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Fantasy Formula 1 - Canadian GP Preview
7:25 PM on June 4th, 2012 by Nathan Susanto

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The inaugural Canadian GP was run in 1961 and for the first six years it was a sports car event. Its home was Mosport Park, a purpose-built road course near Toronto and the race attracted star names from the world of sports car and Formula 1 such as Stirling Moss, Pedro Rodríguez and Phil Hill.

The event was eventually given Formula 1 status in 1967 with the grand prix once again being held at Mosport Park. It alternated with Circuit Mont-Tremblant until 1970 but it was then held exclusively at Mosport Park until 1977. The race that year, though, saw Ian Ashley involved in a serious accident and it became apparent the safety at the fast track wasn't good enough. A new circuit was built in Montreal in time to host the 1978 event.

That venue was the Íle Notre-Dame Circuit, since renamed Circuit Gilles Villeneuve after the Canadian Formula 1 driver died in 1982, situated at Parc Jean-Drapreau on a man-made island in the St. Lawrence River. The layout is narrow by modern standards and instead of vast asphalt run-off areas the circuit is lined by walls. The wall that runs alongside the start/finish straight was dubbed "Mur du Québec" (Quebec Wall) due to it bearing the slogan Bienvenue au Québec ("Welcome to Quebec"). However, during the 1999 event three world champions, Damon Hill, Michael Schumacher and Jaques Villeneuve saw their race end in the same spot, leading to the wall being renamed "The Wall of Champions".

The Canadian GP will host the seventh round of the 2012 Formula 1 season on June 10th. A year ago, Sebastian Vettel opened his campaign with five wins in the first six races, giving him a 58 point lead, on his way to an inevitable second consecutive world title. Twelve months on and we have the antithesis to last year's inevitability.

For the first time in Formula 1 history there have been six different winners in the opening six grands prix, resulting in the leading six competitors in the standings being separated by just 25 points. The winner last time out was Red Bull's Mark Webber, following Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso, Nico Rosberg, Sebastian Vettel and Pastor Maldonado into the 2012 winners' circle. With the likes of Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Räikkönen - who have both triumphed at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in the past - still to win this season, a seventh different winner this weekend would come as no surprise.

Remember to make your game picks in the 2012 Fantasy Formula 1 thread before the deadline of Saturday, June 9th at 12:55 PM ET, five minutes before qualifying begins. Here we run down some Canadian GP facts and season stats.



Race Info
Grand Prix Canadian GP
Round 7 of 20
Circuit Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Location Montréal, Québec
Circuit Type Road/race circuit
Circuit Length 2.71 mi (4.361 km)
Circuit Direction Clockwise
Turns 14 (6 Left, 8 Right)
Lap Record 1:13.622, Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari), 2004
Race Length 189.694 mi (305.270 km)
Laps 70
2011 Polesitter Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Racing)
2011 Winner Jenson Button (McLaren)
Timetable
Free Practice 1 Friday, June 8th at 10 AM ET - 11:30 AM ET
Free Practice 2 Friday, June 8th at 2 PM ET - 3:30 PM ET
Free Practice 3 Saturday, June 9th at 10 AM ET - 11 AM ET
Fantasy Deadline Saturday, June 9th at 12:55 PM ET
Qualifying Saturday, June 9th at 1 PM ET
Race Sunday, June 10th at 2 PM ET



Montreal facts:
  • Three of the last ten polesitters have won in Montreal.
  • The polesitter has finished on the podium in five out of the last eight Canadian GP.
  • The polesitter has failed to finish twice and has been disqualified once in the last seven events.
  • Last year was the first time Lewis Hamilton failed to qualify on pole in Canada since his F1 debut in 2007.
  • Three winners in the last seven Montreal races started from behind the front two rows of the grid.
  • Nine podium finishers in the last seven Canadian GP started from behind the front two rows.
  • Michael Schumacher (7) and Lewis Hamilton (2) are the only current drivers with multiple Canadian GP wins.
  • Ferrari has won a record ten races at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
  • McLaren has won four of the last six Canadian GP.
  • Ferrari (6) and McLaren (5) are the only teams to have won more than once in the last 14 events.
  • The most positions gained in a Montreal race is 18, most recently achieved by Heikki Kovalainen in 2007.
  • 2010 was the only time where there were fewer than six retirements at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
  • There has been a first lap retirement at four of the last seven races in Montreal.
  • The safety car has been deployed at five of the last six Canadian GP.
  • Last year's race started behind the safety car and was deployed a further five times.



