Jeremiah: The Haas car looks like a McLaren of 2007-2010. May be it should be a consolation for them to do better here in Canada.

Andrew: Alex Albon’s Williams is shedding its skin.

Sam Bird
Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

There is far too much debris scattering the back straight there.

Alex Albon's engine cover basically just explodes on him and then because of the aerodynamic effect, he's had a huge oversteer moment.

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And now the red flag has been waved and the session has been paused. Alex Albon's engine cover is a mess, leaving a trail of debris strewn across the circuit.

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That's a huge blow for Yuki Tsunoda, who has been desperately trying to get to grips with the second Red Bull since his switch from Racing Bulls.

Meanwhile, Fernando Alonso has gone fastest ahead of Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri. But there's debris on track as the Williams of Alex Albon is in trouble.

Beofre I tell you who is quickest, we've been waiting for news on Yuki Tsunoda's red-flag infringement from third practice and now we have a decision by the stewards.

The Red Bull driver has been handed a 10-place grid penalty for overtaking Oscar Piastri in the final session earlier on after the Australian made contact with the wall.

Fernando Alonso, a medium runner, is up to fourth on the timesheets. He was third but his Aston Martin team-mate Lance Stroll has just banked a decent lap on the soft rubber to swipe his spot.

Charles Leclerc is up to second behind Oscar Piastri with his opening push lap. But the board is changing rapidly...

Sam Bird
Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

I think we're going to see a lot of on-track during qualifying because the soft compound tyre seems to be lasting for multiple laps which is great news for fans.

Confident George Russell is sitting top of the pile in Q1 with a 1:12.574 on the softs. Lando Norris, pumping in a purple sector in the final part of the lap on the same tyre, goes third quickest. Which is now fourth, because team-mate Oscar Piastri jumps above Russell with a 1:12.322 on the C6 compound.

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Sam Bird
Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

The one car that looks the most stable and the driver that looks the most confident at the moment is George Russell in his Mercedes.

Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto have put down the top two (early) times on the medium rubber in this opening qualifying session. But the Alpine pair are pushed down the order as George Russell and Kimi Antoenlli go quickest.

Oliver Bearman in the Haas and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton, meanwhile, both suffer lock-ups on their respective laps. "Sorry," says Briton Bearman.

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Sam Bird
Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

The exit out of Turn 10 down to Turn 13, if you can be clean and get a good exit down to Turn 13, it's like gold dust.

The crowd gives a round of applause as cars enter the track in the bright Montreal sunshine. Softs and mediums are bolted on for the drivers who have headed out. I can see the two Alpine lads on the yellow C5 mediums.

Kimi Antonelli has a lucky escape with some impeding in the pit lane. The Italian flags to his Mercedes team then joins the rest of the field.

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Ian Fergusson
BBC weather forecaster

Air temperature is 21.1C and the track is 45.4C. Humidity is 35%. Wind is from the north-northeast-northeast, with gusts to 17mph in the past hour and decreasing. Dry, FIA official risk of rain is zero.

Race tomorrow will be warmer (24C) and also dry.

Sam Bird
Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

It was quite an intriguing FP3 where we saw Ferrari come to the party, which we didn't expect after the day they had yesterday, but Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc look quick.

Can they get in the mix with George Russell, Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen?

This could be a close one. Q1 is green.

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Q1 will become Canadian rush hour shortly when 20 drivers jostle for position to bank a lap on the 4.361km circuit. Slow-moving cars have been an irritant all weekend with frustrated radio messages popping up in every session.

There are a good number of drivers who are first timers in Montreal and Franco Colapinto in particular has found the running tough in the Alpine. The Argentine has spun a few times and blocked the path of others, including his own team-mate Pierre Gasly.

There were plenty of spins and close encounters with the Villeneuve walls in final practice along with drivers flagging various set-up issues before qualifying.

After running wide across the grass, Alex Albon told his Williams pit wall his car felt "totally different". Fernando Alonso, meanwhile, who ended his hour in sixth, said his Aston Martin was "impossible to drive".

It's a new look for Alonso for round 10. You like the 'tache?

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Loads of you sent in questions after Spain following Max Verstappen's penalty - so thank you very much. The Q&A is open again for business, so send your thoughts through to Andrew Benson using the link here.

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Ask Me Anything

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BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team have been answering F1-related questions. Here's one on why some circuits don't use start-stop lines for qualifying times.

Stuart in Falkirk asked: Why do some F1 circuits not use the start/finish line for qualifying timings?

This is because of logistics, the layout of the track or safety.

Pit lanes can be located near the start-stop line, which would mean if the start-stop line was used, drivers leaving the pitlane would have to begin their laps straight away.

This means that a driver cannot complete a warm-up lap or an out lap, which could hinder their performance in qualifying.

By using a timing line before the start-stop line it allows a smooth transition from a warm-up lap to a fast lap, without losing speed or tyre temperature.

For some tracks, like street circuits, the placement of a timing line can be further away because of the layout or constraints. A track that does this to make use of the limited space is the Monaco Grand Prix.

Sam Bird
Formula E driver on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

Lewis Hamilton is looking more comfortable in the car than I've seen him in quite a while.