Formula One FP1 and FP2 results following the Friday practice sessions at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit in Montreal.
Lewis Hamilton set the pace in both sessions at the wheel of the McLaren MP4-27 to lead the timesheets ahead of the Red Bull of Sebastian Vettel in the morning 90 minutes and the two Ferrari's of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa in the afternoon period.
After Heikki Kovalainen's crash into the wall damaging the right side and taking off both of the cars wheels, the FP1 session was red flagged for marshals to clear the track, and after returning the car to the pits the very capable team of Caterham mechanics managed to repair the Finn's CT01-#03 chassis to salvage an hour's worth of running in the afternoon.
Another incident involving the Williams FW34 of Bruno Senna forty five minutes into the ninety brought out a red flag in FP2 after the Brazilian lost control and spun into the 'Wall of Champions' destroying the new curved rear wing on his car.
Fortunately the heavy rain held off till after the sessions ended, unfortunately for the team personnel attending the FIA Friday press conference, the heavy downpour flooded the room with all involved having to shout into their microphones over the drowning noise of the storm.
2012 F1 Canada - FP1 results:
Pos.
N°
Driver
Team
Time
Gap
Laps
1
4
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
1'15.564
30
2
1
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull
1'15.682
0.118
29
3
8
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes AMG
1'15.782
0.218
30
4
5
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
1'15.842
0.278
34
5
2
Mark Webber
Red Bull
1'15.897
0.333
28
6
12
Nico Hulkenberg
Force India
1'15.986
0.422
29
7
14
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber F1
1'16.000
0.436
31
8
15
Sergio Perez
Sauber F1
1'16.249
0.685
32
9
7
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes AMG
1'16.264
0.7
28
10
3
Jenson Button
McLaren
1'16.347
0.783
12
11
11
Paul di Resta
Force India
1'16.460
0.896
32
12
6
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1'16.619
1.055
17
13
18
Pastor Maldonado
Williams F1
1'16.859
1.295
26
14
10
Romain Grosjean
Lotus F1
1'16.890
1.326
36
15
9
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus F1
1'17.014
1.45
42
16
17
Jean-Eric Vergne
Toro Rosso
1'17.352
1.788
28
17
16
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso
1'17.580
2.016
31
18
21
Vitaly Petrov
Caterham F1
1'17.935
2.371
23
19
20
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham F1
1'18.177
2.613
16
20
22
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT F1
1'18.182
2.618
26
21
19
Bruno Senna
Williams F1
1'18.762
3.198
36
22
23
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT F1
1'19.354
3.79
23
23
24
Timo Glock
Marussia F1
1'20.004
4.44
21
24
25
Charles Pic
Marussia F1
1'20.067
4.503
23
2012 F1 Canada - FP2 results:
Pos.
N°
Driver
Team
Time
Gap
Laps
1
4
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
1'15.259
43
2
5
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
1'15.313
0.054
36
3
6
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1'15.410
0.151
39
4
1
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull
1'15.531
0.272
44
5
11
Paul di Resta
Force India
1'15.544
0.285
32
6
14
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber F1
1'15.651
0.392
37
7
7
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes AMG
1'15.697
0.438
32
8
12
Nico Hulkenberg
Force India
1'15.799
0.54
39
9
3
Jenson Button
McLaren
1'15.812
0.553
14
10
8
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes AMG
1'15.878
0.619
40
11
15
Sergio Perez
Sauber F1
1'15.898
0.639
38
12
2
Mark Webber
Red Bull
1'15.907
0.648
41
13
18
Pastor Maldonado
Williams F1
1'15.987
0.728
39
14
10
Romain Grosjean
Lotus F1
1'16.360
1.101
29
15
9
Kimi Räikkönen
Lotus F1
1'16.562
1.303
33
16
20
Heikki Kovalainen
Caterham F1
1'16.981
1.722
24
17
19
Bruno Senna
