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Kanada. Hasil yang direguk pebalap McLaren itu membuat tujuh seri awal
F1 2012 kini dimenangi oleh tujuh pebalap berbeda.Di Sirkuit Gilles Villeneuve, Senin (11/6/2012) dinihari WIB, Hamilton yang start di posisi dua berhasil melewati garis finis paling pertama.
Romain Grosjean dari Lotus finis di posisi dua setelah mengawali balapan dari peringkat tujuh. Ia menempati posisi tersebut usai bersaing dengan Sergio Perez (Sauber) dan Fernando Alonso (Ferrari). Satu tempat sisa di podium pun ditempati oleh Perez.
Untuk Hamilton, kemenangan itu membuatnya memuncaki klasemen sementara pebalap dengan 88 poin. Ini juga membuat tujuh balapan sejauh ini selalu memunculkan pemenang berbeda.
Jalannya balapan
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) yang menempati posisi pole mengawali balapan dengan mulus. Ia sukses memimpin di depan Hamilton, Alonso, dan Mark Webber secara berturut-turut.
Setelah Vettel masuk pit di lap ke-17, membuat Hamilton sesaat memimpin balapan. Namun, setelah Hamilton juga masuk pit di akhir putaran itu, Alonso pun mengambil alih posisi terdepan.
Pada lap 20, Hamilton memimpin balapan dengan mendayagunakan DRS untuk melewati Alonso. Sampai lap 23, Hamilton terus memimpin atas Alonso dan Vettel.
Hamilton mendapat masalah di pitstop pada lap 50, membuat Alonso berhasil menempati posisi terdepan diikuti oleh Vettel. Pada lap 52, Hamilton ada di posisi tiga di belakang keduanya.
Hamilton kemudian terus menekan Vettel dan Alonso yang harus bergulat dengan ban mobilnya. Pada lap 62, Hamilton sukses melewati Vettel dengan menggunakan DRS. Dua lap kemudian giliran Alonso yang dilewatinya.
Alonso kemudian juga diancam Grosjean yang menggebrak dengan menempati posisi tiga pada lap 65. Satu lap berselang, Grosjean bisa melewati Alonso dengan memaksimalkan DRS. Sementara itu Vettel yang sudah mengganti ban berusaha keras mengejar Perez di posisi empat.
Pada lap 68, Perez berhasil melewati Alonso guna menempati posisi ketiga. Pada lap 69, giliran Vettel yang melewati Alonso.
Hasil GP Kanada:
Posisi-Pebalap-Tim-Waktu
1. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1h32:29.586
2. Grosjean Lotus-Renault + 2.513
3. Perez Sauber-Ferrari + 5.260
4. Vettel Red Bull-Renault + 7.295
5. Alonso Ferrari + 13.411
6. Rosberg Mercedes + 13.842
7. Webber Red Bull-Renault + 15.085
8. Raikkonen Lotus-Renault + 15.567
9. Kobayashi Sauber-Ferrari + 24.432
10. Massa Ferrari + 25.272
11. Di Resta Force India-Mercedes + 37.693
12. Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes + 46.236
13. Maldonado Williams-Renault + 47.052
14. Ricciardo Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1:04.475
15. Vergne Toro Rosso-Ferrari + 1 lap
16. Button McLaren-Mercedes + 1 lap
17. Senna Williams-Renault + 1 lap
18. Kovalainen Caterham-Renault + 1 lap
19. Petrov Caterham-Renault + 1 lap
20. Pic Marussia-Cosworth + 2 laps
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Sebastian Vettel returned to the front and claimed the 32nd pole position of his career yesterday. He is set for the shortest drag race of the season to Turn 1 against a determined Lewis Hamilton this afternoon, while Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber will get amongst the action from the second row.
Nico Rosberg starts fifth in the Mercedes and Felipe Massa will hope to continue his recent turnaround in form from sixth on the grid. Romain Grosjean and Paul di Resta occupy row four, and then we find two drivers who didn't get a second run against the clock in the final segment of qualifying - Michael Schumacher and Jenson Button.
Morning news comes from Williams, where the team changed Pastor Maldonado's gearbox yet again. He drops five places on the grid and will start from the outside of row 11.
A light south-easterly breeze is blowing this afternoon and will help to keep the spectators cool in the sun.
Two stops looks a likely strategy for the front runners, with teams looking to evaluate where their drivers will feed back into the pack after the first pit visit, which should come after around 15 laps of full-tank running on the supersofts.
Tyre degradation was so low in cool temperatures on Friday that a one stop plan looked possible, however that could be trickier in the sunshine this afternoon.
Glock retired in the pits. Schumacher also ended his day in the garage after a DRS failure. De la Rosa makes it three out of three in the pitlane, while Karthikeyan stopped out on track, shortly after spinning at Turn 1.
His race was shaped by making two stops, as McLaren analysed the tyre performance of others, banking on Alonso and Vettel getting into tyre difficulty. The chase was on and the two ahead of him succumbed to the Briton's pace, giving fans an enthralling finish.
Just a few laps too far for Alonso and Vettel, while Grosjean and Perez took advantage to grab second and third, giving their teams another haul of points.
Mercedes will be disappointed, but Jenson Button was left floundering this weekend. He was playing catch-up ever since the oil leak on Friday. A sacrificial strategy today with regard to tyres didn't help.
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