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George Russell celebrates pipping Max Verstappen to pole position at the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix - Mark Sutton /Formula 1 via Getty Images
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After their coming together in Barcelona two weekends ago, all eyes will be on George Russell and Max Verstappen when they start Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix alongside each other on the front row.
There is no love lost between the British driver and his Dutch rival, something about which Russell joked after pipping Red Bull’s four-time world champion to pole position by 0.160sec.
“We’re mates so it’s all good,” Russell laughed when asked whether things could get spicy going into turn one at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Russell then added, in reference to the fact that Verstappen now has 11 penalty points on his licence, one point off a race ban, that he could afford to take more risks than his rival. “I mean, I’ve got a few more points on my licence to play with,” he said laughing. “So yeah, let’s see.”
Verstappen clearly did not find Russell’s jibes funny, cutting an irritated figure in the press conference afterwards. “He was talking about it on Thursday as well,” Verstappen said. “It’s such a waste of time, it’s so childish.”
Russell, sitting alongside him, grinned. The Briton was clearly feeling buoyant after what he called “one of the most exhilarating laps of his life”. And with good reason.
McLaren had been expected to challenge for pole, with Lando Norris topping final practice. But as so often this season, when push came to shove, the British driver made costly errors in Q3. Norris missed the chicane on his first push lap in the final top 10 shootout, then set a so-so effort on his second. After switching to a fresh set of tyres, Norris did not do nearly enough to challenge the leaders. He will start seventh, his time 0.726sec off Russell’s effort and half a second behind his team-mate Oscar Piastri, who will start third.
The day had begun with bizarre rumours – later dismissed out of hand by the Woking team – that Donald Trump might be doing a secret test in a McLaren next week. While there is no indication as yet that McLaren are sizing up the American president for Norris’s seat, there will be huge frustration that he keeps making these errors.
Norris’s engineer Will Joseph seemed almost to be coaching him through Q3, telling him to focus on his “braking references” and concentrate on his line. But it made no difference. His Q3 yips continue.
Elsewhere, the second Mercedes of Kimi Antonelli was fifth, while Lewis Hamilton managed to out-qualify team-mate Charles Leclerc, who got caught in traffic in Q3. Hamilton starts fifth to Leclerc’s eighth.
Williams’ encouraging weekend took a slight backwards step, meanwhile, when Alex Albon’s engine cover flew off in Q1, showering the track in debris and bringing out a red flag.
In the end it was only semi-disastrous. Albon was able to get back out and eventually qualified 10th. But the red flag cost his team-mate Carlos Sainz, who was impeded by the Racing Bull of Isack Hadjar on his final push lap and ended up 17th.
He will at least start in front of Red Bull’s Yuki Tsunonda who was handed a 10-place grid penalty, plus two penalty points on his licence, for overtaking Piastri under a red flag after the Australian clipped the wall in practice.
10:31 PM BST
Norris says he hit the wall on his final lap
10:21 PM BST
That is the sixth pole of Russell’s F1 career
Following Hungary in 2022 and Canada, Great Britain, Las Vegas and Qatar in 2024.
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10:17 PM BST
Russell speaks after his pole
The second one in a row at this track.
On racing with Max:
10:15 PM BST
Verstappen on a front-row start
10:14 PM BST
Piastri reacts to third
10:13 PM BST
Sublime from Russell
Quite frankly a bit of a mess from Lando Norris who will start seventh, four spots behind team-mate and championship leader Oscar Piastri. Five different teams in the top six, though.
Hamilton out-qualifies Leclerc but he is six-tenths off pole...
10:11 PM BST
Q3 - Classification
- RUS 1:10.899
- VER +0.160
- PIA +0.221
- ANT +0.492
- HAM +0.627
- ALO +0.687
- NOR +0.726
- LEC +0.783
- HAD +0.968
- ALB +1.008
10:10 PM BST
GEORGE RUSSELL TAKES POLE FOR THE CANADIAN GRAND PRIX!
Verstappen goes fastest by less than a tenth... but within seconds he is beaten by a stunning lap from George Russell! Into the 1:10s! On the medium tyres. What a lap!
