Lewis Hamilton will start tomorrow’s Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal from pole position ahead of both the Red Bulls. The McLaren driver who was practically running on fumes on his final run scores his third consecutive pole at the North American race and his first since last year’s Abu Dhabi GP. This result ends Red Bull’s recent dominance in qualifying. Both Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel secured second and third places respectively.
A Ferrari was also seen in the pole battle but had to settle for fourth place. Yes we are talking about Fernando Alonso who will start the race ahead of Jenson Button in the other McLaren. Vitantonio Liuzzi made it onto sixth place for Force India while Felipe Massa from Ferrari secured seventh. Renault’s Robert Kubica, Force India’s Adrian Sutil and Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg made up the rest of the top ten.
Rosberg out-qualified his more experienced team mate, Michael Schumacher who only managed 13th. Heikki Kovalainen and Jarno Trulli from Lotus Racing will lead the new teams when the lights go green tomorrow with their 19th and 20th positions. The final four positions were taken up by Timo Glock of Virgin, Bruno Senna of Hispania and respective team mates Lucas di Grassi and Karun Chandhok.
Following Hamilton’s last minute pole, the Brit was told by his team to stop the car on the in-lap as it was about to run out of fuel and the team wanted to collect a sample. Hamilton stopped his McLaren on the back straight, got out of it and started to push the car, while waving to the fans! That pretty much overshadowed his final pole-securing run and became the highlight of the session.
The Canadian GP makes a return after a year of absence and just like all times, it is expected to host a very entertaining race as drivers push themselves to the limit and closer to the walls at the same time. Safety car periods are highly anticipated so look out for a spectacular event. For those of you who won’t be able to watch the race tomorrow midnight, you can come here to read about what you’ve missed!
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F1 is getting more and more exciting, so many teams are competing… keep up ! :)
hope lotus can get even 1 point…
Lotus seems to be improving.
exciting!!first pole for Lewis and 1st pole for non-RedBull..
what a skill!!!very precise driving, and Wall Skimming skills..mere only several mm with concrete wall..what a skill!!
hope Lewis winning the race!!
McLaren didn’t ask Hamilton to stop because they ‘wanted’ to collect a fuel sample, they HAVE to provide a fuel sample to the FIA otherwise they’d be penalized…
So by theory he didn’t carry enough fuel for an in-lap, I’m sure the other teams will kick up a fuss about this and perhaps even try to do this in the upcoming races… sets an unwanted precedent really, best part is he got away with just a $10,000 fine… that’s peanuts in Formula One terms..
not really..the advantages not only less fuel…but lewis using soft compound..other drivers doesn’t have skill to provide enough heat on soft compound tyres..so soft is the answer..and soft compound for the skilled drivers only!!
So funny seeing Hamilton waving to his fans while trying to jump out of his moving McLaren! Luckily he only received a 10,000 euro fine and a reprimand for his trouble.
Should be an exciting race tonite and fits nicely between the two World Cup games.
Sorry the fine was $10,000
Disgusted… Mclaren cheated..
McLaren didn’t cheat.
-They gambled and they came out a winner !!
It’s just that the FIA didn’t want anyone else to try this
and backfire ie stalling on the track.
mclaren gamble on soft compound..
i am expecting to see some legends to stand out from this sports event, yet after schumacher/hakkinen era, seems the rest like alonso, hamilton, button, all can’t really make the fame.
Why this week Paul never post any comment and excuses from lotus team ah?
Many ppl are lining up to waiting to fire at them rite now….