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I blame Sargeant (as usual) he ruined my predictions... Norris was absolutely cruising before the 1st safety car.
Some mediocre drivers should stop driving better for their own safety and of course for others too...

Anyway congrats for the yellow cap Saint-loup.

Yeah, congrats Saint-loup!    I wish I also put Norris in 2nd place instead of 3rd.    I didn't expect Ferrari drivers to be this bad in Canada honestly. Still strategic mistakes by Ferrari...  They gambled with Leclerc's race for no reason while rain was expected. Sainz brought his end by himself though. I was so hopeful from Leclerc that I even put him in 2nd place on Superbru.

At least managing to keep my current place is a consolation. Anyway now we have a one-week break. After that, get ready for 3 races in 3 weeks: Catalunya, Red Bull Ring, Silverstone. 

Maximalism wins the day, but at least we had an exciting race and a rather unique podium finish? Even Hammie must have felt some joy, but he'll be disappointed he didn't get more out of conditions he's supposedly prime in eh?


Prescience. I knew it would be difficult for Perez to get points, but I was expecting a bit more of a fight. Ferrari were out of the way but Alpine surprised, even Yuki almost blew my chances on a bet (I had a No on both RBs to get points) -- said what I thought of Perez earlier but now even his hardest core fans have to give up on this guy.

It was a very exciting race this time, and once again good to see that three different manufacturers can win or drive in the TOP 3 (with Ferrari even 4 manufacturers), my tips were once again not really good, but why put on slicks yesterday when the track is still completely wet? And then there was a technical failure, Ferrari made a lot of mistakes this weekend.

So hard to keep up with pools, I just entered dumb predictons, and twice in a row forgot to check about qualifying results, so twice now missed the best chances to adjust my picks.

Fail of the year is Ferrari. Leclerc even didn't qualify, but was Ferrari the only one who decided to go for dry tires?

Norris words so humble. Hard to find nowadays.

Well done guys who won top places in Canadian Grand Prix.
It was a shitty weather conditions in Canada and that made everything harder for drivers but Norris was so close to win first place, only safety car saved Verstappen.
I was stupid enough to be late for making pole position predictions so I didnt win important points this round, and I predicted correctly first and second place.

Damn those Mercedes cars with their strategy,they got it right in the end and ruined my perfect podium,I had Piastri in 3rd place and I would have gotten a nice 14 points.Still I am happy with 11 points as I didn't lose compared to the top guys and in fact I recovered 0.5 to 1 point against them.

Now we have three race weeks in a row after 2 weeks break and these 3 upcoming races can make a difference for the standings although they will not be decisive as this is the longest ever Formula 1 season.I feel sorry for Norris but as he himself said,Safety Car helped him win in Miami and Safety Car made him lose yesterday.

Congrats to Saint-loup for winning the Canadian Grand Prix Yellow Cap @ Superbru

Congrats to cryptofrka for winning the Canadian GP Challenge

2024 F1 Canadian Grand Prix - Race Results
Pos   Driver   Nat.   Team   Time
1   Max Verstappen   NED   Oracle Red Bull Racing   70 laps
2   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   +3.879s
3   George Russell   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   +4.317s
4   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   +4.915s
5   Oscar Piastri   AUS   McLaren F1 Team   +10.199s
6   Fernando Alonso   ESP   Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team   +17.510s
7   Lance Stroll   CAN   Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team   +23.625s
8   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   Visa Cash App RB F1 Team   +28.672s
9   Pierre Gasly   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   +30.021s
10   Esteban Ocon   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   +30.313s
11   Nico Hulkenberg   GER   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   +30.824s
12   Kevin Magnussen   DEN   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   +31.253s
13   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber   +40.487s
14   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   Visa Cash App RB F1 Team   +52.694s
15   Zhou Guanyu   CHN   Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber   + 1 lap
DNF   Carlos Sainz   ESP   Scuderia Ferrari   56 laps
DNF   Alex Albon   THA   Williams Racing   54 laps
DNF   Sergio Perez   MEX   Oracle Red Bull Racing   54 laps
DNF   Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari   43 laps
DNF   Logan Sargeant   USA   Williams Racing   23 laps


Source: https://www.crash.net/f1/results/1050465/1/2024-f1-canadian-grand-prix-race-results-round-9


Only McLaren can fight Max.
I Reapeat, Only McLaren can fight Max, not the redbull, since Perez is a disaster.

