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Sebastian Vettel has been handed a five-place grid penalty after being found to have passed Roberto Mehri' s Marussia while
under red flags in FP3 in Canada.
Also Toro Rosso' s Max Verstappen, who was 12th fastest, faces a combined -15 place grid drop, thanks to his collision in Monaco and an
unscheduled engine change.

Result of the qualifying :

1. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP 1:14.393
2. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP 1:14.702 +0.309
3. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari 1:15.014 +0.621
4. Valtteri Bottas - Williams 1:15.102 +0.709
5. Romain Grosjean - Lotus 1:15.194 +0.801
6. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus 1:15.329 +0.936
7. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India 1:15.614 +1.221
8. Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull Racing 1:16.079 +1.686
9. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing 1:16.114 +1.721
10. Sergio Perez - Force India 1:16.338 +1.945
Q2
11. Carlos Sainz jr - Toro Rosso 1:16.042 +1.649
12. Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso 1:16.245 +1.852
13. Marcus Ericsson - Sauber 1:16.262 +1.869
14. Fernando Alonso - McLaren 1:16.276 +1.883
15. Felipe Nasr - Sauber 1:16.620 +2.227
16. Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari 1:17.344 +2.951
Q1
17. Felipe Massa - Williams 1:17.886 +3.493
18. Roberto Merhi - Manor F1 Team 1:19.133 +4.740
19. Will Stevens - Manor F1 Team 1:19.157 +4.764
20. Jenson Button - McLaren - no time

Qualifying Time : 1:14.393
Pole : Lewis Hamilton
Team Bat. : L.Hamilton > N. Rosberg
Grid Pos. K. Raikkonen : 3rd place

Hamilton beats Rosberg to pole as Vettel falls in Q1 :
Lewis Hamilton took his sixth pole position in seven races after winning a tight battle with team mate Nico Rosberg in Canada. It was nip-and-tuck between the two drivers for most of qualifying, but in the final top ten shoot-out Hamilton’s first run proved quick enough for pole position.Kimi Raikkonen put his Ferrari third on the grid but Sebastian Vettel was eliminated in the first phase of qualifying after a problem with his engine.
Q1
First blood went to Rosberg by just two thousandths of a second as qualifying began, the two Mercedes only using the harder soft tyres. But Kimi Raikkonen got within four-tenths of a second of them on the same rubber on his first run. But the other Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel made a beeline back to the pits without setting a time as the team discovered a problem with his MGU-H. He was despatched back onto the track with enough time to do two laps – but he fell short by three-tenths of a second. Vettel’s elimination wasn’t the only shock in Q1. Felipe Massa was also nursing a problem with his Williams, complaining he had “no power”, and ended the session half-a-second off Vettel. The two Manors were eliminated as usual, and Jenson Button never left the garage as his mechanics were unable to replaced his damaged power unit from the first practice session.
Q2
Mercedes showed their true pace as the second part of qualifying began – but still there was little to choose between the two drivers. Rosberg flew through the first two sectors on his was to a 1’14.673. But Hamilton, following along behind him, delivered a stunning final sector to nab the fastest time by 12 thousandths of a second. Aside from Massa, who had already been eliminated, the seven remaining Mercedes-powered cars all took up places in Q3. That left room only for Raikkonen and the two Red Bulls – Daniel Ricciardo pipping Carlos Sainz to the final top ten place by less than four hundredths of a second. Sainz out-qualified Max Verstappen but the two Toro Rossos will be several places apart on the grid as Verstappen will have to take two penalties.A scruffy lap by Nasr left him last of the drivers in the drop zone – his engineer believed a time closer to Ericsson’s was possible. Nasr made a point of thanking his mechanics on the radio for their efforts in getting his car ready for qualifying at all following his crash in practice.
Q3
Rosberg couldn’t beat his Q2 benchmark with his first run in the top-ten shoot-out – but Hamilton could. While Rosberg complained of a lack of rear grip – which his team put down to a problem with his set of tyres – Hamilton produced a 1’14.393 which put him over three-tenths clear of his team mate. Neither driver was able to improve on their final run, and with none of their rivals able to break the 75-second barrier that cemented pole position for Hamilton. “What a rubbish end to qualifying,” Rosberg lamented.
Raikkonen held on to third place despite a lurid moment at turn four where he skirted the barrier. Valtteri Bottas pipped the two Lotus drivers to fourth place – the black-and-gold cars surprisingly emerged from the pits side-by-side at one stage. Nico Hulkenberg put his Force India in seventh with the two Red Bulls between him and Sergio Perez.

