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[sagi58]

Those lap times are crazy!! Seven drivers are within a second of pole!!

[myownalias]

Those lap times are crazy!! Seven drivers are within a second of pole!!

I remember a time when the top 6 drivers would be with a couple of tenths; sadly those days are long gone with current regs.

[Irv the Swerve]

nice to see everyone again! Can't wait for the race, even the prospect of rain is the icing on the cake.

[darwin dali]

nice to see everyone again! Can't wait for the race, even the prospect of rain is the icing on the cake.

Yeah, welcome back - where have you been all this time?

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2016 Canadian Grand PrixPosted on 12th June 2016, 20:47Author Will Wood
Lewis Hamilton took his fifth Canadian Grand Prix victory from Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas.

Pos. Driver Team
1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
2 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
3 Valtteri Bottas Williams
4 Max Verstappen Red Bull
5 Nico Rosberg Mercedes
6 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari
7 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull
8 Nico Hulkenberg Force India
9 Carlos Sainz Toro Rosso
10 Sergio Perez Force India
11 Fernando Alonso McLaren
12 Daniil Kvyat Toro Rosso
13 Esteban Gutierrez Haas
14 Romain Grosjean Haas
15 Marcus Ericsson Sauber
16 Kevin Magnussen Renault
17 Pascal Wehrlein Manor
18 Felipe Nasr Sauber
19 Rio Haryanto Manor

[Bladesman]

Nevermind the race, the post race seagull discussion between Seb and Lewis is the real talking point.

The seagull debate: http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sp ... e-seagulls

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Arrivabene admits to fatal strategy error:

http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/3405 ... ari-error/

[myownalias]

So, another Mercedes win; Ferrari scewed the pooch with terrible strategy, they had to speed to beat Mercedes but two stops was really not the way to go... that would never have happened on Ross Brawn's watch! Some decent battles in the midfield, Rosberg and Verstappen was entertaining and surprisingly not a single (psychical) safety car. It wont be a race that lasts for long in the memnory, that speaks for itself when the talk of the race is the seagulls on the track. Disappointed to see that the new Renault engine in the Red Bull wasn't as effective as it was in Monaco.

[Irv the Swerve]

nice to see everyone again! Can't wait for the race, even the prospect of rain is the icing on the cake.

Yeah, welcome back - where have you been all this time?

Cheers, moving back and forth from BC to Ireland. Staying put here Vancouver now, great to watch race at a decent time for once!!

[darwin dali]

nice to see everyone again! Can't wait for the race, even the prospect of rain is the icing on the cake.

Yeah, welcome back - where have you been all this time?

Cheers, moving back and forth from BC to Ireland. Staying put here Vancouver now, great to watch race at a decent time for once!!

Oh, you dawg - I love Vancouver
I spent some time in Calgary and made the trip over the mountains to Vancouver a few times back in the day.

[Stephen]

nice to see everyone again!

Good to see you again - also envious of your current abode!

Re the race, great to see Lewis continue his form. But Rosberg, what was he doing? He's a great driver but makes hopeless decisions under pressure - an issue when your team-mate is Lewis! Outside of turn one for goodness sake...

However, best bit of the race has to be Vettel's discussion with Hamilton post-race over seagulls (thanks for posting Bladesman). Hilarious and the kind of thing F1 could use more of.

[rob91]

I am getting quite fed up of this tactic from Hamilton of pushing his rival off the circuit in the first few turns of the race, it completely ruined Rosberg's chances of fighting for the victory this time. Just because it is tarmac runoff these days does not mean it should be an acceptable move.

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I think that within the Merc team Hamilton came out of the Spanish gp crash the 'winner' having Wolff's protection and that Rosberg has been effectively neutered since then.

Of course the Montreal first corner incident with Hamlton bumping Rosberg off the track being an intra-team issue Mercedes isn't going to complain to Whiting to have the stewards investigate. Rosberg is gagged by the team and is in a contract negotiation year.

So Hamilton can get away with this sort of thing without worry.

[darwin dali]

Blondie turning into

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See this video clip. It pretty much shows the reason of why F1 is not real racing right now.

Here we have Raikkonen in the midst of recovering from Ferrari's strategy blunder on lap 30 and defending hard against Bottas and Ricciardo when over the radio he is instructed to "take it easy". It is only lap 30 and fuel is the prime concern more important than racing.

How much racing are we missing because the drivers have to drive to a strict fuel consumption number? Fuel economy contests make for a lousy show!

https://streamable.com/3d5w