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Austrian Grand Prix - Spielberg - Red Bull Ring

1964 Zeltweg Airfield (only one edition)
1970 – 1987 Osterreichring (historical track, very fast and spectacular with many ups and downs)
1997 – 2003 A1 Ring
the A1 Ring has been bought and renamed Red Bull Ring by the Austrian energy drinks company.
The Red Bull has restructured and modernized infrastructure, leaving unchanged the track layout used from 1997 to 2003

In my opinion, the original layout (Österreichring) was without doubt one of the most beautiful and challenging racetrack in the world,
but too dangerous. The narrow Start/Finish straight caused many crashes, during the years and in the last one edition(1987) they had to restart the race 3 times.In the seventies and eighties, the race week end was played in mid-August. I remember the edition of 1975 in the pouring rain, but the victory of Elio De Angelis (1982) was special. That was his first victory in career on the Lotus-Cosworth. De Angelis was chased to the checkered flag by Keke Rosberg(Nico’s dad), and won one of the closest finishes of all time. Elio was a great pilot and also a classically trained pianist. He died in 1986, driving a Brabham at the Paul Ricard circuit (Le Castellet)

Stats 2014 after seven races
Wins: Hamilton (4); Rosberg (2); Ricciardo(1)
Pole positions: Hamilton (4); Rosberg (3);
Fastest Lap: Rosberg (3); Hamilton, Vettel, Raikkonen and Massa(1)
Podium: Rosberg (7); Hamilton (5); Ricciardo(3); Vettel(2); Magnussen, Button, Perez and Alonso(1)
Pirelli has chosen for this Gran Prix the “Soft yellow” and “supersoft Red” as in Monaco and Montreal
season 2003. Last one pole position at Spielberg 1.09.150 (Schumacher) but with very different rules

I completely agree with Shaky
F1 gets worse year after year with more and more absurd rules.
in this way they turn away even more by fans.

What the hell are they doing in the F1 ???

"Of the two free practice sessions of one and a half hours, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, the Formula 1 plans two sessions of 45 minutes in the late afternoon and early evening from on 2015 . There is a break of half an hour between the two courses "



There's almost no need anymore to drive allready on Wednesday or Thursday to the Circuit's than ...just for complete 90 minutes a whole day ? f*cking hell

The fans are getting side lined in there decisions !!!! More spectacle ? ....yeah right .... it's getting less spectacle

I'm I pissed off ? ..... What Do You Think

Regards
Shaky - Schumi

FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS VON ÖSTERREICH 2014
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Fri 20 June 2014
Practice 1 10:00 - 11:30
Practice 2 14:00 - 15:30
Sat 21 June 2014
Practice 3 11:00 - 12:00
Qualifying 14:00
Sun 22 June 2014
Race 14:00

Sergio Perez (Force India) will start 5 positions behind in the grid of Austrian GP for causing the collision
with Felipe Massa (Willliams) in the last lap of Canadian GP.

World Championship position Drivers :

01 : Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 140
02 : Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes - 118
03 : Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull - 79
04 : Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 69
05 : Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull - 60
06 : Nico Hülkenberg - Force India - 57
07 : Jenson Button - McLaren - 43
08 : Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 40
09 : Kevin Magnussen - McLaren - 23
10 : Sergio Perez - Force India - 20
11 : Felipe Massa - Williams - 18
12 : Kimi Raikkonen - Ferrari - 18
13 : Romain Grosjean - Lotus - 6
14 : Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso - 8
15 : Daniil Kvyat - Toro Rosso - 4
16 : Jules Bianchi - Marussia - 2

World Championship position Teams

01 : Mercedes - 258
02 : Red Bull - 139
03 : Ferrari - 87
04 : Force India - 77
05 : McLaren - 66
06 : Williams - 58
07 : Toro Rosso - 12
08 : Lotus - 8
09 : Marussia - 2
10 : Caterham - 0

Kind Regards
Shaky - Schumi

Here's the result of a fantastic race :

