Formula 1 : Canadian Grand Prix.

[Ferry_vO]

The teams have landed in Montreal, Canada for round eight of this year's championship. The track is a road course like Albert park and the monaco track, so it's slippery and the walls are pretty close to the track.

The results of te friday's practice session :

1. Pedro de la Rosa Spain McLaren-Mercedes 01:14.662
2. Ricardo Zonta Brazil Toyota-Toyota 01:14.858
3. Fernando Alonso Spain Renault-Renault 01:15.376
4. Juan Pablo Montoya Colombia McLaren-Mercedes 01:15.626
5. Kimi Raikkonen Finland McLaren-Mercedes 01:15.679
6. Giancarlo Fisichella Italy Renault-Renault 01:15.846
7. Jenson Button Britain BAR-Honda 01:16.190
8. Takuma Sato Japan BAR-Honda 01:16.313
9. Ralf Schumacher Germany Toyota-Toyota 01:16.364
10. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 01:16.459
11. Jarno Trulli Italy Toyota-Toyota 01:16.638
12. Mark Webber Australia Williams-BMW 01:16.661
13. Jacques Villeneuve Canada Sauber-Petronas 01:16.718
14. Felipe Massa Brazil Sauber-Petronas 01:16.727
15. Nick Heidfeld Germany Williams-BMW 01:16.826
16. Michael Schumacher Germany Ferrari-Ferrari 01:17.200
17. David Coulthard Britain Red Bull-Cosworth 01:17.299
18. Christian Klien Austria Red Bull-Cosworth 01:17.922
19. Patrick Friesacher Austria Minardi-Cosworth 01:18.115
20. Narain Karthikeyan India Jordan-Toyota 01:18.234
21. Christijan Albers Holland Minardi-Cosworth 01:18.463
22. Tiago Monteiro Portugal Jordan-Toyota 01:19.186
23. Scott Speed American Red Bull-Cosworth 01:19.270

McLaren, Renault, Toyota and (surprisingly) BAR are fastest, while F1 rookie and Red Bull testdriver Scott Speed (What's in a name?) is the slowest of the day. American Speed will do the friday testing for Red Bull in Canada and America, while Christian Klien will retake his seat in the second RB car.

Rain is predicted for Saturday, so I could be an interesting qualifying session tomorrow !

[FFasty99th]

Ferror,

I haven't been keeping up with F1 much this year. Where is the second Ferrari Schumy? Thanks.

John

[Ferry_vO]

Schumi is only on position sixteen, John, but acccording to rumours Ferrari might opt for a one-stop strategy in stead of a normal two stop.

[CybrSlydr]

GO McLAREN!!!

:D

Looks like they're doing damn good! Alonzo is putting up great numbers again for the Drivers champ. Man, he's gonna be tough to beat!

[Ferry_vO]

This just in : The Saturday qualifying results !

1. Jenson Button Britain BAR-Honda 01:15.217
2. Michael Schumacher Germany Ferrari-Ferrari 01:15.475
3. Fernando Alonso Spain Renault-Renault 01:15.561
4. Giancarlo Fisichella Italy Renault-Renault 01:15.577
5. Juan Pablo Montoya Colombia McLaren-Mercedes 01:15.669
6. Takuma Sato Japan BAR-Honda 01:15.729
7. Kimi Raikkonen Finland McLaren-Mercedes 01:15.923
8. Jacques Villeneuve Canada Sauber-Petronas 01:16.116
9. Jarno Trulli Italy Toyota-Toyota 01:16.201
10. Ralf Schumacher Germany Toyota-Toyota 01:16.362
11. Felipe Massa Brazil Sauber-Petronas 01:16.661
12. David Coulthard Britain Red Bull-Cosworth 01:16.890
13. Nick Heidfeld Germany Williams-BMW 01:17.081
14. Mark Webber Australia Williams-BMW 01:17.749
15. Christijan Albers Holland Minardi-Cosworth 01:18.214
16. Christian Klien Austria Red Bull-Cosworth 01:18.249
17. Narain Karthikeyan India Jordan-Toyota 01:18.664
18. Tiago Monteiro Portugal Jordan-Toyota 01:19.034
19. Patrick Friesacher Austria Minardi-Cosworth 01:19.574
20. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari no time

