, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal - Race 8/19

Leg-end doing my nut in again on the commentary.

ITS MARK WEBBER, HERE COMES MARK WEBBER OVER THE LINE MARK WEBBER WILL HE GET POLE MARK WEBBER... NO BUT MARK WEBBER WAS CLOSE AND TAKES PROVISIONAL SECOND.
 
sunama said:
You can also look at it another way:

The soft tyres tend to go off very quickly.
Hamilton will look to come in for new tyres very soon, probably even as early as lap 15-20. He will then take his mandatory pit stop (assuming they go for a 1 stop strategy), at which stage the RedBulls should be able to open up a little bit of a gap.
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15 laps, not a chance the race will be over for him if it stayed dry. Brundell commented that the softs were losing 3 seconds per lap once they went off and with higher fuel levels everyone was saying after 3-4 laps the tyres were dieing.

I cannot see him holding off a red bull if his tyres go through that pain period in the first few laps, then they will build a decent window for the stops.

If he gets jumped at the start it's game over imo.

Obviously safety cars, weather and the red bulls running into each other can change it. It's a worthwhile gamble because on the same tyres he wouldn't have much hope.

The macca is still a way off red bull, even though they have the F duct and have been able to run more wing than the others the Red Bull is still supreme. The F duct has allowed Macca to get more downforce which shows you how good the aero is on that red bull.
 
McLaren dropped the ball sending their boys out on the softs. They clearly weren't actually faster in qualifying, and will cost them in the race. Hamilton fluffed his lap, then put it together on a desperate last attempt with not enough fuel to bring it home. Button, meanwhile, was miles from his teammate. They may be on pole, but McLaren will not be happy tonight.
 
Even if there is a safety car on the first lap I'd expect at least one of the McLarens to pit for a 'free' pitstop and do two stints on Hards hoping to leapfrog the others in the stops.

The biggest problem for McLaren is that they has to cover both Alonso starting on the softs and the Red Bulls on the Hards - Red Bull can just play their strategy out and hope they pull enough of a margin on the first stint to leap the others after the first stop -but should be safe in the knowledge of a fast stint with the options on the track at its most rubbered in to make up a little more ground at the end.
 
Stunning Qually,

The redbulls are clearly not that much on the back foot, getting 2nd and 3rd on the harder tyres was very impressive.

Lewis was on form, loved the balls out last lap, I think we all know the RB on softs is still probably the better car.

Alonso, Kubica, Liuzi and Rosberg also did very well. JB had me crossing my fingers and shouting for him in q2, I fully expect him to put in a good show tomorrow..
 
Soft tyres should be quicker off the line, maybe Alonso will pass one or both of the Redbulls. Or the Redbulls will take each other out first corner, Vettel will be on the inside :)
 
Hamilton is sitting very pretty in my opinion. All he needs is a decent pit stop, hopefully under the safety car, and he'll be hard to beat I reckon. A safety car early on seems almost like a certainty here.

Surprising pace from Force India, particularly Liuzzi, couldn't have come sooner for him. They were good around similar tracks last year. Also, as I hoped, Renault seem to have almost dispensed of Mercedes this weekend so far.
 
alexhull24 said:
All he needs is a decent pit stop, hopefully under the safety car, and he'll be hard to beat I reckon.
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McLaren have an inate ability to mess up Hamilton's strategy. They have proved this time and time again.

Basically, if Hamilton wants to win tomorrow, he must do so using brute speed alone and not some genius pit strategy.
 
sunama said:
McLaren have an inate ability to mess up Hamilton's strategy. They have proved this time and time again.

Basically, if Hamilton wants to win tomorrow, he must do so using brute speed alone and not some genius pit strategy.
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McLaren have made some poor decisions but they're not stupid, not by any stretch. Hamilton has also shown he's got the raw pace and a good setup. Course, there's the chance of rain tomorrow, which will shake things up strategy-wise. Let's see what McLaren can do.
 
sunama said:
McLaren have an inate ability to mess up Hamilton's strategy. They have proved this time and time again.

Basically, if Hamilton wants to win tomorrow, he must do so using brute speed alone and not some genius pit strategy.
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I think you and a lot of people here forgot it took 2-3 laps for RB to get the hard tire up to working heat.

I think Lewis will win and Button will pull off a major overtake in the race and get a podium.
 
deuse said:
I think you and a lot of people here forgot it took 2-3 laps for RB to get the hard tire up to working heat.

I think Lewis will win and Button will pull off a major overtake in the race and get a podium.
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It may take 2-3 laps to get the hards up to temp but after 5 laps the softs will be shot with a full car. If I fancied anyone on the softs to make them last it will be alonso, no one has been better on the tyres this year.
 
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