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2010 F1 Canadian Grand Prix 4.361 km/2.710 mi, 70 laps, 305.270 km/189.686 mi total Lap record : 1m13s622 (Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari, 2004)
TIMETABLE Fri 11 June 2010 Practice 1 10:00 - 11:30 (You need JavaScript to be activated to be able to use the timer function) Practice 2 14:00 - 15:30 (You need JavaScript to be activated to be able to use the timer function)
Sat 12 June 2010 Practice 3 10:00 - 11:00 (You need JavaScript to be activated to be able to use the timer function) Qualifying 13:00 (You need JavaScript to be activated to be able to use the timer function)
Sun 13 June 2010 Race 12:00 (You need JavaScript to be activated to be able to use the timer function)
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Previous winners 2005 Kimi Räikkönen - McLaren Mercedes 2006 Fernando Alonso - Renault 2007 Lewis Hamilton - McLaren Mercedes 2008 Robert Kubica - BMW Sauber
Current Driver standings
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01 Mark Webber 93 02 Jenson Button 88 03 Lewis Hamilton 84 04 Fernando Alonso 79 05 Sebastian Vettel 78 06 Robert Kubica 67 07 Felipe Massa 67 08 Nico Rosberg 66 09 Michael Schumacher 34 10 Adrian Sutil 22
Current Constructor standings
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01 McLaren-Mercedes 172 02 RBR-Renault 171 03 Ferrari 146 04 Mercedes GP 100 05 Renault 73 06 Force India-Mercedes 32 07 Williams-Cosworth 8 08 STR-Ferrari 4 09 BMW Sauber-Ferrari 1 10 Lotus-Cosworth 0
Race History : [spoiler]The early Canadian Grand Prix was one of the premier events of the new Canadian Sports Car Championship, a series which had been created alongside the Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport in 1961. Several international sports car as well as Formula One drivers participated in the event. For the first five years, the event would be won by drivers with either prior Formula One experience, or would enter the championship after winning the Canadian Grand Prix. In 1966 the Canadian-American Challenge Cup ran the event, with American Mark Donohue winning.[1] Formula One took over the following year, although the CSCC and Can-Am series continued to compete at Mosport in their own events.
The first winner in Montreal was Quebec native Gilles Villeneuve who died in 1982 on the final qualifying lap for the Belgian Grand Prix. A few weeks after his death, the race course in Montreal was named Circuit Gilles Villeneuve after him. Gilles Villeneuve was one of the first inducted into the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame, and the only Canadian winner at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
The 1982 Canadian Grand Prix, in the shadow of the death of Villeneuve a month earlier, saw another accident when Villeneuve's teammate Didier Pironi stalled on the grid. Raul Boesel struck the stationary vehicle, and Riccardo Paletti then struck the rear of Pironi's Ferrari. Pironi and F1 doctor Sid Watkins came to Paletti's aid to try to extract him from his car, which briefly caught fire. After a half hour, Paletti was extracted and flown to a nearby hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
In 1987, the race was not held due to sponsorship dispute between two local breweries, Labatt and Molson. During the break the track was modified, and starting line moved to its current position.
Ferrari's Jean Alesi won the 1995 edition, which occurred on his 31st birthday and which would be the only win of his career. Alesi had inherited the lead when Michael Schumacher pitted with electrical problems and Damon Hill's hydraulics failed. the victory was a popular one for Alesi, particularly after several unrewarded drives the year before, namely in Italy. Alesi's win at Montreal was voted the most popular race victory of the season by many, as it was the number 27 Ferrari—once belonging to the famous Gilles Villeneuve at his much loved home Grand Prix. Schumacher gave Alesi a lift back to the pits after Alesi's car ran out of fuel just before the Pits Hairpin.
The 1997 Canadian Grand Prix was stopped early due to a crash involving Olivier Panis. He was sidelined for nine races and some see it as a turning point in the career of the 1996 Monaco Grand Prix winner.
In 1999, the final corner of Circuit Gilles Villeneuve became well-known for crashes involving former World Champions. Damon Hill, Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve all crashed into the same wall which had the slogan Bienvenue au Québec (Welcome to Quebec in English) on it. The wall became ironically known as the "Wall of Champions". The wall also was involved in a crash with Ricardo Zonta, who was, at the time, the reigning FIA GT sports car champion. In recent years, GP2 Champion Nico Rosberg and CART Champion Juan Pablo Montoya have also fallen victim to the wall.
In 2001, there was the first sibling 1–2 finish in the history of Formula 1, as Ralf and Michael Schumacher topped the podium. The Schumacher brothers would finish 1–2 in the 2003 edition as well. 2001 was also noted for Jean Alesi achieving Prost's best finish of the season; he celebrated his fifth place by doing several donuts in his vehicle, and throwing his helmet into the crowd.
The 2007 race was the site of rookie Lewis Hamilton's first win. On lap 67, Takuma Sato overtook the McLaren-Mercedes's Fernando Alonso, to cheers around the circuit, just after overtaking Ralf Schumacher and having overtaken Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen earlier in the race.[5] The race saw Sato move from the middle of the grid to the back of the pack and to a high of fifth before a pit-stop error caused him to move back to eleventh. Sato fought up 5 places in the field in the last 15 laps to finish sixth. Sato was voted "Driver of the Day" on the ITV website over Lewis Hamilton's first win. The race also saw a horrific incident involving Robert Kubica (who went on to win the race the following season).