1. D. Ricciardo - Red Bull 1:39:12.830
2. N. Rosberg - Mercedes +4.200
3. S. Vettel - Red Bull +5.200 +1.000
4. J. Button - McLaren +11.700 +6.500
5. N. Hulkenberg - Force India +12.800 +1.100
6. F. Alonso -Ferrari +14.800 +2.000
7. V. Bottas - Williams +23.500 +8.700
8. J. Vergne - Toro Rosso +28.000 +4.500
9. K. Magnussen - McLaren +29.200 +1.200
10. K. Raikkonen - Ferrari +53.600 +24.400
11. S. Perez Force - India +1 lap
12. F. Massa - Williams +1 lap
13. A. Sutil - Sauber +1 lap
14. E. Gutiérrez - Sauber +6 laps
Did not finish :
15. R. Grosjean - Lotus +11 laps
16. D. Kvyat Toro - Rosso +23 laps
17. L. Hamilton - Mercedes +24 laps
18. K. Kobayashi - Caterham +47 laps
19. P. Maldonado - Lotus +49 ronden
20. M. Ericsson - Caterham +63 laps
21. J. Bianchi - Marussia +70laps
22. M. Chilton - Marussia +70 lapsronden

Fastest Lap : Felipe Massa - 1:18.504
Pitstop Button : 2 ( lap 14 - lap 38 )
Bat. 2 Teams : Daniel Ricciardo - Fernado Alonso
Grid pos. Valtteri Bottas : 7th place