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Result of the 3rd practice session :

1. N. Rosberg - Mercedes 01:15.660
2. K. Raikkonen - Ferrari 01:16.233
3. R. Grosjean - Lotus 01:16.772
4. V. Bottas - Williams 01:16.914
5. S. Perez - Force India 01:16.993
6. D. Kvyat - Red Bull 01:17.021
7. F. Massa - Williams 01:17.122
8. S. Vettel - Ferrari 01:17.197
9. C. Sainz Jr. - Toro Rosso 01:17.396
10. P. Maldonado - Lotus 01:17.573
11. M. Ericsson - Sauber 01:17.578
12. N. Hulkenberg - Force India 01:17.876
13. D. Ricciardo - Red Bull 01:17.892
14. F. Nasr - Sauber 01:18.446
15. J. Button - McLaren 01:18.473
16. M. Verstappen - Toro Rosso 01:18.492
17. W. Stevens - Manor 01:19.822
18. F. Alonso - McLaren 01:19.874
19. R. Merhi - Manor 01:20.231
20. L. Hamilton - Mercedes 01:21.492

Rosberg on top as Nasr crash disrupts practice :
Nico Rosberg led a disrupted final practice session for the Canadian Grand Prix which was red-flagged twice. Yesterday’s rain left the track in poor condition, with several drivers reporting a lack of grip during their first runs. Kimi Raikkonen led the way initially, lapping just a thousandth of a second quicker than Rosberg. With just over 20 minutes to go the first drivers were beginning their runs on super-soft tyres. However Felipe Nasr, who was running a used set of the harder soft tyres, lost control of his car on the straight leading to the final chicane. The Sauber driver had opened his DRS while he weaved to increase his tyre temperatures, and the C34 spun towards the inside of the circuit. The result was a huge crash. The Sauber’s front nose was destroyed as it made heavy contact with a solid barrier, and debris was thrown across the track. Nasr climbed from the wreckage and it was later confirmed by his team he is “OK”. The session was red-flagged and eventually resumed with 12 minutes remaining. That left little time for the remaining runners to get their super-soft runs completed. They rejoined the track immediately after the track went green again, but within a few minutes the session had been red-flagged again. This time the cause was Jenson Button, who stopped his McLaren at the exit of turn seven after reporting a problem with his power unit. His team mate had only just joined the track for the first time having been stuck in the garage with a problem of his own. It was particularly bad news for Friday pace-setter Hamilton, who had not set a quick lap early in the session on soft tyres, and who went off at turn one when he began his first run on super-softs.

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Result of a rain stopt 2nd practice session :

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Result of the 1st practice session :

1. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes AMG - 1:16.212
2. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes AMG - 1:16.627
3. Romain Grosjean - Lotus - 1:17.721
4. Nico Hülkenberg - Force India - 1:17.871
5. Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari - 1:17.905
6. Felipe Massa - Williams - 1:17.985
7. Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull - 1:18.021
8. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus - 1:18.026
9. Fernando Alonso - McLaren - 1:18.128
10. Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso - 1:18.257
11. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 1:18.325
12. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari - 1:18.439
13. Sergio Pérez - Force India - 1:18.503
14. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull - 1:18.775
15. Jenson Button - McLaren - 1:18.786
16. Felipe Nasr - Sauber - 1:18.948
17. Carlos Sainz Jr - Toro Rosso - 1:19.065
18. Marcus Ericsson - Sauber - 1:19.165
19. Roberto Merhi - Marussia - 1:20.616
20. Will Stevens - Marussia - 1:20.624

