The 2024 Canadian Grand Prix Thread

[cmlean]

This is the place to discuss everything related to the 9th round of the 2024 season taking place in Montreal between the 7thand 9th 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	1:24.435	Lando Norris	  McLaren
2	1:24.763	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
3	1:25.306	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
4	1:25.970	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
5	1:26.502	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
6	1:26.754	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
7	1:27.584	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
8	1:27.670	Valtteri Bottas	  Sauber
9	1:28.058	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
10	1:28.541	George Russell	  Mercedes
11	1:28.582	Daniel Ricciardo  RB
12	1:28.723	Yuki Tsunoda	  RB
13	1:29.052	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
14	1:32.826	Nico Hulkenberg	  Haas
15	1:33.411	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
16	1:36.586	Logan Sargeant	  Williams
17	1:40.530	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
18	No Time		Zhou Guanyu	  Sauber
19	No Time		Jack Doohan	  Alpine
20	No Time		Alexander Albon	  Williams

[cmlean]

The session started on time but the pit exit remained closed for around the first 20 minutes due to water on the track.
The marshals took to the brooms as well as vacuum trucks sucking up the excess water.
Zhou Guanyu hit the barriers exiting turn 5 and brought out the red flags.
There were many other minor incidents of cars leaving the track and passing through the grass and run off areas.

[cmlean]

FP2 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:15.810	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
2	1:16.273	George Russell	  Mercedes
3	1:16.464	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
4	1:16.556	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
5	1:16.731	Daniel Ricciardo  RB
6	1:16.773	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
7	1:16.908	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
8	1:16.951	Yuki Tsunoda	  RB
9	1:16.977	Alexander Albon	  Williams
10	1:17.041	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
11	1:17.417	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
12	1:17.496	Logan Sargeant	  Williams
13	1:17.722	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
14	1:17.817	Valtteri Bottas	  Sauber
15	1:17.903	Nico Hulkenberg	  Haas
16	1:19.008	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
17	1:19.087	Zhou Guanyu	  Sauber
18	1:19.311	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
19	1:20.789	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
20	1:20.843	Lando Norris	  McLaren

[cmlean]

Again the rain came down in varying amounts hampering the session.
Max Verstappen had what seemed a battery problem and had limited running in the session.

[cmlean]

FP3 Results

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:12.549	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
2	1:12.923	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
3	1:12.957	George Russell	  Mercedes
4	1:13.026	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
5	1:13.266	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
6	1:13.279	Daniel Ricciardo  RB
7	1:13.293	Lando Norris	  McLaren
8	1:13.340	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
9	1:13.342	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
10	1:13.349	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
11	1:13.439	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
12	1:13.570	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
13	1:13.642	Valtteri Bottas	  Sauber
14	1:13.663	Logan Sargeant	  Williams
15	1:13.716	Yuki Tsunoda	  RB
16	1:13.737	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
17	1:13.777	Nico Hulkenberg	  Haas
18	1:13.880	Alexander Albon	  Williams
19	1:14.075	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
20	1:18.656	Zhou Guanyu	  Sauber

[cmlean]

Qualifying

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:12.000	George Russell	  Mercedes
2	1:12.000	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
3	1:12.021	Lando Norris	  McLaren
4	1:12.103	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
5	1:12.178	Daniel Ricciardo  RB
6	1:12.228	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
7	1:12.280	Lewis Hamilton	  Mercedes
8	1:12.414	Yuki Tsunoda	  RB
9	1:12.701	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
10	1:12.796	Alexander Albon	  Williams
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11	1:12.691	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
12	1:12.728	Carlos Sainz	  Ferrari
13	1:12.736	Logan Sargeant	  Williams
14	1:12.916	Kevin Magnussen	  Haas
15	1:12.940	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
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16	1:13.326	Sergio Perez	  Red Bull Racing
17	1:13.366	Valtteri Bottas	  Sauber
18	1:13.435	Esteban Ocon	  Alpine
19	1:13.978	Nico Hulkenberg	  Haas
20	1:14.292	Zhou Guanyu	  Sauber

[cmlean]

Weather forecasts continually had rain imminent however, other that the occasional drops, the downpour never eventuated.
Sergio Perez failed to make it out of Q1 as well as the Sauber pair.
Q2 casualties were both the Ferrari's which came as a shock considering their showing and the previous Grand Prix.
I should add the Logan Sargeant had his best qualifying of the season by makig Q2 and ending up 13th. Great effort Logan!
George Russel set what turned out to be the pole time on his first run while Max Verstappen equaled that time on his final run.
Rules are first to register the time gets the higher grid position so both drivers ended up on the front row.

With time as close as they are, we should be in for a fantastic Canadian Grand Prix. Bring it on!

[cmlean]

Race

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

Next: Round of Spain '24
Date: 21-23 June 2024

[cmlean]

Best description for the race is a Crowded House song, 4 Seasons in One Day.
The race started off with the track saturated. It did progressively dry and then, Logan Sargaent had an incident that brought out the safety car just as the showers came back. Second place back all had the time to assess and then pit. Lando Norris was too far down the back straight when the safety car boards came out for McLaren to set out for their stop. To rub salt into the wounds, the safety car picked him up and a slow lap cost Norris lots of time. He rejoined the track in 4th just ahead of his team mate, Oscar Piastri. The track again dried out to a single lane and another safety car came out when Carlos Sainz spun and caught Alex Albon and he rolled backwards across the track. Again teams pitted, though this time for slicks, and the race to the flag began again.