Summary

  • Max Verstappen wins dramatic race from Lando Norris

  • George Russell third, Hamilton fourth, Piastri fifth

  • Norris led twice but lost out in a safety-car period

  • Incident between Russell and Piastri to be investigated after race

  • Canadian GP started in wet conditions but became dry

  • Out: Sargeant, Leclerc, Perez, Sainz, Albon

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Live Reporting

Lorraine McKenna

  1. Alex Brundle
    British racing driver and broadcaster on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Difficult positions for both Ferraris that look to be really struggling for grip.

  2. Lap 3/70

    Drivers are being told this is the worst point of the rain fall, but that won't bother Kevin Magnussen - the Haas driver has gained nine places! The Dane is now chasing the McLaren of Oscar Piastri for fourth and he dispatches the Australian with ease.

  3. Lap 2/70

    Daniel Ricciardo has dropped from fifth to seventh place in the RB as Lewis Hamilton makes his way up to sixth spot. Carlos Sainz cuts the last corner at the end of the first lap and now finds himself down in 15th place.

    Over at Haas, those blue full wet-weather tyres are doing a grand job for Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen. Dane Magnussen has jumped all the way up to fifth place after an overtake on Fernando Alonso's Aston Martin.

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    Andrew: Three different constructors making up the top-3 on the grid, we’re all set for a fascinating Grand Prix in unpredictable conditions. McLaren are in a strong position with their drivers starting 3rd and 4th as they have the ability to split their race strategies.

  5. Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    You cannot see a thing, the spray coming off the back of these cars, proving visibility is almost impossible for those behind.

  6. Alex Brundle
    British racing driver and broadcaster on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Both Haas' have gone for the extreme wet tyre and everyone else on the intermediate tyre in what is a sopping wet grid.

  7. Lap 1/70

    George Russell was sluggish off the line but the Mercedes man stays ahead of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris. The grip is nowhere to be seen and cars are sliding around and everyone but Russell is driving into a whole load of spray.

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  8. Go! Go! Go!

    O Canada. It's wet.

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  9. Team radio: RB to Ricciardo

    "The cell of rain coming should last for around 10 to 15 minutes."

  10. George Russell has made his way to the front of the grid. Can he deliver Mercedes a victory in Montreal? We're about to find out...

  11. Mercedes upgrade 'incremental'

    Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    We want [Russell] to be in the fight don't we, we want to see a good fight till the end. This [Mercedes] upgrade has proved useful for them. It hasn't just come out the blue, it's been incremental over the last few races.

  12. Alex Brundle
    British racing driver and broadcaster on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    Ricciardo is having a brilliant weekend, but is it just a momentary flash as we've seen from him several times or is this a turn in form?

  13. Formation lap

    The furry marshals are on patrol around the track. Please, we beg of you, just stay out of the way of any oncoming Formula 1 cars once we get going.

    The majority of the grid are on the intermediates, while Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg over at Haas have opted for the full wets.

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  14. Weather update

    Ian Fergusson
    BBC weather forecaster

    Air temp 15.8C & track 20.2C. Wind from west. Overcast with recent showery rain; track is wet. Another incoming shower is 6km away, arriving soon (about 1354) & lasting ~15 mins. FIA official risk of rain is 100%

  15. Ferrari catching Red Bull

    With no driver on the podium in Monaco and Ferrari celebrating a win and third place, Red Bull's advantage at the top of the constructors' championship is now only 24 points.

    Third-placed McLaren are 88 points clear of Mercedes in fourth and Yuki Tsunoda's continued points scoring for RB in sixth means they are 20 points behind fifth-placed Aston Martin.

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  16. Leclerc edging closer to Verstappen

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    The gap at the top of the drivers' championship has been cut to 31 points between leader Max Verstappen and second-placed Charles Leclerc, following the Ferrari man's emotional triumph in Monaco last time out.

    Sergio Perez's opening-lap misfortune means the Red Bull driver slips down the pecking order and into fifth place, one point behind Carlos Sainz, who finished third on the podium in Monte Carlo.

    Alex Albon and Pierre Gasly both finished in the top 10 two weeks ago, with the pair picking up their first points of the season. Williams' Albon secured two points and Gasly, despite his tangle with Esteban Ocon, collected one point.

  17. 'I'm happy with the direction we are going' - Wolff

    Rosanna Tennant
    5 Live F1 reporter in Montreal

    Mercedes boss Toto Wolff spoke to Rosanna Tennant on the grid walk, he said: "It's nice this is how it should be, lots of cars within a tenth, I'm happy with the direction we are going. Whatever happens today, yesterday the car was quick and it's good."

  18. Alex Brundle
    British racing driver and broadcaster on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

    For those drivers looking to snatch a point throughout this season, this is one of the key opportunities for a lowly team to do that.

  19. 'Race likely to be affected by rain'

    Andrew Benson
    BBC F1 correspondent

    The race looks as if it will be affected to some degree at least by wet weather. After a drenching in the morning, the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve had dried, but it started raining during the drivers’ parade and became quite heavy for a while before stopping again. There are said to be pockets of rain dotted all over the place, and predicting whether one or another will hit the track or not is very difficult.

    In wet conditions, the teams and drivers will want to be on the intermediate tyre. The wet tyre is simply not good enough, and will be used only if the FIA requires it, such as for a safety-car start. At least some teams hope the race director will be sensible even in the scenario and permit the use of the inter.

    In the dry, the race is on the cusp between a one and a two-stop, and strategists will have to work out once the race gets going whether the medium tyre will go long enough to make a medium-hard strategy viable.

    A pit stop costs about 19 seconds in green-flag conditions, 11 seconds under a safety car.

  20. 'I think it's going to be a race that is won on pit wall today' - Brown

    Rosanna Tennant
    5 Live F1 reporter in Montreal

    McLaren CEO Zak Brown spoke to Rosanna Tennant: "It looks like more rain is coming but not for the entire race, so I think today could be an interesting, exciting, on and off again. I think it's going to be a race that is won on pit wall today.

    "We've got a good race car, two great racing drivers surrounded by a bunch of great racing drivers and great race cars so it's going to be a tough race but we've got a chance."