Russell, Verstappen, Piastri, Antonelli is the top four. Norris only seventh...
10:09 PM BST
Q3 - Piastri goes fastest
A brilliant final sector but Verstappen is on a flyer! Norris is a miles away from him, 0.8sec in fact...
Verstappen and Russell still to come...
10:08 PM BST
Q3 - Leclerc makes a mistake
He sets the fastest first sector of anyone but then gets a bit of a slide on and destroys his lap. Piastri’s first sector isn’t great. Norris’s is decent but plenty of the lap left to make up time...
I am not sure Piastri is beating Verstappen’s time here but let’s see...
10:07 PM BST
Q3 - Hamilton 0.24sec off Verstappen after two sectors
He should improve here. Alonso moves into fourth but might have another lap. Hamilton then pips him by half a tenth, knocking Norris to seventh.
Leclerc starts his flying lap...
10:05 PM BST
Q3 - Order after the first runs
- VER 1:11.248
- PIA +0.025
- RUS +0.268
- ANT +0.341
- NOR +0.377
- LEC +0.434
- ALO +0.550
- HAM +0.580
- ALB +0.808
- HAD +1.106
I would imagine Norris went again just to get a lap on the board so it wasn’t so all or nothing on his final run. He’s still in contention for pole here, though his confidence might have taken a bit of hit.
10:03 PM BST
Q3 - Norris’s second lap is better
He makes the final chicane, at least. Crosses the line fifth. Hmmmm.
10:02 PM BST
Q3 - Mercedes starting their hot laps now
They are not going to challenge the front row here, but second row could be the target. Norris is going for another lap on the current set of tyres.
Russell moves into third... Antonelli fourth. Second row indeed.
10:01 PM BST
Q3 - Verstappen goes fastest!
Just 0.025sec faster than Piastri, but that will do!
Hamilton fifth, behind Alonso.
10:00 PM BST
Q3 - It’s a mistake from Norris!
He misses the final chicane so his lap will not count. Leclerc is fastest with a 1:11.273... Piastri beats that by nearly half a second! Alonso into third, not too far behind Leclerc.
What has Verstappen got? He was fastest of all in the first sector...
09:57 PM BST
GREEN LIGHT!
Q3 is go.
09:55 PM BST
Who is in the fight, then?
Well, Verstappen and the two McLarens for one. Not sure about Mercedes, they appear to have gone backwards a little bit.
Here is my prediction for the top six:
- NOR
- VER
- PIA
- RUS
- ALO
- LEC
09:52 PM BST
Q2 - Top 10
All of these drivers are through...
- RUS 1:11.570
- NOR +0.029
- LEC +0.056
- VER +0.068
- PIA +0.145
- ALO +0.235
- HAM +0.315
- ALB +0.322
- ANT +0.404
- HAD +0.433
09:50 PM BST
Q2 ends - Russell fastest
Drivers eliminated:11. TSU
12. COL
13. HUL
14. BEA
15. OCO
09:49 PM BST
Q2 - Antonelli into eighth...
Norris second, but behind Russell. Hadjar is trying to get into the top 10. Alonso is going for another lap and it is an improvement...
Hadjar 13th, moves to ninth. Tsunoda is out. Alonso moves from 10th to sixth. He should be through, then.
Hulkenberg cannot improve enough to get into Q3.
09:48 PM BST
Q2 - Two minutes remain
Alonso is on the medium tyres. In eighth, he is struggling a bit in this attempt. In danger of elimination? Yes. Tsunoda is looking like being eliminated here which would mean a start from the back row.
Russell goes fastest of all by 0.056sec and on the medium tyres. Alonso indeed does not improve. Tsunoda does improve, but only to ninth...
09:45 PM BST
Q2 - Leclerc improves to go fastest
Just 0.012sec faster than Leclerc. Tidy. Albon improves to go seventh.
Bearman, Colapinto, Hadjar, Ocon and Hulkenberg in the drop zone as the drivers line up at the end of the pit lane for their final runs.
09:44 PM BST
Q2 - Russell into sixth
His team-mate Antonelli eighth. Not great. Sainz, speaking in the pen, has said his weekend is “over”.
