Canadian GP: Driver Preview Quotes - Haas

DRIVER PREVIEW QUOTES - HAAS F1 TEAM

Romain Grosjean - “(The Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve is) a city circuit, but very different from Monaco. There are a few things we can bring forward, but not much. Hopefully, we don’t have to manage the brakes too much, which is normally a good thing for a driver. For the set-up, you want a stable car for the braking. You also want the confidence to be able to brake late and to not have any instability or locking up on the entry phase into a corner.

I like the whole circuit. I’ve always loved it and really enjoy racing there. It’s always a great feeling. (My second-place finish in Montreal in 2012) was a great race. I started P7. I had a one-stop strategy while everyone else was on a two-stop strategy. Initially, I thought I would finish fifth or sixth as I was stuck behind the Mercedes of (Nico) Rosberg. I couldn’t overtake. Then, everyone pitted. The ones who didn’t were really struggling with grip, so I could overtake them. I didn’t quite have the pace to chase Lewis (Hamilton) and take the win.”

Esteban Gutierrez - “Montreal is a pretty low-downforce track. It’s very smooth and there are many, many long straights. It’s usually a challenge to make the tyres work, and I think that’s going to be the key point of the whole weekend. (In terms of braking) it’s very similar to Monza, with a lot of long straights and low down force. It’s important to have a good car mechanically. Hopefully, our car is well adapted to the circuit. I like all the chicanes because you can use a lot of curbs, which it makes it very exciting. I’m really looking forward to getting there and driving the track. It’s always great to be back in Montreal.

You come into the first corner with a lot of speed. Then you get into Turn 2, which goes around and has a very difficult exit with some bumps. You arrive into the first chicane, where you can use a lot of kerbs. Then you have a high-speed corner that is flat out, and you arrive into the next corner under braking, using a little bit of the track’s banking and the kerb before exiting onto the following straight. It’s a very long exit. After that, there’s a medium-length straight that brings you to a hard-braking zone. It’s a very challenging entry because you tend to put a lot of speed in, which makes the exit difficult. There’s a wall there too, so it can get pretty exciting. Then you come down to the hairpin, where it’s very big braking, very tricky on the entry. It’s a difficult corner, especially when you have low grip. It’s important to properly prepare the exit so you can take advantage of the longest straight on the track. That straight brings you to the last chicane, which has the Wall of Champions. It’s a very quick chicane and very interesting, because if you catch as much as you can on the kerbs, absorbing a lot with the steering wheel and trying to make the corner as straight as possible, you gain a lot of lap time.”

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