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+ | The race started without incident, with [[Sebastian Vettel]] holding his lead from [[pole position|pole]]. The first round of pit stops started on lap 13 with [[Felipe Massa]] coming in. When the three leaders, Vettel, [[Lewis Hamilton]] and [[Fernando Alonso]] pit in that order, the come out with Alonso in front, Hamilton behind and Vettel in third of the leaders. Hamilton overtakes Alonso, and inherits the lead when [[Romain Grosjean]] pitted. Hamilton then set a string of fastest laps to stretch his lead to four seconds in fifteen laps. [[Narain Karthikeyan]] was the first retirement, who retired his car a few corners after spinning in turn 1. Karthikeyan's {{HRT-CON}} team-mate, [[Pedro de la Rosa]] retired a laps later with brake issues. On lap 45, [[Michael Schumacher]]'s [[Drag Reduction System|DRS]] jammed open, forcing him to retire. About the same time, {{Toro Rosso-CON}}'s [[Jean-Éric Vergne]] was handed a drive-thorugh penalty for speeding in the [[pit lane]]. |
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===Results=== |
===Results=== |
Revision as of 19:06, 10 June 2012
Template:Current The 2012 Canadian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2012) is a Formula One race due to take place on June 10th, 2012 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada.
Background
After complaints from McLaren, Mercedes, Ferrari and Lotus during the Monaco Grand Prix weekend that the design of the floor of the Red Bull car is illegal[1], Red Bull were forced to alter the design of the floor of the car after FIA technical head Charlie Whiting informed all the teams that "fully enclosed holes may not be located" in that area of the car.[2]
The DRS zones were changed from 2011. In 2011, the DRS zone was 650 metres along the main straight, followed by a secondary zone on the start/finish straight. In 2012, however, the DRS zone down the main straight has been shortened to 600 metres, with no secondary zone. This was done because overtaking was considered to be too easy in 2011.
In the championship race, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso leads Red Bull's second-placed Sebastian Vettel and third-placed Mark Webber by three points. Vettel is ahead of Webber on second places.
In the constructors' championship, Red Bull-Renault lead McLaren-Mercedes by 38 points.
Practice Overview
Free Practice 1 (Friday)
Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time in FP1, over a tenth of a second quicker than second-fastest Sebastian Vettel, who only set his fastest with a few minutes remaining. He and Bruno Senna are to be investigated by the stewards, as Vettel held up Senna before the last chicane. Heikki Kovalainen crashed 50 minutes into the session at turn 9, which stopped the session for ten minutes. Jenson Button's car had an oil leak in the morning, and McLaren have had to change the seal on his car's gearbox, although he was able to do some running in the practice session.
Free Practice 2 (Friday)
As in FP1, Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets, this time ahead of Fernando Alonso. Also similar to FP1, there was an accident about fifty minutes into the session, as Bruno Senna crashed his Williams into the Wall of Champions (the right-hand wall of the start/finish line), bringing out a red flag. Fifteen minutes later, the session was restarted. Jenson Button managed to get his some distance in his McLaren MP4-27 after his car underwent more repairs, although his lap times were not ideal, and he was ninth-fastest in the session.
Free Practice 3 (Saturday)
In a relatively uneventful session, Sebastian Vettel came top, but the top seven cars were within just four tenths of a second. Fernando Alonso set the second best time, and Lewis Hamilton came in third-fastest. The only incidents involved Nico Rosberg after about five minutes, with a fuel connector issue; and Jean-Éric Vergne after roughly fifteen minutes, when he crashed at turn two. Both incidents brought out yellow flags, and neither driver set a time during the session.
