Formula 1 General Chat & Discussion

Result of the Qulifying :

1. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP 1:08.455
2. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP 1:08.655 +0.200
3. Sebastian - Vettel Ferrari 1:08.810 +0.355
4. Felipe Massa - Williams 1:09.192 +0.737
5. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India 1:09.278 +0.823
6. Valtteri Bottas - Williams 1:09.319 +0.864
7. Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso 1:09.612 +1.157
8. Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull Racing 1:09.694 +1.239
9. Felipe Nasr - Sauber 1:09.713 +1.258
10. Romain Grosjean Lotus - no time
Q2
11. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus 1:10.374 +1.919
12. Marcus Ericsson - Sauber 1:10.426 +1.971
13. Carlos Sainz jr - Toro Rosso 1:10.465 +2.010
14. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing 1:10.482 +2.027
15. Fernando Alonso - McLaren 1:10.736 +2.281
16. Sergio Perez - Force India 1:12.522 +4.067
Q1
17. Jenson Button - McLaren 1:12.632 +4.177
18. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari 1:12.876 +4.421
19. Roberto Merhi - Manor F1 Team 1:14.071 +5.616
20. Will Stevens - Manor F1 Team 1:15.368 +6.913

Qualifying Time : 1:08.455
Pole : Lewis Hamilton
Team Bat : Romain Grosjean > Pastor Maldonado
Grid Pos. C.Sainz jr. : 13th place

Mercedes pair spin their way to another front row :
No one other than Mercedes has started a race from pole position in the past 12 months – but the manner in which they achieved their latest front row lock-out was most unusual. Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg both spun off on their final laps in Q3. But with no one able to beat them they will start the race from first and second, Hamilton on pole position for the seventh time this year.
However Kimi Raikkonen will start near the back of the grid after failing to make it beyond the first part of qualifying.
Q1
Qualifying began on a damp but drying track and intermediate tyres were the order of the day for the drivers at first. However it quickly became clear the track would be quick enough for slick tyres by the end of the session. Williams initially took a punt on sending their drivers out on the soft tyres, but soon joined the rest in opting for the more aggressive super-soft compound. With the track improving with every passing lap, a frenzied battle to escape the clutches of the drop zone began. Rosberg hovered perilously close to the cut-off point to begin with but escaped the bottom five with time to spare. So did Sebastian Vettel – but not the other Ferrari of Raikkonen. He had fallen to 17th as the final laps began but lost time in the middle sector of the lap and headed for the pits. He was joined in elimination by Jenson Button, who had led the topsy-turvy session at one stage, and who now faces a penalty during the race as he will be unable to take much of his 25-place penalty. Fernando Alonso, who faces the same penalty, made it through in his McLaren. However Sergio Perez, who was running behind him on the track, fell at the first hurdle.
Q2
With the track now largely dry, Q2 was a more straightforward affair, and ended with the two Mercedes drivers on top. However Rosberg looked by far the more comfortable of the two, and his lap of 1’08.634 was a good four-tenths of a second faster than Hamilton could manage. The sole remaining Ferrari of Vettel was next, and two places behind him was another driver who reached Q3 after leaving his team mate behind in Q1: Nico Hulkenberg. Unsurprisingly it was Alonso who propped up the table at the end of Q2. Ahead of him Ricciardo lost out in a close three-way contest for 12th place. He also appeared to caused his team amte some aggravation, but it didn’t prevent Daniil Kvyat from reaching the final ten.
Q3
Only one Lotus driver had made it through to Q3 but his involvement didn’t last long. Romain Grosjean reported a problem with his car’s brake-by-wire system, and despite telling his team he felt he could continue he was told to head for the pits.The super-soft tyres were good for two flying runs at the beginning of the session, and after the first it seemed the status quo between the Mercedes drivers had been preserved – Rosberg was the best part of four-tenths of a second ahead. However on their second efforts Hamilton found the time he had been missing in the twisty middle sector, which moved him two-tenths of a second clear of his team mate. The scene was set for a climactic battle between the two Mercedes drivers – but it was decided in the most unusual of circumstances. Hamilton’s car got away from him at the very beginning of the lap – he spun off at turn one as he hit the brakes.
That seemed to leave to door open for Rosberg to snatch pole position. But he ran wide in the penultimate corner, then skidded off at the final turn, losing a clear shot at beating his team mate. Vettel did not quite have the pace to take advantage and had to settle for third place ahead of last year’s pole sitter Felipe Massa. Hulkenberg took fifth ahead of Bottas as the top six featured five Mercedes-powered cars.

