F1 - Montreal Qualifying Sun 8 June 2014 02:30 AEST

[gary]

Coverage of the Qualifying session in Montreal starts on Sunday morning
at 02:30am AEST on ONE HD.

Coverage of the race itself is on Monday morning starting at 03:30am
also on ONE HD.

Conditions are expected to be fine but it is always wise to set the recorder
an hour or more longer.

Practice 1 begins in a little over 3 hours from now.

With its long fast straights, Mercedes are bound to dominate on this track
and the Hamilton/Rosberg rivalry is set to be a show all in itself.

Ferrari are hopeful bringing with them some new upgrades but Daniel
Ricciardo has acknowledged the Red Bull's lack of power is likely
to make things tough for them.

The infamous Wall of Champions might record a few more scrape
marks this weekend.
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=w...=lnms&tbm=isch

[Exfso (Peter)]

Thanks Gary, I see Dan has some sort of issues with his Red Bull, reckons it is not performing like he would expect it to. Vettel's is ok, so we shall see in FP3 if the problem is fixed and then in Qualifying.

[MrB (Simon)]

Not even over yet and I'm loving this race!
So many drama's so far for McLaren. Very interesting.

[MrB (Simon)]

Woooooooooooo!!
Great work Daniel!!!
What an amazing race.Just wow.

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

1) Daniel wins his first race
2) Mercedes doesn't win for the first time this year
3) Nico manages his driving to keep a crippled car on the podium

Why can't all races be this exciting?

[Larryp (Laurie)]

Fantastic result, and thoroughly deserved!

[gary]

Wow! What a race! The last five laps were edge-of-the-seat stuff!
And that final lap - whoa!

[Exfso (Peter)]

An absoluter ripper result. I notice Seb was remarkably nice to Dan as well, would never have seen that with Mark.

[torana68 (Roger)]

Originally Posted by gary

Wow! What a race! The last five laps were edge-of-the-seat stuff! And that final lap - whoa!

nice.... we had a power failure, didnt see anything till the early news

[gary]

Originally Posted by torana68

nice.... we had a power failure, didnt see anything till the early news

Roger,

Such a pity!

However, I see ONE will repeat it tomorrow (Tuesday) at 11:30am AEST and on Thursday at 08:00am AEST.

Really worth watching!

[torana68 (Roger)]

yeah I might have to , first power out this year at a very bad time.

[Astro_Bot]

I recorded the race and have just finished watching it. What a fascinating race!

Crashes (thankfully no-one hurt), spins, failures, good passing, fierce racing for many places and then, to top it off, the final lap to end all final laps.

Even the middle of the race was interesting: deviations from tyre stategies with unexpected results and close re-joining after pitting were interesting enough but the intrigue of the Mercedes power loss and brake failure was like a whodunnit.

It was great to see Rosberg and Vettel both (it seemed) being genuine in congratulations of Danny Ricciardo. Could Danny's smile get any wider?

[MrB (Simon)]

Originally Posted by gary

The last five laps were edge-of-the-seat stuff!

Absolutely! I was starting to fear that Daniel would never get around Perez, but the moment he made the pass I was ecstatic!

[gary]

Originally Posted by MrB

Absolutely! I was starting to fear that Daniel would never get around Perez, but the moment he made the pass I was ecstatic!

I know what you mean! A few laps before he did I said, "If he could just pass
Perez he might win this!"

The neighbours will have wondered what was going on with all the shouting when he finally did.

And imagine how he felt when he passed Rosberg.

It must have felt like a life-long dream to be in the lead like that.

When earlier Rosberg did the save when he almost hit the wall it was
obviously not only good for Rosberg but all the more satisfying for
Daniel to actually pass the Mercedes racing at the very end.

[gary]

BBC report Perez received a five-pace grid penalty for the crash.

Both cars recorded 27G impacts and both drivers have been
discharged from hospital.

Story here -
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/27758096

Also at the BBC, Andrew Benson reports Daniel saying

Originally Posted by Andrew Benson qutoting Daniel Ricciardo, BBC

"I pictured myself as a kid standing up on top of the podium and when you're up there it feels a bit weird," he said.

"It sounds awesome. Really good, terrific. Still seems a bit surreal, just because it happened so quickly."

"It all happened in the last few laps, so I think that's why it's still taking a while to comprehend in my head."

Story here - http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/formula1/27758271

[gary]

ONE HD are now scheduled to replay the race again tonight (Monday) at
22:30 AEST.

[Kunama]

Originally Posted by gary

ONE HD are now scheduled to replay the race again tonight (Monday) at
22:30 AEST.

Great, I missed the first 15 laps this morning in my stupor !!!
Loved the last 15 laps. DR certainly deserved the win.

[ianB (Ian)]

Great race and Daniel did an excellent job, especially over those last few laps.

[gary]

Mark Webber returns to the Le Mans circuit this weekend (15th June 2014) with the race
scheduled to start around 10 hours from now.

https://twitter.com/AussieGrit

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/201...d-anticipation

[MrB (Simon)]

Hope he flies!
Though not literally, as he did in '99.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXZaAuyuYmQ