As I said in the preview, I have always enjoyed the Canadian GP and the race didn't disappoint me this time either. So what do I remember from the race?
Williams had a terrible race even though they showed some good pace in the other sessions. They messed up Valtteri Bottas strategy and Felipe Massa had a terrible crash with Sergio Perez. I'm still a bit confused why Perez was penalized. Take a look at this video:
Ferrari and McLaren were also not that good. Jenson Button mainly did well because there was so many retirements. What did Kevin Magnussen do? I don't know. Don't remember anything he did so he couldn't have been that good either.
Kimi Räikkönen dropped from 3rd place to 13th when he pitted even though he should have dropped to 8th. Why did it take so long in the pits and why did they leave Kimi in traffic again? How can it be so difficult to get one race to work? It was the wrong time to take him in as well..
The Marussias crashed with each other which means that Max Chilton retired a race for the first time ever in Formula One! Can you believe that? Nobody has ever finished so many races in the beginning of his career. Max Chilton is a very consistent driver so why not give him a chance in a better team? Think about what he could do if he could finish every race in a better car! Maybe not world champion material but a consistent high scorer at least. By the way Max Chilton got a penalty for the crash with Bianchi.
The Mercedes drivers had problems with their ERS and some other small problems. Nico Rosberg said that the problems started right after the first pitstop. What could have happened there? Isn't Mercedes as good as they seem? Lewis Hamilton retired the race in Australia as well so the cars aren't that reliable are they? Maybe they will have more retirements in the future and there's a chance of beating them? We shall wait and see.
The man who was behind them waiting for the right moment was Daniel Ricciardo. Lewis retired and Nico had problems so the only thing the Aussie could do was to overtake and win! He took his maiden victory and smiled more than ever. You could see his smile from space! He said after the race that his face hurts from all the smiling. Who can blame him? He should be proud of himself because he is now the only driver who has won a race besides the Mercs.
I don't really know what else to say about the race. It was entertaining as hell and I hope we will see more races like that! If you have anything you want me to comment etc. then just send me a message.
Now it's time for my predictions and the actual results!
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - WRONG. It was the other Mercedes driver (Nico Rosberg)
The race:
- Lewis Hmilton, Mercedes - WRONG (he retired and Daniel Ricciardo won the race)
- Nico Rosberg, Mercedes - CORRECT
- Fernando Alonso, Ferrari - WRONG (Sebastian Vettel was third)
Fastest lap: Fernando Alonso, Ferrari - WRONG (it was Alonso's former teammate Felipe Massa)
Surprise: McLaren will show some improvement in Canada. - The improvement was mainly because there was so many retirements. I don't know if they actually improved. We shall se in the next race.
Remember to post your own predictions to our F1-4-LIFE PREDICTORS LEAGUE.
The rules:
POINTS: 1st - 3
2nd - 5
3rd - 10
HOW IT WORKS: the aim of the game is simply predict who comes where in the race (top3). A total of 18 points can be won on a race day. If you get winner and and 3rd place right but 2nd wrong you get 13 points same if you get 1 correct. eg. 2nd you get 5 points. If a driver wins the race and you said he would come 2nd or 3rd no points would be awarded. Same if he came in another position, and you predicted that wrong. A table will be posted up every race weekend. The point scoring system will change once the cars become more competitive. Everyone will say a merc 1,2 so it won't be close or fun.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PREDICTIONS: send an email to f14lifeblog@gmail.com or message the Facebook page to submit your predictions. You have until lights out to make them. If you submit them when the race has started they won't count. So be quick! like the Mercedes.
THE PRIZE: the winner of the league will win themselves a admin place on the F1 4 LIFE page along side JT, AE & MW. If you don't want to be an admin you are welcome to participate anyway. We may also come up with some other prize if it helps.
THIS TIME YOU ALSO GET BONUS POINTS! PREDICT POLE POSITION AND FASTEST LAP CORRECTLY TO EARN 2 EXTRA POINTS!
That's it for today and if you want to send me feedback then email me: f14lifeblog@gmail.com
2nd - 5
3rd - 10
HOW IT WORKS: the aim of the game is simply predict who comes where in the race (top3). A total of 18 points can be won on a race day. If you get winner and and 3rd place right but 2nd wrong you get 13 points same if you get 1 correct. eg. 2nd you get 5 points. If a driver wins the race and you said he would come 2nd or 3rd no points would be awarded. Same if he came in another position, and you predicted that wrong. A table will be posted up every race weekend. The point scoring system will change once the cars become more competitive. Everyone will say a merc 1,2 so it won't be close or fun.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR PREDICTIONS: send an email to f14lifeblog@gmail.com or message the Facebook page to submit your predictions. You have until lights out to make them. If you submit them when the race has started they won't count. So be quick! like the Mercedes.
THE PRIZE: the winner of the league will win themselves a admin place on the F1 4 LIFE page along side JT, AE & MW. If you don't want to be an admin you are welcome to participate anyway. We may also come up with some other prize if it helps.
THIS TIME YOU ALSO GET BONUS POINTS! PREDICT POLE POSITION AND FASTEST LAP CORRECTLY TO EARN 2 EXTRA POINTS!
That's it for today and if you want to send me feedback then email me: f14lifeblog@gmail.com
