Schumacher: Sixth place in Canadian GP qualifying proves F1 credentials

The Haas driver was quick throughout the rain-affected session, and felt afterwards that he could have done even better than sixth.
His Montreal performance came after Schumacher drew critique following his Monaco crash, which was followed by a clean but uncompetitive weekend in Baku.
After claiming an impressive result on Saturday, the German will hence start immediately behind Haas …Keep reading
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Mercedes: Too early to abandon work on troubled W13 F1 car

Lewis Hamilton suggested after a difficult Friday practice in Canada, where he ran an experimental floor and then extreme setup which didn’t work, that nothing Mercedes was doing was improving the W13.
He suggested that the squad would be better off working out what needed to be done to ensure next year’s W14 was much more competitive.
“It’s like the car is getting worse, like it’s getting …Keep reading
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Autosport writers’ favourite F1 Canadian Grands Prix

In all, there have been 50 Canadian Grands Prix since 1967, with the race alternating between Mosport and Mont-Tremblant until 1971 when the former became its home.
But since 1978, it’s the Montreal circuit later renamed after its favourite son Gilles Villeneuve with which the race is most closely associated, having only dropped off the calendar in 1987, 2009 and the last two seasons due to …Keep reading
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F1 team bosses criticise FIA’s timing on porpoising technical directive

As teams were travelling to Montreal, the FIA issued a technical directive explaining how it intended to address the safety concerns that drivers have had about their cars bouncing.
The plan is to come up with a metric that sets a limit on how strong vertical oscillations can be before teams must raise its cars, and it also allowed modifications to be made to the floors already for the Canada …Keep reading
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Tyre pressure issue caused “bitter” Canadian GP qualifying for Vettel

Vettel was third fastest in the wet FP3 session on Saturday and looked well set for a good result come qualifying.
However, the four-time world champion then struggled from the off in the soaking Q1 session, complaining on the radio that the car felt completely different.
He was left languishing in 17th place, just ahead of team-mate Lance Stroll, who faced a similar struggle.
Immediately …Keep reading
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Sainz: “Sending it” at final corner cost me second place to Alonso in qualifying

With team-mate Charles Leclerc starting at the back of the grid due to an engine penalty, Sainz was left to fight alone for Ferrari in qualifying on Saturday at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Sainz featured towards the front of the field throughout qualifying, but ultimately finished third in Q3, seven-tenths of a second behind polesitter Max Verstappen after sliding at the exit of the chicane …Keep reading
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Leclerc still hopes to join front battle from 19th on the grid in Canadian GP

However, the Ferrari driver has set fourth as a more realistic target, and even then he admits that he will need to catch a break through strategy.
The Ferrari driver picked up a back of the grid penalty after taking new power unit elements on Saturday, having already earned a 10-place drop when he took a fresh control electronics on Friday.
He will start 19th because in Q1 he outpaced …Keep reading
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