Ricciardo takes maiden win in Montreal thriller :
Daniel Ricciardo became Formula 1′s newest winner, when he powered to a well calculated victory in the Canadian Grand Prix, keeping patient before pouncing in the final laps to snatch the big prize from Nico Rosberg who spent the last quarter of the race nursing home a seriously malfunctioning Mercedes to second place, managing to keep at bay Sebastian Vettel who made it onto the final step of the podium. Circuit Gilles Villeneuve tends to deliver incident packed races, and the 2014 edition on the Ile Notre Dame was no different. Drama started early on as Marussia drivers Max Chilton and Jules Bianchi made contact on the opening lap, both crashed violently in and around Turn 4, spreading debris and fluids across the track, bringing out the safety car for several laps.
When racing resumed it was all about the Mercedes duo at the front with Rosberg chased hard by Hamilton, and the rest left battling it out in their wake. During their duel for the lead there were some big moments, one in which Rosberg was lucky to escape a penalty when he cut the final chicane with Hamilton tucked under his rear wing.Shortly after the half way mark the bullet proof Mercedes finally showed a fallible side as both cars, almost simultaneously suffered with a lack of power which then led to a loss of rear brakes. Suddenly the silver cars, still circulating in tandem, were two seconds a lap slower than their rivals. The pair snapping at each other, but on lap 48 Hamilton drove into the pits and retired, while Rosberg began a remarkable feat of nursing the stricken W05 home. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff explained, “We had a problem with both cars on the same lap. When Lewis pitted, because of pit stop, the temperatures rose too high in the brakes and he lost them. Nico saved it with a brilliant drive.” “We knew brakes could be an issue, but this particular issue occured because if you loses the MGU-K, it’s much harder on the brakes. And with the rise in temperatures in the pits you end up having a real problem,” explained Wolff. “We had two drivers who were perfect. You could have said maybe freezing order would help the end result, but that’s not what we want to do and not what people want to see.” Behind Rosberg at that stage, Sergio Perez was in inspired form as he opted for a one stop race in the Force India, but it came at the cost of outright pace and as a result he soon had a train of cars behind him with Ricciardo and Vettel among them, along with Nico Hulkenberg and Felipe Massa who was on fresh rubber and also having an impressive race. In fact the Brazilian at one stage looked good for victory, as his Williams was by far the faster car in the final stages of the race. Fast forward to the final lap,with Perez’s tyres all but done, Massa appeared to miscalculate his overtake as the pair headed into Turn 1. The Williams clipped the Force India and the two cars slammed the barriers, both drivers lucky to climb out of their respective wrecks. By this point Ricciardo had overtaken Rosberg a couple of laps earlier to take the lead and victory was in the bag as the safety car was deployed for the final lap of the grand prix to tend to the Massa-Perez incident. Few would have bet much on either Red Bull driver taking the win, but as the Mercedes powerhouse imploded, Ricciardo sensed the opportunity and seized it. First by stalking stubborn Perez relentlessly, and then hunting down Rosberg to take his first Formula 1 victory. The day belonged to the Australian, who summed up his race afterwards, “I am still a bit in shock. Thanks everyone. This is ridiculous. There are lots of Australian flags, which is nice. The race really came to life for the last 15-20 laps.” “Hamilton had a problem and Rosberg was slow down the straights. I really struggled to get past Perez but managed to finally get a run out of the last chicane and get a nice run out of turn one and set my sights on Nico with couple of laps to go. I finally managed to get in the right spot to use DRS and it’s an amazing feeling right now,” said Ricciardo.
Mercedes’ fine run of wins came to an end on a day in which they were targeting a record of six 1-2 victories, they were lucky not to end up with two DNFs, as by all accounts Rosberg did an outstanding job to keep the car going in the condition it was in. His efforts were rewarded with second place and a 22 points lead over his teammate in the world championship standings. Rosberg commented, “That was all over the place. There was so much going on. It’s disappointing because we want to win every race and we have the car to win every race. It was disappointing to have a problem like that but after everything to finish second in the end was OK. “We want to keep fighting, just as we did today. We owe that to the fans and will keep doing it. It’s so close and I don’t think it’s straining the cars. When the team sees it’s risking the cars they will jump in and make sure we bring them home. We need to make sure we get to the end of the race,” added Rosberg. Third placed Vettel made a great start, slotting into second place but relinquished that to Hamilton shortly after the safety car period ended. He nevertheless toiled hard all afternoon, losing out to teammate Ricciardo when the Australian opted for an early pitstop and then did enough to leap-frog the reigning world champion.
Vettel reflected, “Congratulations to Daniel. It’s his day. We had a big help from Mercedes, unlike other weekends, but we were there to capitalise. It’s been a positive day. Daniel’s first win and a first win for Renault in the new era of engines. They have had a good comeback although there is still plenty of work ahead of us because Mercedes are quicker down the straight. But all in all it’s been a good day.” Everyone behind Vettel inherited two places at the expense of Massa and Perez. Invariably in races of high attrition Jenson Button rises to the occasion, and this time around it was no exception as the McLaren driver turned ninth on the grid into fourth place at the end of the day. “If you got caught in traffic it was difficult to overtake but I fought my way through in the end,” said Button. “The incident with Sergio and Felipe you don’t want to see but they are OK which is good and I had that little dice with Fernando [Alonso] and [Nico] Hulkenberg and went down the inside of both of them. It was a fun race and some reasonable points. In a straight-forward race we wouldn’t have finished fourth but I feel we are making progress with the car and the team should be happy.” Nico Hulkenberg salvaging some joy for Force India by finishing fifth on a one stop strategy. The German opting to start the race with the yellow band Pirelli soft tyres, and later bolting on the super softs but for some reason the latter tyres did not give him the extra edge one would have expected. Fernando Alonso finished sixth in the Ferrari, but the F14T did not give him options to attack and thus it was more of a case of gritting it out, which the Spaniard did while his teammate Kimi Raikkonen who finished tenth, struggled to the point that he spun at the slowest point of the track in the process. Valterri Bottas salvaged seventh place for Williams, the young Finn in the wars throughout the course of the afternoon. Jean Eric Vergne was eight in the Toro Rosso and McLaren rookie Kevin Magnussen crossed the line ninth.

Kind Regards
Shaky - Schumi

1. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP 1:14.874
2. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP 1:14.953 +0.079
3. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing 1:15.548 +0.674
4. Valtteri Bottas - Williams 1:15.550 +0.676
5. Felipe Massa - Williams 1:15.578 +0.704
6. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing 1:15.589 +0.715
7. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari 1:15.814 +0.940
8. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso 1:16.162 +1.288
9. Jenson Button - McLaren 1:16.182 +1.308
10. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari 1:16.214 +1.340
Q2
11. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India 1:16.300 +1.426
12. Kevin Magnussen - McLaren 1:16.310 +1.436
13. Sergio Perez - Force India 1:16.472 +1.598
14. Romain Grosjean - Lotus 1:16.687 +1.813
15. Daniil Kvyat - Toro Rosso 1:16.713 +1.839
16. Adrian Sutil - Sauber 1:17.314 +2.440
Q1
17. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus 1:18.328 +3.454
18. Max Chilton - Marussia F1 Team 1:18.348 +3.474
19. Jules Bianchi - Marussia F1 Team 1:18.359 +3.485
20. Kamui Kobayashi - Caterham 1:19.278 +4.404
21. Marcus Ericsson - Caterham 1:19.820 +4.946
22. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber - no time