It's amazing. It's a rare occurrence but the last time it happened was in 1997.

https://sportslumo.com/motorsport/fi-rewind-michael-schumacher-jacques-villeneuve-1997-f1-season-jerez/

It's amazing to see the precise racing that Formula 1 has. Imagine those seconds even divided more into more seconds It's really hard to fathom how little those margins are even for the lowest-performing team but it's still a wow for me. 

I think that Perez got it as they at Redbull are sure he is not a threat to Verstappen and opted for him when in the satellite team called RB Visa we are seeing Tsunoda making wonders in the last races and if they at Redbull were true to their tradition,getting the best driver from the satellite team they should have gone with him.Of course they will never do as clashes with Verstappen will be real and not like with Perez so they don't want to risk Verstappen with such move.Personally I would love to see some driver that does not care racing against Verstappen and fighting for the title rather than seeing Perez not making it to Q2 and like he himself said,it was a total disaster this qualifying.

I am thinking about changing picks although I am good with the places I have picked so far,it would be a good race for sure and although last 7 times pole sitter has won I still remember 2012 when Button from last won the race.

It was one of best qualifying sessions for a while. It's probably almost 30 years when we saw such thing last time - P1 and P2 had absolutely identical lap time and Russel took pole only because he made this time earlier. And Norris just 0.021 seconds behind them, damn.
Both Ferrari failing to get in Q3 and Perez again failing even get into Q2. Well, Checo got his contract extended right on time .

1   George Russell   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   1m13.013s   1m11.742s   1m12.000s
2   Max Verstappen   NED   Oracle Red Bull Racing   1m12.360s   1m12.549s   1m12.000s
3   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   1m12.959s   1m12.201s   1m12.021s
4   Oscar Piastri   AUS   McLaren F1 Team   1m12.907s   1m12.462s   1m12.103s
5   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   Visa Cash App RB F1 Team   1m13.240s   1m12.572s   1m12.178s
6   Fernando Alonso   ESP   Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team   1m13.117s   1m12.635s   1m12.228s
7   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   1m12.851s   1m11.979s   1m12.280s
8   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   Visa Cash App RB F1 Team   1m12.748s   1m12.303s   1m12.414s
9   Lance Stroll   CAN   Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team   1m13.088s   1m12.659s   1m12.701s
10   Alex Albon   THA   Williams Racing   1m12.896s   1m12.485s   1m12.796s
11   Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari   1m13.107s   1m12.691s   
12   Carlos Sainz   ESP   Scuderia Ferrari   1m13.038s   1m12.728s   
13   Logan Sargeant   USA   Williams Racing   1m13.063s   1m12.736s   
14   Kevin Magnussen   DEN   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   1m13.217s   1m12.916s   
15   Pierre Gasly   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   1m13.326s   1m12.940s   
16   Sergio Perez   MEX   Oracle Red Bull Racing   1m13.326s       
17   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber   1m13.336s       
18   Esteban Ocon   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   1m13.435s       
19   Nico Hulkenberg   GER   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   1m13.978s       
20   Zhou Guanyu   CHN   Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber   1m14.292s       


Pole position for Russel with the same Time of Verstappen, but he set it first so he will start ahead.

Disaster for Ferrari and Perez, but atleast it will be a fun race.

Source: https://www.crash.net/f1/results/1050393/1/2024-f1-canadian-grand-prix-qualifying-results

If Mercedes is targeting success in a short time then I see it like a risk. Otherwise there is no problem on bringing a young talent to a big team. It is even very good thinking about the future.    Verstappen is a great example for that. We don't know whether Antonelli is as talented as Verstappen yet though. He will need to prove himself in F1 first.

