I´m writing my thoughts on the Canadian GP not until now because it was late Sunday evening in Finland when the race was over. Yesterday my twin sister came to visit me and we attended a zumba class together and went to sauna to relax after that so now I finally have the time to sit down and write down a few thoughts - unfortunately not as positive ones as I had hoped them to be after the race!
Everyone in the front got excellent starts so there was nobody standing out from the crowd really. The start was also cleaner than I had expected: no collisions at the first corners! So it was Seb leading, Hamilton second and Alonso third. The order got mixed up after the first pit stops. Seb pitted first and due to that call he lost positions to both Hamilton and Alonso. Hamilton had once again a little delay at his pit stop which cost him the lead so Alonso took the lead in his Ferrari.
I expected Button to have a strong race because he was the only guy in top ten to start the race with the harder compound of the Pirelli tyres. Against all odds Button didn´t manage to make the tyres last so he was in trouble right from the beginning of the race. Finally he finished the race 16th which can be considered a massive disappointment. What is more worrying is that the poor Briton himself doesn´t seem to understand the reasons for his problems.
Both Alonso and Vettel were supposed to run the race with a one-stop strategy. Both Lotus drivers, Kimi and Grosjean and Perez at the wheel of Sauber had similar strategies as well. After Hamilton had pitted the second time it became obvious that both Alonso and Vettel were in serious trouble with their dying tyres. Their lap times were about 4 seconds slower than Hamilton´s on the fresh set of tyres so I knew overtaking would be inevitable... Hamilton passed Vettel for P2 and only a couple of laps later the Briton grabbed the lead from Alonso who had no chance to defend his position.
Six laps before the finish Red Bull made the call to take Seb in for the second pit stop. Also Grosjean and Perez had managed to pass Alonso. Seb also managed to close the gap to the Spaniard very quickly and overtook him easily. Alonso stayed out so the victory slipped through his fingers position by position. Hamilton became the 7th different winner this season! Thanks to this superb victory Hamilton is now leading the championship by 2 points (with Alonso 2nd and Vettel 3rd). Grosjean and Perez topped up podium. Both of them did an impressive job! Seb finished 4th ahead of Alonso. Rosberg drove to the chequered flag in P6 followed by Seb´s team-mate Webber. In spite of the one-stop strategy the Iceman was left in P8.
I have to admit the result wasn´t what I had been hoping for! I had high hopes because Seb was starting on pole so missing a podium finish feels a big disappointment :( But of course a hatful of points is much better than no points at all. So I definitely think that Red Bull´s decision of the second pit stop was the right call. Who knows how many positions Seb would have lost if he had stayed out like Alonso did...
I just watched a clip of David Letterman show on YouTube where Sebastian Vettel had been invited as a guest. What an awesome interview! I really admire Seb because of his wonderful sense of humour. He is able to look at serious things from a funny point of view and outside the thrilling F1 racing world he seems to be relaxed and enjoying life :) I can´t help thinking how privileged those people are who get to meet and interview this awesome back-to-back world champion! Just wondering who would arrange me a possibility to interview him for my blog... hahahaha ;D Some people just are worth admiring!
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