Eddie Jordan
BBC F1 chief analyst

"The drivers love it here because it's a change from Europe and Asia. The people here are special. There have been a lot of surprise race winners. It's a very difficult circuit and very hard on the car."

Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer

"Lotus have looked strong all weekend and Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado delivered on their practice promise to line up fifth and sixth on the grid, their strongest team showing since 2013.

"The performance caught the team a little by surprise - trackside operations director Alan Permane had said on Thursday it would be 'business as usual'. But he explained that the Lotus was strong on braking and traction, two pre-requisites of a strong car in Montreal. And of course it has the Mercedes engine, which has a combination of power, torque and tractability that remains unmatched - as evidenced by the fact that both Force Indias were also in the top 10."

The 1978 Canadian Grand Prix, external was fittingly the scene of Gilles Villeneuve's first of six wins in F1.

The French-Canadian driver took the victory in his 19th career outing after long-time leader Jean-Pierre Jarier retired with an oil problem in the Lotus 79.

The Ile-Notre Dame circuit changed its name to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in 1982, following his fatal accident at Zolder earlier that year.

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Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer

"People have been very patient with Honda so far this season, accepting that the company started late on its F1 engine, probably entered too early, and is effectively doing 'R&D in the public domain', as Mercedes engine boss Andy Cowell put it a couple of races ago.

"However, a backlash was inevitable and it came on Saturday afternoon, after a poor weekend for the Japanese company that has required engine changes on both cars because of failures and Jenson Button starting from the back of the grid, and with a drive-though penalty for fitting a new turbo and MGU-H to replace those that failed on Saturday. Fernando Alonso could manage only 14th - although will start 13th following Max Verstappen's penalty.

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"As a result, Honda F1 boss Yasuhisa Arai got a bit of a going-over in the post-qualifying news conference. He admitted he was 'not satisfied and very sad', and that it had been a 'tough' weekend. As the pointed questions poured in, Alonso and Button, sitting either side of Arai, had their heads down, the peaks of their caps preventing onlookers discerning their expressions.

"Arai promised 'more horsepower in the near future' and that 'in the middle of the second half of the season we can expect good competition with top-level teams'. Not only does that seem an ambitious claim, but if it does not happen those difficult questions will only get louder."

Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

A halo around the sun apparently means rain is on the way!! Never seen anything like it before.

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The Mail on Sunday focus on the full transcript of the radio exchanges between Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes team which they say shows "the indecision behind the bungled pit stop that lost Hamilton the Monaco Grand Prix".

The Mail claim that Hamilton was more implicated in the mistake than Mercedes suggested in the aftermath of the race.

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The Canadian Grand Prix rarely produces a runaway winner.

Indeed for the largest winning margin here you have to go back to Rene Arnoux's victory for Ferrari in 1983, when he beat Eddie Cheever by 42.029s.

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Lotus on Twitter:, external Weather update: it's sunny ;-)

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1986 Canadian Grand Prix winner Nigel Mansell: "Short time to green light now for Canada Grand Prix. Your first 3 I feel unless mistakes are made it's Lewis, Nico, Kimi.

"Weather looks great, Nico looks calmer than usual so maybe push Lewis little harder today, be good to see Seb come through the grid.

"I agree always surprises can happen, hope Williams and Bottas can be strong today, important first corner today there is room but not much."

Andrew Benson
Chief F1 writer

"Much of the build-up to the Canadian Grand Prix focused on whether Ferrari might be able to offer a stiffer challenge to Mercedes as a result of an upgraded engine, said to be worth about 15bhp, plus some better fuel. But the challenge faded.

"Sebastian Vettel, who was inevitably going to be Ferrari's main challenger, suffered an MGU-H problem in first qualifying and was knocked out, a swear word on the radio his reaction. A five-place penalty for passing a Manor under red flags in final practice added to his woes and he will start 18th.

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"Team-mate Kimi Raikkonen did manage to qualify third, but was his usual tiny fraction ahead of the fastest Williams. So it was hard to judge the team's progress. Mercedes admitted Ferrari had looked very strong on Friday, only to fade on Saturday. Still, while Raikkonen might not be the greatest qualifier, he is strong in races and could yet mount a serious threat to the silver cars."

Sebastian Vettel, P16: "It's not ideal to start from the back but we've got a great car to attack. Hopefully I'll have a great start. Canada has proven to be a crazy place so hopefully I'll enjoy it and get to do a lot of overtaking."

Valtteri Bottas, P4: "We're going to try everything we can to challenge the Ferraris. No dream is too big."

Suzi Perry
BBC F1 presenter

I must report that I fear the boys have done it again #bluesunday

Just in case you missed yesterday's outfit selection...

Lewis Hamilton, P1: "It's been amazing here the whole weekend. I hope we can put on a great race for the fans. Montreal is always special for me. I won my first grand prix in 2007 here and that's the goal, that's the target and that's what we're working towards. Fingers crossed."

Nico Rosberg, P2: "For sure, the start is a great opportunity and I'll try to take that. If not, I'll try to take him later in the race."

Asked about the likelihood of safety cars during the race, he added: "It is always expected and that can mix things up and maybe that's another opportunity for me."