Will we see another ultra-consistent performance from Verstappen? Will Alonso finally get his 33rd? Will Lewis in the new Mercedes claim a victory, 16 years after his maiden win?
How will Ferrari bungle the strategy this weekend?
I just want Leclerc to have a good race goddamn
At this point, a weekend where everything goes along smoothly (him, his race engineer, pit stops and strategy) would look like a victory
Ferrari won the 24h of Le Mans. It is only logical to assume we’re due for a big Ferrari fuck up.
Another McLaren double points finish surely isn’t too much to ask for, right?
Right?
At this rate, one car in the points is still a good race
Maybe if they bring back the chrome and red 👀 But I do really want to see Piastri do well! He’s got the pace to challenge Norris I think, but it just seems like it’s not come together for him in a race, yet.
Max will win unless his car breaks. Still, things behind him have been getting more interesting this year, so let’s hope for more of that.
Is it too much to ask for a Ferrari win?
As a Ferrari fan, yes.
Depends on what you are willing to sacrifice.
Depends on the Motorsport category you are watching
I’ll put my money on another Verstappen win. I hope Perez can get his act together.
Verstappen seems damn near unstoppable at the moment. RB got a fantastic car and his raw skill is incredible. Would like to get some sort of an upset, though. Having the same guy win every time gets kind of boring. Felt the same with Hamilton a couple of years back :/
At least Hamilton Rosberg was interesting as they were at a more similar level than Bottas or Checo
Totally agree. He’s a total machine! We’ve definitely had some good scraps in the midfield, but honestly I feel like no midfield fight can really be as exciting as a fight for the win.
VER PER ALO is inevitable.
Charles will have a good start to the weekend, decent Q1 and Q2 and then his engine will blow up in Q3. You heard it here first :D
I’m thinking Leclerc goes third or fourth in the FP sessions, qualifies in third, comes in for hards at a good point in the race – at which point Ferrari fit his car with three hard tires and an extreme wet, and he drops out of the points.
Sainz, on the other hand, gets into a shouting match with his engineer, and makes up his own strategy, finishing 6th.
I dig this. Doesn’t sound utterly outlandish for Ferrari.
Are we guaranteed to go on this weekend with the situation in Canada right now?
The forecast is rain all week so I don’t think it will be a problem.
Oh so cancelled from flooding it is
LOL… some people just want to watch the world
burndrownStart behind the safety car, then red flag, then two laps on inters, then a boring race on dry tires.
Not necessarily guaranteed, but the officials have assured us fans that the wildfires will not have impact significant enough to endanger folks nor cancel the race outright as of this time.
Wind isn’t blowing south at the moment. So the skies are pretty clear in Montreal. Even when New York was super yellow, Montreal was relatively fine as most of the smoke went around Montreal. Plus the rain that we’ve been getting I’d helping out a lot.
I’d love to see Yuki score some points this weekend. Let’s go!
Poor Yuki, he really does deserve it.
I’m just hoping for a good midfield battle between AM, Ferrari and Mercedes, since I can’t really see anything except a Max win on Sunday. He is just on another level.
After Aston’s bad weekend in Spain, I’m hoping they can bounce back with an Alonso podium. Mercedes’s performance looked promising in Spain, I think it’ll be a fight between Hamilton and Alonso for the final podium place behind Verstappen and Pérez.
I’m still not convinced mercedes is above Aston given how they performed well at Spain last year before dropping down again after. Did the upgrades work or does their car just suit that track still?
I’m just looking for excitement. It’s very telling that the “Top 5 Battles of Canada” on the F1 YT channel includes three three-way battles, whereas the “Top 5 Battles of Spain” had a “battle” from qualifying.
I need to see Aston Martin unveil the most illegal, protest-inducing, send-Newey-into-a-coma upgrades and for it to rain so my boy Lance can get that maiden win.
I have to say, I’ve really turned around on Stroll this year. Seeing him drive with mangled hands and wrists early on was pretty heartening, and seeing him improve has been neat - fingers crossed the green bull comes through for him 🤞
I’m still rooting very hard for Mercedes. If Canada works out very well again, I think it will set a very different tone for the rest of the season
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I was so surprised by Merc’s performance last GP! That being said, I’m not sure how much difference these new sidepods can really make given that the car as a whole isn’t designed around them! Fingers crossed though - although it would be something special to see Alonso and Aston Martin beat them, honestly!
Williams 1-2, verstappen dnf, Charles leclerc now leads in points. Mercedes are running the reverse layout playing mario kart.
They should do one surprise race every year for 10x points and throw a bunch of random CF shrapnel on the track mid race
At this point I’m just hoping for rain so that Max can at least be challenged by someone
But Max is ridiculous in the rain. I don’t think that would be enough. I’m not sure anything can stop him at this point.
Spikestip?