Practice Results
No. | Driver | Team | FP1 | FP2 | FP3 | ||||||
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Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | ||||||
1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 2 | 1:15.682 | 4 | 1:15.531 | 1 | 1:14.442 | |||
2 | Mark Webber | 5 | 1:15.897 | 12 | 1:15.907 | 4 | 1:14.724 | ||||
3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 10 | 1:16.347 | 9 | 1:15.812 | 15 | 1:15.327 | |||
4 | Lewis Hamilton | 1 | 1:15.564 | 1 | 1:15.239 | 3 | 1:14.712 | ||||
5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 4 | 1:15.842 | 2 | 1:15.313 | 2 | 1:14.448 | |||
6 | Felipe Massa | 12 | 1:16.619 | 3 | 1:15.410 | 6 | 1:14.767 | ||||
7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 9 | 1:16.264 | 7 | 1:15.697 | 7 | 1:14.796 | |||
8 | Nico Rosberg | 3 | 1:15.782 | 10 | 1:15.878 | 24 | no time | ||||
9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 15 | 1:17.014 | 15 | 1:16.562 | 9 | 1:14.977 | |||
10 | Romain Grosjean | 14 | 1:16.890 | 14 | 1:16.360 | 8 | 1:14.873 | ||||
11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 11 | 1:16.460 | 5 | 1:15.544 | 11 | 1:15.067 | |||
12 | Nico Hülkenberg | 6 | 1:15.986 | 8 | 1:15.799 | 10 | 1:14.992 | ||||
14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 7 | 1:16.000 | 6 | 1:15.651 | 13 | 1:15.126 | |||
15 | Sergio Pérez | 8 | 1:16.249 | 11 | 1:15.898 | 12 | 1:15.112 | ||||
16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 17 | 1:17.580 | 20 | 1:17.716 | 16 | 1:15.498 | |||
17 | Jean-Éric Vergne | 16 | 1:17.352 | 19 | 1:17.124 | 23 | no time | ||||
18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 13 | 1:16.859 | 13 | 1:15.987 | 5 | 1:14.755 | |||
19 | Bruno Senna | 21 | 1:18.762 | 17 | 1:17.022 | 14 | 1:15.327 | ||||
20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 19 | 1:18.177 | 16 | 1:16.981 | 18 | 1:16.545 | |||
21 | Vitaly Petrov | 18 | 1:17.935 | 18 | 1:17.075 | 17 | 1:16.268 | ||||
22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 20 | 1:18.182 | 21 | 1:18.908 | 19 | 1:17.705 | |||
23 | Narain Karthikeyan | 22 | 1:19.354 | 23 | 1:19.378 | 21 | 1:18.189 | ||||
24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 23 | 1:20.004 | 22 | 1:19.084 | 20 | 1:17.974 | |||
25 | Charles Pic | 24 | 1:20.067 | 24 | 1:19.902 | 22 | 1:18.684 |
Qualifying
Q1
Sebastian Vettel was fastest in the first qualifying session. The Caterhams of Heikki Kovalainen and Vitaly Petrov came 18th and 19th, Jean-Éric Vergne was the unlucky non-new team driver out of Q1, in 20th, HRT's Pedro de la Rosa (21st) beat the Marussias of Timo Glock (22nd) and Charles Pic (23rd). Narain Karthikeyan in the other HRT came 24th and last.
Q2
Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time in the second qualifying session. 11th-placed Kamui Kobayashi was beaten into Q2 by Jenson Button by a margin of 0.008 seconds. Kimi Räikkönen came 12th, Nico Hülkenberg was 13th, followed by 14th place Sergio Pérez. Williams team-mates Bruno Senna and Pastor Maldonado came 16th and 17th. Maldonado crashed at the end of the session.
Q3
Sebastian Vettel set pole position over Lewis Hamilton, beating him by three-tenths of a second. Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso qualified third. Vettel's Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber came in fourth. Fifth was Nico Rosberg, just ahead of Felipe Massa. Romain Grosjean, the sole Lotus in the top 10, qualified seventh, ahead of the only Force India in the Q3, Paul di Resta. Ninth was Michael Schumacher, and a long way back in tenth was McLaren driver Jenson Button.
