Can Lewis Hamilton eclipse Michael Schumacher as F1’s Canada king this weekend?
Can Hamilton eclipse Schumacher?
It’s crazy to think that Hamilton hasn’t won a F1 grand prix 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 Canad🍨a wouldn’t be too surprising given his incredi🥂ble record in Montreal.
Hamilton has seven victories at the Circuit Gilles Villenueve, making it his third most successful venue on the F1 calendar - he only has more wins ꦯat Silverstone and the Hungarorin💖g, which coincidentally, take place in the upcoming month or so.
It’s a good run of tracks for Hamilton coming upဣ, 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 S🌞chumacher (who also has seven wins) as the most successful driver in Montreal.
Mercedes left the last in Sp꧒ain as the se💫cond-fastest team, overtaking Aston Martin and Ferrari.
It remains to be seen whether 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澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez and his title ambitions.
Perez has failed to make Q3 in ꦚthe last two races after crashꦇing in Monaco, while he lacked space in Barcelona.
After being just six points behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen, he now tr🧔ails his world c♕hampion teammate by 53 points.
While no one ever expected Perez to remain in title contention 🌜for the entire seaso👍n, this level of meltdown is unprecedented.
Perez has a car in𒆙 the RB19 that should be comfortably finishing second every week, even during an off weekend.
As team principal Christian 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 enduredꦰ their wors♛t weekend of the year last time out in Barcelona.
The high-speed nature of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya didn’t seem to suit them, while 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso had a rare off weekend.
Given Canada is full of low-speed traꦬction zones, and it punishes rear tyres, ඣAston Martin should be back on form.
They are also expected to introdu𓆉ce their first major upgᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚrade of the season.
Ferrari also struggled in Spꦯain, with💎 race pace their achilles' heel again.
It’s difficult to know how competitive Ferrari will be given how much ✱their pace yo-yos.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc will be hoping to be back on the pace after Ferrari were unable🌟 to idಞentify why he struggled so much in Spain.
Threatening rain
Fo𒁃r the third race running, rain is threatening this weekend’s action.
Currently, there’s a 58 per cent ⛄chance of ra♉in to hit for FP2 on Friday afternoon.
On Saturday, there’s a consistent 40-50 per cent chance of rain for final pr𒊎acticꦛe on qualifying.
Race day looks more likely to be dry - as it stands - with the forec🌳ast predicting 20 pe🍨r cent.
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