From GMM
The track surface at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is once again causing problems.
Following similar concerns in previous years, including in 2007, the dark-coloured repaired asphalt areas during qualifying on Saturday began to break loose, particularly at the turn 10 hairpin but also elsewhere.
Mark Webber lost his chance to join the Q3 action after he crashed at the end of the second phase of qualifying, musing afterwards that competitors will need "motocross bikes" rather than grand prix machines for the race.
Asked what effect the loose stones of broken track, swept off the racing line by marshals between qualifying segments, will have on driver mistakes on Sunday, the Australian answered dryly: "Good for the spectators."
World champion Kimi Raikkonen slammed the situation as a "joke" after he slipped at the hairpin and trailed Lewis Hamilton's pole position by nearly a full second.
"It will be a nightmare in the race," the Ferrari driver added.
Toyota driver Timo Glock also predicted "major problems" for the 70-lap grand prix, and teammate Jarno Trulli described the issue as a "huge concern".
The track surface at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is once again causing problems.
Following similar concerns in previous years, including in 2007, the dark-coloured repaired asphalt areas during qualifying on Saturday began to break loose, particularly at the turn 10 hairpin but also elsewhere.
Mark Webber lost his chance to join the Q3 action after he crashed at the end of the second phase of qualifying, musing afterwards that competitors will need "motocross bikes" rather than grand prix machines for the race.
Asked what effect the loose stones of broken track, swept off the racing line by marshals between qualifying segments, will have on driver mistakes on Sunday, the Australian answered dryly: "Good for the spectators."
World champion Kimi Raikkonen slammed the situation as a "joke" after he slipped at the hairpin and trailed Lewis Hamilton's pole position by nearly a full second.
"It will be a nightmare in the race," the Ferrari driver added.
Toyota driver Timo Glock also predicted "major problems" for the 70-lap grand prix, and teammate Jarno Trulli described the issue as a "huge concern".