2012 Canadian Grand Prix Thread

vettel's cooked his tyres... stoopid pirelli :p

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Originally Posted by henners88

Vettel struggling with Alonso and Hamilton ready to pounce. Get in.

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Oh yes:-) did you see the fight with kimi rosberg and perez? That is why I watch this:-)

Schumacher has no luck what so ever.

Hamilton gets screwed on another pit stop.

Mike Shoe keeps getting broken cars.

Massa looking shameful. Edit: Now he's kicking butt!

Button being lapped by Hamilton.

Boring race initially, but now it's getting fun again.

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Originally Posted by henners88

Are Red Bull and Ferrari really going to the end or pulled a massive blunder? Hamilton catching and a pit stop will put them behind Romain and a SC would screw them completely.

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Blunder. Hamilton is catching them pretty fast on fresher tires. I really don't want Alonso to win.

Hamilton hunting the leaders down!!!

Perez vs. Alonso Showdown: Part II

Alonso is like a sitting duck.

Get in hamilton!!!

what a race!
what a race!

yeah!

Hamilton
Grosjean
Perez

I could not expect a better result for the GP and WDC

Fantastic race. Canada never fails to deliver! Slowly becoming my favourite track. Well done Lewis for the amazing fight back and Grosjean and Perez for a great race and deserve a podium.

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Originally Posted by henners88

With tyres in recent times maybe, but we've seen races dictated by fuel management in seasons gone by which have had much the same effect as what we are witnessing here. I'm very much enjoying this type of racing.

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Fuel management never used to play such a part in most of the 90s.

yup

those 2 guys one stopped and were still lightning quick at the end

Wow, what an incredible race! When after the first pitstop the order was Hamilton, Alonso, Vettel and they were well in front of others, it seemed nothing was going to happen any more. But it was going to happen in the end! Strategy meant everything today and with skillful strategy even midfield teams managed to put themselves in contention. Grosjean and Pérez on podium - great, great, absolutely fantastic! :up: :up:

Crowd chanting, "Mexico! Mexico!" Goosebumps. Great race!

wow paddy lowe throwing button under the bus on sky
can't say I blame him

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Originally Posted by truefan72

wow paddy lowe throwing button under the bus on sky
can't say I blame him

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What did he say?

agreed, he did sorta come around at the end

Whitmarsh said on German TV that with hindsight they might have made a mistake with Button's suspension settings...

Wow. If Schumacher fell into a bucket of tits he'd come up sucking his own thumb. :p

Woow i cant explain how Happy I am.. at Last Hamilton Wins!!! so long Haters... and back to the Championship lead. i cant bealeave Red-bull or Ferrari will do such a bad mistake
But others mistake we Get happy... Awesome job Hamilton

WDC standings :
Alonso 88
Hamilton 88
Vettel 85
or am I mistaken? :crazy:

You're mistaken... Alo is on 86 :)

That's tight ;)

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Originally Posted by henners88

Hopefully Seb won't be on our screens for the rest of the race and we can watch the racing. The Red Bull has really made leaps in performance over the past few races and hopefully the tyres can save the season from turning into another 2011!!

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Be patient and F1 can change, don't need instant results. :)

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

Awesome racing, with Nico being told to save fuel and tyres. Great, that is what F1 should be about. Saving tyres and fuel. Yep.

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Not got much of an issue with the tyre saving, but it does bug me about not putting enough fuel in, i know it must save time over the race distance, but you do wonder if they put in a fuller tank and pushed all race, how much they would lose.

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Originally Posted by i_max2k2

Schumacher has no luck what so ever.

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No it really is unfair :(

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Originally Posted by Dave B

Wow. If Schumacher fell into a bucket of tits he'd come up sucking his own thumb. :p

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:D

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Originally Posted by Dr Giacomo Rappaccini

That's tight ;)

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almost as tight as Billy's missus was ;) :andrea:

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Originally Posted by N4D13

Alonso has just uploaded a nice picture on Twitter:

http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/4517/sinttuloxkj.png

No prizes for guessing what's wrong with it...

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Someones using the rear entrance?

nah, someone's using photoshop. still amusing though :laugh:

Missed this one too.. but I did managed to see Hamilton brilliant move on Alonso... they way he pushed that button was amazing... but even so I was satisfied I went bowling instead.