2011 Canadian GP Qualifying Results
Rank
Driver Team
Q1
Q2
Q3
Grid
1.
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull Racing
1:14.011
1:13.486
1:13.014
1
2.
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
1:13.822
1:13.672
1:13.199
2
3.
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1:14.026
1:13.431
1:13.217
3
4.
Mark Webber
Red Bull Racing
1:14.375
1:13.654
1:13.429
4
5.
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
1:14.114
1:13.926
1:13.565
5
6.
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
1:14.920
1:13.950
1:13.814
6
7.
Jenson Button
McLaren
1:14.374
1:13.955
1:13.838
7
8.
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
1:14.970
1:14.242
1:13.864
8
9.
Nick Heidfeld
Renault
1:15.096
1:14.467
1:14.062
9
10
Vitaly Petrov
Renault
1:14.699
1:14.354
1:14.085
10
11.
Paul di Resta
Force India
1:14.874
1:14.752
-
11
12.
Pastor Maldonado
Williams
1:15.585
1:15.043
-
12
13.
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber
1:15.694
1:15.285
-
13
14.
Adrian Sutil
Force India
1:14.931
1:15.287
-
14
15.
Sébastien Buemi
Toro Rosso
1:15.901
1:15.334
-
15
16.
Rubens Barrichello
Williams
1:15.331
1:15.361
-
16
17.
Pedro de la Rosa
Sauber
1:16.229
1:15.587
-
17
18.
Jaime Alguersuari
Toro Rosso
1:16.294
-
-
PL
19.
Jarno Trulli
Lotus
1:16.745
-
-
18
20.
Heikki Kovalainen
Lotus
1:16.786
-
-
19
21.
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Hispania Racing
1:18.424
-
-
20
22.
Timo Glock
Virgin Racing
1:18.537
-
-
21
23.
Narain Karthikeyan
Hispania Racing
1:18.574
-
-
22


107% Time:
1:18.989



24.
Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Virgin Racing
1:19.414
-
-
23



Qualifying Notes
Ferrari and Red Bull had two cars in the top-4.
McLaren, Mercedes and Renault had two cars in the top-10.
Jaime Alguersuari chose to start the race from the pit lane.
Jérôme d'Ambrosio failed to set a time within the 107% standard. He was allowed to participate in the race, though,
after the stewards took into account he was using a new chassis and also set a time within 107% in FP1.
Sergio Pérez was replaced for the weekend by Pedro de la Rosa after he felt unwell during FP1.



2011 Canadian GP Race Results and Drivers' Fantasy Points
Rank
Driver Team Retirement
Q.P.
R.P.
C.F.
L.L.
M.L.
F.L.
TOTAL
1.
Jenson Button
McLaren

1
40
1
1
0
1
44
2.
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull Racing

5
38
1
1
2
0
47
3.
Mark Webber
Red Bull Racing

1
36
1
0
0
0
38
4.
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes

1
34
1
0
0
0
36
5.
Vitaly Petrov
Renault

1
32
1
0
0
0
34
6.
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
2
30
1
1
0
0
34
7.
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber

0
28
1
0
0
0
29
8.
Jaime Alguersuari
Toro Rosso

0
26
1
0
0
0
27
9.
Rubens Barrichello
Williams

0
24
1
0
0
0
25
10.
Sébastien Buemi
Toro Rosso

0
22
1
0
0
0
23
11.
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes

1
20
1
0
0
0
22
12.
Pedro de la Rosa
Sauber

0
18
1
0
0
0
19
13.
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Hispania Racing

0
16
1
0
0
0
17
14.
Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Virgin Racing

0
14
1
0
0
0
15
15.
Timo Glock
Virgin Racing

0
12
1
0
0
0
13
16.
Jarno Trulli
Lotus

0
10
1
0
0
0
11
17.
Narain Karthikeyan
Hispania Racing

0
8
1
0
0
0
9
18.
Paul di Resta
Force India
Accident
0
6
1
0
0
0
7
Ret.
Pastor Maldonado
Williams
Spun off
0
4
0
0
0
0
4
Ret.
Nick Heidfeld
Renault
Accident
1
2
0
0
0
0
3
Ret.
Adrian Sutil
Force India
Accident
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ret.
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
Collision
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Ret.
Heikki Kovalainen
Lotus
Driveshaft
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ret.
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
Collision
1
0
0
0
0
0
1



