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The final
practice session for the 2012 Canadian Grand Prix would get away under dry
conditions with Kovalainen first out of the pit lane. Of the Williams F1
drivers Bruno Senna would be first out followed shortly after by Pastor
Maldonado. The majority of the drivers were on the soft tyre with only Glock
and Pic coming out on the super
soft's. Just as quickly the drivers would pit having completed their
installation laps. Rosberg would be the last driver to take to the track but
he would stop out on the circuit at the exit of Turn seven. Rosberg felt
that it was a clutch problem. The car would be pushed away seeing his
session come to an end. The track was now empty with fifty minutes of the
hour long session remaining.
First back out would be Kobayashi joined by Raikkonen, Button, and Pic.
Kobayashi would set a 1m:17.223 and Button a 1m:19.008. Raikkonen was now
fastest with a 1m:17.150. Button's next lap was a 1m:16.297 to be fastest.
We now also had Perez, Petrov, Webber, and Glock out on track. Vettel was
also out on the track as Kobayashi set a 1m:16.104. Raikkonen was third from
Pic, Karthikeyan, and Glock. Perez would move up to fourth with a 1m:16.625
as Kobayashi pitted. There was now only a handful of cars still in the pits
as we now had both Williams cars out on
the track. Webber was now fifth from Grosjean as Button moved back up to
second with a 1m:16.297 with Vettel now in third, 1m:16.316. Button's next
lap was good enough for the quickest time with a 1m:15.833. Vergne would
crash at Turn one ending his session. He had locked up running wide and onto
the grass.
Pastor was now seventh with a 1m:17.037. Bruno had yet to set a time as
Button pitted. Raikkonen was now fourth from Perez, Webber, and Pastor with
just under forty minutes remaining. Bruno was now in sixteenth with a
1m:21.304. Vettel would go fastest with a 1m:15.440 with Massa now second,
1m:15.566. Pastor had moved up to fifth with a lap of 1m:15.984. This would
become sixth as Schumacher moved into third. But Pastor would respond
setting a 1m:15.726 to be fourth. Grosjean was now in third, 1m:15.632,
while Vettel had improved his quickest time with a 1m:15.022. Pastor was now
fifth while Bruno had found some pace with a 1m:16.565 to be thirteenth.
Alonso's first time would see him go second with a time of 1m:15.282.
Hamilton was down in tenth, 1m:16.261.
Pastor would pit with thirty four minutes remaining. Bruno was able to join
Pastor at the front setting a 1m:15.790 to be seventh. The track was now
quite empty as the drivers returned after their first runs. Bruno had also
pitted while at the front Alonso was on a quick lap as Button returned to
the track. Alonso would finish with
a 1m:14.737 to be fastest. But his time at the top was brief as Hamilton set
a 1m:14.712 to be fastest by just 0.025. Pastor and Bruno were now in eighth
and ninth. With twenty six minutes remaining it was Hamilton from Alonso,
Vettel, Massa, Schumacher, Grosjean, Di Resta, Pastor, Bruno, and Button in
tenth. Kobayashi would improve to now be in sixth with a 1m:15.619. Pastor
was back out on the track joined shortly after by Bruno.
Pastor and Bruno were now in tenth and twelfth while Grosjean was out on the
super soft setting a 1m:14.873 to be third. Button would improve to now be
fifth, 1m:15.237. Bruno was on the super soft's as Webber moved up to fifth
with a 1m:15.307. Bruno would use the super soft's to good effect setting a
1m:15.237 to be fifth. Pastor was now in thirteenth and still on the soft
tyre. Massa was now on the super soft tyre. Pastor was on a better lap
seeing him jump up to fifth, 1m:15.182, seeing Bruno sixth. Schumacher would
also improve running on the super soft tyres setting a 1m:14.903 to be
fourth. Pastor was now sixth and Bruno seventh. At the front Vettel would go
fastest with a 1m:14.711 to be 0.001 ahead of Hamilton.
Bruno was on an improved lap as Pastor pitted. But he would lose time at the
last corner remaining in seventh. As the final fifteen minutes started
Schumacher would improve with a 1m:14.796 to be fourth. There were just
three cars on the track as Bruno pitted. It would be very busy in the last
ten minutes of practice as Schumacher pitted while Vettel continued. The
track was certainly warmer than yesterday. Both Ferrari's would return to
the track as Ricciardo moved up to thirteenth running on the super soft
tyre. We now also had Raikkonen and Kobayashi back out as Vettel pitted.
Both Ferrari's were on the super soft tyre. Alonso would go fastest setting
a 1m:14.448 while team-mate Massa was now in fifth, 1m:14.850. Raikkonen
would not improve and was still in twelfth. But on his next lap he would
improve to be seventh, 1m:15.030.
Pastor and Bruno were now in ninth and tenth but still in their pits. On the
super soft Hulkenberg would move up to seventh, 1m:14.993. Bruno was the
first of the Williams cars to come back out as Massa got Turn nine all wrong
taking to the grass. Pastor was back out with just two cars in the pits. Now
it was just Ricciardo in the pits as
everyone tried to improve with the super soft tyres. The final minutes
started to count down as Di Resta went eleventh, 1m:15.184. Vettel was on a
quick lap while team-mate Webber was in seventh. Vettel would finish his lap
with a 1m:14.442 to be fastest. Pastor was on an improved lap setting a
1m:14.903 to be seventh. Raikkonen would get the final chicane wrong seeing
him pit as a result. Vettel would continue to improve going fastest in
sector one and two. Bruno had dropped to fourteenth while Vettel's lap was
ruined by an HRT.
Pastor's next lap would see him fourth with a 1m:14.755 but Webber would
take this spot with a 1m:14.724. The session would come to an end with Bruno
down in fourteenth. Raikkonen was now under investigation for his entry into
the pit. For Williams it was a big improvement to see Pastor in fifth but
frustrating to have his team-mate in fourteenth over half a second slower.
Fastest was Vettel from Alonso, Hamilton, Webber, Pastor, Massa, Schumacher,
Grosjean, Raikkonen and Hulkenberg completing the top ten. |