Qualifying Time : 1:14.874
Pole : Nico Rosberg
Team Bat . :Nico Rosberg > Lewis Hamilton
Grid Position Fernando Alonso : 7th place




Rosberg beats Hamilton to Canadian GP pole :
Qualifying for tomorrows Canadian Grand Prix got under way at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, with Mercedes hoping to make it seven poles in a row. The sun was belting down on the track and Gene Haas was spotted in the Ferrari garage. Esteban Gutierrez will miss qualifying due to the Mexican damaging his car in the final practice session earlier on today.
Q1: Bottas was out first in the Williams and set the first timed lap of the session with a 1:18.270. Drivers were pushing hard, with a few mistakes into Turn 1 being made from drivers up and down the grid. Rosberg's engineer came over the radio saying that they couldn’t hear the German. Raikkonen's car was very unstable and because of that, he nearly made a visit into the wall of champions. Perez joins the list drivers that have dipped the wheel onto the grass under braking at Turn 8 and spun. The Mexican was able to get going again. Maldonado pulls of at Turn 3 and that ends his session because he was 17th. The team spotted something on the telemetry that was going to blow the engine up so they told the Venezuelan to pull off the track and stop the car. Marcus Ericsson in the Caterham carried too much speed into Turn 8 and tried to flick the car into Turn 9 but lost the back end. This caused the Swede to hit the wall on the outside and caused a red flag. He destroyed the left rear of the CT05. The red flag ends Q1 because there was only 16 seconds left on the clock. The cars that were eliminated were Maldonado, Chilton, Bainchi, Kobayashi, Ericsson and Gutierrez.
Q2: Sutil was out first in the Sauber and set the first time in Q2 with a 1:18.006. Raikkonen brushed the wall at the exit of Turn 4. Renault powered cars were struggling to get through to Q3 and compared with the Mercedes powered cars as well. The cars that were eliminated were Hulkenberg, Magnussen, Perez, Grosjean, Kvyat and Sutil.
Q3: Bottas was out first and set a time of 1:15.550. Raikkonen left it quite late to go out and when he was on his timed lap, the other drivers were on their out lap. Hamilton locked up going into Turn 8 and that’s what cost him the pole. Rosberg takes pole for tomorrows Grand Prix with a 1:14.874. With Hamilton second and Vettel third. The rest of the top ten is as follows; Bottas, Massa, Ricciardo, Alonso, Vergne, Button, Raikkonen.


Kind Regards
Shaky - Schumi

Result of the 3rd practice session :

1. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP 1:15.610
2. Felipe Massa - Williams 1:16.086 +0.476
3. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP 1:16.120 +0.510
4. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari 1:16.488 +0.878
5. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing 1:16.504 +0.894
6. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari 1:16.528 +0.918
7. Valtteri Bottas - Williams 1:16.684 +1.074
8. Daniil Kvyat - Toro Rosso 1:16.820 +1.210
9. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso 1:16.824 +1.214
10. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing 1:16.884 +1.274
11. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India 1:16.944 +1.334
12. Kevin Magnussen - McLaren 1:16.993 +1.383
13. Romain Grosjean - Lotus 1:17.121 +1.511
14. Sergio Perez - Force India 1:17.188 +1.578
15. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus 1:17.224 +1.614
16. Jenson Button - McLaren 1:17.360 +1.750
17. Adrian Sutil - Sauber 1:17.900 +2.290
18. Jules Bianchi - Marussia F1 Team 1:18.518 +2.908
19. Max Chilton - Marussia F1 Team 1:18.525 +2.915
20. Marcus Ericsson - Caterham 1:19.865 +4.255
21. Kamui Kobayashi - Caterham 1:20.227 +4.617
22. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber 1:22.388 +6.778