2011 Canadian GP Teams' Fantasy Points
Team Drivers
Q.P.
R.P.
C.F.
L.L.
M.L.
F.L.
TOTAL
Red Bull Racing
(Sebastian Vettel/Mark Webber)
3
37
2
1
2
0
45
McLaren (Lewis Hamilton/Jenson Button)
1
20
0
1
0
1
23
Ferrari (Fernando Alonso/Felipe Massa)
3
15
0
1
0
0
19
Mercedes (Michael Scumacher/Nico Rosberg)
1
27
2
0
0
0
30
Renault (Nick Heidfeld/Vitaly Petrov)
1
17
0
0
0
0
18
Williams (Rubens Barrichello/Pastor Maldonado)
0
14
0
0
0
0
14
Force India (Adrian Sutil/Paul di Resta)
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
Sauber (Kamui Kobayashi/Pedro de la Rosa)
0
23
2
0
0
0
25
Toro Rosso
(Sébastien Buemi/Jaime Alguersuari)
0
24
2
0
0
0
26
Lotus (Heikki Kovalainen/Jarno Trulli)
0
5
0
0
0
0
5
Hispania Racing
(Narain Karthikeyan/Vitantonio Liuzzi)
0
12
2
0
0
0
14
Virgin Racing (Timo Glock/Jérôme d'Ambrosio)
0
13
2
0
0
0
15



Race Notes
Classified finishers Top-18 drivers.
Two classified finishers Red Bull, Toro Rosso, Mercedes, Sauber, Virgin, Hispania.
Race leaders Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull), Felipe Massa (Ferrari), Jenson Button (McLaren).
Laps led Vettel (1-19), Alonso (20), Vettel (21-69), Button (70).
Fastest lap Jenson Button (McLaren) on lap 69 (1:16.956).
Miscellaneous Narain Karthikeyan was penalized 20s for cutting a chicane. He had finished 14th.

Paul di Resta crashed on lap 68/70 but was classified after completing 90+% laps.

The race was declared wet and began behind the safety car.

Safety car (laps 0-4, 9-12, 20-35, 38-40, 58-60), Red flag for heavy rain (lap 25).

The safety car was deployed six times and led 32 laps (45.71%), both F1 records.

Jenson Button crossed the finish line 4h 4m 39.537s after the start, making the
race the longest in F1 history. The race had been red flagged for over two hours.



Points and Bonus Points Key
Q.P.
Qualifying Points
R.P.
Race Points
C.F.
Classified Finisher(s) Bonus Point(s)
L.L.
Lap Led Bonus Point
M.L.
Most Laps Led Bonus Points
F.L.
Fastest Lap Bonus Point



