yeah well first i need to go fight with home affairs cause its been almost a year since i applied for a passport and no one can still tell me where it is.
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2019 Canadian F1 Grand Prix Preview
Bonjour et bienvenue dans la belle ville de Montréal pour la 7e manche du Championnat du monde de Formule 1 2019 - le Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix Du Canada 2019.
Hello and welcome to the beautiful city of Montreal for Round 7 of the 2019 Formula One World Championship - the 2019 Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix of Canada.
Race Summary & 2018 Results
The 2019 Race
- 7th round of the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship.
- Will be officially listed as F1 Race #1005.
- 56th running of the Canadian Grand Prix.
- 50th time a Canadian Grand Prix will be included as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the start of the official series in 1950.
- 40th time that a F1 Championship race will be held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.
- Going into the race, Lewis Hamilton leads the 2019 Driver’s Championship with 137 points, 17 more than teammate Valtteri Bottas (120) and comfortably ahead of 3rd placed Sebastian Vettel (82).
- After 6 races this year, 3 drivers arrive in Canada yet to score any points at all: Alfa Romeo’s Antonio Giovinazzi and both the Williams pilots, George Russell and Robert Kubica.
- In the Constructor’s Championship, with their 6 out of 6 wins, 5 second places and a third place so far this year, Mercedes are in total domination with 257 points already. A distant 2nd is Ferrari (139), with Red Bull in 3rd (110).
- After six races so far this season, Williams remains the only team not to have scored any points yet.
The 2018 Race
- Pole position: Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 1:10.764
- Fastest lap: Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing, 1:13.864 (L65)
- Podium:
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- P1 = Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari
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- P2 = Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes
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- P3 = Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing
- Scheduled for 70 laps, the race result was taken from the end of Lap 68 after race officials erroneously directed Canadian model Winnie Harlow to wave the chequered flag too early.
The Schedule
Canada is like so behind the times man! Which means evening viewing for South African race fans this weekend.
The Venue
Montreal is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous municipality in Canada. Originally called Ville-Marie, (“City of Mary”) it is now named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill in the heart of the city.
The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which took its name from the same source as the city. It has a distinct four-season continental climate with warm to hot summers and cold, snowy winters.
In 2016, the city proper had a population of just over 1,7 million. The broader metropolitan area of Montreal had a population of 4 million. French is the city’s official language and is the language spoken at home by half of the population of the city, followed by English at 23%. Montreal is one of the most bilingual cities in Quebec and Canada, with over 59% of the population able to speak both English and French fluently. The city is also is the second largest primarily French-speaking city in the world, after Paris.
The city is an important centre of commerce, aerospace, transport, finance, pharmaceuticals, technology, design, education, art, culture, tourism, food, fashion, gaming, film, and world affairs. Montreal has the second-highest number of consulates in North America, serves as the location of the headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization, and was named a UNESCO City of Design in 2006.
In 2017, Montreal was ranked the 12th most liveable city in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit in its annual Global Liveability Ranking, and the best city in the world to be a university student in the QS World University Rankings.
The Circuit
The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, owned by the City of Montreal, is a FIA Grade 1 rated motor racing circuit in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Originally named the Île Notre-Dame Circuit, the circuit was built and finished in 1978. In 1982, it was renamed in honour of Canadian F1 driver Gilles Villeneuve, (father of Jacques Villeneuve), following his death earlier in the year. The circuit is in a part of the city of Montreal known as Parc Jean-Drapeau. The park is named after the mayor of Montreal who was responsible for the organization of Expo 67.
The race circuit lies across Île Sainte-Hélène and Notre Dame Island, a man-made island in the St. Lawrence River most of which was originally built up for the Expo in 1967. Saint Helen’s Island was also artificially enlarged for the Expo '67 fairgrounds and a prominent remnant of the fair, the Biosphere can be regularly seen during television coverage of racing events. Almost half of the track – from the hairpin turn until after the pit area – runs alongside the Olympic Basin, a huge rectangular basin which was created for the rowing and canoeing events of Montréal’s 1976 Summer Olympics.
The current Grand Prix Circuit layout is the 5th variation of the circuit and has been in use since 2002. The 4.361km circuit has 14 turns and 2 DRS zones (3 if you consider that the second zone is split by the chicane into the final turn.) The current Race Lap Record of 1:13.622 has stood since 2004 when it was set by Brazilian Rubens Barrichello driving for Ferrari.
Two notable corners on the circuit are Turn 10 – the Le Pingle Hairpin – one of the best examples of a true 180° hairpin turn design, needing full wheel lock from the F1 pilots. It’s the scene of many overtakes, many off-circuit excursions, and the occasional coming together of two (or more!) cars.