Hamilton retains upper hand :
Ahead of qualifying Lewis Hamilton retained the upper hand in the final free practice session of the Canadian Grand Prix weekend, scorching around the Ile Notre dame track half a second faster than anyone else as Mercedes continued to set the pace as they look to make history on Sunday. Ironically Hamilton set his best lap time of 1:15.610 on the soft Pirelli (yellow band) tyres, not the super-soft options from which most teams managed to extract a further half second or so – but neither Mercedes could match that difference with the red band Pirellis. Nico Rosberg was third fastest, but on both the super-softs and softs he was about half a second down on his teammate – the difference between the two at the venue is that Hamilton has three grand prix wins at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, while Rosberg has never finished better than fourth at the venue . The fact that neither Hamilton or Rosberg improved their times with the supposedly faster tyre option suggests one of two things: the W05 cannot maximise the super-softs or, more likely, the pair have more than they are showing in their armoury and are keeping the powder dry for when fireworks are required – starting with qualifying. Splitting the Silver Arrows at the top of the timing screens was Felipe Massa in the ice white Williams, who were enjoying good form on a track that clearly suits their car. Valterri Bottas was seventh fastest, about a second down on his Brazilian teammate. Fernando Alonso was best of the Ferrari pair with the fourth fastest time, with Kimi Raikkonen sixth fastest. The Maranello chaps split by Daniel Ricciardo who set the fifth best time in the Red Bull, while teammate Sebastian Vettel was hampered what appeared to be a brake issue which curtailed his running in the one hour session. Impressing in his first grand prix weekend in Canada was Toro Rosso rookie Daniil Kvyat who ended eighth fastest, fractionally faster than teammate Jean Eric Vergne who was ninth. The session was marred when Esteban Gutierrez spun out in Turn 3 and slammed into the wall at the exit of Turn 4 causing substantial damage to his Sauber. FP3 was typical of sessions at the venue with small mistakes punished with big moments, several drivers spun or over shot various braking points which could well carry over into qualifying in the afternoon, and the race itself.

Up next : Qualifying at 19.00 CET

Kind Regards
Shaky - Schumi

Result of the 2nd practice session :

1. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP 1:16.118
2. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP 1:16.293 +0.175
3. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing 1:16.573 +0.455
4. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari 1:16.648 +0.530
5. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari 1:16.701 +0.583
6. Felipe Massa - Williams 1:16.774 +0.656
7. Valtteri Bottas - Williams 1:16.893 +0.775
8. Kevin Magnussen - McLaren 1:17.052 +0.934
9. Jenson Button - McLaren 1:17.059 +0.941
10. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso 1:17.180 +1.062
11. Romain Grosjean - Lotus 1:17.626 +1.508
12. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing 1:17.644 +1.526
13. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India 1:17.712 +1.594
14. Sergio Perez - Force India 1:17.819 +1.701
15. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus 1:17.868 +1.750
16. Adrian Sutil - Sauber 1:17.964 +1.846
17. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber 1:18.340 +2.222
18. Max Chilton - Marussia F1 Team 1:18.693 +2.575
19. Daniil Kvyat - Toro Rosso 1:18.732 +2.614
20. Kamui Kobayashi - Caterham 1:20.244 +4.126
21. Marcus Ericsson - Caterham 1:22.418 +6.300
22. Jules Bianchi - Marussia F1 Team 1:32.127 +16.009

