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After experimenting with two [[Drag Reduction System]] (DRS) zones with a single activation point in the [[2011 Canadian Grand Prix|2011]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/91556|title=Double DRS zone from Canadian GP|first=Edd|last=Straw|work=[[Autosport]]|publisher=[[Haymarket Group|Haymaret Publications]]|date=20 May 2011|accessdate=2 June 2012}}</ref> the [[FIA]] decided that the 2012 race would use a single, shorter DRS zone.<ref>{{cite news|title=One DRS zone instead of two at Canadian Grand Prix|url=http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2012/06/01/drs-zone-canadian-grand-prix/|first=Keith|last=Collantine|work=F1 Fanatic|publisher=Keith Collantine|date=1 June 2012|accesdate=2 June 2012}}</ref> In 2011, the DRS zone was 650 metres from the l'Epingle hairpin to the final chicane, with a secondary zone placed along the main straight. For 2012, the detection point was once again placed after the l'Epingle hairpin, and the DRS zone was shortened to 600 metres, while the secondary zone along the pit straight was removed.<ref name="DRS points">{{cite news|title=Montreal to feature one DRS detection zone this weekend|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100123|work=Autosport.com|publisher=[[Haymarket Media Group|Haymarket Publications]]|date=4 June 2012|accessdate=4 June 2012}}</ref> The FIA explained that the DRS zone was shortened because overtaking was "too easy" in 2011.<ref name="DRS points"/> |
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The [[2012 Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco Grand Prix]] saw several teams question the legality of parts used by [[Red Bull Racing]] on [[Red Bull RB8|their car]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Red Bull Racing embroiled in technical row ahead of Monaco Grand Prix|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99933|first=Jonathan|last=Noble|work=Autosport.com|publisher=[[Haymarket Media Group|Haymarket Publications]]|date=27 May 2012|accessdate=3 June 2012}}</ref> and although [[Mark Webber]]'s win went uncontested, rival teams sought clarification on matter.<ref>{{cite news|title=No protest against Mark Webber's Monaco Grand Prix win|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99969|first=Jonathan|last=Noble|work=Autosport.com|publisher=[[Haymarket Media Group|Haymarket Publications]]|date=27 May 2012|accessdate=3 June 2012}}</ref> One week before the Canadian Grand Prix, the FIA declared the parts used in Monaco to be illegal, forcing the team to change them.<ref>{{cite news|title=Red Bull forced to change floor design as FIA clarifies regulation over holes|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100074|work=Autosport.com|publisher=[[Haymarket Media Group|Haymarket Publications]]|date=2 June 2012|accessdate=2 June 2012}}</ref> |
The [[2012 Monaco Grand Prix|Monaco Grand Prix]] saw several teams question the legality of parts used by [[Red Bull Racing]] on [[Red Bull RB8|their car]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Red Bull Racing embroiled in technical row ahead of Monaco Grand Prix|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99933|first=Jonathan|last=Noble|work=Autosport.com|publisher=[[Haymarket Media Group|Haymarket Publications]]|date=27 May 2012|accessdate=3 June 2012}}</ref> and although [[Mark Webber]]'s win went uncontested, rival teams sought clarification on matter.<ref>{{cite news|title=No protest against Mark Webber's Monaco Grand Prix win|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/99969|first=Jonathan|last=Noble|work=Autosport.com|publisher=[[Haymarket Media Group|Haymarket Publications]]|date=27 May 2012|accessdate=3 June 2012}}</ref> One week before the Canadian Grand Prix, the FIA declared the parts used in Monaco to be illegal, forcing the team to change them.<ref>{{cite news|title=Red Bull forced to change floor design as FIA clarifies regulation over holes|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/100074|work=Autosport.com|publisher=[[Haymarket Media Group|Haymarket Publications]]|date=2 June 2012|accessdate=2 June 2012}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 14:26, 6 June 2012
| 2012 Canadian Grand Prix | |||
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| Race 7 of 20 in the 2012 Formula One World Championship | |||
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| Race details | |||
| Date | 10 June 2012 | ||
| Official name | Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2012 | ||
| Location | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada | ||
| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 4.361 km (2.71 miles) | ||
| Distance | 70 laps, 305.27 km (189.7 miles) | ||
The 2012 Canadian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2012)[1] is a Formula One motor race scheduled to take place on 10 June, 2012 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada. The race, which is scheduled to take place over 70 laps, will be the seventh round of the 2012 Formula One season, and the first of two North American rounds.[2] It will be the 49th Canadian Grand Prix, and the 33rd to be held at the circuit since its début on the calendar in 1978.
