Why wet Canadian GP prospect unnerves F1 drivers so much

Formula 1’s Canadian Grand Prix is at risk of turning into an “elimination game” if forecast wet weather on Sunday sticks around until race time.What has been labelled a perfect storm of circumstance could inject some extra chaos and a potential curveball in tyre choices should the bad weather linger.The current forecast points to rainfall arriving at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve early on Sunday morning – with steady mist and light rainfall throughout the morning and into the early afternoon.While the intensity of rain will taper off towards race time, the cold temperatures that are predicted – around 11C – will result in mist sticking around and the track not drying out.It points to conditions that drivers, already mindful of the …