Hamilton leads the way despite spin :
Lewis Hamilton was quickest inthe first practice session as Mercedes set a fierce pace at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. By the end of the first 90 minutes of running Hamilton’s best effort was over a second quicker than the best time seen in last year’s first practice session. It wasn’t an entirely trouble-free session for the championship leader, however. He spoiled one lap with a spin, and said on the radio afterwards he’d been caught out by his car locking up. Nico Rosberg ended the session four-tenths of a second slower than his team mate. Mercedes-powered cars filled the top four places, with Romain Grosjean and Nico Hulkenberg putting Williams and Force India well up. Sebastian Vettel was almost 1.7 seconds off Hamilton’s pace in the Ferrari, while Daniil Kvyat was the highest-placed Renault powered driver in seventh. Fernando Alonso took ninth for McLaren, but the team had problems with their other car. Jenson Button’s session was disrupted by a gearbox problem which left him stuck in second gear. He lost around half an hour while the fault was fixed. A late improvement by Max Verstappen put the Toro Rosso driver in tenth place. But at the end of the session Carlos Sainz Jnr had to abort a run when his car stopped at the pit lane exit with an apparent engine problem .

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The times for this weekend GP of Canada :

Friday 05/06 :
1st practice session : 16.00u - 17.30u CET
2nd practice session : 20.00u - 21.30u CET

Saturday 06/06 :
3rd practice session : 16.00u - 17.00u CET
Qualifying : 19.00u - 20.00u CET

Sunday 07/06 :
Race : 20.00u CET

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Canadian Grand Prix – circuit Gilles Villeneuve - Montreal(5 - 6 and 7 June)
the circuit is located on the Ile Notre Dame, a man-made island on San Lorenzo River
Montreal has a series of high speed straights linked with chicanes, slow corners and a tight hairpin
a good traction is very important in Canada
there are some heavy braking zone
there are no high-speed corners and the downforce is low

Pirelli has chosen for this Gran Prix the “Soft yellow” and “supersoft Red” as in Monaco
2014 Pit stop strategy: usually 2 (as they did all the pilots on podium and many others)
Two pit stops strategy, around lap n.14/18 and then lap n. 36/44.
strategy tyres last year: super soft and then soft(yellow) and again soft


Podium 2011: Button (Mc Laren) – 2° Vettel and 3° Webber.
Fastest lap: Button – pole position : Vettel 1'13''014

Podium 2012: Hamilton(Mc Laren) – 2° Grosjean and 3° Perez.
Fastest lap: Vettel – Pole position : Vettel 1'13''784

Podium 2013: Vettel (Red Bull) – 2° Alonso and 3° Hamilton.
Fastest lap: Webber – pole position : Vettel 1'25''425 (wet condition and intermediate tyres)

Podium 2014: Ricciardo (Red Bull) – 2° Rosberg and 3° Vettel
Fastest lap: Massa – pole position : Rosberg1'14''874

the winners
3 wins: Hamilton (2007-2010-2012)
1 win: Raikkonen(2005) Alonso (2006) Button(2011) Vettel (2013) and Ricciardo(2014)

pole position:
3 pole: Hamilton (2007-2008-2010) and Vettel (2011-2012-2013)
1 pole: Button(2005) Alonso (2006) and Rosberg(2014)

Fastest lap
3: Raikkonen(2005-2006-2008)
2: Alonso (2003-2007);
1: Vettel (2012) Button(2011) and Massa(2014)

Podium(winner+second+third) for current pilots at Montreal
4 (3 wins+0 second+1 third) Hamilton
3 (1+1+1) Button
3 (1+1+1) Alonso
3 (1+1+1) Vettel
2 (1+0+1) Raikkonen
1 (1+0+0) Ricciardo
1 (0+1+0) Rosberg
1 (0+1+0) Grosjean
1 (0+0+1) Perez

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Result of the Monaco GP :

1 Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 1:49:18.420
2 Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari + 4.4
3 Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes + 6.0 ( 1:18.676 )
4 Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull +11.9
5 Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull + 13.6
6 Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari +14.3
7 Sergio Perez - Force India +15.0
8 Jenson Button - McLaren + 16.0
9 Felipe Nasr - Sauber + 23.6
10 Carlos Sainz - Toro Rosso + 25.0
11 Nico Hulkenberg - Force India + 26.2
12 Romain Grosjean - Lotus + 28.4
13 Marcus Ericsson - Sauber + 31.1
14 Valtteri Bottas - Williams + 45.7
15 Felipe Massa - Williams + 1 LAP
16 Roberto Merhi - Manor + 2 LAPS
17 Will Stevens - Manor + 2 LAPS
Did Not Finish :
18 Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso
19 Fernando Alonso - McLaren
20 Pastor Maldonado - Lotus

