There’s a Mercedes on pole, but probably not the one you’d expect! Provisional grid: RUS, SAI, LEC, NOR, OCO, ALO, HAM, BOT, RIC, VER, PER, ZHO, MAG, STR, SCH, TSU,
The big news since the French Grand Prix last weekend has been Seb Vettel announcing he’ll retire at the end of this season, which led to an outpouring of tributes.
Well, this could be interesting – the official FIA timing chart shows 32 rows even though there’s just 20 cars on the grid; hmmm, I hope they’ll fix that before
The Austrian Grand Prix ended early for SAI with his Ferrari engine going up in flames, so he has some new power unit components and the associated penalty means he’ll
Yesterday’s Sprint (don’t call it a race) set the grid for today, which started without ALO (DNS due to electronic issue) and with ZHO in the pit lane (engine cut
(Skipping straight to the Sprint but I’ll add Quali notes later) Sprint Grid: VER, LEC, SAI, RUS, OCO, MAG, SCH, ALO, HAM, GAS, ALB, BOT, PER*, TSU, NOR, RIC, STR,
It’s dry & sunny in Montreal, not like yesterday’s Quali sessions. The track is “green”, i.e. there’s no rubber down after all the rain, and the cars were set up
We’re still mid-move (well, we’ve moved but are surrounded by boxes) so I’m taking a short break from unpacking in order to watch Quali. I watched the Azerbaijan race but
No live notes from me this weekend – we’re moving house. After Monaco, VER is 9 points ahead of LEC with PER a further 6 points back; Red Bull are
The Monaco GP is usually quite processional (85% of Monaco races have been won by someone in the top 3) but there’s a chance of rain during the race today.