Vettel’s Haze
Sebastian Vettel in the cockpit of his Red Bull during qualifying for the 2012 Canadian Grand Prix. Seb captured the pole but finished 4th after his tires went off in the closing stages. Read More …
Tag: Canada
F1A&G posts tagged Canada
7-Up For Lewis
Lewis Hamilton won the Canadian Grand Prix at Montréal with a staggering performance over the last 10 laps, reeling in Sebastian Vettel’s Red Bull and Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari — both suffering from tire degradation due to one-stop strategies — to become the 7th different GP winner in seven races this season. Read More …
Sebastian Vettel’s Pole Lap
Defending F1 champion Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) secured his second consecutive pole position at Canada with a blistering qualifying lap of 1:13.784. This is Vettel’s second pole in 2012. He earlier claimed pole at Bahrain, where he went on to win the GP race. Read More …
Canadian Grand Prix History
Jack Brabham was the winner of Canada’s first world championship Formula One race back in 1967, steering one of his own team cars to victory around the dramatic Mosport Park track near Toronto. Read More …
Pérez On the Curbs
Sergio Pérez qualifying at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in his Sauber C31, 9 June 2012. Read More …
Vettel On Pole in Canada
Sebastian Vettel captured pole position for today’s Canadian Grand Prix with a Q3 lap of more than 0.25s over Lewis Hamilton. Read More …
Kovalainen—Canada 2011
Heikki Kovalainen in his Lotus (now Caterham) at the 2011 Grand Prix of Canada. Courtesy of ph-stop via Flickr. Read More …
Canadian GP 1991
In 1991, driving a plainly inferior McLaren-Honda MP4/6, Ayrton Senna started the season by recording four consecutive poles and wins. The season’s turning point was the Canadian GP at Montreal, were the “active” Williams FW14 failed Nigel Mansell on the last lap. Read More …
Canadian Grand Prix 1978
The 1978 Formula One season was all about the dominating Lotus 79 ground effects “wing car,” but at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, Gilles Villeneuve came home to take his first Grand Prix victory in the Ferrari 312T3. Read More …
Grand Prix du Canada 2010
A nice ariel view of the F1 cars powering out of the turn 10 hairpin (L’Epingle) at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, during the Canadian GP of 2010. Read More …