Here is the top six:
- VER
- NOR +0.038
- PIA +0.077
- HAM +0.247
- LEC +0.280
- RUS +0.322
09:40 PM BST
Q2 - Drivers in the drop zone
Ocon, Hulkenberg, Albon, Russell and Antonelli. The two Mercedes cars are yet to set a lap, though.
09:40 PM BST
Q2 - What about Ferrari, can they compete?
Well, Leclerc’s first lap has put him fourth and Hamilton’s fifth... but they are both around 0.3sec off Verstappen. Not awful, but not sure they will be in the fight for pole.
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09:37 PM BST
Q2 - A fine lap from Verstappen
A 1:11.638 is a good lap and it is currently faster than both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, albeit by less than a tenth of a second. Franco Colapinto some 0.7sec behind Verstappen, Bearman likewise but faster than the Alpine.
09:35 PM BST
Q2 begins!
We are under way. This could be another tight one... there is the potential for one of the big guns to be knocked out if they foul up their quick laps.
09:30 PM BST
Q1 - Top 15
All of these drivers are through.
- NOR 1:11.826
- PIA +0.113
- HAM +0.126
- LEC +0.212
- VER +0.228
- ALO +0.247
- RUS +0.249
- ALB +0.264
- HAD +0.385
- COL +0.408
- ANT +0.453
- BEA +0.480
- HUL +0.497
- TSU +0.508
- OCO +0.552
09:29 PM BST
Q1 ends - Drivers out
Bortoleto, Sainz, Stroll, Lawson and Gasly, in that order. 09:28 PM BST
Q1 - Verstappen improves to fifth
Alonso was on a good lap but abandons it as he is clearly through and he also had a poor middle sector.
Sainz not happy. “Massive impeding! Massive!”. It was Hadjar who was in his way. Sainz is right. Hadjar will surely get a penalty. Hadjar did not think Sainz was on a push lap and thought he had aborted.
Bortoleto
Sainz
Stroll
Lawson
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09:27 PM BST
Q1 - Bearman trying to make it through
Russell posts the fastest middle sector but only moves up to fifth overall. What has Bearman got? Not a great final chicane but he improves to 11th. He might not be through with that lap. He is ahead of Ocon, at least.
Alonso with the fastest first sector. Albon improves to sixth from 20th. Good stuff.
Sainz improves from 20th... but only to 16th! He is out!
09:25 PM BST
Q1 - Alonso back up into fourth
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Colapinto fifth.
Sainz and Albon both in the drop zone now...
09:24 PM BST
Q1 - Decent lap from Alonso
Don’t think he’s in the fight for pole but he could do with a hefty points haul. He has at least broken his duck. Norris crosses the line and moves from 12th to first with a 1:11.826 which is just over a tenth faster than his McLaren team-mate. No further investigation for Albon. Hamilton third, not too much further back.
09:23 PM BST
Q1 - We are back under way
A handful of minutes left on the clock, just under four in fact.
09:19 PM BST
Q1 - Norris is only 12th
We are about to resume and get going. Will Albon be able to take part in the rest of the session?
09:17 PM BST
Q1 - 
Albon under investigation
For not using the escape road correctly at the final chicane, I believe. It came after the engine cover came off his car.
09:16 PM BST
Q1 - Standings under red flag
- ALO 1:12.239
- VER +0.034
- PIA +0.093
- HAM +0.109
- RUS +0.127
- LEC +0.254
- STR +0.278
- ANT +0.348
- TSU +0.370
- HAD +0.415
- LAW +0.439
- NOR +0.457
- COL +0.540
- OCO +0.579
- BOR +0.641
DROP ZONE: - SAI
- GAS
- ALB
- BEA
- HUL
09:14 PM BST
Q1 - RED FLAG
The significant debris on the pit straight means we stop the session to get it cleared... 5min30sec remain in the session.
09:13 PM BST
Q1 - Problems for Albon!
His engine cover bursts off his car on the back straight... there is debris all over the track there.
09:12 PM BST
Q1 - Who is in the drop zone?
Gasly, Albon, Hulkenberg, Ocon and Bearman.
