Canadian Formula One Grand Prix

[SteveB]

Canadian GP. Race Sunday 19th at 19:00

Very wet and cold qualifying.

Qualifying

1) Max Verstappen
2) Fernando Alonso
3) Carlos Sainz
4) Lewis Hamilton
5) Kevin Magnussen
6) Mick Schumacher
7) Esteban Ocon
8) George Russell (took a risk with slick tyres, didn’t work)
9) Daniel Ricciardo
10) Zhou Guanyu
11) Valtteri Bottas
12) Alex Albon
13) Sergio Perez (set time, then crashed out)
14) Lando Norris
15) Charles Leclerc (has taken a new power unit, and also new control electronics. Will start back of the grid because of penalties)
16) Pierre Gasly
17) Sebastian Vettel
18) Lance Stroll
19) Nicholas Latifi
20) Yuki Tsunoda

[SteveB]

Top five at lap nine.

1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

2. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)

3. Fernando Alonso (Alpine)

4. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

5. George Russell (Mercedes)

Sergio Perez has retired. Reliable problems for Red Bull. Some sort of gearbox problem.

[SteveB]

Max Verstappen pits under Safety Car caused by Sergio Perez. Bit of a gamble.

Carlos Sainz leads. Fernando Alonso is now second. Max Verstappen third but on new hard tyres.

[SteveB]

Max Verstappen not really trying to save his tyres. Can't go to the end on these tyres. Will hope for another safety car.

[SteveB]

Max Verstappen overtakes Fernando Alonso for second.

1. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
2. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
3. Fernando Alonso (Alpine)
4. George Russell (Mercedes)
5. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

[SteveB]

Carlos Sainz pits from the lead. That puts Max Verstappen back in the lead but on twelve-laps old tyres.

[SteveB]

Charles Leclerc is presently seventh. Badly needs as many points as possible.

[SteveB]

1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

2. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)

3. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

4. Fernando Alonso (Alpine)

5. George Russell (Mercedes)

How long can Max Verstappen go on his tyres?

[SteveB]

Charles Leclerc's tyres going off. He hasn't pitted yet.

[SteveB]

Carlos Sainz is gradually closing in on Max Verstappen.

Charles Leclerc pits. Slow stop.