Lewis Hamilton beats Nico Rosberg in practice two :
Lewis Hamilton continued the Mercedes team's dominance of Formula 1 in 2014 by topping Friday's second free practice session for the Canadian Grand Prix. Hamilton and Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg headed the timesheets for much of the afternoon, with the 2008 world champion fastest while the field was on the slower soft-compound Pirellis early on. Rosberg knocked Williams driver Valtteri Bottas off top spot after 17 minutes, with Hamilton outpacing him moments later as the Silver Arrows pressed home their advantage. Rosberg was the first frontunner to take super-softs, but he only improved on his previous best time by nine hundredths of a second, which was still enough to relegate Hamilton to second with just under 40 minutes remaining. Hamilton's response was almost immediate as he banged in the best time in all three sectors of the circuit to retake top spot by over half a second. Although Rosberg subsequently improved again, he ended up 0.175s off his team-mate. Ferrari had looked set to end the session as the best of the rest, with Kimi Raikkonen shading Fernando Alonso, but Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel left his super-soft run late. Vettel jumped to third in the closing stages of the session, 0.455s off the pace, with Raikkonen fourth-fastest, just half a tenth quicker than his team-mate. The Finn also suffered a spin after losing his Ferrari on the power at the exit of the hairpin while on super-softs, although this was after he had posted his quickest time. Felipe Massa was sixth fastest ahead of Williams-Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas, who was just over a tenth slower. Kevin Magnussen and Jenson Button ended up just behind the duo, with the McLaren showing encouraging pace at a track that masks some of the shortcomings of its car. Tenth-fastest Jean-Eric Vergne, who took to the escape road at the first chicane in the final minute of the session after locking up his brakes, was only a second off the pace, but the Frenchman had almost a 0.5s advantage over Romain Grosjean's Lotus, which was 11th. Daniel Ricciardo was only 12th fastest after encountering some gear-change issues during the afternoon, but he was still able to outpace the two Force Indias.
Several drivers had off-track moments, with Kamui Kobayashi, who sat out the morning session to allow Alexander Rossi some mileage, spinning at Turn 2 early on. Esteban Gutierrez also lost his Sauber at the first chicane early on and spun, while both Grosjean and Adrian Sutil missed the last corner on their first super-soft runs. Sutil's off at the last chicane was as a result of encountering a slow-moving Magnussen, with stewards investigating the incident but opting to take no action. Also among those to cut the final chicane were Kobayashi, Rosberg and Pastor Maldonado. Daniil Kvyat's session ended prematurely, the Russian completing only one run of nine laps before returning to the Toro Rosso garage and never re-emerging. It was also a quiet session for Jules Bianchi, whose Marussia team had replaced a number of components at the rear of the car after he glanced the wall exiting the first chicane this morning. He hit engine problems following the completion of only three slow laps in practice two. Caterham driver Marcus Ericsson also had a disappointing afternoon, pulling off at the first chicane shortly after the half-hour mark before he had the chance to use the super-soft Pirellis.

Kind Regards
Shaky - Schumi

Result of the 1st practice session :

1. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 1:17.238
2. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP - 1:17.254 +0.016
3. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP - 1:17.384 +0.146
4. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull Racing - 1:18.131 +0.893
5. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 1:18.361 +1.123
6. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing - 1:18.435 +1.197
7. Jenson Button - McLaren - 1:18.446 +1.208
8. Kevin Magnussen - McLaren - 1:18.514 +1.276
9. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari - 1:18.578 +1.340
10. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso - 1:18.643 +1.405
11. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India - 1:18.733 +1.495
12. Sergio Perez - Force India - 1:18.959 +1.721
13. Adrian Sutil - Sauber - 1:19.108 +1.870
14. Romain Grosjean - Lotus - 1:19.142 +1.904
15. Daniil Kvyat - Toro Rosso - 1:19.177 +1.939
16. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus - 1:19.340 +2.102
17. Felipe Massa - Williams - 1:19.575 +2.337
18. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber - 1:19.804 +2.566
19. Jules Bianchi - Marussia F1 Team - 1:20.200 +2.962
20. Max Chilton - Marussia F1 Team - 1:20.844 +3.606
21. Marcus Ericsson - Caterham - 1:21.404 +4.166
22. Alexander Rossi - Caterham - 1:21.757 +4.519

