The 2023 Canadian Grand Prix Thread

[cmlean]

This is the place to discuss everything related to the 9th round of the 2023 season taking place in Montreal between the 16th and 18th of June.

The event timetable for the Canadian Grand Prix.

Friday
1st Practice 13:30 local time - 17:30 GMT
2nd Practice 17:00 local time - 21:00 GMT

Saturday
Practice 12:30 local time - 16:30 GMT
Qualifying 16:00 local time - 20:00 GMT

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

[cmlean]

FP1 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		Team
1	1:18.728	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
2	1:19.175	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
3	1:19.807	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
4	1:20.154	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
5	1:20.231	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
6	1:21.496	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
7	1:24.045	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
8	1:24.336	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
9	1:24.961	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
10	1:25.991	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
11	1:26.809	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
12	1:32.274	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri
13	No Time		Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
14	No Time		Lando Norris	McLaren
15	No Time		Pierre Gasly	Alpine
16	No Time		Alexander Albon	Williams
17	No Time		Logan Sargeant	Williams

[cmlean]

This turned out to be a really short session with technical problems with the CCTV equipment. FP2 will be extended by 30 minutes to cover the loss of practice time. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Pierre Gasly as his Alpine had stopped on circuit and was unlikely to be returned to the pits for repairs.

[cmlean]

FP2 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		Team
1	1:13.718	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
2	1:13.745	George Russell	Mercedes
3	1:13.844	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
4	1:14.044	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
5	1:14.094	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
6	1:14.142	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
7	1:14.220	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
8	1:14.250	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
9	1:14.419	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
10	1:14.477	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
11	1:14.533	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
12	1:14.544	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
13	1:14.617	Lando Norris	McLaren
14	1:14.811	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
15	1:14.941	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
16	1:15.002	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri
17	1:15.003	Alexander Albon	Williams
18	1:15.092	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
19	1:15.426	Logan Sargeant	Williams
20	1:16.369	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas

[cmlean]

Another disrupted session with first Kevin Magnussen bringing out the red flags after an engine failure on the main straight.
Esteban Ocon then brought out the next red flag of the session when his Alpine had a water pressure problem and stopped in turn 5.
A huge downpour, which appeared first at the hairpin, put most teams back behind the pit wall and the chequered flag was dropped.

[cmlean]

FP3 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		Team
1	1:23.106	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
2	1:23.397	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
3	1:24.483	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
4	1:24.715	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
5	1:24.765	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
6	1:24.825	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
7	1:24.944	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
8	1:24.955	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
9	1:24.988	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
10	1:25.087	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
11	1:25.140	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
12	1:25.191	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
13	1:25.198	Lando Norris	McLaren
14	1:25.379	Alexander Albon	Williams
15	1:25.435	George Russell	Mercedes
16	1:25.725	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri
17	1:25.857	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
18	1:26.750	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
19	1:26.840	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
20	1:27.279	Logan Sargeant	Williams

[cmlean]

The practice session had rain and it caught out Carlos Sainz. On the entry into turn 2, he spun into the barriers resulting to damage to the front and rear of his Ferrari and bringing out the only red flag for the session.

[cmlean]

Qualifying

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Pos	Time		Driver		Team
1	1:25.858	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
2	1:27.102	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
3	1:27.286	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
4	1:27.627	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
5	1:27.893	George Russell	Mercedes
6	1:27.945	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
7	1:28.046	Lando Norris	McLaren
8	1:29.294	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
9	1:31.349	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
10	No Time		Alexander Albon	Williams
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11	1:20.615	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
12	1:20.959	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
13	1:21.484	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
14	1:21.678	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
15	1:21.821	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
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16	1:22.746	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
17	1:22.886	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
18	1:23.137	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri
19	1:23.337	Logan Sargeant	Williams
20	1:23.342	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo

[cmlean]

Carlos Sainz looks to have earned himself a visit to the stewards after impeding Pierre Gasly into the final chicane in Q1.
Q2 commenced with most teams going out on intermediates. Alex Albon held in the pits for a short while before a decision to go out on softs.This proved a master stroke in the tactical battle with him finding the sweet spot in the session, making it through at the top of the charts and into Q3.
Most teams got it their banker lap before Oscar Piastri parked his McLaren in the barrier with a bit over 7 minutes remaining in the session. This brought out the red flags and, during the clean up period, the weather turned for the worse ending any chance for an improvement in times.

[cmlean]

Carlos Sainz, Yuki Tsunoda and Lance Stroll all incurred 3 grid place penalties for impeding during qualifying.
Nico Hulkenberg incurred a 3 place grid penalty for a red flag infringement.

[cmlean]

Race

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Pos	Driver	Team
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing
2	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari
5	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari
6	Sergio Perez	Red Bull Racing
7	Alexander Albon	Williams
8	Esteban Ocon	Alpine
9	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin
10	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo
11	Oscar Piastri	McLaren
12	Pierre Gasly	Alpine
13	Lando Norris	McLaren
14	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri
15	Nico Hulkenberg	Haas
16	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas
18	Nyck De Vries	AlphaTauri
DNF	George Russell	Mercedes
DNF	Logan Sargeant	Williams

Lando Norris had a 5 second penalty for a safety car infringement applied to his race time which dropped him from 9th to 13th.

[cmlean]

Next: Round of Austria '23
Date: June 30-July 2 2023

[JammyJr]

Another disrupted session with first Kevin Magnussen bringing out the red flags after an engine failure on the main straight.
Esteban Ocon then brought out the next red flag of the session when his Alpine had a water pressure problem and stopped in turn 5.
A huge downpour, which appeared first at the hairpin, put most teams back behind the pit wall and the chequered flag was dropped.

That huge downpour had a big impact. I thought the meteorologists had warned about it.

[cmlean]

It was interesting watching the teams when the change was imminent. You had to be on track at exactly the right moment with an appropriate amount of fuel. More so than normal as the impact on your start position was determined very early in the session.