The Official 2015 Canadian Grand Prix thread **SPOILERS**

The Official 2015 Canadian Grand Prix thread **SPOILERS**

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Vaud

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50,285 posts

154 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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Montreal, 5-7 June
Race starts at 19:00 BST
Coverage is on the BBC

Looks like a good attendance as ever:
http://tickets.formula1.com/en/3215-canada-fom/

Weather - too early to tell wink


What will we see?

A return towards the front for Williams?
Looks like a Merc/Ferrari circuit?

Jasandjules

69,825 posts

228 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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Well, I can't imagine anything other than a Lewis win. Can't see the Ferraris having the power to keep up.

It will be interesting to see if the Williams have the grip - we know the Red Bull cars will be in the middle of the field if they are lucky..

stevesingo

4,848 posts

221 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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Canada will really tell us how deficient the Honda engine is. Not really an aero circuit, and McLaren have shown the chassis is OK in the slow stuff, so no hiding for Honda here me thinks.

vonuber

17,868 posts

164 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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Mercs to lap up to 5th place.

Vaud

Original Poster:

50,285 posts

154 months

Monday 25th May 2015
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vonuber said:
Mercs to lap up to 5th place.
Not so sure, with Williams and Ferrari in play, I think Sauber may be more on form, and maybe Lotus, so maybe lap up to the top 10?

HarryFlatters

4,203 posts

211 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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Vaud said:
and maybe Lotus
I was thinking this. Low speed traction seemed ok in Monaco, so if they can make the car slippery enough there's a chance of a top five for Grosjean.

Maldonado will stick it in the wall though hehe

RobGT81

5,227 posts

185 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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Ferrari were suppose to be bringing new cylinder heads to Canada but are now talking about not using any tokens, which is a shame :-/

Matt_N

8,900 posts

201 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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Jasandjules said:
Well, I can't imagine anything other than a Lewis win. Can't see the Ferraris having the power to keep up.
Ferrari had very decent top speed at Malaysia and China, so I don't think power or drag are major issue for them, the car still isn't competitive with Mercedes in other areas.

At the Barcelona test the fastest 3 cars were:

Williams - 337.5kmh
Lotus - 336.5kmh
Sauber - 335.4kmh

F1GTRUeno

6,334 posts

217 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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Usually the best race on the calendar.

Hopefully it keeps it up this year.

Mojocvh

16,837 posts

261 months

Tuesday 26th May 2015
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Lewis has his head sorted now and it's going to be a BLAST!

Hammer Time indeed.

wibble cb

3,586 posts

206 months

Wednesday 27th May 2015
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Went to the 2012 Canadian GP (Mr Hamilton obliged)...It was fantastic, though the circuit is hard in the cars, I suspect a lot of the teams will be taking a new power unit for this one, perhaps Lotus will be worried about their brakes as well, as its pretty harsh on those as well! Sadly I will be in Yellowknife NWT, so will have to try and find a bar showing it (though apparently finding a decent bar in Yellowknife will also be a challenge...)

suffolk009

5,344 posts

164 months

Wednesday 27th May 2015
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Qually:
1. HAM
2. ROS
3. VET

Race:
1. HAM
2. VET
3. RAI

I guess the Williams will be trundling around mid-field or below. McLarens will be slow. Is it possible that Manor will do better than expected with a Ferrari engine (or is it still last years?) they have poor downforce, just hope they're not too draggy. Maldonado and/or Rosberg will hit the wall.

Blayney

2,948 posts

185 months

Wednesday 27th May 2015
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Statistically I think I'm right in saying Hamilton will either win or crash out.

I can recall one occasion this wasn't the case?

007 VXR

64,187 posts

186 months

Wednesday 27th May 2015
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Mojocvh said:
Lewis has his head sorted now and it's going to be a BLAST!

Hammer Time indeed.
He's going to be fired up, Thats for sure biggrin

IainT

10,040 posts

237 months

Wednesday 27th May 2015
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Blayney said:
I can recall one occasion this wasn't the case?
Last year I assume?

Blayney

2,948 posts

185 months

Wednesday 27th May 2015
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IainT said:
Blayney said:
I can recall one occasion this wasn't the case?
Last year I assume?
Retired with brake issue last year. Came 3rd year before that. other than that he has won or retired (pitlane collision with raikkonen ? Kubica? Can't remember. Hit Button who went on to win despite 6 trips to the pits smile )

Doink

1,652 posts

146 months

Wednesday 27th May 2015
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Ha ha hammer time, not heard that in a few races I believe, perhaps not needed though?

This brings me onto a dream I had last night, there was this race, can't remember where you know its how it is in dreams none make sense, I dreamt that the drivers all had nicknames so when the engineers come on the phone they addressed other drivers this way. Britney was mentioned and also the finger, then Lewis's engineer radioed him and asked 'can I speak to Lewis', Lewis replied 'he's busy right now can I take a message', engineer 'yes can you just let him know its hammer time'

Funny thing dreams!

IainT

10,040 posts

237 months

Wednesday 27th May 2015
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Blayney said:
IainT said:
Blayney said:
I can recall one occasion this wasn't the case?
Last year I assume?
Retired with brake issue last year. Came 3rd year before that. other than that he has won or retired (pitlane collision with raikkonen ? Kubica? Can't remember. Hit Button who went on to win despite 6 trips to the pits smile )
Points 57%
  • Win 43%
  • 3rd 14%
DNF 43%
  • Crash 28%
  • Mechanical 14%
So not far of equal on points vs DNF but crashinc vs points finish is uncommon. I'd suggest that points are incredibly likely and a win more likely than other positions.

VolvoT5

4,155 posts

173 months

Wednesday 27th May 2015
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Canada often delivers a decent race and at least there are a couple of overtaking spots, unlike the last 2 races.

I think despite all the hype around Ferrari now being the 'challengers', Ferrari are still nearly a second behind in qualifying pace and even in the race Mercedes are still usually able to open a gap quickly when required. Therefore I suspect it will be an easy win for the Mercs if there are no reliability issues (they are due some surely?).

Williams and Lotus could be strong as well and potentially an absolute disaster for Mclaren Honda.

I would like to see Raikkonen come back to life; there were signs in Bahrain but it has fizzled out since. Rosberg could do with a decent performance and beating Lewis on merit as well. Finally will be interesting to see how Verstappen recovers from Monaco, he needs an incident free race now to avoid getting a reputation.

Edited by VolvoT5 on Wednesday 27th May 10:53

Vaud

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50,285 posts

154 months

Wednesday 27th May 2015
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Dry:
1 / HAM
2 / ROS
3 / VET

Wet:
1 / VET
2 / ROS
3 / HAM

Just a guess.