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Shaky - Schumi

Result of the 3rd practice session :

1. Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari 1:09.994
2. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP 1:10.011 +0.017
3. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari 1:10.177 +0.183
4. Sergio Perez - Force India 1:10.221 +0.227
5. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP 1:10.332 +0.338
6. Felipe Massa - Williams 1:10.408 +0.414
7. Valtteri Bottas - Williams 1:10.417 +0.423
8. Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso 1:10.436 +0.442
9. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus 1:10.576 +0.582
10. Romain Grosjean - Lotus 1:10.863 +0.869
11. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India 1:11.009 +1.015
12. Marcus Ericsson - Sauber 1:11.058 +1.064
13. Carlos Sainz jr -Toro Rosso 1:11.139 +1.145
14. Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull Racing 1:11.139 +1.145
15. Fernando Alonso- McLaren 1:11.168 +1.174
16. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing 1:11.819 +1.825
17. Felipe Nasr - Sauber 1:11.906 +1.912
18. Jenson Button - McLaren 1:12.616 +2.622
19. Will Stevens - Manor F1 Team 1:13.328 +3.334
20. Roberto Merhi - Manor F1 Team 1:13.960 +3.966

Sebastian Vettel fastest in 3rd practice session before rain hits the track :
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was quickest in final Formula 1 practice for the Austrian Grand Prix, with rain mid-session preventing the leading teams from completing qualifying simulations. The four-time world champion clocked a 1m09.994 on the soft compound tyres, 0.017s quicker than Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton with Kimi Raikkonen third in the other Ferrari. With rain a distinct possibility for qualifying, several drivers went out on the full wet tyre when rain hit halfway through the session - although Hamilton was the only one of the frontrunners not to do so. A number were caught out by the slippery conditions, with Vettel running off track at Turn 2 before recovering while Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz spun down at Turn 6. Hamilton and Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg traded times at the top of the timesheets in the early part of the session before Vettel usurped them both. Hamilton was on course to reclaim top spot, having clocked the fastest first and second sectors, but he ran wide after getting out of shape in the final corner.
Drivers were told rain was expected at the midpoint of the one-hour session, with Force India's Sergio Perez - who had a puncture that Pirelli said was rim-related early on - reacting immediately. The Mexican clocked the fourth fastest time on super-softs, but before Mercedes and Ferrari could get out on track on the softer tyre, McLaren's Fernando Alonso brought out the red flag when he stopped on the pit straight. As the marshals cleared Alonso's car, which is heavily upgraded this weekend but will incur a penalty of at least 20 places due to engine component changes, rain began to fall. Both Mercedes and Ferrari queued up at the end of the pitlane on the super-soft tyres, but by the time they headed out, the rain had intensified. Rosberg and Raikkonen skated off track but kept their respective cars out of the barriers before retreating back to the pits. Rosberg ended up fifth fastest, three tenths slower than team-mate Hamilton, ahead of the Williams' of Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas. Toro Rosso's Max Verstappen was eighth with Lotus drivers Pastor Maldonado and Romain Grosjean completing the top 10. Force India's Nico Hulkenberg - who said on Friday that it took him some time to get used to driving the car following his victory at Le Mans, was 11th with Sauber's Marcus Ericsson's 12th. Sainz was 13th, and was told by his engineer that he was the fastest car on the wet tyre in the closing stages, ahead of Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat and Alonso. Daniel Ricciardo had a quiet session in the other Red Bull, managing just 10 laps for 16th, but that was two more than Sauber's Felipe Nasr completed in 17th. McLaren's Jenson Button was 18th, with the Manor-run Marussias of Will Stevens and Roberto Merhi bringing up the rear.

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Shaky - Schumi

Result of the 2nd pactice session :

1. Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari 1:09.600
2. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP 1:09.611 +0.011
3. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari 1:09.860 +0.260
4. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus 1:09.914 +0.314
5. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP 1:10.137 +0.537
6. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India 1:10.160 +0.560
7. Romain Grosjean - Lotus 1:10.267 +0.667
8. Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso 1:10.356 +0.756
9. Felipe Nasr - Sauber 1:10.495 +0.895
10. Sergio Perez - Force India 1:10.585 +0.985
11. Carlos Sainz jr - Toro Rosso 1:10.631 +1.031
12. Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull Racing 1:10.686 +1.086
13. Marcus Ericsson - Sauber 1:10.744 +1.144
14. Valtteri Bottas - Williams 1:10.746 +1.146
15. Felipe Massa - Williams 1:11.011 +1.411
16. Fernando Alonso - McLaren 1:11.517 +1.917
17. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing 1:11.676 +2.076
18. Jenson Button McLaren 1:11.919 +2.319
19. Will Stevens Manor F1 Team 1:12.522 +2.922
20. Roberto Merhi Manor F1 Team 1:13.094 +3.494