Report
Background
After experimenting with two Drag Reduction System (DRS) zones with a single activation point in the 2011,[3] the FIA decided that the 2012 race would use a single, shorter DRS zone.[4] In 2011, the DRS zone was 650 metres from the l'Epingle hairpin to the final chicane, with a secondary zone placed along the main straight. For 2012, the detection point was once again placed after the l'Epingle hairpin, and the DRS zone was shortened to 600 metres, while the secondary zone along the pit straight was removed.[5] The FIA explained that the DRS zone was shortened because overtaking was "too easy" in 2011.[5]
The Monaco Grand Prix saw several teams question the legality of parts used by Red Bull Racing on their car,[6] and although Mark Webber's win went uncontested, rival teams sought clarification on matter.[7] One week before the Canadian Grand Prix, the FIA declared the parts used in Monaco to be illegal, forcing the team to change them.[8]
Threats from student protest groups
Following a smoke bomb incident on Montreal Metro subway, student activists from the Université du Québec à Montréal threatened to prevent the race from going ahead as part of ongoing demonstrations across Quebec.[9] Further threats emerged two weeks later, with activists calling for disruptions to the race, which they depicted as a symbol of the "capitalist class",[10] while the Coalition Large de l'Association pour une Solidarité Syndicale Étudiante (CLASSE) — recognised as the most-radical student protest group[11] — was directed to the Grand Prix as "[representing] sexist, anti-environmental, elitist and economic values that must be abolished" by students from the Faculty of Arts at the Université du Québec à Montréal.[12] The race was specifically mentioned in chants directed at Premier of Quebec Jean Charest.[12]
After attacking the Formula One website in protest against the Bahrain Grand Prix,[13][14] hacktivist community Anonymous threatened similar action against the sport to protest the Canadian Grand Prix as a part of "Operation Quebec",[15] promising to block access to the circuit, light fires within the circuit limits, and foreshadowing attacks on hotels in the city proper.[16]
In response to these threats, organisers for the event cancelled the "Open Doors Day" scheduled for the Thursday before the race.[17]
References
- ^ "FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 2012". Formula1.com. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ^ Collantine, Keith (7 December 2011). "United States Grand Prix remains on unchanged 2012 F1 calendar". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ^ Straw, Edd (20 May 2011). "Double DRS zone from Canadian GP". Autosport. Haymaret Publications. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
- ^ Collantine, Keith (1 June 2012). "One DRS zone instead of two at Canadian Grand Prix". F1 Fanatic. Keith Collantine.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|accesdate=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Montreal to feature one DRS detection zone this weekend". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 4 June 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
- ^ Noble, Jonathan (27 May 2012). "Red Bull Racing embroiled in technical row ahead of Monaco Grand Prix". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- ^ Noble, Jonathan (27 May 2012). "No protest against Mark Webber's Monaco Grand Prix win". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- ^ "Red Bull forced to change floor design as FIA clarifies regulation over holes". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 2 June 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
- ^ Daly, Brian (10 May 2012). "Smoke bombs shut down Montreal subway system". Canoe.ca. Pierre Karl Péladeau. Québecor Média. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
Arts students at the University of Quebec at Montreal threatened to shut down the Canadian Grand Prix next month, an event that generates $80 million in economic spinoffs.
- ^ Hamilton, Graeme (23 May 2012). "Montreal tourist season at risk over tuition protests". National Post. Doug Kelly. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
On Wednesday, Montreal anti-capitalist activist Jaggi Singh warned that visitors to the annual event should prepare for more than loud cars. "Grand Prix website brags about 'jet set' coming to Mtl," he wrote on Twitter. "Rich douchebags are going to be disrupted by night demos." In another Twitter comment he said that if Montreal's "capitalist class" is worried about the disruptions of Grand Prix parties downtown, "then maybe there should be disruptions!"
- ^ "Quebec student group rejects Liberal proposal to end strike". National Post. 29 April 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b Dolphin, Myles (28 May 2012). "Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal could be target for disruption". The Montreal Gazette. Alan Allnutt. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
The AFEA-UQAM suggests that the C.L.A.S.S.E. (the student federation the faculty belongs to) organize a weekend of disruptions in order to cancel the Formula 1 Grand Prix and its jet-set events of June 8-10 which represent sexist, anti-environmental, elitist and economic values that must be abolished.
- ^ "Anonymous Press Release – Operation Bahrain". AnonPaste. Anonymous. 19 April 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ^ Wert, Ray (20 April 2012). "BREAKING: Anonymous Takes Down Formula 1 Website With DDOS Attack". Jalopnik. Gawker Media. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ^ Chacksfield, Marc (29 May 2012). "Anonymous warns over another F1 computer attack". TechRadar. Future plc. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
- ^ Saward, Joe (1 June 2012). "Virtual freedom fighters?". Joe Saward blogs about the world of F1. Joe Saward. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
An email entitled 'Notice to Grand Prix Visitors' has been sent to more than 100 people who bought Grand Prix tickets online, warning that roads to the circuit will be blocked, that fires would be started at the track, hotels in the city may be attacked and people using the city's banks might also be targets.
- ^ "WITH REGRET, THE GRAND PRIX DU CANADA ANNOUNCES THE CANCELLATION OF ITS 2012 'OPEN DOORS' DAY". CircuitGillesVilleneuve.ca. Ville de Montréal. 3 June 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.