By the way is it guaranteed that Sainz will sign for Audi? The only thing I know of is their interest in bringing him in 2026.

I still went with boring prediction and picked Verstappen pole and race win. Unfortunately, again missed Sportsbet prediction contest by waiting until last minutes to make predictions.
Seems that we will have dry qualifying session. There is some clouds around the track, but it doesn't looks very dark.

1   Lewis Hamilton   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   1m12.549s
2   Max Verstappen   NED   Oracle Red Bull Racing   1m12.923s
3   George Russell   GBR   Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team   1m12.957s
4   Lance Stroll   CAN   Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team   1m13.026s
5   Oscar Piastri   AUS   McLaren F1 Team   1m13.266s
6   Daniel Ricciardo   AUS   Visa Cash App RB F1 Team   1m13.279s
7   Lando Norris   GBR   McLaren F1 Team   1m13.293s
8   Fernando Alonso   ESP   Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team   1m13.340s
9   Sergio Perez   MEX   Oracle Red Bull Racing   1m13.342s
10   Charles Leclerc   MON   Scuderia Ferrari   1m13.349s
11   Kevin Magnussen   DEN   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   1m13.439s
12   Carlos Sainz   ESP   Scuderia Ferrari   1m13.570s
13   Valtteri Bottas   FIN   Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber   1m13.642s
14   Logan Sargeant   USA   Williams Racing   1m13.663s
15   Yuki Tsunoda   JPN   Visa Cash App RB F1 Team   1m13.716s
16   Pierre Gasly   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   1m13.737s
17   Nico Hulkenberg   GER   MoneyGram Haas F1 Team   1m13.777s
18   Alex Albon   THA   Williams Racing   1m13.880s
19   Esteban Ocon   FRA   BWT Alpine F1 Team   1m14.075s
20   Zhou Guanyu   CHN   Stake F1 Team Kick Sauber   1m18.656s


Source: https://www.crash.net/f1/results/1050359/1/2024-f1-canadian-grand-prix-final-practice-results

Last hour resetuls, pole position in 1 hour.

Hard to predict with Ferrari hiding themself.

I don't know but I have gone for a Verstappen pole and a Norris with Piastri tailing him in the race,I will watch the qualifiers and change accordingly,I don't care anymore losing 2 points of the Early Brew Points if I don't get the pole position right and in this track I am sure we will see a lot of changing positions during the race,this track surely permit it and no one can predict accurately before the qualifying the complete 10 places line up in the points.

Of course problems have arisen for Max and the whole team with so many people leaving the team,that is why I don't believe that much that Max is going to have an easy win tomorrow,the Mercedes powered cars should be somewhat in advantage because it is a super fast track,of course Honda has great top speed too so it should be very interesting.

We are 2 hours away from qualifiers and to be honest I found it very hard to actually pick a winner and I think we are up to another surprise this weekend with another winner. Max and RedBull are falling even further beyond and if Perez won't actually score important points from now on , they will not win constructor championship because Max cannot fight alone.

Hammie doing quite well in final practice. Anyone tempted to change up anything based on the Ps? I know I'm not. Enough of fooling around now and sticking to the odds, yessir. That means Perez not higher than 7th.


F1's been full of changes, it's expected, we get it, but for safety, for watchability, yes and yes. The electric thing doesn't jive with F1. It's a race...

I am also pro the move to get a talented driver even at such young age.Of course he may not be the best in the race category where it races but you have to include also the team there,the aerodynamics if they all use the same engine,if not then engine difference is another plus.I think that a big team like Mercedes if they give him a great car like Ferrari did with Bearman this year then I am pretty sure that he will be doing just fine.So another plus is that the big team can make you to give out the best version of you and become an even better driver.

As for the race of this weekend,Aston Martin is some years in consecutive that do well in the fast laps of the qualifyings in this specific track.Let's see the qualifying of today,whatever happens this track is a great one when cars can follow each other even better and the DRS after 1 lap is a big plus to this race.