F1 2012: The Canadian Grand Prix.

[Ferry_vO]

Qualifying results (With a slight delay due to the European championship game Denmark-Netherlands.):

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:14.661	1:14.187	1:13.784	16
2	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:14.891	1:14.371	1:14.087	22
3	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:14.916	1:14.314	1:14.151	23
4	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	1:14.956	1:14.479	1:14.346	19
5	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:15.098	1:14.568	1:14.411	25
6	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:15.194	1:14.641	1:14.465	24
7	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	1:15.163	1:14.627	1:14.645	28
8	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:15.019	1:14.639	1:14.705	22
9	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:14.892	1:14.480	1:14.812	18
10	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:14.799	1:14.680	1:15.182	24
11	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:15.101	1:14.688		21
12	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	1:14.995	1:14.734		22
13	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes	1:15.106	1:14.748		18
14	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari	1:15.552	1:15.078		21
15	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	1:15.326	1:15.156		21
16	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault	1:14.995	1:15.170		20
17	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault	1:14.979	1:15.231		21
18	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault	1:16.263			12
19	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault	1:16.482			10
20	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari	1:16.602			12
21	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth	1:17.492			8
22	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth	1:17.901			10
23	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth	1:18.255			9
24	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:18.330			9
		Q1 107% Time		1:19.887

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[Naismith]

Fingers crossed it all goes OK, we have a bunch of militant students threatening to disrupt proceedings.

 

[Ferry_vO]

Seven races, seven different winners! :ernae:

Good race from Lewis, and brilliant drives from Grosjean and Perez!

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Pts
1	4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	70	Winner	2	25
2	10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus-Renault	70	+2.5 secs	7	18
3	15	Sergio Perez	Sauber-Ferrari	70	+5.2 secs	15	15
4	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing-Renault	70	+7.2 secs	1	12
5	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	70	+13.4 secs	3	10
6	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	70	+13.8 secs	5	8
7	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing-Renault	70	+15.0 secs	4	6
8	9	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus-Renault	70	+15.5 secs	12	4
9	14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	70	+24.4 secs	11	2
10	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	70	+25.2 secs	6	1
11	11	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes		+37.6 secs	8
12	12	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India-Mercedes		+46.2 secs	13
13	18	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Renault		+47.0 secs	22
14	16	Daniel Ricciardo	STR-Ferrari		+64.4 secs	14
15	17	Jean-Eric Vergne	STR-Ferrari		+1 Lap	19
16	3	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes		+1 Lap	10
17	19	Bruno Senna	Williams-Renault		+1 Lap	16
18	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham-Renault		+1 Lap	17
19	21	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham-Renault		+1 Lap	18
20	25	Charles Pic	Marussia-Cosworth		+3 Lap	23
Ret	24	Timo Glock	Marussia-Cosworth		+14 Lap	21
Ret	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes		+27 Laps	9
Ret	22	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT-Cosworth		+46 Laps	20
Ret	23	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth		+48 Laps	24

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Note - Maldonado qualified 17th, but dropped five grid places as penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.

 

[Wing_Z]

Some big casualties in the Tyre Wars, so degrading to have everyone pass you as you skate around in the dying stages on dead rubber!
Well done to Lewis for calling it right.
Button's Tyre War apparently lost the minute he turned a wheel...

 

[aeronca1]

What a shame to have tires decide the race.... F1 no longer holds much interest to me. The current rules suck.

 

[Wing_Z]

Yes and no...
It might seem stupid to have tyres determine the outcome.
But watch the race unfold, and you can see the psychological battle develop.
Balls-out Racers are going to ruin their tyre resource and die by the end of the race, pussyfooted drivers are not likely to win either.
Finding the sweet spot is difficult.
Tyres are just one part of the whole, complex, equation.
In my view, F1 has never been better... in 7 races there have been 7 winners, and the lead has constantly changed in the drivers rankings.