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MONTREAL - The tightly cornered Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve is a different track than most in Formula One, but dont expect the Mercedes AMG team to be any less dominant. The Mercedes duo of three-time Canadian Grand Prix champion Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg has won all six races to start the season, finishing one-two in the last five. They will be the favourites again despite the close walls and hard braking on the 4.361-kilometre circuit. "I dont think it will be different from the other weeks before," a resigned Nico Hulkenberg of the Force India team said Thursday. The race weekend begins with practice on Friday, and qualifying on Saturday, before the grandstands on the island track across from downtown Montreal fill up on what is expected to be sunny, warm day for the 45th Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday. It will be first experience for Canadian fans of the quieter, more fuel-efficient 1.6-litre turbo engines introduced this year, which have dropped the formerly dominant Red Bull team down the grid and raised Mercedes AMG to near-invincibility. In the opening six events, Rosberg has two wins and finished second four times to lead drivers standings with 122 points. Hamilton has four wins and one second to sit second with 118 points. Next closest is Ferraris Fernando Alonso, a two-time world champion, with 61 points. Sebastian Vettel, the F1 champion the last four years with Red Bull, is sixth with 45. Some felt the peculiar Gilles-Villeneuve track, which features long straightaways leading into sharp turns, a hairpin and some tricky chicanes, might close the power gap on Mercedes. No such luck, said Hamilton. "Ill be guessing, but I dont feel that will be the case," the 29-year-old Briton said. "Were particularly strong in the straights, the Mercedes are, but I dont know. "Maybe well be surprised this weekend, but the long straights do suit us very well. We have a very good power unit in our engines. Mercedes has done the best job with the engines, so Renault and Ferrari would have had to have done an exceptional job coming into this weekend in that area to be able to keep up with us on the straights." The Mercedes supremacy is drawing comparisons to 1988, when the McLaren Honda team of Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost won 15 of the 16 races on the schedule, with the Brazilian taking eight and Prost winning seven. "In a way Im honoured to hear those comparisons because that was an extremely high-level, big battle at the time, but I leave it at that," said Rosberg. "I dont really compare myself to that era. I want to do my own thing." It seems the only thing that can stop Mercedes may be infighting between Hamilton and Rosberg, but even the tension that was building between them looks to have abated since a blow-up at Monaco two weeks ago, when Hamilton felt Rosberg cheated him of a chance to claim pole position. Hamilton tweeted recently "we spoke and were cool, still friends #noproblem." The Hamilton-Rosberg duo already has Mercedes 141 points clear of Red Bull and 162 points ahead of Ferrari in the constructors championship. Vettel has had bad luck in Canada in the past, but broke through last year when he cruised to win from the pole, finishing 14 seconds ahead of Alonso. Now hes grasping at any edge to stay competitive. "It will be difficult to match the Mercedes-powered cars down the straights," the German said. "There are also some corners here and weve been competitive in the past. "We were in a very good position in to win the race in 2011 and we won last year, so we have reason to be confident. But we know it could be a difficult weekend. "We know that the corners are very tricky and demanding here and you can make up a lot of time in the corners. Well try to do our best down the straights and try to do better than everyone else on the corners." Another leveller could be the infamous wall of champions, a concrete barrier at the chicane leading to the final stretch to the finish line. Over the years, some of the sports greatest drivers have crashed into it. Jenson Button of McLaren Mercedes is confident that even with the lighter back end on this years cars they should get through the turn OK. "Weve been driving these cars all year and if we can drive these cars around Monaco, I think well be all right around here," he said. The McLaren, Force India and Williams teams also use Mercedes engines, but none has put the package of engine and car together quite like Mercedes AMG. "In terms of the development of the car, it is working and were going in the right direction," said Button, the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix winner who has found himself battling just to get into the points by finishing in the top 10 this season. "Its tough. "When youve been fighting for wins and the team is used to fighting for wins, its difficult when you find yourself in this situation." Jordan 5 For Sale NZ .J. -- Pete Carroll said it was the suspension of linebacker Bruce Irvin last spring that finally got the attention of the rest of the Seattle Seahawks that they needed to be taking their commitment to the team more seriously. Cheapest Air Jordan 5 . The top-ranked Djokovic also beat Gael Monfils and then routed Roger Federer en route to his first Abu Dhabi title. "Its always great to win a title. This is the best way to start the 2012 season," Djokovic said. http://www.airjordan5nz.com/. Acclaimed by world football leaders but held in contempt by many football fans. 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We competed hard.Things didnt go Pittsburghs way on Friday during a 4-2 loss to Carolina.On Saturday, the Penguins (10-3-1) responded quickly to an early Carolina goal and held on to finish November on a high note.Robert Bortuzzos first-period goal gave Pittsburgh a lead it didnt relinquish. Thomas Greiss had 32 saves for the Penguins, who are 13-1-1 when leading after two periods.Those were key goals in a tight-checking game, Pittsburgh coach Mike Johnston said. Our battle level was certainly a lot higher than it was (Friday) night.Ehrhoff followed his backhanded shot and put in a wide-angle forehand on the rebound to make it a two-goal edge in the third.Justin Faulk put the Hurricanes ahead 1-0 with a power-play goal in the first — just 17 seconds before Chris Kunitz tied it for Pittsburgh — and Elias Lindholm cut Carolinas deficit to 3-2 with 11.7 seconds left in the game.Pittsburgh (16-5-2) avoided its first losing streak in regulation games thhis season.dddddddddddd Anton Khudobin had 30 saves for the Hurricanes, 1-11-2 when trailing after two periods.The teams traded early goals in the first period. Faulk struck first, but before that goal was announced, Kunitz tied it.Evgeni Malkin skated behind the Carolina net and found Kunitz, who one-timed a shot at 3:56 for his first goal since Nov. 4.Bortuzzo pushed the Penguins ahead 2-1 at 5:32. He skated between two defencemen, who didnt slide toward him. Bortuzzo had a clear path to the net and beat Khudobin for his second of the season.Both teams started backup goalies in the second half of the home-and-home series. Cam Ward beat Pittsburghs Marc-Andre Fleury on Friday. Greiss improved to 3-1-1.Hes played outstanding, Johnston said. Every game hes been in, hes given us a chance to win.The Penguins played without centre Marcel Goc and defenceman Kris Letang, both of whom were out with injuries sustained Friday. Andrew Ebbett was called up to take Gocs place in the lineup, and Bortuzzo stepped in for Letang.NOTES: The Penguins have won four consecutive games at Raleigh, the longest streak against the Hurricanes since the franchise moved from Hartford in 1997. ... Pittsburgh, 9-2-1 on the road, is 13-1-1 when leading after two periods and 4-2 when the opponent scores first. ... Nathan Gerbe played his 100th game with Carolina. ... The Penguins are 3-3-2 in back-to-back games. 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