Canadian GP 2002 - 2011 and This Season's Statistics
List
Driver/Team
TM
This
Races
Poles
Avg Start
Avg Finish
Best
Top-10
Top-5
Wins
FP/Race
A
Sebastian Vettel
RBR
Race
3
1
2.00
4.67
2
3
2
0
37.33
Season
6
1
6.83
4.83
1
5
4
1
35.83
A
Mark Webber
RBR
Race
9
0
10.44
8.78
3
5
3
0
26.22
Season
6
1
5.33
4.67
1
5
5
1
35.50
A
Jenson Button
MCL
Race
9
1
9.67
9.67
1
4
3
1
24.78
Season
6
0
6.17
10.00
1
3
2
1
25.33
A
Lewis Hamilton
MCL
Race
4
3
2.00
11.25
1
2
2
2
27.25
Season
6
2
2.00
5.00
3
6
4
0
36.17
A
Fernando Alonso
FER
Race
8
1
3.13
10.38
1
4
3
1
25.25
Season
6
0
7.83
4.50
1
6
4
1
36.00
A
Felipe Massa
FER
Race
8
0
7.71
7.86
4
5
3
0
24.75
Season
6
0
12.83
12.50
6
2
1
0
18.17
B
Michael Schumacher
MER
Race
7
0
5.57
3.14
1
6
6
3
39.57
Season
6
0
6.17
17.83
10
2
0
0
10.50
B
Nico Rosberg
MER
Race
5
0
6.80
11.60
6
3
0
0
20.60
Season
6
0
5.00
6.67
1
4
2
1
32.00
B
Kimi Räikkönen
LOT
Race
7
0
5.00
6.00
1
6
5
1
32.71
Season
6
0
8.50
6.67
2
5
3
0
30.67
B
Romain Grosjean
LOT
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
6
0
5.83
13.33
3
3
2
0
18.83
B
Paul di Resta
FI
Race
1
0
11.00
18.00
18
0
0
0
7.00
Season
6
0
13.50
9.33
6
4
0
0
24.67
B
Nico Hülkenberg
FI
Race
1
0
12.00
13.00
13
0
0
0
17.00
Season
6
0
13.00
12.67
8
3
0
0
18.00
B
Kamui Kobayashi
SAU
Race
2
0
15.50
15.50
7
1
0
0
14.50
Season
6
0
11.17
13.00
5
3
1
0
17.83
B
Sergio Pérez
SAU
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
6
0
12.00
10.50
2
2
1
0
23.00
B
Daniel Ricciardo
TR
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
6
0
13.17
13.83
9
1
0
0
15.50
B
Jean-Éric Vergne
TR
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
6
0
16.17
12.17
8
1
0
0
18.67
B
Pastor Maldonado
WIL
Race
1
0
12.00
19.00
19
0
0
0
4.00
Season
6
1
9.83
14.67
1
2
1
1
16.67
B
Bruno Senna
WIL
Race
1
0
22.00
23.00
23
0
0
0
0.00
Season
6
0
14.50
14.00
6
3
0
0
15.83
B
Heikki Kovalainen
CAT
Race
4
0
16.25
13.00
4
2
1
0
18.00
Season
6
0
18.33
17.50
13
0
0
0
8.50
B
Vitaly Petrov
CAT
Race
2
0
12.00
11.00
5
1
1
0
21.50
Season
6
0
19.50
17.67
16
0
0
0
7.33
B
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT
Race
3
0
16.67
18.00
12
0
0
0
7.00
Season
6
0
22.33
20.80
20
0
0
0
1.67
B
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT
Race
2
0
20.00
18.00
17
0
0
0
6.50
Season
6
0
23.67
20.40
15
0
0
0
2.67
B
Timo Glock
MAR
Race
4
0
17.50
11.50
4
2
0
0
20.00
Season
6
0
21.17
16.83
14
0
0
0
9.33
B
Charles Pic
MAR
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
6
0
21.50
19.67
15
0
0
0
4.17
TM
Red Bull Racing
RBR
Race
6
1
9.08
7.33
2
9
5
1
30.83
Season
6
1
6.08
4.75
1
10
9
2
37.17
TM
McLaren
MCL
Race
9
3
5.41
7.59
1
12
9
3
29.56
Season
6
2
4.27
7.50
1
9
6
1
32.50
TM
Ferrari
FER
Race
9
1
4.53
5.82
1
14
13
3
33.33
Season
6
0
10.33
8.50
1
8
5
1
27.67
TM
Mercedes
MER
Race
2
0
9.25
8.00
4
2
1
0
28.50
Season
6
0
5.58
12.25
1
6
2
1
21.17
TM
Lotus
LOT
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
6
0
7.17
10.00
2
8
5
0
25.33
TM
Force India
FI
Race
3
0
12.50
15.33
9
2
0
0
12.33
Season
6
0
13.25
11.00
6
7
0
0
22.00
TM
Sauber
SAU
Race
9
0
10.65
10.78
1
9
5
1
22.33
Season
6
0
11.58
11.75
2
5
2
0
20.83
TM
Toro Rosso
TR
Race
5
0
15.67
11.50
8
5
0
0
20.80
Season
6
0
14.67
13.00
8
2
0
0
17.67
TM
Williams
WIL
Race
9
3
8.78
10.81
2
8
4
0
20.44
Season
6
1
12.17
14.33
1
5
1
1
16.17
TM
Caterham
CAT
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
6
0
18.92
17.58
13
0
0
0
8.50
TM
HRT
HRT
Race
2
0
22.50
17.75
13
0
0
0
8.50
Season
6
0
23.00
20.60
15
0
0
0
2.50
TM
Marussia
MAR
Race
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Season
6
0
21.33
18.25
14
0
0
0
7.00