09:11 PM BST
Q1 - What has Verstappen got?
It’s a fine lap, as it usually is: a 1:12.273 puts him fastest of all by 0.059sec ahead of Piastri. Just over three tenths separate first from eighth. Close.
09:09 PM BST
Q1 - 
Bad news for Yuki Tsunoda
Not only is he in 16th and in the drop zone, he will take a 10-place grid penalty and two penalty points on his licence for overtaking under red-flag conditions in FP3...
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Oof. Yuki Tsunoda handed a 10-place grid penalty tomorrow, plus two penalty points on his licence, for overtaking Oscar Piastri under a red flag after the Australian clipped the wall in practice earlier. Tsunoda claimed he was worried about collecting debris if he stayed behind the McLaren, but stewards determined he could have followed at a safe distance. Instead, “Telemtry showed that Car 81 [Piastri] was travelling at 86kph when Car 22 [Tsunoda] overtook at a speed of 171kph”.
09:08 PM BST
Q1 - Norris doesn’t improve on Russell’s time...
Behind both Mercedes cars. The fastest final sector, though. Piastri, however, leaps them all by 0.242sec. Stroll then sneaks into second for Aston Martin...
Top six:
- PIA
- STR
- RUS
- ANT
- NOR
- COL
Leclerc down in 15th, Hamilton has yet to set a lap time.
09:06 PM BST
Q1 - Russell posts a 1:12.574
That’s faster than his team-mate by 0.06sec and 0.611sec faster than Albon. Hamilton runs over the run-off in the first corner on his first flying lap, so he will have to go again.
09:04 PM BST
Q1 - 15 mins remaining
Antonelli leaves his garage and has to hang back a bit to avoid hitting another car. Gasly, Antonelli and Colapinto out there on the medium tyres, everyone else on softs.
09:00 PM BST
GREEN LIGHT : Q1 is go!
18 minutes, 20 drivers and five to be eliminated.
08:54 PM BST
We are nearly ready to get going
About five minutes to go until Q1 gets under way.
08:50 PM BST
Russell fined 100 euros
That is for exceeding the pit-lane speed limit by 0.2km/h in third practice. Now, I don’t know what his salary at Mercedes is, but I would imagine it wouldn’t take long for him to earn that amount. Certainly a lot less than an hour’s work...
08:45 PM BST
Current constructor standings
A very good season for Williams so far. I don’t think many of the 10 will be happy other than them. Maybe Racing Bulls and perhaps Sauber?
08:32 PM BST
Carlos Sainz: I take no pride in Lewis Hamilton’s struggles at Ferrari
Tom Cary spoke to Carlos Sainz earlier this week about his own season at Williams, bedding into the team as well as his verdict on how his replacement at Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton, is getting on.
Read the full interview here.
08:27 PM BST
Current driver standings - Top 10
Norris could do with making up some ground on Piastri. Of course, it is a long season but the lead has grown since the season-opening race in Australia. If Piastri continues to struggle, it could be a good opportunity. That said, other teams look a bit closer to McLaren than in previous rounds.
08:21 PM BST
A few brushes and clunks on the ‘wall of champions’ in FP3
I wouldn’t rule out someone fully crashing into it in practice. This is a track I always associate with crashes. Quite possibly because the first Canadian Grand Prix I saw was in 1998 when this happened to Benetton’s Alexander Wurz on the first lap.
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08:16 PM BST
Jenson Button: I am retiring from full-time racing after this season
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There may not be a better chance for Jenson Button to add his name to the prestigious winners’ list of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, when he starts Saturday’s gruelling race from the front row. And, it turns out, this may be his last chance.
Twenty-seven years after Button won the British Formula Ford Championship, the first title of an illustrious career that took him to the top of the sport, the 45-year-old is finally ready to start easing back.
“I’ve got so many things going on and I just can’t fit it all in,” Button tells Telegraph Sport from the Circuit de la Sarthe, where he will launch his fourth attempt to win Le Mans. “Something’s got to give.”