Fastest lap : Lewis Hamilton - 1:18.676
Pitstop S. Vettel : 1
Bat 2 Teams : S. Perez > C. Sainz jr.
Grid Pos. F.Massa : 15th place

Rosberg luck turns into third Monaco win in a row :
Nico Rosberg took a surprise third consecutive Monaco Grand Prix victory in a race which his team mate was dominating until a late Safety Car period. Lewis Hamilton was leading comfortably until a collision between Max Verstappen and Romain Grosjean caused the Safety Car deployment which changed the outcome of the race. Mercedes took the opportunity to give Hamilton a fresh set of tyres, but he was unable to rejoin the track before the chasing Rosberg and Sebastian Vettel arrived. After the Safety Car came in Hamilton was unable to pass the Ferrari driver for second place, leaving Rosberg to win as he pleased. Hamilton briefly came under pressure from Daniel Ricciardo, who had adopted the same strategy, overtaken Kimi Raikkonen and been waved through by team mate Daniil Kvyat. Having failed to pass Hamilton, Ricciardo let Kvyat back into fourth on the final tour. Raikkonen took sixth ahead of Sergio Perez while Jenson Button claimed McLaren’s first points of the season with eighth place. Team mate Fernando Alonso retired with a technical problem. Felipe Nasr and Carlos Sainz Jnr completed the points scorers, the latter having started from the pit lane.

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CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER 6 RACES :

1. Mercedes 242 points
2. Ferrari 158 points
3. Williams 81 points
4. Red Bull 52 points
5. Sauber 21 points
6. Force India 17 points
7. Lotus 16 points
8. Toro Rosso 15 points
9. McLaren 4 points

DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER 6 RACES :

1. L. Hamilton GBR Mercedes 126 points
2. N. Rosberg GER Mercedes 116 points
3. S. Vettel GER Ferrari 98 points
4. K. Raikkonen FIN Ferrari 60 points
5. V. Bottas FIN Williams 42 points
6. F. Massa BRA Williams 39 points
7. D. Ricciardo AUS Red Bull 35 points
8. D. Kvyat RUS Red Bull 17 points
9. F. Nasr BRA Sauber & R. Grosjean FRA Lotus 16 points
11. S. Perez MEX Force India 11 points
12. C. Sainz jr. ESP Toro Rosso 9 points
13. M. Verstappen NED Renault & N. Hulkenberg GER Force India 6 points
15. M. Ericsson SVE Sauber 5 points

Carlos Sainz jr. will start from the pit-lane for skipping the weight operations

Result of the qualifying :

1. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP - 1:15.098
2. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP - 1:15.440 +0.342
3. Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari - 1:15.849 +0.751
4. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing - 1:16.041 +0.943
5. Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull Racing - 1:16.182 +1.084
6. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari - 1:16.427 +1.329
7. Sergio Perez - Force India - 1:16.808 +1.710
8. Carlos Sainz jr - Toro Rosso - 1:16.931 +1.833
9. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus - 1:16.946 +1.848
10. Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso - 1:16.957 +1.859
Q2
11. Romain Grosjean - Lotus - 1:17.007 +1.909
12. Jenson Button - McLaren - 1:17.093 +1.995
13. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India - 1:17.193 +2.095
14. Felipe Massa - Williams - 1:17.278 +2.180
15. Fernando Alonso - McLaren - 1:26.632 +11.534
16. Felipe Nasr - Sauber - 1:18.101 +3.003
Q1
17. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 1:18.434 +3.336
18. Marcus Ericsson - Sauber - 1:18.513 +3.415
19. Will Stevens - Manor F1 Team - 1:20.655 +5.557
20. Roberto Merhi - Manor F1 Team - 1:20.904 +5.806

Qual. Time : 1:15.098
Pole : Lewis Hamilton
Team Bat : F.Nasr > M Ericsson
Grid Pos. F. Alonso : 15th place

