Canadian Grand Prix 2013, Montréal - Race 7/19

Duke · 2 Jun 2013 at 21:29

Montréal

In the 1960s the rivalry between French and English speaking Canada meant that the country's Grand Prix had two homes: Mosport Park one year and Mont-Tremblant the next. By 1970, however, Mont-Tremblant was deemed too dangerous and the race moved full time to Mosport Park.

In 1977 the French Canadians, motivated by the incredible success of Gilles Villeneuve, decided it was about time they built a race track. Building a new circuit simply wasn't feasible, however, as time and money were against them. Their solution was simple and effective. Taking the Ile Notre-Dame, they connected all the island's roads and made a circuit. The island had been the home of the 1967 World Fair (Expo'67) and was full of futuristic looking buildings. It was, everyone agreed, a perfect venue for a Grand Prix.

After $2m was spent on upgrading the circuit to Formula One standards, the first race was held there in October 1978. Gilles Villeneuve, in his first season with Ferrari, was yet to win a Formula One race, but at his home Grand Prix he took a memorable debut victory. Following his tragic death in 1982, the track was renamed in his honour.

His son, Jacques, never won at the track but some of the great drivers of the sport have taken the spoils here. Michael Schumacher holds the record of having won seven times in Canada. It is also the scene of Jean Alesi's single Grand Prix victory in 1995, driving the number 27 Ferrari, the same car number which carried Gilles Villeneuve into the hearts of the Canadian Formula One fans.

Session Times

Fri 7 June 2013
Practice 1 15:00 - 16:30
Practice 2 19:00 - 20:30

Sat 8 June 2013
Practice 3 15:00 - 16:00
Qualifying 18:00

Sun 9 June 2013
Race 19:00

Live on Sky Sports F1 HD

* For BBC times and info see here *

Track Diagram

Circuit Information

Circuit Name: Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve
First Grand Prix: 1978
Number of Laps: 70
Circuit Length: 4.361 km
Race Distance: 305.270 km
Lap Record: 1:13.622 - R Barrichello (2004)

Championship Standings

Code:

[b]Pos Driver                Team                      Time      Gap      Laps[/b]
 1. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes      1m21.020s            10
 2. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes          1m21.108s  + 0.088s  20
 3. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault             1m21.258s  + 0.238s  21
 4. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                   1m21.308s  + 0.288s  16
 5. Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault             1m21.608s  + 0.588s  22
 6. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari        1m22.068s  + 1.048s  18
 7. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes                  1m22.402s  + 1.382s  22
 8. Sergio Perez          McLaren-Mercedes          1m22.587s  + 1.567s  17
 9. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault          1m23.047s  + 2.027s  26
10. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault          1m23.131s  + 2.111s  16
11. Felipe Massa          Ferrari                   1m23.341s  + 2.321s  13
12. Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault          1m23.352s  + 2.332s  17
13. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari        1m23.386s  + 2.366s  19
14. Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes      1m23.417s  + 2.397s  19
15. Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari            1m23.957s  + 2.937s  33
16. Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes                  1m25.054s  + 4.034s  21
17. Nico Hulkenberg       Sauber-Ferrari            1m25.354s  + 4.334s  22
18. Giedo van der Garde   Caterham-Renault          1m25.753s  + 4.733s  21
19. Max Chilton           Marussia-Cosworth         1m25.821s  + 4.801s  19
20. Alexander Rossi       Caterham-Renault          1m27.143s  + 6.123s  20
21. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault          1m27.522s  + 6.502s  11
22. Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Cosworth         1m29.306s  + 8.286s   8

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107908

Practice 2

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver               Team                  Time       Gap       Laps[/b]
 1.  Fernando Alonso      Ferrari               1m14.818s            48
 2.  Lewis Hamilton       Mercedes              1m14.830s  + 0.012s  45
 3.  Romain Grosjean      Lotus-Renault         1m15.083s  + 0.265s  40
 4.  Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault      1m15.212s  + 0.394s  46
 5.  Nico Rosberg         Mercedes              1m15.249s  + 0.431s  46
 6.  Felipe Massa         Ferrari               1m15.254s  + 0.436s  43
 7.  Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault      1m15.280s  + 0.462s  41
 8.  Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  1m15.396s  + 0.578s  43
 9.  Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes      1m15.422s  + 0.604s  29
10.  Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m15.566s  + 0.748s  38
11.  Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault         1m15.599s  + 0.781s  35
12.  Sergio Perez         McLaren-Mercedes      1m15.661s  + 0.843s  39
13.  Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes  1m15.855s  + 1.037s  22
14.  Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault      1m16.319s  + 1.501s  46
15.  Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m16.351s  + 1.533s  38
16.  Valtteri Bottas      Williams-Renault      1m16.374s  + 1.556s  40
17.  Esteban Gutierrez    Sauber-Ferrari        1m16.475s  + 1.657s  45
18.  Nico Hulkenberg      Sauber-Ferrari        1m16.929s  + 2.111s  35
19.  Jules Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth     1m17.070s  + 2.252s  41
20.  Charles Pic          Caterham-Renault      1m17.236s  + 2.418s  35
21.  Max Chilton          Marussia-Cosworth     1m17.888s  + 3.070s  45
22.  Giedo van der Garde  Caterham-Renault      1m18.392s  + 3.574s  39