08:05 PM BST
Watch: Piastri picks up a puncture after crashing
07:59 PM BST
FP3 recap: Norris leads Leclerc
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McLaren’s Lando Norris pipped Charles Leclerc to fastest time in third and final practice for the Canadian Grand Prix - Reuters/Mathieu Belanger
Lando Norris landed a boost ahead of qualifying for Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix by finishing fastest in final practice.
The British driver bemoaned McLaren’s worst day of the season so far at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Friday after he trailed George Russell.
But Norris soared to the top of the time sheets in the concluding running prior to qualifying, finishing 0.078 seconds ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc with Russell third.
Norris trails McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri in the championship standings by 10 points. However, Piastri has struggled for speed this weekend and he sustained damage to his McLaren when he hit the barrier at the so-called Wall of Champions.
Piastri was left with a right-rear puncture before he stopped for repairs. The Australian’s mistake cost him just eight minutes of track time but he finished in eighth place, seven tenths off Norris’ pace.
Lewis Hamilton was fourth, 0.251 sec behind Norris with Max Verstappen fifth and Fernando Alonso sixth in his Aston Martin.
PA Sport
06:46 PM BST
That was an interesting session
Bodes well for a tight qualifying which begins at 9pm. Championship leader Piastri struggled, hitting the wall and only finishing eighth. You suspect he was driving within himself after that.
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We will be back around 8pm for all the qualifying build-up.
06:36 PM BST
FP3 - Classification
- NOR 1:11.799
- LEC +0.078
- RUS +0.151
- HAM +0.251
- VER +0.273
- ALO +0.448
- ANT +0.549
- PIA +0.720
- SAI +0.720
- ALB +0.774
- HAD +0.852
- GAS +0.885
- LAW +0.992
- STR +0.995
- BEA +1.026
- OCO +1.028
- COL +1.261
- HUL +1.273
- BOR +1.373
- TSU +1.774
06:33 PM BST
FP3 ends -
Norris fastest ahead of Leclerc, Russell, Hamilton and Verstappen. All within three tenths. Then it’s Alonso, Antonelli, Piastri, Sainz and Albon rounds out the top 10.
06:30 PM BST
FP3 - Leclerc with the fastest first sector
Piastri stays eighth fastest in the McLaren, a long way off his team-mate. Seven-tenths in fact. Leclerc with a decent enough middle sector on old soft tyres. Could he get into the top three here? Yes he can! Second, just 0.078sec off Norris. Qualifying could be interesting again...
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06:28 PM BST
FP3 - Norris going faster
Well, he was in the first sector but then loses bags of time in the middle sector. Meanwhile, Tsunoda has been noted for a red flag infringement. It will almost certainly be a grid penalty at least if he is found guilty.
Norris does not improve his lap time. Doesn’t look like Verstappen will, either.
06:27 PM BST
FP3 - Russell stays second
0.151sec off Norris’s ultimate pace. Hamilton, for once, looking the faster of the two Ferrari drivers this weekend. He took his first win in Formula One on this track, just the 18 years ago.
Tsunoda has come out of the garage, which is good to see. He is still last, which isn’t, at least for him.
06:24 PM BST
FP3 - Into the final 10 minutes
Gasly gets stuck in traffic in the middle of the track. He says he’s “really ------ off” with the drivers messing around. Colapinto’s fault because he got in the way of Hamilton, too.
06:22 PM BST
FP3 - Not sure what is up with Tsunoda
The Red Bull driver is down in 20th and 0.7sec off the pace of the next fastest man, Franco Colapinto. He has only done seven laps, though, so there must be a problem somwhere.
06:21 PM BST
FP3 - What has Verstappen got?
It’s a time of 1:12.210, which is fast enough for fourth 0.411sec off Norris’s (who recently moved into first) ultimate pace.
06:19 PM BST
FP3 - Bearman slides into the wall
Again, it’s the final chicane and the rear end steps out and crashes into the barriers. His car isn’t damaged enough to stop, surprisingly.
06:12 PM BST
FP3 - Top 10
20 minutes remain.
- RUS 1:11.950
- HAM +0.329
- NOR +0.425
- VER +0.520
- PIA +0.569
- LEC +0.893
- SAI +0.971
- ALB +0.987
- ALO +1.014
- HAD +1.039
06:11 PM BST
FP3 - Russell into the 1:11s
He is the first man to do so today. Fastest of all and faster than Hamilton by 0.329sec.
