The Canadian Grand Prix is now behind us and it's time to review it.
A clean start from the top teams. The positions stayed the same even though Kimi Räikkönen tried to overtake Nico Rosberg for second. Valtteri Bottas couldn't really keep up with Kimi's speed because he was too busy defending his position against Romain Grosjean. The only one who really succeeded with his overtake was Nico Hulkenberg by getting in front of Pastor Maldonado.
Felipe Massa and Sebastian Vettel did a great job rising up from the back. On lap 8 the german had to pit for the first time and dropped back again. No problem there because he continued overtaking cars one by one and didn't seem to have a problem with it at all. Well only with Fernando Alonso but that was only for a little while. Felipe Massa did one of the best overtaking maneuvers by getting in front of Carlos Sainz Jr. Very nice work!
McLaren radiod Alonso to save fuel or he had to retire. Alonso didn't want to save fuel because he didn't want to look like "an amateur" like he said. Later he retired for obvious reasons and looked like a fool if you ask me. Why would you choose to "look good" instead of stay out on track and maybe get a point or two. I don't understand the logic. If he wanted to look good then why did he leave Ferrari to drive for McLaren? Somehow I have a feeling that we will see much more behavior like that in the future. Just wait and see!
Back to the race!
On lap 27 Kimi pitted and spun after that. It seems that he had the wrong settings in the car and that same thing happened to him one year ago as well. A pity for his sake because he almost had a podium finish coming to him.
Bottas took 3rd right away and kept it till the end. Every time a Ferrari has been behind him this season they haven't got pass him. He is very hard to overtake! The only ones in front of Bottas were the Mercs of Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. No surprise there.
In my opinion it was one of the most boring Canadian Grand Prix in years. Some already called me crazy and nuts etc. when I said this but please tell me which Canadian GP has been more boring if you can. I guess I made my point. The Canadian GP has usually been one of the best weekends of the year and it didn't really feel like it this time. I am sorry if you don't feel the same way. These are just my opinions and I am not changing them.
Then it's time for my predictions and the results!
Pole position: Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - CORRECT
The race:
- Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - CORRECT
- Nico Rosberg, Mercedes - CORRECT
- Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari - WRONG. Valtteri Bottas took 3rd and Sebastian Vettel was 5th.
Fastest lap: Kimi Räikkönen, Ferrari - CORRECT
Surprise: McLaren will show some improvement in Canada - Some speed was seen yes but it required more fuel which made Fernando Alonso retire.
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 AE, JT, MH & 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!
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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 AE, JT, MH & 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
