Chaos in Canada

Thought the 5th-place trend was over for Manor? Think again.

Felipe Massa and Pastor Maldonado qualified 4th and 9th on the grid in Montreal. As the race progressed, Massa remained in the top five for the entirety of the event, running a particularly clean race to finish in 5th. Yup, that’s right, another 5th.

Meanwhile, Maldonado barely escaped a second straight race with a crash on lap 22 when he lost his back end entering the chicane. Luckily, he was able to keep it steady and hold on. He would finish 8th in the race.

What did team principal macus16 have to say about the race? “Fuck sake, please anywhere but 5th.”

Next week, the Model F1 World Championship heads to Austria.

Hockey Day in Canada

During the week, Massa, Maldonado and Manor third driver Sergey Sirotkin decided to head to the Bell Centre, where the NHL’s Montreal Canadiens play. However, since the Canadiens were on a stretch of away games, the only folks available to let the trio in are some team personnel.

The three donned some team gear (which was totally borrowed from the Montreal locker room) and went out to skate some rounds, working with some assistants and scratched players who stayed behind in Montreal to either rest or to continue practicing.

Sirotkin proved to be the best skater of the 3, Massa joking it was due to his Russian heritage. Afterwards, Sirotkin boldly proclaimed the three could probably beat the Canadiens in an actual game. “No John Scott, no problem,” he stated, alluding to the NHL All-Star Game MVP, who currently plays for the Canadiens’ minor league affiliate in St. Johns.

Montreal hasn’t responded to his challenge as of the time of this writing, so stay tuned.