Recent Form Table
List
Driver/Team
TM
Last 4 Races
Poles
Avg Start
Avg Finish
Best
Top-10
Top-5
Wins
FP/Race
B
Nico Rosberg
MER
2,7,5,1
1
3.75
3.75
1
4
3
1
38.50
A
Sebastian Vettel
RBR
4,6,1,5
1
7.25
4.00
1
4
3
1
38.00
TM
Red Bull Racing
RBR
4,6,1,5
2
6.50
4.50
1
7
6
2
37.75
1,11,4,4
A
Mark Webber
RBR
1,11,4,4
1
5.75
5.00
1
3
3
1
35.25
A
Fernando Alonso
FER
3,2,7,9
0
6.50
5.25
2
4
2
0
34.50
A
Lewis Hamilton
MCL
5,8,8,3
0
2.67
6.00
3
4
2
0
32.75
B
Kimi Räikkönen
LOT
9,3,2,14
0
7.00
7.00
2
3
2
0
30.00
TM
Lotus
LOT
9,3,2,14
0
6.63
7.88
2
6
4
0
30.00
DNF,4,3,6
TM
Ferrari
FER
3,2,7,9
0
9.38
8.00
2
6
2
0
28.75
6,15,9,13
TM
McLaren
MCL
16CF,9,18CF,2
0
5.43
8.63
2
6
3
0
28.50
5,8,8,3
B
Romain Grosjean
LOT
DNF,4,3,6
0
6.25
8.75
3
3
2
0
27.50
B
Paul di Resta
FI
7,14,6,12
0
13.00
9.75
6
2
0
0
24.00
TM
Mercedes
MER
DNF,DNF,10,DNF
1
5.63
11.50
1
5
3
1
23.50
2,7,5,1
TM
Force India
FI
7,14,6,12
0
13.13
10.50
6
4
0
0
23.25
8,10,12,15
A
Felipe Massa
FER
6,15,9,13
0
12.25
10.75
6
2
0
0
22.00
A
Jenson Button
MCL
16CF,9,18CF,2
0
8.25
11.25
2
2
1
0
21.50
B
Nico Hülkenberg
FI
8,10,12,15
0
13.25
11.25
8
2
0
0
20.50
B
Pastor Maldonado
WIL
DNF,1,DNF,8
1
10.00
14.00
1
2
1
1
19.25
B
Kamui Kobayashi
SAU
DNF,5,13,10
0
9.25
12.25
5
2
1
0
19.00
TM
Sauber
SAU
DNF,5,13,10
0
10.25
12.75
5
2
1
0
18.75
11,DNF,11,11
B
Sergio Pérez
SAU
11,DNF,11,11
0
11.25
13.25
11
0
0
0
17.50
B
Jean-Éric Vergne
TR
12,12,14,16
0
17.00
13.50
12
0
0
0
16.00
TM
Williams
WIL
DNF,1,DNF,8
1
12.50
14.75
1
4
1
1
15.75
10,DNF,22CF,7
TM
Toro Rosso
TR
DNF,13,15,17
0
15.25
14.50
12
0
0
0
14.50
12,12,14,16
B
Bruno Senna
WIL
10,DNF,22CF,7
0
15.00
15.50
7
2
0
0
13.25
B
Daniel Ricciardo
TR
DNF,13,15,17
0
13.50
15.50
13
0
0
0
12.00
B
Heikki Kovalainen
CAT
13,16,17,23
0
18.00
17.25
13
0
0
0
9.50
TM
Caterham
CAT
13,16,17,23
0
18.63
17.50
13
0
0
0
9.00
DNF,17,16,18
B
Michael Schumacher
MER
DNF,DNF,10,DNF
0
7.50
19.25
10
1
0
0
8.75
B
Timo Glock
MAR
14,18,19,19
0
21.25
17.50
14
0
0
0
8.00
B
Vitaly Petrov
CAT
DNF,17,16,18
0
19.25
17.75
16
0
0
0
7.25
TM
Marussia
MAR
14,18,19,19
0
21.25
19.13
14
0
0
0
5.00
DNF,DNF,DNF,20
B
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT
15,DNF,21,22
0
23.50
20.00
15
0
0
0
3.75
TM
HRT
HRT
DNF,19,20,21
0
22.75
20.38
15
0
0
0
3.25
15,DNF,21,22
B
Charles Pic
MAR
DNF,DNF,DNF,20
0
21.25
20.75
20
0
0
0
2.25
B
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT
DNF,19,20,21
0
22.00
20.75
19
0
0
0
2.25

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