Mark Webber has been relegated from second to seventh on the Canadian Grand Prix grid after picking up a penalty for changing his gearbox.
The penalty promotes Sebastian Vettel to the front row of the grid alongside pole sitter Lewis Hamilton.
Revised Canadian Grand Prix grid:
Row 1 | 1. Lewis Hamilton 1’15.105 McLaren-Mercedes | |
2. Sebastian Vettel 1’15.420 Red Bull-Renault | ||
Row 2 | 3. Fernando Alonso 1’15.435 Ferrari | |
4. Jenson Button 1’15.520 McLaren-Mercedes | ||
Row 3 | 5. Vitantonio Liuzzi 1’15.648 Force India-Mercedes | |
6. Felipe Massa 1’15.688 Ferrari | ||
Row 4 | 7. Mark Webber 1’15.373 Red Bull-Renault | |
8. Robert Kubica 1’15.715 Renault | ||
Row 5 | 9. Adrian Sutil 1’15.881 Force India-Mercedes | |
10. Nico Rosberg 1’16.071 Mercedes | ||
Row 6 | 11. Rubens Barrichello 1’16.434 Williams-Cosworth | |
12. Nico Hulkenberg 1’16.438 Williams-Cosworth | ||
Row 7 | 13. Michael Schumacher 1’16.492 Mercedes | |
14. Vitaly Petrov 1’16.844 Renault | ||
Row 8 | 15. Sebastien Buemi 1’16.928 Toro Rosso-Ferrari | |
16. Jaime Alguersuari 1’17.029 Toro Rosso-Ferrari | ||
Row 9 | 17. Pedro de la Rosa 1’17.384 Sauber-Ferrari | |
18. Kamui Kobayashi 1’18.019 Sauber-Ferrari | ||
Row 10 | 19. Heikki Kovalainen 1’18.237 Lotus-Cosworth | |
20. Jarno Trulli 1’18.698 Lotus-Cosworth | ||
Row 11 | 21. Timo Glock 1’18.941 Virgin-Cosworth | |
22. Bruno Senna 1’19.484 HRT-Cosworth | ||
Row 12 | 23. Lucas di Grassi 1’19.675 Virgin-Cosworth | |
24. Karun Chandhok 1’27.757 HRT-Cosworth |
2010 Canadian Grand Prix
TommyB (@tommyb89)
13th June 2010, 15:40
Cue the conspiracy theorists again…
Anyway hard luck on Webber but puts Liuzzi into 5th! In for a great race.
Glenn (@glenn)
13th June 2010, 15:42
Great news for Hamilton fans (as myself). Hamilton with a win could be in sole possession of the WDC leaving Canada. Lets hope for a clean race for Hamilton.
WOOOO!!!
miguelF!
13th June 2010, 16:14
good news for the championship but more bad luck for red bull they deserve to win a champ someday
East Londoner
13th June 2010, 15:43
They’ve got to get rid of these draconian rules.
Mike
13th June 2010, 16:57
The gearbox and engines rules are fair, They are the same for everybody. And it stops someone using 82 engines and gearboxes a year.
Ng
13th June 2010, 15:44
Great news definetely for HAM, one lesser bull to be careful of. Good news for ALO as he will start on clean side, bad news for VET & BUT because nw they start on dirty side..
what an irony, as VET was praising himself for being able to start on the cleaner side during press-conference..
M Sakr (@goham)
13th June 2010, 15:47
Heard that there’s no big difference between both sides in Canada.. According to Vettel I think
Xibi
13th June 2010, 16:02
Makes sense. The cars were taking a curved racing line down that straight.
BasCB (@bascb)
13th June 2010, 16:02
Must have been a inter team battle move that made Marks team decide get one over on Vettel then! :-D
Now all of a sudden Alons is in a very good position to battle with Hamilton.
varun
13th June 2010, 15:44
unfortunate for webber. he’s been driving great lately.
M Sakr (@goham)
13th June 2010, 15:44
EXCITEMENT EXCITEMENT EXCITEMENT!!!! Leave some fore the race!!!!! :D
Stephen Northcott
13th June 2010, 15:45
Liuzzi, Massa and Webber all next to each other on the first corner. Will be carnage!
miguelF!
13th June 2010, 16:16
liuzzi really nice performance looks like Paul di resta isnt driving the force india this year
Steph90 (@steph90)
13th June 2010, 15:48
Really gutted for Webber. He’s been pretty much flawless the past few races and once again edged ahead of Vet.
Have to admit though, I’m pretty chuffed for Alo
bosyber
13th June 2010, 15:56
I think this news will make him definitely a bit less pessimistic about what they can do!
sw6569 (@sw6569)
13th June 2010, 15:50
This’ll make the race a lot more exciting. Alonso will beat Vettel I reckon into the first corner
Steph90 (@steph90)
13th June 2010, 15:53
Please don’t get my hopes up :P
Stephen Northcott
13th June 2010, 15:55
LOL Or mine! :)
Glenn (@glenn)
13th June 2010, 15:56
yep you’d have to give the advantage to the SS. but if Vettel holds his line he’d be on the inside for turn 2..
I predict a car goes flying in the air in first couple of corners..
BasCB (@bascb)
13th June 2010, 16:04
Oh no, Vettel takes out Button and Alonso, maybe Liuzzi as well, Hamilton uses the SC to change to prime tyres and Webber then has to build enough of a gap for his stop.
MacademiaNut
13th June 2010, 16:18
Poor Vettel, he said yesterday in the interview that he will be on the inside (as both sides are pretty even on grip level), so we will see what we can do.
I am all for ALO beating VET into the first corner.
ciaran
13th June 2010, 15:52
Bad luck for Mark.He looks unlikely to win but you never know with Montreal.
TommyB (@tommyb89)
13th June 2010, 15:54
Webber’s also got Sutil behind him. Pretty much a double penalty there :P
bosyber
13th June 2010, 15:54
Well, at least Vettel does not have to worry about hitting his team mate on the 1st or 2nd corner.
Would not be surprised to see Alonso try for the lead in those first corners. He has had good starts (okay, China a bit too well), and soft tires. Button and him must be liking their chances against Vettel in those 1st laps.
Macca (@macca)
13th June 2010, 15:57
Man he can’t catch a break.
fordsrule
13th June 2010, 15:59
Great news! Now all I need is Alonso to take Vettel out and Senna sneaks in for a point or two with Hamilton winning :D
Macca (@macca)
13th June 2010, 16:01
From the F1.com website
—–Red Bull opted to change the RB6’s gearbox as a precautionary measure.—–
This screams conspiracy.
fordsrule
13th June 2010, 16:06
How? Would you rather him retire during the race so you can complain that Red Bull are trying to make him lose?
David A
13th June 2010, 16:13
Rubbish, Macca. If his gearbox failed during the race after starting second, you’d be screaming conspiracy.
Ryan F
13th June 2010, 16:28
Its purely a change because he obviously had gearbox damage. The most concerning thing I noticed was with Vettels engine when changing up through the gears It did not sound too healthy. Keeping an ear out for that during the race.
US_Peter (@us_peter)
13th June 2010, 16:40
Yep. Now Webber is gonna be on a fresh gearbox that will last, and Vettel’s will probably fail on him, given his luck with Red Bull unreliability.
Robocat
13th June 2010, 16:38
Thats shame, real shame. He has been driveing very well latley, :(
Rahim RG
13th June 2010, 16:41
I hope Vettel Wins
Johnny86
13th June 2010, 16:56
Must have been due to the small clash with the “wall of champions” that damaged the gearbox