I am a 2 hour drive away but I ain't paying $390 for General Admission to get in on Sunday. $731 for the grandstand coming out of T2.

The pricing's outrageous, but you should go to one if you can to experience the atmosphere, the sounds, the sights.

Honestly I prefer watching on TV, but every F1 fan should attend at least one grand prix if possible.

Leclerc does indeed have a grid penalty, only question is whether it will be a 10-place or more. Like I said Ferrari should just swap everything, expand their pool, and get on with it.

Max edged FP2 and Red Bull are looking stronger at this stage than they have for several races, although Perez lost the plot a bit, but hopefully he'll be back in FP3. Good chance to extend the championship lead this weekend.

Aston Martin looking quite froggy. Mercedes off the pace. McLaren got both cars in the top ten in FP3. Alfa have gone off the boil and need upgrades to keep pace. It seems several teams have targeted Silverstone for major modifications. Williams still slower than everyone.

The new bouncing directive will not be implemented this weekend as the FIA will use it to gather data and we should have some detail before the next race.

I have gone many years ago to Montreal and Mosport for F1.

Mosport's a great track.

FP3 was soaking in the rain and quite a mess. Max might have turned three or four laps. If it's wet for qualifying all bets are off. Nothing throws the order to the wind like heavy rain. At least no car ended up smashed against a wall.

Come on max!

Loved the Can/Am cars at Mosport.

Canadian Grand Prix qualifying results: Verstappen on pole from Alonso
Cla Driver Time Gap km/h
1
Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull RB18 1'21.299 193.109
2
Spain Fernando Alonso Alpine A522 1'21.944 0.645 191.589
3
Spain Carlos Sainz Ferrari F1-75 1'22.096 0.797 191.234
4
United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes W13 1'22.891 1.592 189.400
5
Denmark Kevin Magnussen Haas VF-22 1'22.960 1.661 189.243
6
Germany Mick Schumacher Haas VF-22 1'23.356 2.057 188.343
7
France Esteban Ocon Alpine A522 1'23.529 2.230 187.953
8
United Kingdom George Russell Mercedes W13 1'23.557 2.258 187.890
9
Australia Daniel Ricciardo McLaren MCL36 1'23.749 2.450 187.460
10
China Zhou Guanyu Alfa Romeo C42 1'24.030 2.731 186.833
11
Finland Valtteri Bottas Alfa Romeo C42 1'26.788 5.489 180.895
12
Thailand Alex Albon Williams FW44 1'26.858 5.559 180.750
13
Mexico Sergio Perez Red Bull RB18 1'33.127 11.828 168.582
14
United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren MCL36
15
France Pierre Gasly AlphaTauri AT03 1'34.492 13.193 166.147
16
Germany Sebastian Vettel Aston Martin AMR22 1'34.512 13.213 166.112
17
Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin AMR22 1'35.532 14.233 164.338
18
Canada Nicholas Latifi Williams FW44 1'35.660 14.361 164.118
19
Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari F1-75
20
Japan Yuki Tsunoda AlphaTauri AT03 1'36.575 15.276 162.563

What a quali !

We're in for a treat, this race, with so many misplaced front runners.

MSC and RIC must be quite happy, and ALO laughing his ass off !

Yes that was great wasn't it?

Well done to Max, who didn't put a foot wrong and took what the drying track gave him. I think that's only his second pole of the season.

How about Haas? They must be over the moon.

Disappointed in Perez, who has been great this year, but needed to show more patience here with the track evolving. To park it in Q2 is not good, it could have been a front row.

And what can you say about Alonso? Fantastic for him, and for Alpine who have been on quite a good run.

Many are praising Russell's 'bravery', but I think that was a dumb move on to slicks and he cost himself several grid positions probably. Nothing ventured nothing gained I guess, but it seemed pretty obvious it was too wet especially in turns one and two where he spun.

Like rollnloop pointed out the mixed grid is exciting and I'm looking forward to a good race. Some fast cars at the back and it should be spicy.

Good race, that. Congrats to Max who put no feet wrong the entire weekend. That he won without having the fastest car is testament to how well he drove. The battle with Sainz over the closing laps was tense. It would have been so easy to get a little wiggle, or bent out of shape here or there, but he nailed every lap, particularly the hairpin exits, which enabled him to fend off the faster Ferrari down the backstraight.

Fernando was demoted to 9th from 7th after the race for weaving in defense against Bottas. That promotes Bottas and Zhou one place each, to 7th and 8th. I was talking after Baku about how I saw a racer in Zhou, and really it's only rotten mechanical reliability that has prevented him from scoring more. He arrived in Montreal with a single point all season (Bahrain), but took four more here. That helped to give me my best fantasy week of the season, and I think it will be even better as I don't think they've updated to reflect Alonso's penalty and the resulting promotions for the Alfas. Perez's retirement hurts, but otherwise a good fantasy week.

McLaren were disappointing. Over the past few seasons tracks like Canada, or Monza, Spa and anywhere that horsepower and top speed were paramount you could count on McLaren being in the mix. But with these cars that pace has gone. Non-factors yesterday.

Merc were fast. When I watch the races I have live timing displayed so I can monitor all the sector times, tires and laps-on. So I can see at a glance the fastest cars on the track. Lewis was slightly off the pace, but over the second half of the race he was right there, within a few tenths of the leaders. Nearly there, but not quite. There is reason for optimism in the Silver Arrows garage. I think this was only the second time Hamilton has finished ahead of Russell this season, and of course Russell shot himself in the foot with his qualifying gamble on to slicks. Still, another solid points haul for Merc and they aren't so far behind Ferrari really, 40 points.

