Its Race Day! 11 PM (TSN/RDS, Canada only)
The Canadian Grand Prix will be on Bell Media’s CTV broadcast network. Again, the split between the US and the rest of the world — where home Grands Prix are not even available to local broadcasters.
Max Verstappen was critical of the cars after he spun on his first flying lap into the first turn, with a crash that will put him in a pit lane start.
“Car just foxtrot locked on the rear axles. Fantastic.”
George Russell takes pole:
63 RUS 1:19.51 1:18.93 1:18.52 22
12 ANT 1:20.12 1:19.44 1:18.81 8
6 HAD 1:20.02 1:19.65 1:19.30 19
16 LEC 1:20.23 1:19.36 1:19.33 24
81 PIA 1:19.66 1:19.53 1:19.38 26
1 NOR 1:20.01 1:19.88 1:19.48 26
44 HAM 1:19.81 1:19.92 1:19.48 25
30 LAW 1:20.49 1:20.14 1:19.99 24
41 LIN 1:20.41 1:19.97 1:21.25 25
5 BOR 1:20.50 1:20.22 No Time 14
ELIMINATED IN Q2
27 HUL 1:21.02 1:20.30 18
87 BEA 1:21.25 1:20.31 18
31 OCO 1:20.76 1:20.49 18
10 GAS 1:21.14 1:20.50 18
23 ALB 1:21.05 1:20.94 19
43 COL 1:21.20 1:21.27 18
ELIMINATED IN Q1
14 ALO 1:21.97 10
11 PER 1:22.61 7
77 BOT 1:23.24 8
3 VER No Time - Crash T1 0
55 SAI No Time - Did not attempt
18 STR No Time - Did not attempt
The Blue State Revolution in Victoria continues. Feeney defeats Kostecki in a battle to see which team gets Blue State Supremacy.
F2: Race 1 was Friday afternoon (US EST).
Fellas, a Ford engine qualified 3rd!
the cause of Verstappen’s lock-up:
“...At first, your initial suspicion would turn to a mechanical problem, such as a gearbox failure, that had caused the locking. In reality, the problem was related to energy recovery. The software began to glitch when reading the engine speed and the motion transmitted to the rear axle during downshifting....”
https://racingnews365.com/max-verstappen-australian-gp-qualifying-crash-cause-revealed
And if anybody’s interested, I posted an update in the eternal F1 thread about developments in Felipe Massa’s lawsuit against the FIA and Bernie Ecclestone.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2309318/posts?q=1&;page=7116#7116
Thank you for all of these posts, they are very informative to say (write) the least!