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107915

Practice 3

Code:

[b]Pos Driver               Team                  Time       Gap        Laps[/b]
 1. Mark Webber          Red Bull-Renault      1m17.895s             7
 2. Adrian Sutil         Force India-Mercedes  1m18.248s  + 0.353s   8
 3. Lewis Hamilton       Mercedes              1m18.732s  + 0.837s   7
 4. Fernando Alonso      Ferrari               1m18.977s  + 1.082s  10
 5. Sebastian Vettel     Red Bull-Renault      1m19.131s  + 1.236s   6
 6. Nico Rosberg         Mercedes              1m19.457s  + 1.562s   7
 7. Paul di Resta        Force India-Mercedes  1m19.496s  + 1.601s   6
 8. Felipe Massa         Ferrari               1m19.750s  + 1.855s   9
 9. Jenson Button        McLaren-Mercedes      1m19.790s  + 1.895s   9
10. Kimi Raikkonen       Lotus-Renault         1m20.316s  + 2.421s   8
11. Romain Grosjean      Lotus-Renault         1m20.596s  + 2.701s   9
12. Pastor Maldonado     Williams-Renault      1m21.035s  + 3.140s  12
13. Daniel Ricciardo     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m21.364s  + 3.469s   7
14. Max Chilton          Marussia-Cosworth     1m21.652s  + 3.757s   9
15. Nico Hulkenberg      Sauber-Ferrari        1m22.021s  + 4.126s  14
16. Esteban Gutierrez    Sauber-Ferrari        1m22.720s  + 4.825s  15
17. Jean-Eric Vergne     Toro Rosso-Ferrari    1m23.058s  + 5.163s   7
18. Giedo van der Garde  Caterham-Renault      1m23.132s  + 5.237s  14
19. Sergio Perez         McLaren-Mercedes      1m23.309s  + 5.414s   8
20. Charles Pic          Caterham-Renault      1m23.620s  + 5.725s  12
21. Valtteri Bottas      Williams-Renault      1m24.317s  + 6.422s  12
22. Jules Bianchi        Marussia-Cosworth     1m26.195s  + 8.300s   9

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107947

Qualifying

Code:

[b]Pos Driver                Team                 Time           Gap  [/b] 
 1. Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault     1m25.425s  
 2. Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes             1m25.512s  + 0.087s
 3. Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault     1m25.897s  + 0.472s
 4. Nico Rosberg          Mercedes             1m26.008s  + 0.583s
 5. Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault     1m26.208s  + 0.783s
 6. Fernando Alonso       Ferrari              1m26.504s  + 1.079s
 7. Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m26.543s  + 1.118s
 8. Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes 1m27.348s  + 1.923s
 9. Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault        1m27.432s  + 2.007s
10. Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari   1m27.946s  + 2.521s
Q2 cut-off time: 1m36.811s                                   Gap **
11. Nico Hulkenberg       Sauber-Ferrari       1m29.435s  + 1.786s
12. Sergio Perez          McLaren-Mercedes     1m29.761s  + 2.112s
13. Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault     1m29.917s  + 2.268s
14. Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes     1m30.068s  + 2.419s
15. Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari       1m30.315s  + 2.666s
16. Felipe Massa          Ferrari              1m30.354s  + 2.705s
Q1 cut-off time: 1m24.776s                                    Gap *
17. Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes 1m24.908s  + 2.590
18. Charles Pic           Caterham-Renault     1m25.626s  + 3.308
19. Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault        1m25.716s  + 3.398
20. Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Cosworth    1m26.508s  + 4.190
21. Max Chilton           Marussia-Cosworth    1m27.062s  + 4.744
22. Giedo van der Garde   Caterham-Renault     1m27.110s  + 4.792

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107950

Race

Code:

