Haas team boss satisfied with Schumacher
But that’s exactly what he has to confirm at the Canadian GP. Most recently, Schumacher had an accident in Jeddah and Monaco, and was then criticized. But: Sebastian Vettel, for example, protected the young F1 driver (read more about this here).
Haas team boss Günther Steiner, who recently approached his protégé Mick Schumacher openly about his driving style, said on Saturday: “The whole team did a great job, both drivers were always calm.” He therefore hopes to be able to hold “the positions as well as possible”.
Schumacher: “We’ll do our best”
Schumacher said himself: “I’m still very happy with P6 and it’s a good starting position for the race. I can’t imagine us going any further up just because of the pace that the other cars around us have, but we’ll do our best and see where we end up. It’s our best qualifying session so far and I’m really happy for the team.”
It remains to be seen whether we will be able to move forward. Among other things, Schumacher has world champion and leader Max Verstappen in front of him, who will start the race from first place. Surprisingly, Fernando Alonso starts behind him in the Alpine, who is considered a driver who is difficult to overtake. Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz jr., Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton and Schumacher teammate Kevin Magnussen will start the race from positions three, four and five.
Vettel starts from the last third
It didn’t go quite so well for Sebastian Vettel. Starting in 16th place, the German must hope to be able to move up the field over the course of the course. He told the “Bild” angrily: “It’s very disappointing. In practice we were very good under these weather bindings. Considering how bad the car felt on the track, it’s no wonder we were so slow. “
He also criticized: “I don’t know where our pace has gone. We didn’t change much between FP3 and qualifying – but we were too slow and we don’t understand it. It’s a shame because we could have driven very well in these conditions .” Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has to start even further behind Vettel. Due to changes to the car and engine, he can see the racing lights from 19th place.
The Canadian Grand Prix, which was held for the first time in 1978, will definitely be spectacular. The Île Notre-Dame, on which the route was ultimately built, was created for the Expo in the mid-1960s – in the middle of the impressive St. Lawrence River. The weather forecast is also playing along: It should be dry and sunny.