Can Lewis Hamilton eclipse Michael Schumacher as F1’s Canada king this weekend?
Can Hamilton eclipse Schumacher?
It’s crazy to t𒁃hink that Hamilton hasn’t won a F1 grand priꦑx in over 18 months, stretching back to the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
If he is to end his long - by his lofty standards - win drought in F1 2023,😼 doing it at Can🔯ada wouldn’t be too surprising given his incredible record in Montreal.
Hamilton has seven victories at the Circuit Gilles Villenueve, making it his third most successful ven💜ue on the F1 calendar - he only has more wins at Silverstone and the H♛ungaroring, which coincidentally, take place in the upcoming month or so.
It’s a good run of tracks for Hamilton coming up, Austria aside, so ꧃it could be the perfect chance for him to return to the top step of the podium.
If he was to do it in Canada this weekend, he’d overtake Schum♏acher (who also has seven🉐 wins) as the most successful driver in Montreal.
Mercedes left the last in Spain as the second-fastest team, overtaking As🧸ton Martin and Ferrari.
It remains to be seen whethe💞r Mercedes’ improvement of form is genuine 🐠or it was track dependent.
Will Checo stop the rut?
It’s been a tough run of races for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Sergio Perez and his title ambitions.
💧Perez has failed to make Q3 in the 🌟last two races after crashing in Monaco, while he lacked space in Barcelona.
After being just six points behind 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen, he noꦬw trails his world champion teammate by 53 points.
While no one ever expected Perez to remain in title contention for the e🦩ntire season, this level of meltdown is unprecedented.
Perez has ☂a car in the RB19 that should be comfortably finishi𓂃ng second every week, even during an off weekend.
As team principal Christia🐠n Horner put it, Perez needs to go back to focusing on each weekend rather than an unrealistic title challenge.
Return to form for Aston Martin and Ferrari?
Aston Martin endured their worꦚst weekend of the year la🦹st time out in Barcelona.
The high-speed nature of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya didn’t seem to suit them, while 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso had a rare off weekend.
Given Canada is full of low-speed traction zones, and it punishes rear tyres, Aston Martin should be𓂃 back on form.
They are als𒊎o expected to introduce their first m🔴ajor upgrade of the season.
Ferrari also struggled in Spain, ♐with race pace th💙eir achilles' heel again.
It’🐈s di💞fficult to know how competitive Ferrari will be given how much their pace yo-yos.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc will be hoping to be back on the pace after Ferrari were unable t🍸o identify why he ജstruggled so much in Spain.
Threatening rain
For the third race runnin🐼g🎶, rain is threatening this weekend’s action.
Currently, there’s a 58 per cent chance of rai📖n to hit for FP2 on Friday afternoon.
On Saturdayඣ, there’s a consistent 40-50 per cent chance of rain for final practice on qualifying.
Race day looks more likely to be dry - as it sta🐻nds - with the forecast predicting 20 per cent.
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