Cassidy Makes it Five Out of Five

Qualifying:

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Report:

After an anarchic race in Monaco saw a lot of the smaller teams grab points, they were hoping for a repeat of this in Canada. Some teams were more than willing to provide the retirements: Ferrari suffered a double turbo unit failure, March had both cars fail within a few laps, with Kagan suffering his third transmission failure of the year, and both McLarens retired, too.

Regrettably for the minnows, reliability issues were not to be found at Lotus and in the Williams of Brendon Cassidy. The American star dominated in Canada once he had pushed his teammate Ayrton Senna into a mistake at turn 1. Ayrton then tried to fight back and had a run-in with Pierluigi Martini before retiring from the race with a transmission problem, Senna struggling again.

Cassidy went on to dominate the race, taking his first win with Williams-Honda. He was nearly a minute ahead of the two Lotus drivers who had a great strategic battle. Gauthier, the team leader, had to work very hard, as Warwick nearly made a one-stop strategy work to secure second. Even after exiting the pits, Gauthier failed to get away from Warwick, finishing only a few seconds ahead of the Brit.

Thierry Boutsen drove a lonely race to get fourth, profiting from Berger’s mistake and Alboreto’s engine failure. Chris Dagnall scores points in two consecutive races, two more points for him after his second place in Monaco. Riccardo Patrese survived a clash with Stefan Johansson’s Zakspeed to come home in sixth, taking Ligier’s first point of 1987.

Race:

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Fastest Lap:

Brendon Cassidy – 1:08.647

Infinite Improbability Drive Of The Race:

Kazuki Fushida – If he can pull out performances like this more often, he may have a future in the sport.

Reject Of The Race:

Ayrton Senna – All that money Williams pay him is absolutely getting to his head.