Welcome

Hello everyone and welcome to the Canadian Grand Prix Weekend thread.

Details about this race can be found here.

Sessions

This thread will cover all the sessions this weekend, so that’s all 3 practice sessions, qualifying, and the race.

We will monitor how this goes to see if we need more granularity.

Spoilers

The rules around spoilers are not yet in place, therefore we won’t be enforcing anything around spoilers this weekend. This goes beyond the scope of this thread too.

If you do not want spoilers, please do not look in this community this weekend.

The aim is to have a finished set of rules ready by mid next week.

  • lackthought@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    how do y’all feel about race weekends with these later than usual session start times?

    I hate them, give me my 8-9am sessions!
    How about you Euros/Asians? Are these times better or worse?

    • itsmikeyd@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      UK. Love them. Nothing like having a good weekend ending with a live race on a Sunday evening.

    • pol5xc@feddit.itEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      there’s nothing better than going to bed after being let down by ferrari

    • JCPhoenix@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      As an American, I greatly dislike the later times when races are on this side of the world. I don’t mind waking up like 6,7,8am or whatever to watch a session. Or even staying up very late til like 4am. Even on Fridays for FP1 and FP2.

      Idk, I like getting F1 “out of the way” so to speak, then I can do whatever else I need to do for rest of the day.

      Like right now, it’s 12:30p for me. That’s not terrible since it’s lunch time. But FP2 is at like 4pm; I tend to take a nap around then. If I was still working from the office, I’d be leaving the office around then.

    • dbloome@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      European here, if I don’t have anything planned for the weekend, I love them. If I plan a night out on Saturday, I hate them. Right now, I love it.

      • itsmikeyd@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Nothing to lose everything to gain, and they took the opportunity brilliantly.

    • Tronso@feddit.deEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Just the perfect timing. Got the tyres into the temperature window before the rain got stronger. Not sure if those who put on the softs late will be caught out by the rain now.

  • itsmikeyd@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    These conditions really bring out the chasm in ability between Stroll and Alonso.

      • ibasaw@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        I always felt Stroll isn’t good in the rain per se… but he was very quick to change from wet/inters to slicks

        He gambles and it paid off a few times

          • SaucyGoodness@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            It might be that he has been Vandoorned already. His spirit has been broken.

            You have to believe you’re the fastest or you can just hang it up. Lance does not believe he is faster than Fernando it doesn’t seem. If your goal is to do slightly worse than Alonso, you’re always going to do worse than Alonso.

  • jmsw22@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    What’s great weekend. Canadian GP, US Open, and the Ashes. F in the chat for my wife and kids’ TV time please.

  • imasnyper@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    “There’s a surprising number of cars out there, considering this is approaching biblical”

    • Alex Jaques
  • jorge@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    🏁 Checkered flag as the rain increases

    Top 3

    HAM 1:13.718
    RUS +0.027
    SAI +0.126

  • Tronso@feddit.deEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    If the rain picks up now and the softs take 2 laps to get to working temperature, those who just came in might lose out heavily.

  • LCP@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    Good race. Sucks for Russell to have to retire after that comeback. Albon did excellent.