Montreal Practice 1/2/3 2012

Final times
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He could also be drowned....

 

Do you guys think Felipe got hit in the head before Monaco and suddently remenbered how to drive again?

 

Never thought i'd say it, but Massa looked consistent and fast today running tandem w/ Alonso.

 

And how it should be.

 

Not to worry.
There'll be something to bash before too long

It almost seems that the team knew more about his situation than the fans did. Sounds impossible I know, but there it is.

 

Hope Massa gets back on the podium. It will stuff a cork in a lot of mouths.

 

Just think about how short a period 2/3 of a second is, and then consider that the top 12 are within that margin. It's anyone's pole tomorrow!

 

Both Vettel and MS were running regular soft, where as everyone else is running super soft. Be interesting to see how much quicker Vettel and MS will be on the super soft.

 

They just started on SuperSofts while the rest only got onto the SuperSofts in their later stints...

 

Great performance from the Scuderia today!

 

As I said in the prediction thread, he does really good on this track
http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=370734 post #8

 

I actually think the Speed announcers nailed it last week. In slow corners, the car is not an aero handful because the aero is not really working so Massa is better able to get more out of the car. Massa is having issues coping with the car when it is an aero handful in higher speed corners (Alonso not as much) which is making him lose tons of time relative to Alonso who is driving the car beyond its means. Moral of the story, Alonso is better at handling the Ferrari's quirks in quicker corners, Massa is not.

Both Monaco and Canada are slow speed cornering tracks so hopefully Massa can make good there. I'm pulling for him.


Mark

 

we are go!

http://www.vipbox.tv/watch/48950/1/f1---canadian-grand-prix-practice-3-live-stream-online.html

 

Looks like Rosberg has an issue with his car. Parked the car on Turn 7.

 

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Anyone else notice the "Fanvision" gizmo on the cockpit of the HRT guys?

Seems their own data displays aren't working too well!...... Oh dear!

Cheers,
Ian

 

SKY is saying they have softend the car up a bit for Massa like in Monaco and he has a better feel for the front end. The car just needed some tweaking more to his liking and style. So actually the set up was the problem from what is being reported now. This coming from Massa's engineer vice Speed as reported by Ted Kravitz from SKY.

 

Alonso+Ham in the 1:14s in fp3, looking real strong.

 

Better luck for MS possibly this weekend.

 

Nico enjoying lunch!

 

+1 Looks like his (lack of) luck may have found the Young Lad for once.......

 

merc trans or clutch problem apparently ....lots of cars having front lockup issues, button, webber, vettel, even hamilton has been puffing smoke off the front tires

 

Red Bulls trick front ducts banned;

A quick animation showing what they were up to;

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100230

Cheers,
Ian