Montreal practice 1.1 and 1.2

Kicking-back · 10 Jun 2005, 16:17 (Ref:1324897)

De La Rosa quickest in Practice 1.1, from Zonta, Raikkonen and Button.

maximus · 10 Jun 2005, 16:20 (Ref:1324900)

Wonder if the BARs may be light? They do seem quick again, Button only being a tenth of a second off Kimi.

Mr V · 10 Jun 2005, 16:42 (Ref:1324909)

Alonso didn't run in the first session, the only driver not to set a time.

ralf fan · 10 Jun 2005, 16:49 (Ref:1324911)

I expected Schu to be quicker considering the cooler temperatures.... but as all 1st prac session it was very inconclusive as to who is quick and who is not....

pD F1 · 10 Jun 2005, 17:08 (Ref:1324917)

The Ferrari's seem pretty strong up to now, with MS 5th, but only 4 tenths down overall, and only 2 tenths behind Raikkonen.

Kicking-back · 10 Jun 2005, 17:26 (Ref:1324925)

Ferrari always tend to run better in the "green track conditions" of 1.1 than they do in later sessions and qualifying

Pingguest · 10 Jun 2005, 17:31 (Ref:1324931)

If it's going to rain in the race, Schumacher has a good change of winning the race.

Knowlesy · 10 Jun 2005, 17:39 (Ref:1324939)

He has a good chance if it's dry as well, I feel. Canada won't really highlight Ferraris weaknesses so badly. It's all about brakes and top end speed ultimately, although you'd still ideally want to be on Michelins.

**Adam43** · 10 Jun 2005, 17:40 (Ref:1324940)

Quote:

Originally Posted by knowlesy

He has a good chance if it's dry as well, I feel. Canada won't really highlight Ferraris weaknesses so badly. It's all about brakes and top end speed ultimately, although you'd still ideally want to be on Michelins.

See here: http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69985

Mr V · 10 Jun 2005, 17:46 (Ref:1324947)

The closest style of track to Montreal is Imola, and remember how well Michael went there.

Mr V · 10 Jun 2005, 18:02 (Ref:1324956)

The cars have started taking to the track for the 2nd session

pirenzo · 10 Jun 2005, 18:24 (Ref:1324977)

lol, and PDLR gets one in almost 1 second faster than the rest

Mr V · 10 Jun 2005, 18:25 (Ref:1324978)

McLaren must have decided to see what they can achieve on lower fuel levels.

Mr V · 10 Jun 2005, 18:28 (Ref:1324981)

Wonder how close they will get to Ralf's pole time last year of a 1:12.275

pirenzo · 10 Jun 2005, 18:30 (Ref:1324983)

Hmm, doesn't seem like they'll do anything much below 1:15 at the moment does it?

Mr V · 10 Jun 2005, 18:34 (Ref:1324984)

1:14.830 for PDLR

pirenzo · 10 Jun 2005, 18:36 (Ref:1324986)

followed by a 14.662. Narain's giving the RBR's a run for their money too!

Marbot · 10 Jun 2005, 19:24 (Ref:1325011)

Judging by the times from 2nd practise www.crash.net some teams have definitely got work to do.

Marbot · 10 Jun 2005, 19:48 (Ref:1325029)

Ferrari,RedBull and Williams are way off the pace.Still it's only Friday,but i bet all three are more than a little worried.

Can't help but think that Ferrari has a car problem that is compounded (sorry) by its tyres.

It seems like when the car has perfect tyres it is blisteringly (sorry) fast,but when the tyres aren't spot on it is positively ordinary.

pirenzo · 10 Jun 2005, 19:49 (Ref:1325030)

Yep. Red Bull, Ferrari, and Williams are looking like they in need of doing some serious work on their cars. I was surprised how little running michael did, do we know of any problem he might be suffering from?

edit: You beat me to it Martyn!

pD F1 · 10 Jun 2005, 20:08 (Ref:1325052)

ITV Sport:

Second free practice times from Canada

1. DE LA ROSA McLaren 1m14.662s
2. ZONTA Toyota 1m14.858s
3. ALONSO Renault 1m15.376s
4. MONTOYA McLaren 1m15.625s
5. RAIKKONEN McLaren 1m15.679s
6. FISICHELLA Renault 1m15.846s
7. BUTTON BAR 1m16.190s
8. SATO BAR 1m16.313s
9. R.SCHUMACHER Toyota 1m16.364s
10. BARRICHELLO Ferrari 1m16.459s
11. TRULLI Toyota 1m16.638s
12. WEBBER Williams 1m16.661s
13. VILLENEUVE Sauber 1m16.718s
14. MASSA Sauber 1m16.727s
15. HEIDFELD Williams 1m16.826s
16. M.SCHUMACHER Ferrari 1m17.200s
17. COULTHARD Red Bull 1m17.299s
18. KLIEN Red Bull 1m17.922s
19. FRIESACHER Minardi 1m18.115s
20. KARTHIKEYAN Jordan 1m18.234s
21. ALBERS Minardi 1m18.463s
22. MONTEIRO Jordan 1m19.186s
23. SPEED Red Bull 1m19.270s

I'm shocked to see the Ferrari's so far down. This is a track in which they tend to go well in, even in 03, when Ferrari had similar car-tyre compound problems. Michael is less than a second faster than the fastest Minardi.

Kicking-back · 10 Jun 2005, 20:14 (Ref:1325059)

Maybe Ferrari have been going at less than full throttle on the long straights to preserve engines.

pD F1 · 10 Jun 2005, 20:17 (Ref:1325060)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kicking-back

Maybe Ferrari have been going at less than full throttle on the long straights to preserve engines.

Maybe they are. I get the feeling that if they are using this conservative approach, then perhaps they feel solid points are the main aim, whereas going flat out beating the Renault and McClaren is not possible this weekend.

LampCord · 10 Jun 2005, 20:25 (Ref:1325070)

Maybe Ferrari is looking at a one stop / heavy fuel strategy and they are testing on heavier fuel loads. What else can they do when they can't get their tyres up to temp for qualifying with the 1 shot qualifying system?

Marbot · 11 Jun 2005, 00:50 (Ref:1325182)

Quote:

Originally Posted by LampCord

Maybe Ferrari is looking at a one stop / heavy fuel strategy and they are testing on heavier fuel loads. What else can they do when they can't get their tyres up to temp for qualifying with the 1 shot qualifying system?

If they take that route they could be looking at P15 and 16....not good.

Not good for brakes/tyres at this circuit either.

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