Canadian GP - An unusual grid
Montreal, 12 June 2010
A very exciting qualifying session at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit produced an unusual, by recent standards, grid for tomorrow’s eighth round of the world championship, the Canadian Grand Prix. It was unusual in a very positive way for Ferrari as, following a lacklustre performance in Turkey a fortnight ago, the Prancing Horse picked up its heels on this track to take Fernando Alonso to a second row start from fourth place, with team-mate Felipe Massa on the fourth row in seventh.
The other unusual feature is that a Red Bull is not on pole for the first time this season. That honour went to Lewis Hamilton in the McLaren, after both he and Mark Webber knocked Sebastian Vettel down to third place, just ahead of Fernando. The third row sees Jenson Button fifth in the other McLaren, with Tonio Liuzzi sixth for Force India. Felipe shares the next row with the Renault of Robert Kubica, the last man to win a Canadian Grand Prix back in 2008.
Right from the start of the weekend, this race was being billed as potentially one of the most exciting of the year, because the nature of the Gilles Villeneuve circuit usually provides plenty of action thanks to the unforgiving nature of the walls and the subsequent Safety Car periods as damaged cars are removed from the track. After Friday practice it became clear that another factor would add to the interest: the super soft tyre brought here by Bridgestone is struggling to survive many laps without losing performance, which was caused by the unknown factor that much of the track has been resurfaced since F1 last visited Canada in 2008. In qualifying, the ten drivers making it through to Q3 knew they would have to start the race on the tyres used at the end of the session: the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro drivers opted to use the Super-Soft, as did Hamilton, Button Liuzzi, Sutil and Rosberg, while Webber, Vettel and Kubica will start on the Medium. Therefore, contrary to past races, we have a mix of tyre strategies at the front of the grid. Clearly, those on the softer tyre will have to change tyres much earlier in what should in any case be a two stop race for most cars. Which will turn out to be the best strategy will only be known after tomorrow’s chequered flag, but certainly, an early Safety Car, which is always a possibility here, could play into the hands of those starting on the softer tyre.
A very exciting qualifying session at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit produced an unusual, by recent standards, grid for tomorrow’s eighth round of the world championship, the Canadian Grand Prix. It was unusual in a very positive way for Ferrari as, following a lacklustre performance in Turkey a fortnight ago, the Prancing Horse picked up its heels on this track to take Fernando Alonso to a second row start from fourth place, with team-mate Felipe Massa on the fourth row in seventh.
The other unusual feature is that a Red Bull is not on pole for the first time this season. That honour went to Lewis Hamilton in the McLaren, after both he and Mark Webber knocked Sebastian Vettel down to third place, just ahead of Fernando. The third row sees Jenson Button fifth in the other McLaren, with Tonio Liuzzi sixth for Force India. Felipe shares the next row with the Renault of Robert Kubica, the last man to win a Canadian Grand Prix back in 2008.
Right from the start of the weekend, this race was being billed as potentially one of the most exciting of the year, because the nature of the Gilles Villeneuve circuit usually provides plenty of action thanks to the unforgiving nature of the walls and the subsequent Safety Car periods as damaged cars are removed from the track. After Friday practice it became clear that another factor would add to the interest: the super soft tyre brought here by Bridgestone is struggling to survive many laps without losing performance, which was caused by the unknown factor that much of the track has been resurfaced since F1 last visited Canada in 2008. In qualifying, the ten drivers making it through to Q3 knew they would have to start the race on the tyres used at the end of the session: the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro drivers opted to use the Super-Soft, as did Hamilton, Button Liuzzi, Sutil and Rosberg, while Webber, Vettel and Kubica will start on the Medium. Therefore, contrary to past races, we have a mix of tyre strategies at the front of the grid. Clearly, those on the softer tyre will have to change tyres much earlier in what should in any case be a two stop race for most cars. Which will turn out to be the best strategy will only be known after tomorrow’s chequered flag, but certainly, an early Safety Car, which is always a possibility here, could play into the hands of those starting on the softer tyre.
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