F1 practice LIVE: Canadian Grand Prix updates and times as Max Verstappen goes fastest in FP1
Follow the first practice at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve as the build-up to the Canadian Grand Prix continues
Follow live F1 coverage as the Canadian Grand Prix weekend kicks off with free practice sessions one and two in Montreal.
The big news of the week is the FIA’s decision to “reduce or eliminate” porpoising on the advice of its medical team - just days after Lewis Hamilton suffered with severe back pain in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Hamilton required assistance to get out of his Mercedes after his car bounced up and down at high speed throughout last Sunday’s race.
Mercedes ran their machines close to the ground in Baku to produce lower downforce. But the move exaggerated the bouncing, and under the FIA’s new technical directive, Mercedes might be required to raise the ride height of their cars which could further slow them down.
At the front of the grid, Max Verstappen will be hoping to extend his lead over chief title rival Charles Leclerc after he took full advantage of the Ferrari driver retiring last weekend with the race victory.
Follow all the latest updates as we build towards this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix:
Verstappen and Hamilton neck-and-neck!
This would be quite something for these two to be top dogs again this weekend!
While Verstappen first storms ahead of the field, half-a-second quicker than second place, Hamilton responds and is just a tenth down on the Dutchman.
Verstappen then goes just quicker with a 1:28:386 before Hamilton goes 0.102 seconds slower.
Imagine, just imagine, if these two are on the front row for tomorrow. One year on...
Leclerc still top - with Hamilton in third
Leclerc has set a new fastest lap with the majority of the field on soft tyres...
Sergio Perez is in second, Hamilton third and Sainz in fourth.
Sainz, much like yesterday, still complaining of bouncing in the high speed sections...
Leclerc quickest in first 10 minutes
About half the cars have been out on track - notably the two Mercedes’ are yet to leave the garage.
Charles Leclerc, who is hunting a stellar weekend after a month or so to forget in the Ferrari, has just gone quickest, four-tenths faster than team-mate Carlos Sainz in second.
Stroll and Vettel in the Aston Martins are the first cars out on track...
And we’re underway with third practice! One final hour for teams and their drivers to get tuned ahead of qualifying this afternoon...
Here are the current drivers standings:
Driver championship
- Max Verstappen - 175 points
- Sergio Perez - 129 points
- Charles Leclerc - 126 points
- George Russell - 111 points
- Carlos Sainz - 102 points
- Lewis Hamilton - 77 points
- Lando Norris - 50 points
- Valtteri Bottas - 46 points
- Esteban Ocon - 39 points
- Fernando Alonso - 18 points
- Pierre Gasly - 16 points
- Kevin Magnussen - 15 points
- Daniel Ricciardo - 15 points
- Sebastian Vettel -13 points
- Yuki Tsunoda - 11 points
- Guanyu Zhou - 5 points
- Alex Albon - 3 points
- Lance Stroll - 2 points
- Mick Schumacher - 0 points
- Nico Hulkenberg - 0 points
- Nicholas Latifi - 0 points
If you missed it yesterday...
Christian Horner speaks about the dropping of junior driver Juri Vips and Nelson Piquet’s language to Lewis Hamilton...
Here’s a recap of all the action on Friday:
Lewis Hamilton gives cause for optimism ahead of British Grand Prix weekend
Hamilton went second fastest in Friday’s second practice session ahead of qualifying on Saturday, with Carlos Sainz top of the leaderboard and Lando Norris in third
Good morning!
Welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of third practice and qualifying at the British Grand Prix!
There’s grey skies in the air here at Silverstone, with rain expected in and around qualifying later.
Here are your timings for today:
- Third practice: 12pm
- Qualifying: 3pm (BST)
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