Alonso beats Mercedes duo in first practice:
Fernando Alonso claimed the opening P1 for the Canadian Grand Prix weekend having beaten Lewis Hamilton by 0.016s.
McLaren rookie Kevin Magnussen was the first out on a dirty Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, clocking a 1:23.2. And although he lowered the benchmark with each consecutive lap, he could do nothing the stop the Mercedes drivers from gaining control. Lewis Hamilton, despite an early scare that turned out to be a radio issue, hit the front with a 1:18.997, easily half a second up on second-placed Felipe Massa. It soon became a Mercedes 1-2 as Nico Rosberg closed up on his team-mate, the German 0.03s down. The duo went even quicker, a 1:18.088 for Hamilton and a 1:18.138 for Rosberg, while Fernando Alonso slotted his Ferrari into third place, half a second slower on the P1 time. With dark clouds closing in on the dirty track, drivers struggled to get heat into their tyres with Caterham reserve driver Alexander Rossi told his tyre temperature is at the "bottom of the working range." That explained his lock ups as well as issues other drivers such as Pastor Maldonado were experiencing. Back at the front and out for a second run, Rosberg went quickest ahead of Hamilton only for the Brit to overhaul him. It was all change, though, as Alonso posted a 1:17.238, edging Hamilton by 0.016s. When the Mercedes drivers came out for their final run both were fueled up meaning Alonso finished quickest of all ahead of the Brackley racers. Sebastian Vettel was fourth quickest ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Daniel Ricciardo.
There were problems for Monaco points-scorer Jules Bianchi as he hit the wall, not the Wall of Champions, just the wall. That has left him with a "maybe a track rod failure" he said as he crawled back to the pits with a seriously vibrating Marussia. Meanwhile, an "ERS pump failure" meant Massa managed just seven laps as his team worked on fixing the problem while a "control unit" issue curtailed Esteban Gutierrez's morning.

Kind Regards
Shaky - Schumi

Ps : For those who are interested , the 2nd practice will be live at BBC 3 at 20.00u CET

Canadian Grand Prix – circuit Gilles Villeneuve - (first race in Montreal: 1978)
after safety problems with Mosport, the Canadian Grand Prix moved to its current home on Île Notre-Dame, a man-made island in the St. Lawrence river adjacent to Montreal. Here, in 1978, Gilles Villeneuve scored his first Formula One victory in the inaugural race. Four years later, in 1982, the circuit was renamed in memory of Gilles Villeneuve after his death.

The Montreal circuit is known as a "stop and go" track. Fuel consumption is very high while the downforce set-up is low to maximise the top speed on the straights. Here the engine power and brake balance are very important.

The track layout is quite simple but I like it. Look what did on this track in 1981 Gilles Villeneuve. Driving blind

Pirelli has chosen for this Gran Prix the “Soft yellow” and “supersoft Red”
Winning strategy last year: 2 pit stop for pilots on podium
(Vettel, Alonso Hamilton) first pit stop between lap n. 16/19 and second pit stop between lap 47/49

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)

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

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

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

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
2 (1+1+0) Vettel
2 (1+0+1) Raikkonen
1 (0+1+0) Grosjean
1 (0+0+1) Perez
Never on podium: Massa 10 races and Rosberg 7 races in Montreal

Michael Schumacher at Montreal: 18 races (7 wins and 5 second places) total of 12 times on podium and 6 pole.
Last one win for Ferrari ten years ago (M.Schumacher)

Onboard with Vettel in 2013 !!!


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Moments in time - the Canadian Grand Prix

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22 - 25 May 2014


FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DE MONACO 2014

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts

1 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes 78 1:49:27.661 1 25

2 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 78 +9.2 secs 2 18

3 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull RacingR 78 +9.6 secs 3 15

4 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 78 +32.4 secs 5 12

5 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-M 77 +1 Lap 11 10

6 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 77 +1 Lap 12 8

7 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes 77 +1 Lap 16 6

8 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault 77 +1 Lap 14 4

9 17 Jules Bianchi Marussia-Ferrari 77 +1 Lap 21 2


etc , etc

Notes - Ericsson qualified 22nd, required to start from pit lane for
causing a collision. Bianchi qualified 19th, dropped 5 grid spots after
gearbox change; finished 8th, 5s added to race time for serving a
penalty under the safety car.


So , Bianchi one place down

Niki Lauda answer

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FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2014
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Fri 06 June 2014
Practice 1 16:00 - 17:30
Practice 2 20:00 - 21:30
Sat 07 June 2014
Practice 3 16:00 - 17:00
Qualifying 19:00
Sun 08 June 2014
Race 20:00