In the weeks leading up the Grand Prix, city officials trap as many groundhogs as they can in and around the race course, and transport the animals to nearby Ile Ste-Helene. Nonetheless, in 2007, a groundhog disrupted the practice session of Ralf Schumacher. On race day itself, Anthony Davidson had been running in third until he struck a groundhog, initially thought to be a beaver, which forced him to pit and repair the damage to his front wing. In 2008, a groundhog crossed the track at the hairpin in the 2nd practice session but luckily did not disrupt the session.[/spoiler]
Track History : [spoiler]The circuit, at Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île Notre-Dame, a man-made island in the St. Lawrence River that is part of the city of Montreal, was originally named the Île Notre-Dame Circuit. It was renamed in honour of Canadian Formula One driver Gilles Villeneuve, father of Jacques Villeneuve, following his death in 1982. The venue hosted the Champ Car World Series Grand Prix of Montreal from 2002 to 2006.
During the few days of the Grand Prix, Île Notre-Dame is one of the noisiest places in Montreal. At just about any other time of the year, it is one of the quietest, being located in the middle of a river, on an island filled with greenery and animals, joggers and cyclists. However, on June 4 2009, administration of Île Notre-Dame has forbidden the access of competitive cyclists to the circuit, justifying this as a security measure to avoid the increasing injuries that occurred between year 2008 and 2009. A total of 27 injuries have been reported. The ban on cyclists has since been lifted due to protests.
Barriers run close to the circuit and many experienced drivers have been caught out by them. A particularly famous part of the circuit is the wall on the outside of the exit of the final chicane. In 1999 the wall, which has on it the slogan Bienvenue au Québec ("Welcome to Quebec") giving it the nickname "Mur du Québec" (Quebec Wall), ended the race of three Formula One World Champions, Damon Hill, Michael Schumacher & Jacques Villeneuve along with FIA GT champion Ricardo Zonta. Since then the wall has been nicknamed "The Wall Of Champions". In recent years Jenson Button (2005) and Vitantonio Liuzzi (2007) have also fallen victim to the wall. Fernando Alonso 2005/06 F1 World Champion and Nico Rosberg have also both hit the wall at turn 5. Juan Pablo Montoya has also hit a wall on the circuit.
Changes made in 2005 to the curbs on the final chicane were controversial amongst drivers in the run-up to the Grand Prix. The curbs were made higher and more difficult for the drivers to see, making the chicane even more of a challenge to drivers.
On June 23, 2006, Canadian Press reported that the city of Montreal has awarded exclusive rights to stage the two allowed race weekends on the track to Normand Legault, promoter of the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix. The deal is for 2007 to 2011, with an option for 2012 to 2016. Legault decided to replace the Champ Car race with races from the Grand American Road Racing Association's Rolex Series and NASCAR's Nationwide Series, respectively - the latter series' first race north of the Canadian-United States border. On August 4, 2007, Kevin Harvick made history by winning the first NASCAR Busch Series (now Nationwide Series) race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in what was one of the most controversial NASCAR races ever. Robby Gordon says he won.
The NASCAR races have affected the circuit layout. An expansion of the pit lane took place, since a NASCAR pit lane must accommodate a minimum of 43 cars. The pit exit lane was also enlarged.
As part of Parc Jean-Drapeau, the Circuit is open to visitors, between races, for walking, running, biking, in-line skating, etc.[/spoiler]
Onboard lap and highlights : [spoiler] [/spoiler]
Full Schedule :
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THURSDAY JUNE 10 2010 09:00 12:00 OPEN HOUSE
FRIDAY JUNE 11 2010 07:00 TRACK OPENS 08:50 09:10 FERRARI CHALLENGE 1ST PRACTICE SESSION (20 MIN) 10:00 11:30 FORMULA 1 1ST PRACTICE SESSION 11:55 12:25 HISTORIC GRAND PRIX PRACTICE SESSION (30 MIN) 14:00 15:30 FORMULA 1 2ND PRACTICE SESSION 16:00 16:20 FERRARI CHALLENGE 2ND PRACTICE SESSION (20 MIN) 16:45 17:15 FORMULE 1600 PRACTICE SESSION (30 MIN)
SATURDAY JUNE 12 2010 07:00 TRACK OPENS 08:00 08:30 FERRARI CHALLENGE QUALIFYING SESSIONS (30 MIN) 08:45 09:15 HISTORIC GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING SESSIONS (30 MIN) 10:00 11:00 FORMULA 1 3RD PRACTICE SESSION 11:15 11:45 FORMULE 1600 QUALIFYING SESSIONS (30 MIN) 13:00 14:00 FORMULA 1 QUALIFYING SESSIONS 14:40* 15:10 HISTORIC GRAND PRIX RACE (30 MIN) 15:40* 16:10 FERRARI CHALLENGE FIRST RACE (30 MIN) 16:30* 17:00 FORMULE 1600 FIRST RACE (30 MIN)
SUNDAY JUNE 13 2010 07:00 TRACK OPENS 08:25* 08:55 FORMULE 1600 SECOND RACE (30 MIN) 09:25* 09:55 FERRARI CHALLENGE SECOND RACE (30 MIN) 10:30 FORMULA 1 DRIVERS PARADE 10:45 11:15 FORMULA 1 STARTING GRID PRESENTATION 12:00* 14:00 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA (71 LAPS INCLUDING FORMATION LAP)
*TIMETABLE IS SUBJECT TO AMENDMENTS
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I'm thinking Mclaren will be the team to beat here with Red bull close behind,I hope Ferrari ,Merc and Renault get closer. New paving pics.http://twitpic.com/1tj163
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Yahoo! Its simply great to have F1 back to Canada. I imagine this year will be as dramatic as ever Was almost set to attend the race too, but unfortunately just couldnt get time off from work.
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Yeah, Canada is back. Looking forward to this race.
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