Google+
Jack Leslie F1: 2016 Canadian Grand Prix In Pictures
2016 Canadian Grand Prix In Pictures
The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is uniquely located on an island in the St. Lawrence River, with a stunning backdrop of parkland and the Montreal city skyline.
© Octane Photographic
Lewis Hamilton beat Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas to victory, here's how the Canadian Grand Prix race weekend progressed in photos.
Friday
© Octane Photographic
Heineken sponsorship debuted around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve following Formula 1's partnership announcement on Thursday.
© Octane Photographic
Hamilton set the pace in first practice, getting his weekend off to a strong start at the wheel of his Mercedes W07.
© Octane Photographic
Felipe Massa's day didn't begin in the same style, he crashed early on in FP1 at the first corner after losing the rear of his car.
© Octane Photographic
Hamilton was then fastest in second practice, in what was a largely uneventful and straight forward session.
© Octane Photographic
Vettel was second, splitting the two Mercedes drivers, with the Red Bull duo of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo fourth and fifth.
Saturday
© Octane Photographic
Vettel went one better in third practice on Saturday morning to finish the session in first place, ahead Nico Rosberg, Kimi Raikkonen and Hamilton.
© Octane Photographic
Kevin Magnussen brought out the red flag in FP3 after an unusual incident on an outlap, crashing at Turn 7.
© Octane Photographic
Jolyon Palmer was the first to be eliminated in Q1, with Pascal Wehrlein, Felipe Nasr and Marcus Ericsson next up.
© Octane Photographic
Rio Haryanto hit the Turn 4 wall and was forced to park his Manor late in the first segment of qualifying. He was 21st fastest, with Magnussen 22nd and unable to take part.
© Octane Photographic
Sergio Perez just missed out on a spot in Q3 and was 11th, ahead of Jenson Button, Daniil Kvyat, Esteban Gutierrez, Romain Grosjean and Carlos Sainz Jr., who crashed at the Wall of Champions.
© Octane Photographic
Raikkonen was sixth fastest in Q3, ahead of Valtteri Bottas, Massa, Nico Hulkenberg and Fernando Alonso.
© Octane Photographic
Hamilton secured pole position, ahead of Vettel, Rosberg, Ricciardo and Verstappen.
Sunday
© Octane Photographic
Jenson Button and his physio Mike Collier were spotted joking around on the floating walkway into the paddock on Sunday morning.
© Octane Photographic
Vettel had a stunning start to storm into the lead, while the Mercedes and Red Bull cars went into battle.
© Octane Photographic
Hamilton and Rosberg got very close at Turn 1, even making light contact, which forced the championship leader onto the grass.
© Octane Photographic
Vettel opened up a small lead on lap one, only to lose it when he went across the final chicane.
© Octane Photographic
Alonso had a good start and made up several places, while Rosberg dropped to 10th place after his Turn 1 off-track excursion.
© Octane Photographic
Magnussen lined up for the start in the pits after his FP3 crash and made steady progress early on, despite contact with Nasr.
© Octane Photographic
The two Williams drivers had a low-key opening few laps but Bottas quickly started to make progress.
© Octane Photographic
Rosberg's superior pace meant he was quickly able to clear several cars and move back into the mix for a top five result.
© Octane Photographic
Sauber showed more encouraging race pace and mixed it up with the Renaults, as well as the Manor cars.
© Octane Photographic
An early pitstop on a two-stop strategy proved to be the wrong decision for Ferrari and cost Vettel track position.
© Octane Photographic
Despite a few small mistakes, Hamilton was able to finish well clear in first place to take his second win of the season and fifth in Canada.
© Octane Photographic
Hamilton was clearly delighted with the result as he cut the gap in the championship to his team-mate Rosberg.
© Octane Photographic
Vettel and Bottas joined Hamilton on the podium at the seventh round of the 2016 F1 season in Montreal.
No comments:
Post a Comment