Canadian Grand Prix – Qualifying
Track temperature 47°C; air temp 26°C; wind 1.3m/s; humidity 42%
Ralf Schumacher is first on track in his Toyota.
RS posts the first lap time 1:22.019
Rosberg 1:17.817
Speed 1:17.769
Raikkonen 1:17.574
Klien 1:17.348
Speed 1:17.164
Raikkonen 1:16.778
Montoya 1:16.509
Montoya 1:16.251
Alonso 1:16.247
5mins left; bottom 6 are TS, RS, GF, DC, NH, JV
Alonso 1:15.350
3mins left; DC has yet to set a time
Last chance at a flying lap; Rosberg and Webber are clearly on the limit
Session ended; bottom 6 are: P17=MW; 18=SS; 19=TM; 20=CA; 21=TS; 22=FMo
Replay shows sparks flying as NR skims the wall – he was lucky to get away with that!
Session 2:
Liuzzi is first on track for this session
JV is out early too – he waited until ~10mins in to Session 1
VL 1:16.874
JV 1:16.228
NR 1:15.773
FA 1:14.726
10mins left; everyone except the 2 Ferrari drivers has been out, although 4 others have yet to set a time
5mins left; both Hondas in jeopardy (JB+RB), along with JV, CK, DC & VL
3mins left; FA still has a comfortable lead at the top (not that it matters too much in this session)
There’s a “slippery track” being waved, so it’s unlikely there’ll be any significant improvements in lap times now
Last flying lap; all the bottom 6 drivers are on track
JV jumps to P9 … but then Button and Barrichello both beat his time, pushing Villeneuve back into the bottom 6
Session ended; bottom 6 are: P11=JV; 12=CK; 13=NH; 14=RS; 15=VL; 16=DC
Session 3:
The drivers in the top 10 battle are: Alonso, Fisichella, Raikkonen, Montoya, M.Schumacher, Massa, Trulli, Rosberg, Button & Barrichello
The two Renaults are first on track, as everyone heads out and start burning off fuel
The first (somewhat artificial) lap time is FA’s 1:19.601
GF 1:19.601
MS 1:18.476
15mins left
KR 1:18.061
10mins left – who will pit first?
9mins left; both Ferraris pit
FA 1:17.883
GF 1:17.507
7m30 left; KR pits
6mins left; MS (on new tyres) posts 1:16.284 – it’s 1.3s faster than the previous (GF’s) fastest time – that’s not enough for pole
Did MS touch the wall on that fast lap?
KR 1:15.564 – 0.7s faster than MS
FA 1:14.942 – 0.6s faster than KR but 0.2s slower than his lap time in the 2nd session
3mins left; remember in this session (only) you can complete your flying lap when the flag falls
KR pits again, as does FMa; JM pits too
MS pits for a 2nd set of new tyres
1min15sec left – if you’ve not started a flying lap, it’s too late!
Both Hondas are ~4s off the pace
Chequered flag is out
FA doesn’t improve on 1:14.942
JB up to P8
Top 10 are: P1=FA, 2=GF, 3=KR, 4=JT, 5=MS, 6=NR, 7=JM, 8=JB, 9=RB, 10=FMa
Provisional Grid:
- F.Alonso (Renault)
- G.Fisichella (Renault)
- K.Raikkonen (McLaren)
- J.Trulli (Toyota)
- M.Schumacher (Ferrari)
- N.Rosberg (Williams)
- J.Montoya (McLaren)
- J.Button (Honda)
- R.Barrichello (Honda)
- F.Massa (Ferrari)
- J.Villeneuve (BMW)
- C.Klien (Red Bull)
- N.Heidfeld (BMW)
- R.Schumacher (Toyota)
- V.Liuzzi (Torro Rosso)
- D.Coulthard (Red Bull)
- M.Webber (Williams)
- S.Speed (Torro Rosso)
- T.Monteiro (Midland)
- C.Albers (Midland)
- T.Sato (Super Aguri)
- F.Montagny (Super Aguri)
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jr on
Sun, 25th Jun 2006 3:46 am
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Paul, Kerri and The Boys » Canadian Grand Prix - Race on
Sun, 25th Jun 2006 12:12 pm
great write up
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