However, no clear decision yet about turning the car into a coupe or remaining at the original hardtop cabrio version. “We worked hard to improve the car all weekend so my grid position is mainly due to the fact that I couldn’t find a clear lap in the final session. Lewis did 42 laps in the second session and posted a best time of 1m15.752. His team mate Heikki Kovalainen completed 36 laps and was fourth fastest with a 1m16.331. On a drying track in the morning, Lewis and Heikki went out only 20 minutes before the end of the session; the Finn ended up third with a 1m18.133 (10 laps) and Lewis was sixth with a 1m18.303 (8 laps). The situation changed in the second free practice session in favour of Hamilton, who dominated his opponents and came to paddock on the 1st position, ahead of Robert Kubica on 2nd, Kimi Raikkonen on 3rd and Heikki Kovalainen on 4th, also scoring a best lap time of 1m 15.752. Proceed below to read the official press release, the results of the day and to download more photos from Montreal.
Lewis's team mate Heikki Kovalainen set a time of 1m19.089 and will start from seventh place on the grid. This is one place where nobody cares if your name is a bit of a fib. The idea is that a final decision has been taken inside the company:the future A & B cars, that will arrive on the street in 2011 or 2012, will use a RWD platform, derived from the one that is being used by the C-Klasse models nowadays. As a last important news, it seems that Mercedes-Benz has registered some names for its future small and compact models, but there is no further information on that issue(we can only speculate some names, such as 'CLA' or 'BLK'). With its 22 cm ground clearance, Mercedes says the pickup can climb gradients of up to 45 degrees and easily mass through water up to 60 cm deep. When Mercedes started work on the next-generation Sprinter in 2015, it announced it would bring production to the United States. Come with us and enjoy an amazing trip in our luxurious VIP Mercedes Sprinter for up to 14 passengers. There's room for your small groups between 12 and 16 passengers without large luggage.
Reports claim that the A-Klasse could turn into a little hatchback, a small coupe and an exclusive cabriolet, while its bigger brother, the B-Klasse, will continue to feature the current MPV body, shaped in a more appealing and agressive way along with the increase in the length of the car and the decrease of the ride height. The C-Class remains extremely popular after only a little more than a year on the market. Sales of the model series’ sedan and station wagon variants rose 50 percent to 34,400 units last month (May 2007: 22,900), and a total of 350,000 new C-Class vehicles have been sold since the sedan’s premiere at dealerships at the end of March 2007, and the station wagon’s market launch in December of the same year. Besides the MPV body, the B-Klasse is likely to be offered in SUV shape, in order to compete with BMW X1(to be released in the end of 2008, after the presentation of the Concept X1 in October, at the Paris Motor Show). However, by the end of the session, I felt we’d come a long way towards resolving our main issues.
In the afternoon, we were able to improve the car on every run - I felt very comfortable with the set-up and balance, particularly when we switched to the option tyre, which allowed me to lean on the car as the track conditions improved. It really felt like Lewis gained enough confidence to successfully cope with the high dose of stress;clearly, he was also driven by the desire to repeat the success from 2007, when he got his maiden victory on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. It has gone from a race-style circuit vehicle to now being an every day car on the road. But along with everybody else, the biggest challenge has been to cope with the ever-evolving circuit conditions. These vans' engines have a reputation for reliability, despite these tough working conditions. “We often experience mixed weather conditions at the Canadian Grand Prix, and today was no exception. “It’s great to be back in Montreal, the scene of my first grand prix victory one year ago.
