Sebastian Vettel has won the Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal in dominant fashion after starting from pole position. The fights were all happening behind him, with Alonso emerging in second place, followed by Lewis Hamilton who completes the podium for Mercedes AMG.
All data I have access to points to a wet weekend. Sunday will have intermittent rain throughout the day nothing crazy, but it won't be dry.bdr529 wrote:I wouldn't put to much stock in that prediction, there's a good chance it could be sunny and hotGerhard Berger wrote:Also, rain is predicted for the race weekend.
I live outside of Toronto, you can't trust any weather forecast past a few daysgodlameroso wrote:All data I have access to points to a wet weekend. Sunday will have intermittent rain throughout the day nothing crazy, but it won't be dry.bdr529 wrote:I wouldn't put to much stock in that prediction, there's a good chance it could be sunny and hotGerhard Berger wrote:Also, rain is predicted for the race weekend.
No, Vettel's pole expected and almost formality based on FP, Q1, Q2 and with a lack of challenge from Alonso. Hamilton's second was a surprise considering McLaren's qualifying pace, it allowed him to make a strategy work, it was much easier being behind Vettel and in front after first stop (or sth like that).SectorOne wrote:No Vettel nailed Qualifyingiotar__ wrote:That's over-simplification. He won because: he nailed qualifying, was fast every time it mattered, Vettel is overrated, he didn't have the pace in the first stint regardless of strategy, McLaren run their own race, or maybe even because Grosjean started too low and on old tyres and had to make long stint on them. Or maybe because Ferrari+Alonso went for the wrong strategy towards the end. Maybe without all of this he would have won anyway, McLaren was fast enough in the race.
Whatever it was I doubt it has anything to do with Canada 2013. I'm not playing strategy prediction this time after boring one stop Monaco. Based on circuit and nothing else I'm going with Red Bull advantage and win.
And Ferrari/Alonso nailed the first pit stop jumping both guys.
The problem was Ferrari and RBR tried to stop one time less, and sure Mclaren was fast enough all race but the key difference that separated the three teams was that Mclaren before the lights went out had their strategy fully locked in.
Red Bull and Ferrari did not. They gambled and it did not pay off.
Sorry for late reply . I meant better in race because they can overtake other if they are on 2 stops more easily due to a bit better top end speeds in DRS zones a la Abu Dhabi 2012raymondu999 wrote:Define better.rssh wrote:My prediction is that RB will run Monza wing of previous year and have a better 7th gear ratio . This may sacrifice the 3 sector time in qualy but it will be more beneficial in the race .
Yes, but ALO and VET both had problems with tyre warmup, which meant they were on colder tyres than Hamilton. Arguably Hamilton had equal traction.Last year in qualy RB was the fastest with lower ratio than Ferrari and Macca but in race Ham flew by both ALO and VET even after they both squared off the hair pin corner for better traction..
Yes - very small, 13 seconds. IMO an OOP strategy will be quicker than OPP though. The big thing is the quickest race strategy for the Lotuses and the Ferraris. Lotus being kinder to its tyres may mean that OP is quicker (for their car) than OOP.I think people know that they can afford 2 stops in Canada because one can overtake here and also the pin lane time loss is lesser than traditional circuits relatively (OPP)
By nailed i mean he took pole, no more then that.iotar__ wrote:No, Vettel's pole expected and almost formality based on FP, Q1, Q2 and with a lack of challenge from Alonso. Hamilton's second was a surprise considering McLaren's qualifying pace,
