Williams Felipe Massa qualified 15th and Lance Stroll 16th for the British Grand Prix Both drivers went out in Q1 on the supersoft tyre, but quickly swapped the dry tyres for a set of intermediates as the rain continued to fall Laptimes continued to fall as the track dried throughout the session, which allowed Fernando Alonso to set a time on the supersoft tyre at the end of the session. Alonso's time pushed Lance down to P16 and out of qualifying.
Simon Pagenaud realizes the street course at Toronto’s Exhibition Place has not been good to him in the past, even though he loves the challenge on the tight, slippery street circuit.
During his installation lap, the German’s car was fitted with a new head protection system being evaluated by the FIA, known as a Shield. Both Ferrari men ran the Supersofts for the entire session.
Teams and drivers from two of the three feeder categories, the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Powered by Mazda and Indy Lights Presented by Cooper Tires, will switch gears this weekend to the temporary road course in Toronto.
Juncos Racing’s Kyle Kaiser continues to lead the 2017 Indy Lights Championship after posting a Top-5 finish in the Mazda Iowa 100 Presented by Cooper Tires this past weekend at Iowa Speedway.
DAMS were unlucky to come away from Spielberg, Austria, with no points, after Tatiana Calderon battled to ninth in the GP3 Series Feature Race, before receiving a time penalty.
Canadian driver Nicholas Latifi stormed to second in the Feature Race, with Briton Oliver Rowland flying to third in the Sprint Race, as the Renault Sport F1 Development Drivers took the DAMS team’s podium tally to nine for the season.
“We had a clutch issue at the start of the race. I could feel on the formation lap that it wasn’t great and then at the start it failed which triggered the anti-stall as I tried to launch. I pulled away after losing many positions and tried to stay out of trouble in to turn one but I got hit on the rear tyre."
The 20-year-old rookie secured his fifth pole position this morning at Iowa Speedway followed by a flag-to-flag win a few short hours later to stretch his lead in the championship with five rounds remaining...
If you missed the race today here are the Highlights and the including the crash at the start caused by the clutch failure on Verstappen's Formula making it his 3rd retirement in a row .