CANADA GP – RACE RESULTS

Kimi Raikkonen was fourth past the chequered flag at the end of the Canadian Grand Prix, finishing 5 seconds ahead of Sebastian Vettel. The Finn was third for much of the race, until he spun at Turn 10 on lap 28, handing the position to Valtteri Bottas.

Sebastian Vettel put in a gritty drive, starting from 18th on the grid. The German worked his way up to fifth at the end and at times he was the quickest man out on track. The race was won by Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes while Vettel and Raikkonen lie third and fourth in the Drivers’ Championship classification. [via ferrari.com]

Final Results:

Pos	Driver	Car	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1h31m53.145s
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	2.285s
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams/Mercedes	40.666s
4	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	45.625s
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	49.903s
6	Felipe Massa	Williams/Mercedes	56.381s
7	Pastor Maldonado	Lotus/Mercedes	1m06.664s
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India/Mercedes	1 Lap
9	Daniil Kvyat	Red Bull/Renault	1 Lap
10	Romain Grosjean	Lotus/Mercedes	1 Lap
11	Sergio Perez	Force India/Mercedes	1 Lap
12	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso/Renault	1 Lap
13	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull/Renault	1 Lap
14	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber/Ferrari	1 Lap
15	Max Verstappen	Toro Rosso/Renault	1 Lap
16	Felipe Nasr	Sauber/Ferrari	2 Laps
17	Will Stevens	Marussia/Ferrari	4 Laps
–	Roberto Merhi	Marussia/Ferrari	Retirement
–	Jenson Button	McLaren/Honda	Retirement
–	Fernando Alonso	McLaren/Honda	Retirement

DRIVERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP:

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	151
2	Nico Rosberg	134
3	Sebastian Vettel	108
4	Kimi Raikkonen	72
5	Valtteri Bottas	57
6	Felipe Massa	47
7	Daniel Ricciardo	35
8	Daniil Kvyat	19
9	Romain Grosjean	17
10	Felipe Nasr	16
11	Sergio Perez	11
12	Nico Hulkenberg	10
13	Carlos Sainz	9
14	Max Verstappen	6
15	Pastor Maldonado	6
16	Marcus Ericsson	5
17	Jenson Button	4
18	Fernando Alonso	0
19	Roberto Merhi	0
20	Will Stevens	0

CONSTRUCTORS’ CHAMPIONSHIP:

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Mercedes	285
2	Ferrari	180
3	Williams/Mercedes	104
4	Red Bull/Renault	54
5	Lotus/Mercedes	23
6	Sauber/Ferrari	21
7	Force India/Mercedes	21
8	Toro Rosso/Renault	15
9	McLaren/Honda	4
10	Marussia/Ferrari	0

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QUOTES

From motorsport.com – Kimi: “Not the result that we wanted. The spin is exactly the same story as last year. No problems in practice, but on both outlaps there is something odd happening, it just gives a massive throttle release and you cannot control it. It’s not ideal, but it is what it is. It’s a very odd thing, because obviously we do practices and similar stuff. So far this year there’s been no issues, so who knows? The tyres were working more or less fine, but on this kind of circuit fuel saving was a big part and that really limited our speed today in the end.”

“It was not the nicest weekend for us, but we still came home with fourth and fifth place, so it was not a disaster. But we are looking for better results and that is what we are aiming for. It is disappointing where we finished, but we have to keep working and improving.” [ms]

From crash.net – Kimi: “It was obviously something different that has been happening all year, otherwise I wouldn’t have spun, but this is something that we should know now and probably should have been more smart about it in being able to avoid it. Our map – I don’t know how to explain it – but it’s very on the edge, you move the pedal a little bit and you get a massive difference from the torque and there is no way I could have controlled it any more. It’s a stupid thing, but it happens, we have to learn from it and obviously it hurt us in the race, but you know disappointing results in the end. Obviously we wanted more in the end but you know it’s what it is. It was nothing to do with the tyres. It’s obviously to do with the pit stop maps and it’s nothing to do with the tyres or anything else. Unfortunate thing but it happens and we have to learn those things and improve.”

From autosport.com – Kimi: “We were hoping for better results and better speed against them but I think this circuit is going to show you the difference if you’re lacking on something. I’m sure the upgrade was good and worked as expected but obviously we still have to work hard and improve things overall. I’m sure when we go to more normal circuits, we will be stronger and we’ll know where the differences were. We were hoping for a bit more of a closer fight and better result.”

“I think we have to improve in the all areas.The car is actually pretty nice. We’ve improved on all the areas since last year but we still have work to be done.” [as]

From ferrari.com – Kimi: “The result of today is not ideal, we expected more than what we got in the end. My start was pretty good but then I did not have enough speed to go through and try to pass the Mercedes at the first corner. The tires were working pretty much ok, but in this kind of circuit fuel saving plays a big part and this obviously limited our speed today. My spin is exactly the same story of last year, I had no problem in any of the sessions during the weekend, but for some reason today in both the outlaps something odd happened with the throttle, and I could not control it . It’s a very unfortunate thing. Then we tried to recover from that but we found ourselves on different tactics than the Williams. Overall we had a pretty good weekend, we definitely improved in certain areas but of course this is not the result that I was expecting this morning. We’ll keep on working and improving things.”

From ferrari.com – Maurizio Arrivabene: “If we look at the race pace, it was good, but a lot of circumstances occurred which prevented us from getting a better result. Sebastian drove a great race, making up thirteen places from the grid position. The upgraded engine gave us a positive feedback, but the weekend just wasn’t a good one. As for Kimi, he was scheduled for a one-stop race, then we switched to two tire changes when he fell behind Bottas. His spin at the hairpin is something we haven’t fully understood yet, it may be a case of contributory negligence as he said the same thing happened last year. It would be wrong to blame either him or the team in any case. He was pushing hard, too, but some issues slowed him down at some stages in the race. We must remain humble and try not to let the podium slip off from under our feet as it happened this time. We’re still the second strongest team, but we must look ahead instead of behind us”.

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OTHER STUFF

RAIKKONEN: “The spin was the same story as last year: something odd happening on the out lap. It’s not ideal” pic.twitter.com/tVmuvS7xaU

— Formula 1 (@F1) June 7, 2015

Raikkonen: “Sorry for the spin but there was not much I could have done.” #F1 #CanadianGP — F1 Fanatic Live (@f1fanaticlive) June 7, 2015

FASTEST LAPS Seven Mercedes-powered cars in the top 10 but the Ferraris lead the way #CanadianGP pic.twitter.com/DjTmNru2AJ

— Formula 1 (@F1) June 7, 2015

A 42nd fastest lap for Kimi Raikkonen today would surpass Alain Prost for 2nd on the all-time list – only Schumacher (77) has more #CanadaGP — Sean Kelly (@virtualstatman) June 7, 2015

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