Grand Prix 2016 Canadian Grand Prix Practice, Qualifying & Race Discussion

Battle for the drivers championship recommenced in Monaco and next we are off to one of Lewis Hamilton's favourite and most productive races at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. Only Michael Schumacher has won more races at this track than Lewis.

But wait, Red Bull are having a resurgence and back in 2014 Daniel Ricciardo recorded his maiden win. Only kidding, expect this to be a battle royal between the two Mercedes drivers for both pole and the race win. Lewis has exorcised some demons after Monaco and Nico looked to be back to the sort of form he had at the start of the 2015 season.

Red Bull are taking the fight to be "best of the rest" to Ferrari and with the upgraded Renault engine might even have gone past the Scuderia. Canada has not been a happy hunting ground for either Vettel or Raikkonen and it will be very interesting to see how the red cars stack up against the fizzy drink machines. What money on Max Verstappen have some sort of interaction with the Wall of Champions at least once during the weekend.

Williams must hope that Canada will better suit their cars than Monaco did. Force India are pushing them to be next best after the big three and will be boosted by Sergio Perez's podium in the principality. Toro Rosso can certainly mix it with Williams and Force India but last years Ferrari engine might not have quite enough puff to allow them to keep up on the faster sections.

McLaren look to be getting some form back with both cars scoring points in Monaco. Haas and Renault will be next up. Jolyon Palmer will have to get a wiggle on or I suspect he might well be out of a driver at some point in the near future.

Last, and probably least, Sauber and Manor will be at the back. After the fun between the two Sauber drivers in Monte Carlo I expect them to be a little more circumspect in Canada. Over at Manor, Pascal Wehrlein needs to up his game against Rio Haryanto if he wants a better drive for next year.

Canada often gives us a fun race, I wonder what we will get this year?
 
Well they normally do play a big role... and so will the brakes. Brake wear is always a concern in Canada but with engines getting more powerful they might be critical this time around. Watch out for those smoking brake discs during pit-stops!
 
Montreal usually is unpredictable due to the nature of the track and the fact that no one quite knows the grip level of the circuit

2015 was a let down because the Mercs were bullet proof and won the race without much challenge having apparently got over the brake problems of 2014

Usually there are safety cars involved due to the walls and very little run off. The first corner at the start is usually where it could get crazy with a hairpin and everyone trying to funnel in

the champions wall is could take a few victims with anyone gets their braking wrong
 
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2011 race was the best experience I had watching a grand prix. I was figuring how Button was still in the race and suddenly with a chance of a win and then when Vettel spun I was ecstatic
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As far as this race goes as long as he looks after his brakes this is Hamilton's race to lose

It looks like Massa is not having a great time crashing into turn 1 with all the rumours that is his last season
 
Does anyone know what is wrong with Martin Brundle?
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His Twitter just says he had a medical procedure. Hope he is OK.
 
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Ideal Lap (sum best sectors) in the Qual:
Qual – No – Driver – Ideal Lap Qual Result – Flaw
1 - 44 - L.HAMILTON - 01:12,737 - 01:12,812 - 00,075
2 - 6 - N.ROSBERG - 01:12,874 - 01:12,874 - 00,000
3 - 5 - S.VETTEL - 01:12,990 - 01:12,990 - 00,000
4 - 3 - D.RICCIARDO - 01:13,166 - 01:13,166 - 00,000
5 - 33 - M.VERSTAPPEN - 01:13,301 - 01:13,414 - 00,113
6 - 7 - K.RAIKKONEN - 01:13,520 - 01:13,579 - 00,059
7 - 77 - V.BOTTAS - 01:13,591 - 01:13,670 - 00,079
8 - 19 - F.MASSA - 01:13,715 - 01:13,769 - 00,054
9 - 27 - N.HULKENBERG - 01:13,946 - 01:13,952 - 00,006
10 - 14 - F.ALONSO - 01:14,169 - 01:14,338 - 00,169
 
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