Vettel fastest before gearbox trouble intervenes
Sebastian Vettel narrowly put Ferrari on top in the second practice session but suffered his second gearbox fault of the day soon afterwards. Vettel, who only did four laps in this morning’s practice session, beat Nico Rosberg to the top time by 11 thousandths of a second. However with just over 20 minutes remaining he was told to return to the pits as his car had lost gearbox oil. Kimi Raikkonen made it two Ferraris in the top three as championship leader Lewis Hamilton struggled to produce a flying lap on the super-soft tyres. After several errors Hamilton’s best time left him fifth, behind the Lotus of Pastor Maldonado. The Lotus driver went off at turn three shortly before the end of the session. The top ten was heavily populated with Mercedes-powered cars. The second Lotus of Romain Grosjean was seventh and both Force Indias were inside as well. However the two Williams cars were well down the order, which is not unusual for them on a Friday. Max Verstappen was the quickest Renault-powered runner in eighth place, but reported problems with his tyre performance dropping off on more than one occasion. It was another poor session for McLaren as both their drivers pulled into the pits and stopped running long before the chequered flag came out.

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Shaky - Schumi

Result of the 1st practice session :

1. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP 1:10.401
2. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP 1:10.709 +0.308
3. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari 1:11.028 +0.627
4. Valtteri Bottas - Williams 1:11.452 +1.051
5. Felipe Nasr - Sauber 1:11.633 +1.232
6. Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull Racing 1:11.642 +1.241
7. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing 1:11.724 +1.323
8. Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso 1:11.825 +1.424
9. Felipe Massa - Williams 1:11.890 +1.489
10. Sergio Perez - Force India 1:11.905 +1.504
11. Carlos Sainz jr - Toro Rosso 1:11.948 +1.547
12. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus 1:12.004 +1.603
13. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India 1:12.031 +1.630
14. Jolyon Palmer - Lotus 1:12.050 +1.649
15. Marcus Ericsson - Sauber 1:12.159 +1.758
16. Jenson Button - McLaren 1:12.920 +2.519
17. Fernando Alonso - McLaren 1:13.272 +2.871
18. Will Stevens - Manor F1 Team 1:13.937 +3.536
19. Roberto Merhi - Manor F1 Team 1:15.459 +5.058
20. Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari 1:15.684 +5.283

Mercedes quickest as problem halts Vettel
Mercedes set the pace in the first practice session for the Austrian Grand Prix, with only Ferrari able to get within one second of them.Nico Rosberg headed the times with a lap of 1’10.401 which he set in the opening half-hour of the session after a sustained run on the soft compound tyres. Team mate Lewis Hamilton was three-tenths of a second adrift after complaining of vibrations on his second set of Pirellis. Ferrari showed some encouraging pace with Kimi Raikkonen a further three-tenths of a second away from Hamilton. But the team’s other car only managed four laps before pulling over with a suspected gearbox problem. There were problems for the team in the pits as well: team principal Maurizio Arrivabene was almost struck by the Williams of Felipe Massa as he crossed the fast lane. McLaren also endured another troubled session. Fernando Alonso crawled back into the pits after his first run, and although he was able to return to the track later on he had to cope with very poor gear shifts. Jenson Button in the other car reported problems getting the tyres up to temperature. But he was far from the only driver with this problem as several runners struggled for grip in cool conditions on a track with little rubber laid down on it.Late in the session Valtteri Bottas took fourth place and Felipe Nasr put his Sauber a promising fifth.

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Shaky - Schumi

Austrian Grand Prix or Großer Preis Von Österreich - Spielberg(Styria) 19-20-21 june
Former A1 Ring, now renamed Red Bull Ring
The Grand Prix returned to the Formula One calendar in 2014 after 11 years absence
The modern and shortened circuit with its slower corners, has little in common with the old layout, used until 1987.