Haas were disappointing too, failing to do anything at all with their excellent qualifying.

Porpoising. Where'd it go? All the hub-bub over the week about it but come race weekend it disappeared. Not literally, I could see cars bouncing, but the talk of it evaporated, as if it was taboo. And no cries of safety concerns out of any team. Lewis hopped out of his car with no drama at all. So what happened?

My reckless speculation is that the teams complaining about it realized that the FIA wasn't in the mood to change the rules to benefit the complaining teams, but to limit them, and with it the talk stopped.

As long as the drivers are safe I'm happy, FIA ruling was spot on.

I'm sad I missed the race, highlights don't show much of VER/SAI's fight, I hope they'll show more in some other video.

KMAG needs to stop playing stockcars on 1st lap, then results may come.

Lol, you can't make this stuff up. Toto had some absurd things to say over the weekend and I wasn't going to give it much thought. Then this.


Mercedes claims its F1 porpoising issues are now "solved"

That's amazing!

Well, as long as bouncing is not solved, whatever the origin of it is doesn't really matter.

It's a shot in the dark but I kinda think suspension and aero bouncing must be related at some point anyway ?

Still, too funny a headline to be missed

Back at it this week boys, Silverstone is the track, and I hope things go a little better (for me) this time around. Red Bull fans will no doubt wince in recall at the string of bad races at this point in the schedule a year ago.

No news to report, which seems odd, but as soon as the FIA made that technical directive ahead of Montreal it seems everyone suddenly clammed up

One thing I am interested to see is how lap times at Silverstone compare to previous races. So far the 2022 car has proven slower than last year's car. This is down to the way they generate down force, and probably more crucially, how much heavier they are. The larger wheels may play a role as well. There are a rash of upgrades coming for SIlverstone, and I reckon many will be aimed at making the car lighter

Silverstone is the first track we've come to with a number of high speed corners, where you'd expect ground effect cars to shine. Will that translate to faster laps? We will see!

We have four races in July -- Silverstone, Red Bull Ring, Paul Ricard and Hungaroring -- before we take the month of August off for the summer break. Will there be any driver market moves? Doesn't look likely at the moment, but I won't rule it out either. I think Latifi and Schumacher are at risk for sure.

These last years drivers tend to end their year, even when they know they'll be replaced at the end of it. Baby schumi is at risk indeed, but then having Ferrari backup is quite heavy in the balance. I wish he performs well enough on second half and no hasty decision is made. Latifi is more likely to go now williams has secured finances. I kinda thing Ferrari has its chances on quali again, in the race though with their strategists...

I hope no porpoising is seen , I think Silverstone is quite smooth compared to street circuits ? Anyway FIA ruling will most likely stop teams to try extreme settings again I'm quite certain, now that Mercedes has miraculously "solved" their car's porpoising

Yes, mid-season moves are increasingly rare but you never know. If I were Capito I'd want to audition someone over the second half of the season. It's clear I think that you're not going to get anything out of Latifi in this car, so why not try something different. Albon's done enough to retain his seat I think. He's actually surprised me a bit this year.

Latifi's a pay driver though right?

Regardless, I'd make a move. It can't be worse.

FP1 was a damp squib, with the wet conditions making half the field decide not to turn laps. Everyone came out with two minutes to go, but then Stroll sailed off at Copse and the red flag ended the session. Bottas was fastest but we really cannot draw any conclusions from this session. We'll see what FP2 brings.

Schumacher got an ultimatum ? 4 races to score points ? True or buzz ?

I haven't seen it, but it should be true, right? F1 is twenty seats, and if you're sitting in one you need to deliver. That sort of ultimatum, if true, is a bit misguided in my view. What I mean is Schumacher's been in the team for nearly a season and a half. Surely Steiner knows already if they intend to keep him or kick him. If he snags a P9 in a chaotic race for example is he suddenly the right driver? But if he doesn't he's not? No, doesn't make sense on it's face. I think it's softening the blow and ensuring the coming dismissal was done on merit and that the driver was given every chance to prove himself. He's not looked a match for Magnussen at any point really. He's smashed a number of cars. Zero points. You can see he is motivated to prove he belongs but I think he just isn't the right level.

There are too many promising drivers waiting in the wings to spend two years waiting for a rookie to figure it out. I wish he was better, he's so earnest is maybe the right word. But it's F1 and you had better be fast.

FP3 is in the books. The Bulls look strong, but so do Mercedes and Ferrari. Lando 7th, Bottas 8th, Schumacher 9th and Alonso 10th. Maybe Mick's heard the word.

Sauber were so far off the pace yesterday that I was thinking of changing constructor for Fantasy, but Bottas was fast enough today to make me think of keeping them. Would have liked to see more out of Zhou to set the mind at ease. The data from Friday showed decent race pace out of the Alfas, but the 9th-fastest team in qualifying trim and I thought that would be too tall a hill to climb in the race. But Bottas in the top ten today makes me reconsider.

Everyone seems to love Silverstone but I'm not a big fan. Hard to overtake here on merit. But there are three spots where it's really easy to make a mistake and run deep or wide -- Village/Loop complex, Brookland/Luffield and the final lefthander before Club. Patience is key here, waiting for that mistake and pouncing on it.

Tomorrow is supposed to be dry, but it's England so. Let's see how qualifying shakes out.

Come on Max!

Sainz on pole by a hair. Max second and all the usual suspects after that. Zhou starts ninth and check the temp in hell because Latifi of all people made Q3!

I wanted Max on pole but second is fine and all the pressure's on Sainz now.

Should be a cracking affair on the morrow.