Canadian GP - Best grid of the year for Scuderia Ferrari
Montreal, 9 June
After qualifying fifth and seventh two weeks ago in Monaco, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa secured the third and sixth grid places respectively in this afternoon’s qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix. Putting aside, the Spaniard’s front row start from second place in his home race in Barcelona, this is Scuderia Ferrari’s best overall qualifying performance of the season. It therefore confirms that the F2012 is making progress and also reaffirms the signs of Felipe’s return to form, first seen at the Principality street race. In twenty four hours time, we will discover if all the hard work that has gone into this weekend will translate into an excellent result in the Canadian Grand Prix.
The final part of qualifying, the top ten shoot-out was a thrilling spectacle for the ever enthusiastic Montreal crowd, with the top eight drivers on the grid all lapping within the same second. From a few races ago, when just getting through to Q3 was a tough call for the Scuderia Ferrari duo, occasionally involving sacrificing new race tyres to ensure they had at least a reasonable grid position, we now saw Fernando a genuine contender for pole and Felipe annoyed with himself for losing some tenths, when the back end of his car stepped out of line and being disappointed with sixth on the grid. While the long straights, combined with DRS and KERS makes overtaking a common occurrence here, starting from the front few rows is still a big plus at a track that often sees a few unforeseen incidents in the opening laps, usually in the mid-field and usually requiring an appearance from the Safety Car.
The two drivers who will have a better view than Fernando of the run down to the first corner are Sebastian Vettel who took pole position for Red Bull Racing and Lewis Hamilton who was second fastest in the McLaren. Fernando shares Row 2 with Monaco winner Mark Webber in the Red Bull, while Felipe finds himself outside Nico Rosberg’s fifth placed Mercedes.
Warm and sunny conditions are expected again tomorrow for the 70 lap race around the Gilles Villeneuve circuit and, as usual, strategy based on tyre behaviour holds the key. Already in Monaco, it was clear that the Soft and Supersoft tyre suffered less degradation than expected. It’s been a similar story here with the same Pirelli compounds available, which is why the first part of today’s qualifying was somewhat chaotic with 24 drivers all being able to do several laps per run before the tyres went off, making for a crowded track.
After qualifying fifth and seventh two weeks ago in Monaco, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa secured the third and sixth grid places respectively in this afternoon’s qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix. Putting aside, the Spaniard’s front row start from second place in his home race in Barcelona, this is Scuderia Ferrari’s best overall qualifying performance of the season. It therefore confirms that the F2012 is making progress and also reaffirms the signs of Felipe’s return to form, first seen at the Principality street race. In twenty four hours time, we will discover if all the hard work that has gone into this weekend will translate into an excellent result in the Canadian Grand Prix.
The final part of qualifying, the top ten shoot-out was a thrilling spectacle for the ever enthusiastic Montreal crowd, with the top eight drivers on the grid all lapping within the same second. From a few races ago, when just getting through to Q3 was a tough call for the Scuderia Ferrari duo, occasionally involving sacrificing new race tyres to ensure they had at least a reasonable grid position, we now saw Fernando a genuine contender for pole and Felipe annoyed with himself for losing some tenths, when the back end of his car stepped out of line and being disappointed with sixth on the grid. While the long straights, combined with DRS and KERS makes overtaking a common occurrence here, starting from the front few rows is still a big plus at a track that often sees a few unforeseen incidents in the opening laps, usually in the mid-field and usually requiring an appearance from the Safety Car.
The two drivers who will have a better view than Fernando of the run down to the first corner are Sebastian Vettel who took pole position for Red Bull Racing and Lewis Hamilton who was second fastest in the McLaren. Fernando shares Row 2 with Monaco winner Mark Webber in the Red Bull, while Felipe finds himself outside Nico Rosberg’s fifth placed Mercedes.
Warm and sunny conditions are expected again tomorrow for the 70 lap race around the Gilles Villeneuve circuit and, as usual, strategy based on tyre behaviour holds the key. Already in Monaco, it was clear that the Soft and Supersoft tyre suffered less degradation than expected. It’s been a similar story here with the same Pirelli compounds available, which is why the first part of today’s qualifying was somewhat chaotic with 24 drivers all being able to do several laps per run before the tyres went off, making for a crowded track.
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