Podium 2014: Rosberg(Mercedes) – 2° Hamilton – 3° Bottas – 4° Massa – 5° Alonso
Fastest lap: Perez – pole position: Massa 1'08''759

Stats 2015 after seven races
Wins: Hamilton (4); Rosberg (2); Vettel(1)
Pole positions: Hamilton (6); Rosberg (1);
Fastest Lap: Hamilton(3); Raikkonen (2); Rosberg, and Ricciardo(1)
Podium: Hamilton and Rosberg (7); Vettel(5); Raikkonen and Bottas(1)
until now, always two Mercedes pilots on podium.
Pirelli has chosen for this Gran Prix the “Soft yellow” and “supersoft Red” as in Monaco and Montreal
Next Sunday with high temperature probably we will see two stops, whereas if it's cool maybe also one pit stop could be enough

The Tv times for this weekend :

Friday 19/06 :
1st practice session : 10.00u - 11.30u CET
2nd practice session : 14.00u - 15.30u CET

Saturday 20/06 :
3rd practice session : 11.00u - 12.00u
Qualifying : 14.00u - 15.00u CET

Sunday 21/06 :
Race : 14.00u

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Shaky - Schumi

CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER 7 RACES :

1. Mercedes 285 points
2. Ferrari 180 points
3. Williams 104 points
4. Red Bull 54 points
5. Lotus 23 points
6. Sauber & Force India 21 points
8. Toro Rosso 15 points
9. McLaren 4 points

DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER 7 RACES :

1. L. Hamilton GBR Mercedes 151 points
2. N. Rosberg GER Mercedes 134 points
3. S. Vettel GER Ferrari 108 points
4. K. Raikkonen FIN Ferrari 72 points
5. V. Bottas FIN Williams 57 points
6. F. Massa BRA Williams 47 points
7. D. Ricciardo AUS Red Bull 35 points
8. D. Kvyat RUS Red Bull 19 points
9. R. Grosjean FRA Lotus 17 points
10. F. Nasr BRA Sauber 16 points
11. S. Perez MEX Force India 11 points
12. N. Hulkenberg GER Force India 10 points
13. C. Sainz jr. ESP Toro Rosso 9 points
14. M. Verstappen NED Renault & P. Maldonado VEN Lotus 6 points

Result of the Canadian GP :

1. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes GP 1h36m.
2. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes GP + 2.285
3. Valtteri Bottas - Williams + 40.666
4. Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari 1:16.987 + 45.625
5. Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari + 49.903
6. Felipe Massa - Williams + 56.381
7. Pastor Maldonado - Lotus +66.664
8. Nico Hulkenberg - Force India + 1 lap
9. Daniil Kvyat - Red Bull Racing + 1 lap
10. Romain Grosjean - Lotus + 1 lap
11. Sergio Perez - Force India + 1 lap
12. Carlos Sainz jr - Toro Rosso + 1 lap
13. Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing + 1 lap
14. Marcus Ericsson - Sauber + 1 lap
15. Max Verstappen - Toro Rosso + 1 lap
16. Felipe Nasr - Sauber + 2 laps
17. Will Stevens Manor F1 Team geen tijd + 4 laps 66
Did Not Finish :
18. Roberto Merhi - Manor F1 Team
19. Jenson Button - McLaren
20. Fernando Alonso - McLaren

Fastest Lap : Kimi Räikkönen - 1:16.987
Pitstop F.Alonso : DNF
Bat.2 Teams : V.Bottas > R.Grosjean
Grid Pos. S.Vettel : 5th place

Hamilton resists Rosberg for Canada win :
Lewis Hamilton took his fourth victory of the season in Canada, leading team mate Nico Rosberg in a Mercedes one-two. Rosberg kept in close touch with Hamilton in the second half of the race after their single pit stops, but never got close enough to make a bid for the lead. Valtteri Bottas put Williams on the podium for the first time this year after Kimi Raikkonen, who held the place in the opening stages, spun following his pit stop. Raikkonen crossed the line in fourth place ahead of the other Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel, which had started 18th. Felipe Massa also mounted a recovery effort having started 15th and moved up to sixth by the flag. The last car he passed was the Lotus of Pastor Maldonado, which finished seventh. Despite a spin while being passed by Vettel, Nico Hulkenberg finished eighth for Force India. Daniil Kvyat and Romain Grosjean completed the points scorers, the latter doing so despite a five second time penalty for hitting Will Stevens while lapping him. The other Manor of Roberto Merhi was one of three cars which failed to make the finish. The other were the two McLaren drivers, who suffered with a lack of straight-line speed and poor fuel consumption.

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Shaky - Schumi

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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Shaky - Schumi

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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Shaky - Schumi

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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Shaky - Schumi

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

Kind Regards
Shaky - Schumi