[b]Pos  Driver                Team                   Time/Gap[/b]
 1.  Sebastian Vettel      Red Bull-Renault       1h32m09.143
 2.  Fernando Alonso       Ferrari                +   14.408s
 3.  Lewis Hamilton        Mercedes               +   15.942s
 4.  Mark Webber           Red Bull-Renault       +   25.731s
 5.  Nico Rosberg          Mercedes               + 1m09.725s
 6.  Jean-Eric Vergne      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     +     1 lap
 7.  Paul di Resta         Force India-Mercedes   +     1 lap
 8.  Felipe Massa          Ferrari                +     1 lap
 9.  Kimi Raikkonen        Lotus-Renault          +     1 lap
10.  Adrian Sutil          Force India-Mercedes   +     1 lap
11.  Sergio Perez          McLaren-Mercedes       +     1 lap
12.  Jenson Button         McLaren-Mercedes       +     1 lap
13.  Romain Grosjean       Lotus-Renault          +     1 lap
14.  Valtteri Bottas       Williams-Renault       +     1 lap
15.  Daniel Ricciardo      Toro Rosso-Ferrari     +    2 laps
16.  Pastor Maldonado      Williams-Renault       +    2 laps
17.  Jules Bianchi         Marussia-Cosworth      +    2 laps
18.  Charles Pic           Caterham-Renault       +    2 laps
19.  Max Chilton           Marussia-Cosworth      +    3 laps
20.  Esteban Gutierrez     Sauber-Ferrari         +    7 laps

Report - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/107994

deuse · 2 Jun 2013 at 22:15

Thanks Duke.

One of my all time favourite tracks.

The_Abyss · 2 Jun 2013 at 23:15

That's a late yet sensible DRS activation point.

PinkFloyd · 3 Jun 2013 at 07:50

Shame that Canada is one of the tracks that has never really needed DRS for modern cars to overtake along that stretch. Looking forward to this one though, always enjoy Canada!

Duke · 3 Jun 2013 at 08:21

Not sure if one or two zones yet. The FIA maps haven't been up to date very quick this year.

Guerrilla · 3 Jun 2013 at 08:29

Yay, cheers Duke

Like Canada... The start times mess with me though, race finishes and i think its afternoon still

Housey · 3 Jun 2013 at 09:29

Canada is a great GP, it usually provides a great race and hopefully this one will too. Be nice to have some changeable weather.

pingwing · 3 Jun 2013 at 10:18

Yay! Thankfully one made it to the BBC that I actually want to watch!

Cheers Duke

smr · 3 Jun 2013 at 11:43

Wooohoooooo Formula 1 weekend

Love this track too, up there with Spa.

Thanks Duke

Skeeter · 3 Jun 2013 at 12:06

The_Abyss said:
That's a late yet sensible DRS activation point.

Better than 3 corners ahead like Monaco

Duke said:
Not sure if one or two zones yet. The FIA maps haven't been up to date very quick this year.

There will be 2, with 2 detection points. The only track with 1 this year is Monaco.

http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/bilder/drs-zonen-2013-6741817.html#fotoshow_item=7

Edit: And Suzuka, apparently.

leaskovski · 3 Jun 2013 at 12:30

Caterham have been moaning about the early weather reports on *******. Rain looking likely.

Netweather on the other hand is saying only rain for Friday.

Glaucus · 3 Jun 2013 at 12:36

Two awesome tracks in a row.

Can't wait, working this weekend though

smr · 3 Jun 2013 at 12:37

Definitely looks like there will be some rain on Friday and Saturday, one weather site saying dry and sunny on Sunday, BBC weather saying rain for Friday, Cloudy Saturday and rain on Sunday.

Skeeter · 3 Jun 2013 at 12:40

Rain on Saturday would be good.

smr · 3 Jun 2013 at 12:45

Skeeter said:
Rain on Saturday would be good.

Yep, a mixed up Canadian grid would be pretty cool for Sunday :cool:

413x · 3 Jun 2013 at 12:45

This and spa are my favs

Glad it's on BBC!

Shame about rg crashing and getting a penalty . Think I have finally had enough of him. First time I said that.

JeditOjanen · 3 Jun 2013 at 12:55

Skeeter said:
Rain on Saturday would be good.

Yeah, it'll ensure no Vettel pole and hence someone else winning the race. This is always good for F1, especially if he cries about it on the radio.

smr · 3 Jun 2013 at 12:59

al4x said:
This and spa are my favs

Glad it's on BBC!

Shame about rg crashing and getting a penalty . Think I have finally had enough of him. First time I said that.

My sentiments last race... I think EB loves him too much though, the interview with Ted was funny.

deuse · 3 Jun 2013 at 13:00

I hope it's cool but dry. Can Lewis get his first win here again?

413x · 3 Jun 2013 at 13:10

smr said:
My sentiments last race... I think EB loves him too much though, the interview with Ted was funny.

I didn't realise until after the race he had crashed 4 times! Not good! Costing money and points. Such a shame. He can be faster than kimi