Comments on: 2008 Canadian GP facts & stats

By: Gman

Gman — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:48:50 +0000

Right on Scootin’. I spent the day on Saturday in Albany, NY- about 250 miles south of Montreal. The Canadian GP is the only one that Americans can drive to this season, so I would expect many Americans to be there. I have my heart set on Indianapolis coming back next season and plan to be there if it is (and if I can afford it, given these huge price increases to travel,) but I’ll consider heading to Canada if it dosen’t come back on. While i’m sure the promoters don’t mind the extra sales, I firmly believe that having the USGP the following week is a plus for the Canadian event.

By: Kaiser Soze

Kaiser Soze — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:16:44 +0000

Kubica will love numbers 6 and 8.

He won on 8.6.2008. His first Grand Prix was on 6.8.2006

By: Nik

Nik — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:50:57 +0000

Glock’s performance was great. He showed again that he can race well. Perhaps ITV reminding him that he would be back to scaffolding if he kept screwing up motivated him to perform.

Coulthard is back and I love that he is. A podium is exactly what he needed and hopefully from here RB can cement 4th place. I hope DC will be back next year in the RB with the same driver-lineup and an RB5 that can challenge in the same way BMW are this year.

Piquet made a bad error and had a very poor weekend. I really hope Renault start testing some alternative soon because there is no reason why they shouldn’t be collecting points each race (they are averaging just over a point a race at the moment). Alonso seems to be putting too much pressure on himself to get the car up the front which is resulting in errors, he should just let it work for him each race and at least finish mid-points.

By: Scootin159

Scootin159 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:47:06 +0000

Good point Gman. I also found it interesting that the GP was sold out pretty much from practice onwards. Makes sense given that it was by far the closest race to the US (about 200 yards from US soil, next closest is probably either Brazil or Magny-Cous, making it an obvious choice for US fans to attend.

By: Gman

Gman — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 20:22:33 +0000

Forgive me for throwing in what some may see as a sour note, but this was the first Canadian Grand Prix since 1999 that was not a part of the North American doubleheader with Indianapolis. Indeed, a sad one for fans such as myself…

Otherwise, a great group of new statistics. Here’s hoping Heidfeld picks up a win or two somewhere down the road- after sticking with the team for so long and delivering many points over the years, i’d be a great accomplishment for him.

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:20:25 +0000

Scott – yes I think so, in fact I mentioned it in the article!

By: Scott Joslin

Scott Joslin — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:19:04 +0000

Might need to check this one out keith, but with BMW coming in One and Two for their first victory. Was the last team to do this Jordan in 1998 with Hill & Schumacher at Spa?

By: Henry

Henry — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:40:51 +0000

Massa’s double overtake at the hairpin
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/3720/hairpinhx6.gif
Lap 51: Kovalainen passes Barrichello at the hairpin and Massa passes both of them.

By: Dan M

Dan M — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:42:26 +0000

“Nelson Piquet Jnr has now gone seven races without scoring a point for Renault.”

Poor kid, I give him two more races…It looks even worse when Sutil should have scored points last week. How long did Kovi go before scoring last year?

Also, how many passes were there, I bet its been a while since we have seen that much over taking (thanks Massa!)

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:57:41 +0000

With Kubica-Heidfeld-Coulthard, it’s also the first time since Malaysia 2006 (Fisichella-Alonso-Button)that neither Ferrari nor McLaren driver steps on the podium, ending a 39 races streak.