The 2022 Canadian Grand Prix Thread

[cmlean]

This is the place to discuss everything related to the 9th round of the 2022 season taking place in Montreal between the 17th and 19th of June.

Picks for Canada close at the start of Saturday practice.

The event timetable for the Canadian Grand Prix.

Friday
1st Practice 14:00 local time - 18:00 GMT
2nd Practice 17:00 local time - 21:00 GMT

Saturday
Practice 13:00 local time - 17:00 GMT
Qualifying 15:00 local time - 19:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 14:00 local time - 18:00 GMT

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FP1 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:15.158	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
2	1:15.404	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
3	1:15.531	Fernando Alonso	  Renault
4	1:15.619	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
5	1:15.666	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
6	1:15.822	George Russell	  Mercedes
7	1:15.877	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
8	1:15.877	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
9	1:16.041	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
10	1:16.083	Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
11	1:16.165	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri
12	1:16.211	Lando Norris	  McLaren
13	1:16.308	Alexander Albon	  Williams
14	1:16.322	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
15	1:16.421	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
16	1:16.426	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
17	1:17.152	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
18	1:17.223	Mick Schumacher	  Haas
19	1:17.241	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams
20	1:17.555	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas

[cmlean]

A fairly quiet session with minimal disruptions to most teams.
Yuki Tsunoda clipped a barrier coming out of turn 9 but pushed on.
Esteban Ocon collected a bag in his right front brake causing severe overheating.
Many drivers found the limit entering the last chicane and drove through the escape zone using the safer option.

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FP2 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:14.127	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
2	1:14.208	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
3	1:14.352	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
4	1:14.442	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
5	1:14.543	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine
6	1:14.879	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri
7	1:14.971	George Russell	  Mercedes
8	1:14.987	Lando Norris	  McLaren
9	1:15.033	Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
10	1:15.119	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
11	1:15.167	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
12	1:15.396	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
13	1:15.421	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
14	1:15.499	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
15	1:15.516	Mick Schumacher	  Haas
16	1:15.526	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
17	1:15.567	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
18	1:16.171	Alexander Albon	  Williams
19	1:16.509	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams
20	No Time		Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo

[cmlean]

Announced prior to the session start, Yuki Tsunoda will start rear of grid after taking multiple power unit components.
Not yet announced but rumoured is that Charles Leclerc will be joining him.
Valtteri Bottas had a session to forget with anti-stall problems in his Alfa Romeo.

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FP3 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:33.836	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine
2	1:33.889	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri
3	1:33.891	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
4	1:34.003	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
5	1:34.110	Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
6	1:34.248	Lando Norris	  McLaren
7	1:34.259	George Russell	  Mercedes
8	1:34.498	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
9	1:34.616	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
10	1:34.778	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
11	1:35.016	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
12	1:35.213	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
13	1:35.531	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
14	1:35.643	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
15	1:35.692	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
16	1:35.761	Alexander Albon	  Williams
17	1:36.261	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
18	1:37.388	Mick Schumacher	  Haas
19	1:38.394	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams
20			Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari

[cmlean]

FP3 was held under wet conditions.
It was announced that Charles Leclerc will be joining Yuki Tsunoda at the rear of grid after taking multiple penalties for power unit components.

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Qualifying

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:21.299	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
2	1:21.944	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine
3	1:22.096	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
4	1:22.891	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
5	1:22.960	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
6	1:23.356	Mick Schumacher	  Haas
7	1:23.529	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
8	1:23.557	George Russell	  Mercedes
9	1:23.749	Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
10	1:24.030	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
11	1:26.788	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
12	1:26.858	Alexander Albon	  Williams
13	1:33.127	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
14	No Time		Lando Norris	  McLaren
15	1:33.008	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
16	1:34.492	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri
17	1:34.512	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
18	1:35.532	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
19	1:35.660	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams
20	1:36.575	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri

[cmlean]

Both Sergio Perez and Lando Norris parked their cars into the barriers in session. Lando brought out the red flags and missed the remainder of the session. Sergio Perez drove back to the pits but never really recovered.

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Race

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Pos	Driver		  Team
1	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
2	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
3	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
4	George Russell	  Mercedes
5	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
6	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
7	Valtteri Bottas	  Alfa Romeo
8	Zhou Guanyu	  Alfa Romeo
9	Fernando Alonso	  Alpine
10	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
11	Daniel Ricciardo  McLaren
12	Sebastian Vettel  Aston Martin
13	Alexander Albon	  Williams
14	Pierre Gasly	  AlphaTauri
15	Lando Norris	  McLaren
16	Nicholas Latifi	  Williams
17	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
DNF	Yuki Tsunoda	  AlphaTauri
DNF	Mick Schumacher	  Haas
DNF	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing

Fernando Alonso received a five-second time penalty for making more than one change of direction to defend a position.
Lando Norris received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.

My driver of the day would have to be Charles Leclerc for his drive to 5th after starting at the rear of the grid.

Next: Round of Britain '22
Date: 1-3 July 2022