Lewis Hamilton takes Monaco GP Formula 1 pole for first time :
Lewis Hamilton comfortably claimed pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix, as his Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate Nico Rosberg's qualifying challenge went awry. The two Mercedes drivers were once again well clear of the rest of the field on pure pace and thus engaged in an exclusive battle for the top spot. Hamilton trailed Rosberg by nearly four tenths of a second after Q2, but reversed the positions by just over a tenth of a second after their first runs in the top-10 shootout. Hamilton found even more time on his final run in Q3, while Rosberg abandoned his after locking up heavily at Sainte Devote. That left Hamilton 0.342 seconds clear in claiming his first pole position in Monte Carlo. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was the only other driver to lap below 1m16s as he secured third spot on the grid, just under two tenths of a second ahead of Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo, who also failed to improve on his second run in Q3. Team-mate Daniil Kvyat did find time on his second run to place fifth, ahead of the second Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen.Force India's Sergio Perez hustled the VJM08 to a superb seventh spot, just ahead of Carlos Sainz, Pastor Maldonado and Max Verstappen, who all ended up on the same tenth in eighth, ninth and 10th. Romain Grosjean failed to join his Lotus team-mate Maldonado in the top 10 shootout, after locking up at the second part of the Swimming Pool on his quickest lap in Q2. An expected five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change ahead of the event means he should start 16th for Sunday's race. McLaren-Honda was confident of getting both cars through to Q3 for the first time this season, but neither made the cut in the end. Fernando Alonso's car suffered a suspected electrical problem before he could complete a flying lap in Q2, while team-mate Jenson Button was less than a tenth of a second away from making the top 10, something he described as "painful" when he learned of his fate, having had to slow for yellow flags (after Rosberg locked up and went off at Ste Devote) on his final flying lap. Force India's Nico Hulkenberg was lucky to get away with striking the wall at Mirabeau in Q1 and ended up 13th fastest overall, just under 0.2s adrift of team-mate Perez. Williams struggled badly in Monaco, with Felipe Massa winding up 14th fastest while team-mate Valtteri Bottas ended up being the highest-profile casualty in Q1. The Finn was more than six tenths of a second away from making the cut and wound up 17th fastest, between the Saubers of Felipe Nasr and Marcus Ericsson. The Manor/Marussias were over two seconds further back in filling the final row of the grid. Will Stevens was three tenths faster than team-mate Roberto Merhi through the first sector of their quickest laps, which proved crucial in the final reckoning.

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Result from the 3rd practice session :

1. Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari - 1:16.143
2. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP - 1:16.361 +0.218
3. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP - 1:16.705 +0.562
4. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing - 1:17.120 +0.977
5. Carlos Sainz jr - Toro Rosso - 1:17.256 +1.113
6. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari - 1:17.401 +1.258
7. Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull Racing - 1:17.471 +1.328
8. Jenson Button - McLaren - 1:17.767 +1.624
9. Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso - 1:17.788 +1.645
10. Romain Grosjean - Lotus - 1:17.806 +1.663
11. Sergio Perez - Force India - 1:17.832 +1.689
12. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus - 1:17.956 +1.813
13. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India - 1:18.102 +1.959
14. Fernando Alonso - McLaren - 1:18.197 +2.054
15. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 1:18.212 +2.069
16. Felipe Massa - Williams - 1:18.242 +2.099
17. Felipe Nasr - Sauber - 1:18.767 +2.624
18. Marcus Ericsson - Sauber - 1:19.269 +3.126
19. Will Stevens - Manor F1 Team - 1:21.093 +4.950
20. Roberto Merhi - Manor F1 Team - 1:22.225 +6.082

Vettel leads final practice as Raikkonen crashes :
Sebastian Vettel put Ferrari on top in final practice for the Monaco Grand Prix but Kimi Raikkonen crashed the team’s other car.
Raikkonen slid wide at Sainte Devote mid-way through the session and hit the barrier with his left-rear wheel. The damaged Ferrari came to a stop at the opposite side of the track and the session had to be stopped while it was recovered. The two Mercedes were next, Nico Rosberg ahead of Lewis Hamilton. The latter headed much of the final practice session but told his team on the radio something was “not right” with his car, a problem race engineer Peter Bonnington suspected was due to his tyres being over-pressured. Daniel Ricciardo was fourth for Red Bull ahead of Carlos Sainz Jnr, whose team mate Max Verstappen was another driver to make contact with the wall. Verstappen spun backwards into the barrier at Anthony Noghes, damaging a rear end plate on his Toro Rosso, but was able to continue. Despite his crash Raikkonen ended the session seventh ahead of Daniil Kvyat and the McLaren of Jenson Button. Verstappen and Romain Grosjean, who will take a five-place grid penalty, completed the top ten.

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