Englishman living in Canada; photographer; Agile coach; badminton player; Formula One (F1) fan.
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 for wet Quali, so it’s
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 36 points ahead of Ferrari.
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. Yesterday’s Quali ended with PER
A couple of post-Qualifying updates: Aston Martin were fined €5,000 after an unsafe release for STR in Q1; no penalty for STR himself ALO will start at the back of the grid for his home
I haven’t seen any penalties following the queues in Q1 costing ZHO his quick lap, but the FIA seem more focused on telling the drivers not to wear jewellery even when the drivers are raising
Following yesterday’s Sprint, here’s the grid for the race: LEC, VER, PER, SAI, NOR, RIC, BOT, MAG, ALO, SCH, RUS, TSU, VET, HAM, STR, OCO, GAS, ALB, LAT, ZHO* *ZHO will start from the pit
There were a couple of penalties after yesterday’s Quali sessions: STR was given a 3-place grid drop for causing the collision with LAT, and ALB was “disqualified from the results of qualifying” but allowed to
It’s been an eventful weekend so far: drivers saying F1 shouldn’t race in Saudi Arabia because of human rights violations; a missile strike on a nearby oil refinery; unanimous agreement among the drivers not to
No penalties after yesterday’s Quali session. Provisional grid: LEC, VER, SAI, PER, HAM, BOT, MAG, ALO, RUS, GAS, OCO, SCH, NOR, ALB, ZHO, TSU, HUL, RIC, STR, LAT So BOT, in an Alfa Romeo, is
The 2021 Drivers’ Championship will be decided over the next 58 laps (or maybe fewer). There’s one case where HAM finishes P9 but VER is P10 and gets fastest lap, but other than that whoever