The second corner worth mentioning is the iconic final corner on the circuit – the ironically named “Wall of Champions” Turn 14. T14 got its name after the 1999 Grand Prix during which three former World Champions (Damon Hill, Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve) all crashed into the same wall on the outside of the turn. The wall had the slogan Bienvenue au Québec (Welcome to Quebec) on it at the time and has been used as marketing area by Tourism Quebec ever since.
Other motor sport “Champions” caught by the Wall during races include Ricardo Zonta (FIA GT sports car champion), Nico Rosberg (F1 World Champion), Juan Pablo Montoya (CART Champion), Carlos Sainz Jr. (Formula Renault 3.5 Champion) and Jenson Button (F1 World Champion). 4-time F1 Champion Sebastian Vettel also became a victim of the Wall in 2011, but his crash happened during a practice session rather than during a race.
Here’s Canada’s own Lance Stroll to guide us around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve:
The Tyres
The circuit has at least three very quick straights taken at more than 300kph. The corners themselves are nothing to write home about: instead it’s all about acceleration and braking to the very limit.
The emphasis in Canada tends to be on low downforce, in order to maximise top speeds and braking opportunities at the end of the straights. Because of this, the grip during the corners is marginal and each one becomes a challenge; especially the Esses after the start, not to mention the various chicanes and the right-hand hairpin at the furthest point from the pits. Here, with the cars tending to slide. And then there’s that final turn and the Wall of Champions with its magnetic pull.
Pirelli believe the biggest challenge at the Canadian Grand Prix at the weekend will be keeping the tyre temperatures under control, as the Italian tyre supplier of Formula 1 has opted for the same tyre choices as we had at the Monaco Grand Prix. The C3, C4 and C5 tyre compounds will be available for all the teams to use.
Pirelli boss Mario Isola: “Broadly speaking, our nomination for Canada is about the same as last year, when the hyper-soft also made its second appearance of the year after Monaco. The main difference is that the hardest compound available this weekend is a bit harder than last year, and there is no equivalent of the super-soft in the 2019 range, so the choices are more spread out.”
The Weather
The weather forecast for the weekend in Montreal looks fantastic. Expect lots of shorts and tank tops in the stands. No rain at all in the air, but some form gusting wind on Friday especially that, depending on direction, could have an impact on straight-line speeds and corner lines during Practice.
To Watch Out For
- Will Mercedes make it 7 wins out of 7 for the season so far? Or will Ferrari find the air in North America better suited to their car?
- Will home boy Lance Stroll manage to put some points on the board for both himself and for his Williams team?
- Will the Wall of Champions add another champion to its list of names?
Espérons que c’est une bonne course. Jusqu’à la prochaine fois, mes amis … profitez du Grand Prix!
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RIP
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Get in there, Lewis! Fantastic cooking mate, really good job.
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epic!
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The red-suited fellows top Free Practice 2:
Hamilton takes too much curb and connects with the Turn 9 wall on his 9th lap out. Doesn’t do any more as the Merc crew decide to get a jump start on rebuilding his car. Doesn’t sound like anything penalty-worthy that needs replacing though, so he should be good for FP3 tomorrow.
Hamilton 0 : 2 Turn #9
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What’s that I see in P4… 
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Haha yeah it’s amazing really. I hope he does really well in qualifying too.
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Ferrari top of the final practice session. Their straight line speeds are 10-15 kph over the Mercs. Ferrari-powered Alfas are also super quick through the speed trap, but pretty kak everywhere else.
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Woohoo! 4 Renault cars in q3! Can’t wait to see Verstappen’s face.
I hope Magnussen is alright.
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Verstappen actually looked very calm. He really grew since last year.
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I almost can’t believe Vettel took Pole. Problem is, it means nothing for the race unfortunately. Also super happy for Dani making 4th!
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- Vettel’s first pole since Germany last year - 17 races ago. (
Dunno if he’ll get to wave the finger again tomorrow, so here’s one for now.) - Big shunt for KMag right at the end of Q2, smacking the Wall of Champions with the rear of his Haas and then spinning around across the circuit to crash into the pit wall. Medical all clear, and even though he qualifies 10th there’s quite likely to a grid drop involved in repairing his car.
- Danny Ric! 'Struth mate? Where the heck did that come from? Nice to see him genuinely smiling after a Quali session for a change.
- And will you look at that… not just one but two Maccas in the Top 10! Is this the start of the great comeback? Let’s hope.
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Sainz has been given a three place grid penalty though, so he’ll start outside the top ten. Great to see Macca making Q3 consistently though
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Mercedes will take part in filming for the 2nd season of Netflix’s F1 series Drive to Survive, but only for one race, “probably Hockenheim”
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Bullshit!!