Canadian Grand Prix 2011, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve - Race 7/19

Damn late races, I have to go out halfway through quali!

Works out quite well on Sunday though, should see the start of the race just as I get home from racing!
 
Yeah, looking forward to this. McLaren are being pretty bullish about their chances, and they've certainly come very close in the last 2 races so I have high hopes.

What we really need is a poor performance from Vettel to open up the championship a bit. Low points or a DNF would be nice. Winning isn't going to be good enough if Vettel is in always second.
 
AcidHell2 said:
In Canada drivers are expected to be allowed to use it on the main straight leading to the final chicane and on the pit straight.
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If that is the case, then that could be bad depending on where they put the detection zone for the second part. Imagine the car behind gets a DRS tow down the long straight, times the pass so that he is still slightly behind crossing the detection zone, then can use the DRS again to just pull away once the first pass is completed.
 
The FIA’s Charlie Whiting has confirmed that there will be two DRS zones at each race – if the circuit layout allows it – starting from Montreal.

The two zones will have to be consecutive, as the wing will be activated at the same point.

In Montreal they will be the last straight and the pit straight.

Whiting said the software that allows the use of two zones first became available for Turkey, but it wasn’t yet proven.

“We only had the software available in Turkey,” he said. “I thought it was too new and I wanted to make sure there were no bugs in it. We didn’t think there was anywhere suitable here, because they have to be consecutive straights, ideally, because it becomes more complicated the further apart they are.

“The first realistic opportunity we felt was Montreal. And in Valencia as currently planned it will be between Turns 10 and 12, and again between 14 and 17.”
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El_Watcher said:
If that is the case, then that could be bad depending on where they put the detection zone for the second part. Imagine the car behind gets a DRS tow down the long straight, times the pass so that he is still slightly behind crossing the detection zone, then can use the DRS again to just pull away once the first pass is completed.
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As I understand it, there is no second detection zone. [but I might be wrong :)]

It's just like one big DRS zone but with a chicane in the middle of it.

If you're behind at the hairpin and pass before the last corner, you can still use DRS to T1. The car you passed can't.
 
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Well twin DRS zones are quite clearly a waste of time with a single detection point. Can the FIA seriously not see that?

That straight provides a lot of overtaking anyway, having a DRS zone their AND on the straight after is going to be stupid.

Whoever is in second on the last lap will win the race if he is a couple of seconds behind first :p
 
Really looking forward to this race :D Love the circuit, had a few laps of it on F12010 and it's my fav track of the year so far, so fast and flowing, just how a proper race circuit should be - but I hear it's half race track , half street ?
 
The last two weeks have dragged after the excitement of Monaco but hurray, it's race weekend again.

A bit of rain on Sunday should make it exciting, I just hope it's not so torrential that it red flags the race.
 
smr said:
Really looking forward to this race :D Love the circuit, had a few laps of it on F12010 and it's my fav track of the year so far, so fast and flowing, just how a proper race circuit should be - but I hear it's half race track , half street ?
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I think it isn't used a lot (as a racetrack) and has some bad parts at the first turns causing massive tyre degredation.
 
Nice one Acid ! 17:00 start ... perfect :) just as I sit down to dinner, I might even treat myself to an Indian meal and the new Stella Artois cidre :D
 
PinkFloyd said:
Well twin DRS zones are quite clearly a waste of time with a single detection point. Can the FIA seriously not see that?

That straight provides a lot of overtaking anyway, having a DRS zone their AND on the straight after is going to be stupid.

Whoever is in second on the last lap will win the race if he is a couple of seconds behind first :p
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So what you're ultimately saying is McLaren will win ;)
 
Panzerbjorn said:
A bit of rain on Sunday should make it exciting, I just hope it's not so torrential that it red flags the race.
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No need for rain any more. The new regs/tyres mean that every dry race should have plenty of excitement.

So, this race, with the double DRS zone, should guarantee all sorts of excitement. For this reason, this has to be my most anticipated race in a very long time.

This race should be FANTASTIC and should finally see McLaren have the edge over RBR (based on last year's results). If McLaren can't win this race, they deserve to get pummelled by RBR.
 
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