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[madbrad]

Where do you gett he idea that the Track suits the Mercedes?

[myownalias]

Merged with 2010 GP of Canada, just a little general housekeeping... carry on

[texasmr2]

There's an outside chance but it's unlikely unless two of the top four drivers, Red Bull and McLaren duos end up in the wall of champions, so that's JB and LH screwed then

Schumacher is one of the top drivers just not in the top two teams at the moment .

Is he though? Is he really the Michael Schumacher of old? With the exception of the cheeky pass on Alonso a few races back, he doesn't seem like the Michael of old IMO!

Don't blame his subpar (less than expected which was to begin with) finishing order and/or performance on him, blame it on the car and his 3yr hiatus, and yes it does matter. There are and have been numerous drivers quite older than him that have achieved great success when they were dismissed as being to old.

[f1ea]

Good P1 for schumacher and Merc; he managed 2nd behind Button. Right now Mclaren and Mercedes look to have the strong package. Lets see how much 'set up' gets done by Red Bull and Ferrari to manage a good position.

Kubica is mighty strong running ahead of Alonso, and Massa some way back out of the top 10. Seems Renault are better than Ferrari right now...

It looks like it could be Schumacher's first podium. Depends on Red Bull and maybe Kubica and Alonso.

[myownalias]

Don't blame his subpar (less than expected which was to begin with) finishing order and/or performance on him, blame it on the car and his 3yr hiatus, and yes it does matter. There are and have been numerous drivers quite older than him that have achieved great success when they were dismissed as being to old.

I never said he was too old or anything to that effect but so far he hasn't been quite upto the standard he was when he was racing regularly. Yes he will be "rusty" and it will take time to get back to his best (if he can) but at this point I believe the mercedes doesn't have the raw pace to compete with McLaren/Red Bull and he still needs to shake off some of that "rust", free practice times really mean nothing at all so I am going to ignore that, let's see where he is after qualifying.

[texasmr2]

Don't blame his subpar (less than expected which was to begin with) finishing order and/or performance on him, blame it on the car and his 3yr hiatus, and yes it does matter. There are and have been numerous drivers quite older than him that have achieved great success when they were dismissed as being to old.

I never said he was too old or anything to that effect but so far he hasn't been quite upto the standard he was when he was racing regularly. Yes he will be "rusty" and it will take time to get back to his best (if he can) but at this point I believe the mercedes doesn't have the raw pace to compete with McLaren/Red Bull and he still needs to shake off some of that "rust", free practice times really mean nothing at all so I am going to ignore that, let's see where he is after qualifying.

Could be some leftover rust but the biggest factor imo is the car but I could be wrong. He is scoring points and finishing higher than expected so that is a good thing.

[EwanM]

Did anyone else notice that McLaren wasn't the fastest car in the speed trap? They team is running extra wing on the cars to try and cope with the car's problems in slow speed corners.

However, with the speed advantage of the F-duct, it appears that the team can afford to go down this route.

If we have rain such a set up may also prove to be beneficial?

[zurich_allan]

Did anyone else notice that McLaren wasn't the fastest car in the speed trap? They team is running extra wing on the cars to try and cope with the car's problems in slow speed corners.

However, with the speed advantage of the F-duct, it appears that the team can afford to go down this route.

If we have rain such a set up may also prove to be beneficial?

Yeah I noticed that too. It seems that for the past two years McLaren have been having to work round the fundamental design flaws that were apparent with the '09 car (and as a result the 2010 car).

I think since the second half of last year they've been doing a pretty amazing job of making what shouldn't really be a fast car stay regularly at the front end. Next year I expect that their car will be radically different in terms of deign philosophy.

[FerrariFan63]

With the extreme graining of the soft tyres, Autosport mentions 6 to 7 seconds a lap slower on shagged out softs, there could be some very strange strategies. In theory if we eventually have a race where the suitability of the two compounds is too different, that some teams might race on the better tyre, pit, race one lap, and then return for tyres again. I don't think we'll see that this weekend, but it could be getting close to that extreme scenario.

[racechick]

Im watching live practise and its wierd how many are so far off the pace. So what does all this mean? huge gaps between the drivers when its been close before. Tyres. But what does tha mean for the race?

I'm thinking its because its not such an easy car to get the set up right and the track changes a lot during the session and weekend. Also, there's some good room for errors at some crucial curve braking/exit, and a driver can get a good time improvement by getting scary-close to the walls.... pretty much: a driver's track. with changing track conditions.

EDIT: Hmmm that ^ should have gone in the CANADA GP thread...
EDIT RACECHICK: Oh yeah! I'll shift it.

[Hexagram]

This race is up for grabs this weekend. Ferrari unsurprisingly back on the pace with Mercedes looking rather dandy for a change.

[texasmr2]

I had high hopes for Mercedes when Nico was fastest until Vettel pulled out a ringer. Lewis was fighting his car much more than usual I wonder what his issue was?

[madbrad]

MS has derived no joy from Montreal since HHF quit. Is there anyone else whos girlfriend he married and running in the midfield that he can push off on the way out of the pits?

[texasmr2]

MS has derived no joy from Montreal since HHF quit. Is there anyone else whos girlfriend he married and running in the midfield that he can push off on the way out of the pits?

A bit harsh !

[headless]

SCHUMi!!