Canada GP Free practice & qualifying

**mwk360** · 10th June 2017, 14:16

Seb 1:13:7

williams said the new merc engine upgrades show big improvements for them too,

**mwk360** · 10th June 2017, 14:19

Bot and Ham on SS, Bot very fast from the first lap just 0.6+ off Vettel's pace

**mwk360** · 10th June 2017, 14:24

P1 Seb 1:13:015 US
P2 Ham 0.599+ SS
P3 Bot 0.890+ SS
P5 Rai 1.105+ US

**zike** · 10th June 2017, 14:27

Originally Posted by mwk360

Bot and Ham on SS, Bot very fast from the first lap just 0.6+ off Vettel's pace

I don't understand why are they using SS so much

**mwk360** · 10th June 2017, 14:31

Originally Posted by zike

I don't understand why are they using SS so much

i was hoping to see some split strategy in fp3 because Mercs seem to have been gathering a lot of info on all 3 tyres during practice

**Aberracus** · 10th June 2017, 14:32

Merc have less US than ferrari
Maybe they are planning to start in SS and then go to S one stop only.
Better tire management in that configuration for them too

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**JPBD** · 10th June 2017, 14:35

Great pace from Ferrari - but being within 2 thousandths of a second from one another does at least suggest they are near the ceiling of performance from the car. It will be close with merc, hopefully we've still got plenty in reserve. Seb did do several laps to achieve his 1:30.0, but Kimi just did his after a single warm up lap.... still much to unfold.

**JPBD** · 10th June 2017, 14:38

Just got proved wrong haha. Very encouraging. Let's see what merc has on the ultra.

**mwk360** · 10th June 2017, 14:39

Mercs on US now , biting my nails time lol, hoping they close and not far ahead

**mwk360** · 10th June 2017, 14:43

Max was only 0.011+ than hamilton when both were using SS

Mercs are sandbagging for sure

**zike** · 10th June 2017, 14:46

Originally Posted by mwk360

Max was only 0.011+ than hamilton when both were using SS

Mercs are sandbagging for sure

I think it's pretty close between us and them

**mwk360** · 10th June 2017, 14:48

Stroll is really awful right now p16, on US still slower than Massa p12 on SS

**mwk360** · 10th June 2017, 14:48

Originally Posted by zike

I think it's pretty close between us and them

i hope we sandbagging too, someone just said Hamilton hasnt been using drs on the straights

**Kristof_F40** · 10th June 2017, 14:50

Mercs looking strong.
Kimi 1,5 tenths faster in S2 then VET.
VET nailing S3 so far

**JPBD** · 10th June 2017, 14:53

Hamilton didn't use DRS on his fastest lap apparently. This could be much closer than it looks.

**mwk360** · 10th June 2017, 14:53

Body language from Ferrari garage isn't showing that happiness that was in monaco :-/, Hulk is p9 & Palmer in P17

**mwk360** · 10th June 2017, 14:55

Originally Posted by JPBD

Hamilton didn't use DRS on his fastest lap apparently. This could be much closer than it looks.

agreed

**mwk360** · 10th June 2017, 14:57

i wonder how much faster drs is here... maybe 0.5~1s faster than without considering that loooong straight

**mwk360** · 10th June 2017, 14:59

Hulk in p6

**zike** · 10th June 2017, 15:00

Originally Posted by JPBD

Hamilton didn't use DRS on his fastest lap apparently. This could be much closer than it looks.

I have seen him using it, but can remember was it on his flying lap

**mwk360** · 10th June 2017, 15:00

High fuel consumption track supposedly

**Vettel165** · 10th June 2017, 15:01

One of the best FP3 in a long time ago said Marc Gene. Everything they tried it worked well.

**mwk360** · 10th June 2017, 15:01

Max is just 0.3+ from Vettel

**Kristof_F40** · 10th June 2017, 15:02

LOL
Merc sandbagging like crazy.
12kph down to us.. That's not possible. Engine is turned down hugely. If they can do that S1 and S2 with the engine turned down like that. They will easy improve these sectors and huge improvement S3..
I think Merc will have the advantage in qualy

**mwk360** · 10th June 2017, 15:03

Originally Posted by Kristof_F40

LOL
Merc sandbagging like crazy.
12kph down to us.. That's not possible. Engine is turned down hugely. If they can do that S1 and S2 with the engine turned down like that. They will easy improve these sectors and huge improvement S3..
I think Merc will have the advantage in qualy

agreed plus they said hamilton wasnt using drs

**JPBD** · 10th June 2017, 15:04

Originally Posted by Kristof_F40

LOL
Merc sandbagging like crazy.
12kph down to us.. That's not possible. Engine is turned down hugely. If they can do that S1 and S2 with the engine turned down like that. They will easy improve these sectors and huge improvement S3..
I think Merc will have the advantage in qualy

Time will tell. Ferrari have been able to find a bit more in Q3 this year compared to previous years. Will it be enough? We'll see.

**zike** · 10th June 2017, 15:06

Originally Posted by mwk360

agreed plus they said hamilton wasnt using drs

I believe it would be impossible to the time he did with an downgraded engine and without drs, that would be he would be 1.5-2sec. faster than us in quali

**Kristof_F40** · 10th June 2017, 15:08

Originally Posted by JPBD

Time will tell. Ferrari have been able to find a bit more in Q3 this year compared to previous years. Will it be enough? We'll see.

Yes, but Merc tend to find more.
I think they will have this one..
Hopefully we can split them

**mwk360** · 10th June 2017, 15:10

Originally Posted by zike

I believe it would be impossible to the time he did with an downgraded engine and without drs, that would be he would be 1.5-2sec. faster than us in quali

i think their engine will give them the benefit here, but im sure ferrari will pull some speed from somewhere, i think they will edge ferrari by maybe 0.3~.4 based on what the commentators said and the low low top speeds in the speedtraps. I hope it cools down and give some benefit towards ferrari

**zike** · 10th June 2017, 15:22

Originally Posted by mwk360

i think their engine will give them the benefit here, but im sure ferrari will pull some speed from somewhere, i think they will edge ferrari by maybe 0.3~.4 based on what the commentators said and the low low top speeds in the speedtraps. I hope it cools down and give some benefit towards ferrari

We will se but I don't think they are 0.4 faster