[Ferry_vO]

Kimi Raikkonen did very well for himself in the drivers' championship today, by winning the Canadian Grand Prix, while his main rival, championshipleader Alonso, failed to finish. Fernando Alonso hit a wall on lap 38, wrecking his car's suspension forcing him to retire.
And because Fisichella suffered a hydraulic failure, it means that McLaren closed the gap to Renault with ten points. It could have been eighteen points, but JP Montoya was disqualified for exiting the pit under a red light. Montoya was leading behind the safetycar at the time of his stop. The safetycar was deployed because Button smashed into the wall in the last chicane before the starting line.

A very good result for Ferrari, with Schumacher fighting back to second after he dropped to sixth after a bad start. Barrichello drove a very impressive race, climbing to third after he started twentieth and last.

1. Kimi Raikkonen Finland McLaren-Mercedes 70 laps 01:32:09.290
2. Michael Schumacher Germany Ferrari-Ferrari +1.1
3. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari +40.4
4. Felipe Massa Brazil Sauber-Petronas +55.1
5. Mark Webber Australia Williams-BMW +55.7
6. Ralf Schumacher Germany Toyota-Toyota +1 lap
7. David Coulthard Britain Red Bull-Cosworth +1 lap
8. Christian Klien Austria Red Bull-Cosworth +1 lap
9. Jacques Villeneuve Canada Sauber-Petronas +1 lap
10. Tiago Monteiro Portugal Jordan-Toyota +3 laps
11. Christijan Albers Holland Minardi-Cosworth +3 laps

Rtd Jarno Trulli Italy Toyota-Toyota 62 laps completed
Rtd Jenson Button Britain BAR-Honda 46 laps completed
Rtd Nick Heidfeld Germany Williams-BMW 43 laps completed
Rtd Takuma Sato Japan BAR-Honda 40 laps completed
Rtd Patrick Friesacher Austria Minardi-Cosworth 39 laps completed
Rtd Fernando Alonso Spain Renault-Renault 38 laps completed
Rtd Giancarlo Fisichella Italy Renault-Renault 32 laps completed
Rtd Narain Karthikeyan India Jordan-Toyota 24 laps completed

Dsq Juan Pablo Montoya Colombia McLaren-Mercedes disqualified

The drivers' championship after round eight :

1. FERNANDO ALONSO RENAULT 59
2. KIMI RAIKKONEN MCLAREN 37
3. JARNO TRULLI TOYOTA 27
4. NICK HEIDFELD WILLIAMS 25
5. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER FERRARI 24
6. MARK WEBBER WILLIAMS 22
7. RUBENS BARRICHELLO FERRARI 21
8. RALF SCHUMACHER TOYOTA 20
9. GIANCARLO FISICHELLA RENAULT 17
= DAVID COULTHARD RED BULL RACING 17
11. JUAN PABLO MONTOYA MCLAREN 16
12. FELIPE MASSA SAUBER 7
13. ALEXANDER WURZ MCLAREN 6
14. JACQUES VILLENEUVE SAUBER 5
15. PEDRO DE LA ROSA MCLAREN 4
= CHRISTIAN KLIEN RED BULL RACING 4
17. VITANTONIO LIUZZI RED BULL RACING 1

And the constructors' championship :

1. RENAULT 76
2. MCLAREN 63
3. TOYOTA 47
= WILLIAMS 47
5. FERRARI 45
6. RED BULL RACING 22
7. SAUBER 12
8. JORDAN 0
= MINARDI 0
= BAR 0

Next race is in Indianapolis next week !

[CybrSlydr]

Way to go Kimi!!!!!! w000000t! :D

Real big bummer about JP though. :( Man, of all the damned luck. -sigh- Atleast Alonso DNF, that much less to make up next week.