Williams F1
1'17.022
1.763
22
18
21
Vitaly Petrov
Caterham F1
1'17.075
1.816
41
19
17
Jean-Eric Vergne
Toro Rosso
1'17.124
1.865
41
20
16
Daniel Ricciardo
Toro Rosso
1'17.716
2.457
34
21
22
Pedro de la Rosa
HRT F1
1'18.908
3.649
27
22
24
Timo Glock
Marussia F1
1'19.084
3.825
40
23
23
Narain Karthikeyan
HRT F1
1'19.378
4.119
21
24
25
Charles Pic
Marussia F1
1'19.902
4.643
18
FP1 FIA Race Control Messages - Friday 8 June 2012 TIME MESSAGE 10:00 GREEN LIGHT - PIT LANE OPEN 10:00 GREEN LIGHT - PIT LANE OPEN 10:19 YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 9 10:19 CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 9 10:19 CAR 19 OFF TRACK AND CONTINUED AT TURN 9 10:20 CAR 14 MISSED THE APEX OF TURN 14 10:21 CAR 22 MISSED THE APEX OF TURN 9 10:23 CAR 21 MISSED THE APEX OF TURN 14 10:23 CAR 22 MISSED THE APEX OF TURN 14 10:24 CAR 11 MISSED THE APEX OF TURN 14 10:24 TRACK SURFACE SLIPPERY IN SECTOR 14 10:24 CAR 19 MISSED THE APEX OF TURN 9 10:24 CAR 23 MISSED THE APEX OF TURN 14 10:25 CAR 23 MISSED THE APEX OF TURN 14 10:25 TRACK SURFACE CLEAR IN SECTOR 14 10:25 CAR 14 MISSED THE APEX OF TURN 14 10:29 CAR 23 MISSED THE APEX OF TURN 14 10:34 CAR 17 MISSED THE APEX OF TURN 14 10:34 CAR 9 OFF TRACK AND CONTINUED AT TURN 8 10:38 YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 3 10:38 CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 3 10:38 YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 4 10:38 CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 4 10:39 CAR 2 OFF TRACK AND CONTINUED AT TURN 3 10:42 YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 3 10:42 YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 2 10:42 CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 2 10:42 CAR 19 OFF TRACK AND CONTINUED AT TURN 3 10:42 CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 3 10:43 CAR 21 OFF TRACK AND CONTINUED AT TURN 8 10:49 YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 9 10:49 RED FLAG 10:50 CAR 20 STOPPED AT TURN 9 AT 10:49 10:59 TRACK CLEAR 10:59 SESSION WILL RE-START AT 11:02 11:02 GREEN LIGHT - PIT LANE OPEN
FP2 FIA Race Control Messages - Friday 8 June 2012 TIME MESSAGE 14:00 GREEN LIGHT - PIT LANE OPEN 14:05 CAR 21 OFF TRACK AND CONTINUED AT TURN 1 14:06 CAR 10 MISSED THE APEX OF TURN 14 14:07 YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 1 14:07 CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 1 14:08 CAR 24 SPUN AND CONTINUED AT TURN 1 14:13 CAR 19 MISSED THE APEX OF TURN 9 14:14 YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 9 14:14 CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 9 14:14 CAR 5 OFF TRACK AND CONTINUED AT TURN 8 14:16 CAR 2 OFF TRACK AND CONTINUED AT TURN 1 14:27 CAR 1 MISSED THE APEX OF TURN 9 14:30 YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 1 14:30 CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 1 14:30 CAR 11 OFF TRACK AND CONTINUED AT TURN 1 14:34 CAR 22 OFF TRACK AND CONTINUED AT TURN 6 14:38 CAR 10 OFF TRACK AND CONTINUED AT TURN 10 14:39 YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 9 14:39 CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 9 14:40 YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 9 14:40 CLEAR IN TRACK SECTOR 9 14:40 CAR 5 OFF TRACK AND CONTINUED AT TURN 8 14:40 CAR 4 MISSED THE APEX OF TURN 9 14:43 CAR 19 MISSED THE APEX OF TURN 14 14:44 CAR 4 OFF TRACK AND CONTINUED AT TURN 2 14:45 CAR 17 MISSED THE APEX OF TURN 14 14:48 YELLOW IN TRACK SECTOR 14 14:48 CAR 19 STOPPED AT TURN 14 AT 14:48 14:48 RED FLAG 15:00 TRACK CLEAR 15:00 SESSION WILL RE-START AT 15:02 15:01 TRACK SURFACE SLIPPERY IN SECTOR 14 15:02 GREEN LIGHT - PIT LANE OPEN 15:03 CAR 21 MISSED THE APEX OF TURN 9 15:04 TRACK SURFACE CLEAR IN SECTOR 14 15:07 CAR 17 OFF TRACK AND CONTINUED AT TURN 1
OVER 18 YEARS OF SERVICE TO ALL PASSIONATE F1 AND MOTOR SPORT SUPPORTERS
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Dedicated to Rudolf Ray +++ 14 April 2002 to 7 September 2007 +++