Grand Prix 2013 Canadian Grand Prix Practice, Qualifying & Race Discussion

The Grand Prix du Canada has been part of the F1 calendar since 1967. First hosted alternatively between at Mosport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario (not far from Toronto) and Mont-Tremblant (sky paradise in Quebec) between 1967 and 1977 and then moved permanently to Montreal from 1978 onward. Among the races that took place in the early 70s, one of the most memorable has to be the Canadian Grand Prix in 1973, probably one of the craziest races of the 20th century; to this day the rightful winner is still in dispute. You can read an account of that eventful race here: http://8w.forix.com/cdn73.html.

Originally called Ile Notre Dame Circuit, the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve debuted in the F1 calendar in 1978 and the Richelieu native of course took the honors and became its first winner (and to date only Canadian). Even though the track looked somehow unexciting compared to those of Mosport and Mont-Tremblant, it has nevertheless delivered some very exciting races.The 1991 race no doubt a memorable one for Piquet and Nigel Mansell. The British driver dominated the race and was so far ahead that he thought he would wave to the crowd to thank the support, only for his Williams’ to stall. His nemesis Piquet went through to win (his last career race by the way). Piquet was for sure excited as he reported after the race ended:
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In 1994, following the deaths of Ronald Ratzemberger, the Ayrton Senna at the Imola race track, the Droit du Casino curve was turned into a chicane. Michael Schumacher would win there for the first (but not last) time. He would go on to win 7 times there. However his dominance was interrupted in 1995 when Jean Alesi won, his one and only Grand Prix victory. It was a truly popular win, held the day of his 31st birthday sporting the number 27 on his Ferrari. It was so popular that mechanics from all teams came to congratulate him. A rare sight in modern F1 racing:
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And who can’t forget 2007, when a young Lewis Hamilton clinched his first F1 victory. However it was almost eclipsed by Takuma Sato’s probably best drive to date. Fighting and overtaking cars left and right and finishing 6th after a pit stop error. That was the same year when Robert Kubica had his horrific accident but walked away after. Unfortunately he wouldn't be so lucky in 2011 when he almost lost his life rally-racing. Some highlights of the race

After the hiatus that the race took in 2009, it came back in 2010 and it will continue for the foreseeable future to the benefit of Canadians and foreigners alike. This is the event the motorsport world looks up to Canada for some serious entertainment and this year promises to deliver an exciting race as we haven’t seen a clear pattern in terms of a dominating driver or team. Having said that, Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull continue to be the ones to beat at the end of the day and they have slowly but surely affirm themselves on the top spots as it seems there’s no clear challenger among the other drivers or teams.
 
If Mercedes do compete i wonder if Lewis Hamilton will carry on his sequence of Win,Crash,Win,Crash,Win.

Let's hope that Lewis breaks the sequence with a win, and hopefully without a repeat of this kind of drama.

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Do we yet know which tyres are going to be used at Canada.

Originally Pirelli planned to have the "new" ones ready in time but then the FIA stepped in and stopped them from making the changes they wanted to.
So has that delayed the introduction of them until the British GP?
 
Is the logic here that Button will win ROFL or the winner has to have the initial B? Bottas? Bianchi? Bettel? Baikkonen? Balonso?
 
FB no logic going through the list of winners and realised Ferrari have not won for a while as well as Red Bull have not got a great record at the track since 2010
 
Well it was looking good for Ferrari in 2008, until Lewis thought otherwise.

Bushii....not really....Lewis had a 6 second lead over the rest of the field before the Sutil crash, which brought out the yellow flag and then the safety car. It was then looking good for Ferrari, because of the safety car, and Raikkonen was then able to close that 6 second gap behind Hamilton upon entry to the pits. Kimi had a faster stop while exiting the pits, and Lewis.......well let's just say it wasn't one of Lewis's better moments..:oops:....:embarrassed: by failing to observe the red light at the pit exit, and Bushi we all know the rest.

IMHO....If it wasn't for that crash by Sutil, it looked as though Lewis was on to a easy win at the 2008 Canadian GP.
 
I disagree mjo, McLaren were dominantly quick at that race. Hamilton was quicker than Button in those conditions, and Button managed to pass the entire field in 30 laps.

That's Hamilton, in the best car for the conditions, which his team-mate used to come from last to first, ahead of said team-mate at a circuit he's never finished anywhere other than 1st. He'd have won, "for sure"!
 
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