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It’s a busy sports day around the world, especially for people in England and the USA with the 24 Hours of Le Mans, a world Cup game featuring both countries, and two NASCAR races to boot. Oh yes, and one more thing, F1 is in North America this weekend as the series returns to Montreal after a year’s absence from racing on this side of the pond.
Lewis Hamilton drove brilliantly today to take the pole. And when I say he drove brilliantly, I just have to believe what I read, not what I see, because qualifying won’t air on TV here for a little while. In fact, with a rain delayed truck race happening now at Michigan, we may never get to see qualifying in the US today.
Lewis somehow beat the wickedly fast Red Bull pair of Webber and Vettel, and even Jenson Button was impressed with his teammate and says that Hamilton usually does well at Montreal.
Michael Schumacher had a terrible day, and will start 13th. He was beaten by both Force-India cars, and whipped by three grid positions by teammate Nico Rosberg. That’s not a good day at the office for Schuey.
DVR Reminder: For all of you that have your DVR set to tape all the F1 races on SPEED, remember that this weekend’s the race will be aired on the FOX network. Set your TiVo accordingly.
STARTING GRID - F1 CANADA
| Starting |
Driver |
Team |
| 1 |
Lewis Hamilton |
McLaren-Mercedes |
| 2 |
Mark Webber |
Red Bull-Renault |
| 3 |
Sebastian Vettel |
Red Bull-Renault |
| 4 |
Fernando Alonso |
Ferrari |
| 5 |
Jenson Button |
McLaren-Mercedes |
| 6 |
Vitantonio Liuzzi |
Force India-Mercedes |
| 7 |
Felipe Massa |
Ferrari |
| 8 |
Robert Kubica |
Renault |
| 9 |
Adrian Sutil |
Force India-Mercedes |
| 10 |
Nico Rosberg |
Mercedes |
| 11 |
Rubens Barrichello |
Williams-Cosworth |
| 12 |
Nico Hulkenberg |
Williams-Cosworth |
| 13 |
Michael Schumacher |
Mercedes |
| 14 |
Vitaly Petrov |
Renault |
| 15 |
Sebastien Buemi |
Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
| 16 |
Jaime Alguersuari |
Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
| 17 |
Pedro de la Rosa |
Sauber-Ferrari |
| 18 |
Kamui Kobayashi |
Sauber-Ferrari |
| 19 |
Heikki Kovalainen |
Lotus-Cosworth |
| 20 |
Jarno Trulli |
Lotus-Cosworth |
| 21 |
Timo Glock |
Virgin-Cosworth |
| 22 |
Bruno Senna |
HRT-Cosworth |
| 23 |
Lucas di Grassi |
Virgin-Cosworth |
| 24 |
Karun Chandhok |
HRT-Cosworth |
Some of you may recall the old Fleetwoods’ tune “Call Me Mr. Blue”? Anyone, anyone, Buehler? Didn’t think so. Regardless, me thinks Tony Fernandes should adopt it as his team/personal theme song. Read more
Yeah my poetry (if you can call it that) might suck, but it’s an accurate short version of the 2010 Monaco Grand Prix results.
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Mark Webber used his pole position for an easy romp of 66 laps in the Spanish sunshine of Cataluña and secured his first win of 2010. Not so exciting a day for teammate Sebastian Vettel . Read more
Formula 1 has returned to Europe this weekend for the Spanish Grand Prix at Catalunya, and the talk in the garages is of the major upgrades that the teams have made on their machines in the recent off weeks. The buzzword in F1 continues to be “F-Duct”, a term for the aerodynamic device that modifies airflow over the rear wing on high speed straights.
The ironic thing about the results for today’s qualifying session is that the top two qualifiers didn’t even have an F-Duct on their cars. So despite the buzz, and the talk of it’s advantages, the F-Duct just might really be voodoo aerodynamics.
F-Duct or not, the Red Bull team destroyed the field today. Webber captured the pole by winning a fierce battle with his teammmate, Sebastian Vettel, by a mere tenth-of-a-second. But while this intra-team battle was firece, the other drivers were effectively running for ‘best in class’ of the non-Red Bull machines.
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Saturday practice for the Spanish GP kicked off the weekend for Formula 1 and, as expected, Red Bull grabbed the two top spots on speed chart. But much to the surprise of many, Michael Schumacher put his Mercedes machine on the charts at P3, finally outpacing Nico Rosberg (who is quietly having a great season and currently stands second in points).
The updates to the 2010 Mercedes seem to be suitable to Schumacher. Either that, or he was “running extra light”, as David Coulthard suggested.
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MotoGP finds itself in an off week, but not because of an empty weekend in the 2010 calendar, but due to the fallout of volcano Eyjafjallajökull. Who could have predicted this? An ash cloud the size of Valentino Rossi’s trophy case disrupted air traffic so much that MotoGP had no choice but to postpone the Japan round scheduled for this weekend. But this turn of events hardly leaves us without anything to talk about.
The buzz lately in MotoGP revolves around the push by FIAT to see Valentino Rossi in an F1 car next year. The thinking behind this crazy idea is that Ferrari will somehow lobby F1 to allow a third car, because current regulations require 2-car teams in the constructors’ championship. I can’t see the FIA bending the rules for this situation in a manner that would fit FIAT’s wishes.
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Once again Jenson Button and McLaren parlayed the correct tire choice at the right time into a
victory at today’s rain influenced Chinese Grand Prix.; Hamilton Second and Mercedes’ Nico Rosburg third.
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After the disappointing opening round of the 2010 GP season opener from Bahrain, what can we expect this weekend from Melbourne, more of the same or an improvement?
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So, the 2010 season has begun. And it was one of
the most ballyhooed pre-seasons in my recent memory. With a new rules
package, new teams, new tracks, four world drivers champions on the
grid including the return of the seven time champion Michael
Schumacher, it was justifiably predicted to be a landmark year in the
sport.
What I didn’t count on was the landmark could be as the most boring season in decades. As Schumi himself characterized the race:
“It’s the start and then after it is just sort of go your pace and not do mistakes,” Schumacher told the BBC.
“Overtaking is basically impossible, other than if somebody makes a
mistake - Lewis had a little one so Nico was able to pass him, but got
back past at the pitstop. That’s about it.
“That’s the action we are going to have with unfortunately this kind of environment of race strategy.
“But, anyway, it was good fun. Especially the beginning and now we
are going to work forward in order to catch up what is in front of us.”
Whodathunk that the first race could be so boring as to actually
cause me to leave the screen to tend to some morning chores. And upon
my return what did I miss? Nada. Nothing. Niente.
There will be some who will be quick to blame the Sakhir course as
another non passable Tilke designed monstrosity. Nonsense say I. It’s
still the same old story of fast cars, aero reduced passing chances and
no engine differentials worth mentioning, all in conjunction with a
Tilke designed crap track.
Let’s hope the next stop in Melbourne presents more competitive on
track action. If not I fear for my interest in the balance of the
season.
Autosport.com: Schumacher regrets lack of action