Qualifying Results
Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid | ||||||
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Pos | Time | Pos | Time | Pos | Time | ||||||||
1 | 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1 | 1:14.661 | 1 | 1:14.187 | 1 | 1:13.784 | 1 | |||
2 | 4 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 3 | 1:14.891 | 3 | 1:14.371 | 2 | 1:14.087 | 2 | |||
3 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 5 | 1:14.916 | 2 | 1:14.314 | 3 | 1:14.151 | 3 | |||
4 | 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 6 | 1:14.956 | 4 | 1:14.479 | 4 | 1:14.346 | 4 | |||
5 | 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 11 | 1:15.098 | 6 | 1:14.568 | 5 | 1:14.411 | 5 | |||
6 | 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 15 | 1:15.194 | 9 | 1:14.641 | 6 | 1:14.465 | 6 | |||
7 | 10 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus-Renault | 14 | 1:15.163 | 7 | 1:14.627 | 7 | 1:14.645 | 7 | |||
8 | 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India-Mercedes | 10 | 1:15.019 | 8 | 1:14.639 | 8 | 1:14.705 | 8 | |||
9 | 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 4 | 1:14.892 | 5 | 1:14.480 | 9 | 1:14.812 | 9 | |||
10 | 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 2 | 1:14.799 | 10 | 1:14.680 | 10 | 1:15.182 | 10 | |||
11 | 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 12 | 1:15.101 | 11 | 1:14.688 | 11 | |||||
12 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | Lotus-Renault | 9 | 1:14.995 | 12 | 1:14.734 | 12 | |||||
13 | 12 | Nico Hülkenberg | Force India-Mercedes | 13 | 1:15.106 | 13 | 1:14.748 | 13 | |||||
14 | 16 | Daniel Ricciardo | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 17 | 1:15.552 | 14 | 1:15.078 | 14 | |||||
15 | 15 | Sergio Pérez | Sauber-Ferrari | 16 | 1:15.326 | 15 | 1:15.156 | 15 | |||||
16 | 19 | Bruno Senna | Williams-Renault | 8 | 1:14.995 | 16 | 1:15.170 | 16 | |||||
17 | 18 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams-Renault | 7 | 1:14.979 | 17 | 1:15.231 | 22* | |||||
18 | 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham-Renault | 18 | 1:16.263 | 17 | |||||||
19 | 21 | Vitaly Petrov | Caterham-Renault | 19 | 1:16.482 | 18 | |||||||
20 | 17 | Jean-Éric Vergne | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 20 | 1:16.602 | 19 | |||||||
21 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | HRT-Cosworth | 21 | 1:17.492 | 20 | |||||||
22 | 24 | Timo Glock | Marussia-Cosworth | 22 | 1:17.901 | 21 | |||||||
23 | 25 | Charles Pic | Marussia-Cosworth | 23 | 1:18.255 | 23 | |||||||
24 | 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT-Cosworth | 24 | 1:18.330 | 24 |
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* Pastor Maldonado was demoted five places on the grid for a gearbox change.
Race
Race in progress
The race started without incident, with Sebastian Vettel holding his lead from pole. The first round of pit stops started on lap 13 with Felipe Massa coming in. When the three leaders, Vettel, Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso pit in that order, the come out with Alonso in front, Hamilton behind and Vettel in third of the leaders. Hamilton overtakes Alonso, and inherits the lead when Romain Grosjean pitted. Hamilton then set a string of fastest laps to stretch his lead to four seconds in fifteen laps. Narain Karthikeyan was the first retirement, who retired his car a few corners after spinning in turn 1. Karthikeyan's HRT team-mate, Pedro de la Rosa retired a laps later with brake issues. On lap 45, Michael Schumacher's DRS jammed open, forcing him to retire. About the same time, Toro Rosso's Jean-Éric Vergne was handed a drive-thorugh penalty for speeding in the pit lane.
Milestones
- Sergio Pérez's 25th Grand Prix (24 starts).
Standings after race
Notes
- ↑ "Monaco GP: Rival teams say Red Bull car design is illegal". BBC SPORT Formula 1. 28th May 2012.
- ↑ "Red Bull must change 'illegal' holes in cars' floors". BBC SPORT Formula 1. 2nd June 2012.