Canadian GP 2010 - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

[Paul]

It's still early in terms of getting the set-up right.

[WhiteBlue]

Fact: Webber 0.4 s behind Vettel. In FP1 also behind by 1 s.


Trulli's car is taken apart. Bad for his training.

[Giblet]

Fact rosberg is making everyone look silly with less laps

[WhiteBlue]

Both Merc drivers are slower on options than on primes.

[mkay]

What is this structure anyway?

http://www.montreal.world-guides.com/mo ... marks.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Biosph%C3%A8re

It is the Montreal Biosphere.

Biosphere = ex-American pavilion at Expo '67

It is located at Parc Jean-Drapeau, on Île Sainte-Hélène in the former pavilion of the United States for the 1967 World Fair Expo 67.

[WhiteBlue]

Vettel profits from the options and takes P1. 1:16.877

[Giblet]

ok wb i'm eating my hat

[WhiteBlue]

The sun is coming out and Massa makes the soft tyres work for him. Alonso first cuts a chicken and then he goes P2.

[WhiteBlue]

The sun is gone away again. We may have seen the fastest times on the soft option tyres.

[mkay]

The sun is coming out and Massa makes the soft tyres work for him. Alonso first cuts a chicken and then he goes P2.

[WhiteBlue]

Most teams are now testing the brakes on higher fuel loads. Quick times are mostly over. Rosberg prepares another test with options.

[GTO]

And we have the first ground hog on track.!!



Vettel almost trading rubber with the wall



Button almost hitting a Ferrari mechanic

That's the biggest ground hog I've ever seen. Dude, that looks more like a cat.

Man, Vettel cut it close. That can't be more than 2 inches off the wall.

What's with the McLaren drivers...are they all color blind to red? Last time Lewis didn't see the red light & ran into a red car. Today, Button didn't notice the guy in the red uniform.

[WhiteBlue]

Trulli's car is finally fixed and he got 15 minutes to do his testing.

Most teams complaining of massive graining now.



Rosberg hopping the curb at the pit chicane



Rosberg at the wall of champions



Glock getting out of shape



Button driving into some heavy weather



Vettel at the wall



The senna hair pin with the new tarmac



Alonso cuts a chicken



Kovalainen off road



graining of the options front and rear



Alonso hopping a chicane



Toro Rosso can hop as well



Vettel at the wall

[zgred]

mkay, andrew - THX for info.



There should be special trophy for combination of speed and distance to the Wall of Champions.

[feynman]

... Hitting the brakes like that, that's a fail on the Highway Code, you are supposed to just hit em, roadkill, otherwise a sudden stop represents a danger to other road users. Jean Todt, in a yellow high-viz vest, will apparently be looking to add 3 points to Button's super-license for that.


Anyhow,
I guess Mercedes figured the straight exit was faster than the straight entrance, so have opted to pit at the far-end here. The knock-on is that a Red Bull would have to wait for a McLaren, instead of the other way round as at the last few races, which might prove critical.
Also means top-teams should be able to wait till their car actually enters the pitlane before GO-GO-GO sending the mechanics out and tipping their hand to anyone they are chasing.