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Originally Posted by Big Ben

they way he pushed that button was amazing....

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It needs a talented driver to push DRS button like that. What skill. :p

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

almost as tight as Billy's missus was ;) :andrea:

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He's not with your missus, because he has an offer he can't refuse. :andrea: :p

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Originally Posted by aki13

Not got much of an issue with the tyre saving, but it does bug me about not putting enough fuel in, i know it must save time over the race distance, but you do wonder if they put in a fuller tank and pushed all race, how much they would lose.

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I been thinking that all season. :up:

Hated this race. Any potentially interesting battles between the top drivers were over before they had begun, courtesy of DRS. When people think of "battles" between Hamilton and Alonso they generally expect more than the inevitability of one driver immediately passing because they pressed a button.

Boring.

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

Easy victory for bieber, red bull is very obviously the fastest car again. Hopefully Alonso and Hamilton can hold off the much faster RB of webbo

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So how did that prediction work out for you? :laugh:

Maybe at some point you will admit that when an RB driver does well it's a combination of the car and driver. Until then you can keep hating, and make excuses why other cars end up on top... in the case of this season quite a few other cars at that.

In contrast I really enjoyed this race. Started watching 10 minutes late, as often happens and usually I can catch up by the end of the race, but this time I didn't as I was glued to it all the way through. I know some people don't like DRS, but for me it means teams can try a strategy where they have to overtake other cars. Otherwise Hamilton would have been stuck behind Vettel and Alonso.

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Originally Posted by theugsquirrel

Hated this race. Any potentially interesting battles between the top drivers were over before they had begun, courtesy of DRS. When people think of "battles" between Hamilton and Alonso they generally expect more than the inevitability of one driver immediately passing because they pressed a button.

Boring.

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I never understand comments like that. Hamilton was able to pass not just because of DRS but also because his two-stop strategy meant he was on much fresher tyres; and if you look at Alonso's KERS usage he was habitually discharging most of it in the first sector and a half, leaving him less able to defend against Lewis who had saved about 50% to use in conjunction with his wing. Yes the pass looked trivially easy when it happened, but a lot of thought went into setting it up.

Great drive for Lewis and the faerie tale continues - 7 races, 7 winners.

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Originally Posted by F1boat

Great drive for Lewis and the faerie tale continues - 7 races, 7 winners.

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This

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Originally Posted by Dave B

I never understand comments like that. Hamilton was able to pass not just because of DRS but also because his two-stop strategy meant he was on much fresher tyres;

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The first time he used it was when his tyres were two or three laps older than Alonso's.

Looking at the second time he passed Alonso, he was going at the same speed on the straight until he got into the DRS zone.

He passed because of DRS.

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

Easy victory for bieber, red bull is very obviously the fastest car again. Hopefully Alonso and Hamilton can hold off the much faster RB of webbo

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Based on the first stint, McLaren had the better car in Canada.

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Originally Posted by Mark

In contrast I really enjoyed this race. Started watching 10 minutes late, as often happens and usually I can catch up by the end of the race, but this time I didn't as I was glued to it all the way through.

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F1 doesn't need the overtaking-fest that we had in Bahrain and Spain.

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Originally Posted by Mark

I know some people don't like DRS, but for me it means teams can try a strategy where they have to overtake other cars. Otherwise Hamilton would have been stuck behind Vettel and Alonso.

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In 2007 Sato passed Alonso around the outside, in a Super Aguri, without the aid of DRS.

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Originally Posted by Dave B

I never understand comments like that. Hamilton was able to pass not just because of DRS but also because his two-stop strategy meant he was on much fresher tyres; and if you look at Alonso's KERS usage he was habitually discharging most of it in the first sector and a half, leaving him less able to defend against Lewis who had saved about 50% to use in conjunction with his wing. Yes the pass looked trivially easy when it happened, but a lot of thought went into setting it up.

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Goes to show F1 doesn't need to rely on DRS.

If DRS is supposed to be a work in progress then in future Montreal and Spa definitely don't need DRS.

The DRS worked well, IMO, allowed the fastest cars to use their advantage. Better than the follow-the-leader processions in the past.