Lewis Hamilton set the fastest time of the Canadian Grand Prix weekend so far in the final practice session ahead of qualifying.
Overnight rain mean the track conditions were once again low-grip and slippery.
Very few cars went out to begin with – just five drivers setting times in the first 25 minutes. But by the halfway point of the session most of the cars were on track and lap times began to fall very quickly.
The McLarens led the way, with Hamilton and Jenson Button exchanging fastest times. Hamilton eventually cemented his superiority with a 1’16.259, four-tenths quicker than his team mate.
A second lull followed as the drivers prepared for final efforts on the super-soft tyres. With 23 cars on-track at once, several hit traffic and struggled to improve.
Others hit something more solid – Montreal’s unforgiving walls. Felipe Massa clipped one, a great flash of sparks flying up from the front of his Ferrari as he touched the concrete at turn seven.
Hamilton also brushed the barriers at turn four on his final effort – but not before he’d improved his best time by two tenths of a second. Pedro de la Rosa also had a near miss at the corner late in the session.
Further improvements were prevented by Lucas di Grassi, who lost his Virgin under braking for L’Epingle, coming to a rest in the gravel trap. He had earlier set the fastest time through the speed trap, the VR-01 hitting 324kph, most likely thanks to getting a tow from a rival.
Nico Rosberg did little running as his Mercedes was hit by a clutch problem. And Karun Chandhok missed most of the session as his HRT failed on the way out of the pits as practice began.
Pos. | Car | Driver | Car | Best lap | Laps | |
1 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’16.058 | 15 | |
2 | 6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1’16.340 | 0.282 | 16 |
3 | 8 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1’16.495 | 0.437 | 19 |
4 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1’16.536 | 0.478 | 15 |
5 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1’16.582 | 0.524 | 16 |
6 | 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1’16.653 | 0.595 | 18 |
7 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1’16.673 | 0.615 | 15 |
8 | 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’16.699 | 0.641 | 16 |
9 | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1’16.814 | 0.756 | 15 |
10 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1’16.982 | 0.924 | 18 |
11 | 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1’17.121 | 1.063 | 16 |
12 | 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1’17.231 | 1.173 | 16 |
13 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1’17.331 | 1.273 | 22 |
14 | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’17.548 | 1.49 | 20 |
15 | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’17.609 | 1.551 | 16 |
16 | 16 | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1’17.633 | 1.575 | 21 |
17 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1’17.789 | 1.731 | 18 |
18 | 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1’17.979 | 1.921 | 4 |
19 | 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1’19.013 | 2.955 | 15 |
20 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1’19.447 | 3.389 | 16 |
21 | 24 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1’19.536 | 3.478 | 22 |
22 | 25 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 1’19.844 | 3.786 | 20 |
23 | 21 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1’20.325 | 4.267 | 18 |
24 | 20 | Karun Chandhok | HRT-Cosworth | No time | 1 |
Pos | Driver | Car | FP1 | FP2 | FP3 | Total laps |
1 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’18.352 | 1’17.522 | 1’16.058 | 63 |
2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1’19.609 | 1’17.273 | 1’16.340 | 75 |
3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1’18.726 | 1’16.963 | 1’16.495 | 75 |
4 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1’18.285 | 1’17.688 | 1’16.536 | 68 |
5 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull-Renault | 1’18.549 | 1’16.877 | 1’16.582 | 75 |
6 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 1’18.662 | 1’17.529 | 1’16.653 | 73 |
7 | Adrian Sutil | Force India-Mercedes | 1’19.373 | 1’17.415 | 1’16.673 | 55 |
8 | Jenson Button | McLaren-Mercedes | 1’18.127 | 1’17.961 | 1’16.699 | 72 |
9 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India-Mercedes | 1’19.097 | 1’17.903 | 1’16.814 | 75 |
10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1’19.549 | 1’18.582 | 1’16.982 | 82 |
11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams-Cosworth | 1’19.282 | 1’18.447 | 1’17.121 | 88 |
12 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1’18.356 | 1’17.151 | 1’17.979 | 61 |
13 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1’19.511 | 1’17.401 | 1’17.231 | 70 |
14 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1’20.823 | 1’19.274 | 1’17.331 | 91 |
15 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’20.186 | 1’19.142 | 1’17.548 | 91 |
16 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber-Ferrari | 1’20.584 | 1’18.658 | 1’17.609 | 71 |
17 | Sebastien Buemi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1’20.320 | 1’19.168 | 1’17.633 | 80 |
18 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams-Cosworth | 1’19.313 | 1’18.385 | 1’17.789 | 64 |
19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus-Cosworth | 1’22.543 | 1’21.346 | 1’19.013 | 38 |
20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus-Cosworth | 1’21.869 | 1’19.969 | 1’19.447 | 75 |
21 | Timo Glock | Virgin-Cosworth | 1’22.713 | 1’21.488 | 1’19.536 | 67 |
22 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin-Cosworth | 1’21.577 | 1’19.844 | 54 | |
23 | Bruno Senna | HRT-Cosworth | 1’22.701 | 1’21.097 | 1’20.325 | 77 |
24 | Karun Chandhok | HRT-Cosworth | 1’21.977 | 1’20.879 | 57 |
2010 Canadian Grand Prix
5 comments on “Hamilton leads the way in final practice”
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BasCB (@bascb)
12th June 2010, 16:17
Lotus is closer to the fastest time, but both STR guys have improved a lot and Trulli is now 1.2 sec. behind the slowest experienced team car (leaving Rosberg out as he did only 4 laps).
Virgin also got closer today, seems like they have found a way to go with the setup after struggling yesterday.
johnno
12th June 2010, 16:41
Does anyone have any interesting info on the renault front and rear wings? They look very curved and abnormal and look like they’re running much thinner than the other teams (hence string straight line speed?)
macahan
12th June 2010, 16:48
Bah. Oversleept this morning. On top of everything thought had until Quali to give our predictions so missed that to. Normally I do my predictions after FP2 since FP3 is in middle of the night and Quali happens at 7am. Ohh well.. Interesting to see very mixed up front. Top 6 got 5 different teams only Red Bull managed to be the one team with their two drivers in top 6. Will Mark or Vettel be able to get one of those super qualifying laps they become known to pull of this year or will we finally see another team on pole? Ham or Alo looks good for pole but Webber seems very fast to. STR jumped forward nicely. Hulkeberg might manage for first time out qualify his team mate this season.
Ros seemed to struggle today after being faster then his team mate yesterday.
This quali is going to be very interesting..
Timi
12th June 2010, 17:04
actually it’s not that rosberg struggled today.. his car had clutch problems, hence why he only completed 4 laps in FP3
DaveW
12th June 2010, 18:15
Well, well. Look at the speed traps. Hamilton back down again from P3 into midpack speeds, and back on top of the timesheets. Relative to RBR, only losing a couple tenths in S1, even in S2, and making it back in S3. I think VMM is a bit caught out that they can’t keep up woth RBR in the slow bits here and thus cannot apply the F-duct fully. Nonetheless, they remain very competitive.