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The Villeneuves are Canada's main F1 challengers and have their place in Grand Prix history, no other Canadian has scored a World Championship point. Gilles Villeneuve tackled 67 Grands Prix between 1977 and 1982, won six of them and scored 107 points. Son Jacques has surpassed his father's total of races - this will be his 90th - scoring 204 points and winning eleven races.
It then remained at Mosport until 1977 when the track was considered too dangerous, and with interest growing in the career of Canada's own Gilles Villeneuve, the race was moved to a hastily prepared track on the Ile de Notre Dame, site of Expo '67 and the rowing basin used in the '68 Olympics, on the St Lawrence River. Gilles Villeneuve won that first race on a track that would be named after him following his death in 1982. That victory of Gilles Villeneuve's was one of eight that have been won by Ferrari - including Jean Alesi's only Grand Prix win of course - but McLaren have also won eight times in Canada. Williams have won six times. Ferrari have had three one-twos in '70, '85 and '00; Williams have had three: '80, '89 and '96 while McLaren have had two, in '68 and '88. Williams have occupied the front row three times, and McLaren four, but Ferrari have never managed it. Info : Most successful driver in Canada has been Michael Schumacher who has won four times. Benetton report that it is the race which requires the least downforce so far this season. In fact they are predicting 205 mph/330 kph on the straight this year. The surface is low grip, used once a year and therefore very dusty and dirty. You can spend your time chasing a set-up on the Friday because the grip level varies so much. But due to the number of chicanes, there are several factors which come into play. Tyres can be very soft here but they will still need to be consistent, an interesting and challenging combination. It's important to have good power out of the chicanes but that also means fuel consumption and therefore weight is high. It's important to have a strong transmission due to the acceleration under load out of the chicanes, and it's imperative to have good brakes going into them. S Weather : Prediction of clear skies for Sunday Team Stats To Date: Ferrari Schumacher has out-qualified Barrichello 7 times this season. Average gap between drivers in qualifying: 0.285. Schumacher's average qualifying position 1st, Barrichello's 4th From 14 starts, Ferrari have finished 11 times (79%) and in the points 11 times (79%) McLaren Hakkinen has out-qualified Coulthard 4 times this season. Average gap between drivers in qualifying: 0.110s. Hakkinen's average qualifying position 2nd, Coulthard's 5th From 14 starts, McLaren have finished 10 times (71%) and in the points 9 times (64%) Williams Schumacher has out-qualified Montoya 6 times this season. Average gap between drivers in qualifying: 0.553s. Schumacher's average qualifying position 3rd, Montoya's 7th From 14 starts, Williams have finished 3 times (21%) and in the points 3 times (21%) Benetton Fisichella has out-qualified Button 6 times this season. Average gap between drivers in qualifying: 0.528s. Fisichella's average qualifying position 16th, Button's 21st From 14 starts, Benetton have finished 9 times (64%) and in the points 1 time (7%) BAR Villeneuve has out-qualified Panis 4 times this season. Average gap between drivers in qualifying: 0.055s. Villeneuve's average qualifying position 9th, Panis' 10th From 14 starts, BAR have finished 9 times (64%) and in the points 4 times (29%) Jordan Trulli has out-qualified Frentzen 6 times this season. Average gap between drivers in qualifying: 0.233s. Frentzen's average qualifying position 8th, Trulli's 6th From 14 starts, Jordan have finished 8 times (57%) and in the points 6 times (43%) Arrows Bernoldi has out-qualified Verstappen 4 times this season. Average gap between drivers in qualifying: 0.094s. Verstappen's average qualifying position 17th, Bernoldi's 18th From 14 starts, Arrows have finished 7 times (50%) and in the points 1 times (7%) Sauber Heidfeld has out-qualified Raikkonen 4 times this season. Average gap between drivers in qualifying: 0.139s. Heidfeld's average qualifying position 11th, Raikkonen's 12th From 14 starts, Sauber have finished 9 times (64%) and in the points 5 times (36%) Jaguar Irvine has out-qualified de la Rosa 3 times this season. Average gap between drivers in qualifying: 0.911s. Irvine's average qualifying position 13th, de la Rosa's 15th From 14 starts, Jaguar have finished 6 times (43%) and in the points 1 time (7%) Minardi Alonso has out-qualified Marques 6 times this season. Average gap between drivers in qualifying: 1.129s. Marques' average qualifying position 22nd, Alonso's 20th From 14 starts, Minardi have finished 6 times (43%) and in the points 0 times (0%) Prost Burti has out-qualified Alesi 1 time this season. Average gap between drivers in qualifying: 0.016s. Burti's average qualifying position 14th, Alesi's 15th From 10 starts, Prost have finished 7 times (70%) and in the points 0 times (0%)
It was business as usual on the first day of practice in Canada, as the McLaren and Ferrari drivers took it in turns to top the listings. Although they did finish ahead of the pack, both McLaren drivers experienced some near misses in the second session. Hakkinen narrowly avoided hitting a barrier early on in the day, whilst Coulthard left the track on more than one occasion but managed to recover. Eddie Irvine was an impressive 3rd fastest, the Ulsterman keeping himself high in the listings for the entire second session.
Jacques Villeneuve will be slightly disappointed to start his home event from ninth, but the French/Canadian will no doubt be relieved not to have repeated the accidents experienced during practice yesterday. Jacques hit the news before qualifying after allegedly grabbing Williams driver Juan Pablo Montoya by the throat in the drivers' briefing ahead of the session. The pair continued their battling on the track as they fought for much of the hour, but Villeneuve eventually came out one place ahead of the Colombian.
Jacques Villeneuve's poor form on home soil and the track named after his father continued. But for the rest of us a new star rises to challenge Ferrari/Schumacher dominance. Williams, already a fast car, got it all right this time by sacrificing speed for down-force and control through the corners. Ralf helped by out-driving his big brother by .25 sec per lap and Montoya in the same car by 1sec per lap. For those of us with the money down it was William's poor reliabillity that had us on edge to the end. The smart gamblers noticed the Michelin tyre choice would pay-off on this track if coupled with car set-up. There are several more tracks like this one, fast and heavy braking into corners plus chicanes that need this type of set-up. Williams looks set for more points, especially at the home circuit. McLaren needs new ideas to stay in contention. |
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