06:11 PM BST
FP3 - Fastest middle sector from Hamilton
Fastest final sector, too, and he goes fastest of all on the medium tyres.
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Hadjar stops at turn two and then spin-turns to get going in the right direction again. Russell on a good lap.
06:09 PM BST
FP3 - Piastri is back out there after his crash
Good to see. He is currently down in 14th.
Norris picks up a big slipstream from Bearman down the back straight but does not improve his time. A big moment and nearly a big crash between Bearman and Fernando Alonso at that some moment.
Alonso moved over on Bearman once Norris had passed and the Haas had to go onto the grass to avoid a crash...
06:07 PM BST
FP3 - Russell moves to the top
Norris had just done similar on the medium tyres but Russell beats him by 0.046sec on the soft tyres. Verstappen struggling with “bite” on the brakes. Hadjar into fifth.
24 mins remaining.
06:05 PM BST
FP3 - Albon not happy on the radio
“Every time I drive this car it feels totally different,” he says.
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06:02 PM BST
FP3 - Norris into second
0.137sec off Leclerc. Hadjar into sixth, Verstappen down in ninth. Both on the soft tyres.
06:01 PM BST
FP3 - Order at half-way
Top 10:
- LEC 1:12.843
- ALO +0.207
- HAM +0.302
- STR +0.463
- BEA +0.525
- GAS +0.666
- NOR +0.694
- PIA +0.789
- OCO +0.793
- COL +0.843
A mixture of soft and medium tyres out there at the moment.
05:59 PM BST
FP3 - Leclerc still leads under the red flag
Before that crash Lewis Hamilton had sneaked up to third.
We are now back racing. Or driving, at least. 31 mins remain.
05:54 PM BST
FP3 - RED FLAG
Is this because Piastri is going slowly? Or debris on the track? He should be able to make it back but the rear-right tyre is starting to damage his car. Nico Hulkenberg spins and hits the wall too.
Piastri makes it back... some damage to the rear wing, Sky Sports’ Ted Kravitz reports.
05:52 PM BST
FP3 - Piastri clips the wall!
At the final corner, Piastri clunks the wall on the outside of the chicanewith his rear right and has a puncture at least. Is there more than that? Possibly...
Not an enormous hit, but big enough. He will limp back to the pit lane. Or he should...
05:51 PM BST
FP3 - Yellow flags
Not quite sure why, possibly something to do with Lance Stroll somewhere out there but we are soon enough back to full racing conditions.
05:48 PM BST
FP3 - Current order, Leclerc leading the way
- LEC 1:12.843
- ALO +0.207
- STR +0.645
- BEA +1.004
- OCO +1.045
- BOR +1.156
- TSU +1.340
- GAS +1.581
- COL +1.859
- HUL +2.291
- HAM +23.556
A lot of driver still to set a lap time.
05:45 PM BST
FP3 - Colapinto nearly into the wall
Goes in too fast into the chicane and just catches it out of the corner... he needs a big performance this weekend.
05:43 PM BST
FP3 - Leclerc on track
He is now the fastest man with a 1:15.004, probably three seconds slower than what will become the pole position time later today. Bearman then beats it by 0.173sec.
05:39 PM BST
FP3 - Colapinto the only driver to set a lap
It’s a 1:15.366 for the Alpine driver, who has been having a bit of a tough time of it since replacing Jack Doohan.
05:36 PM BST
FP3 - We have a car!
It’s Franco Colapinto. He is followed by the two Aston Martins of Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso.
05:31 PM BST
GREEN LIGHT: FP3 is go!
Not that anybody is that keen to go out, even Charles Leclerc.
05:26 PM BST
FP3 is about to begin
One hour, drivers trying to dial it in before the qualifying showdown later today.
05:22 PM BST
Derek Warwick suspended from stewarding over ‘unauthorised’ Verstappen comments
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Derek Warwick, the former Formula One driver, has been suspended from his role as a steward at this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix after making “unauthorised media comments” about Max Verstappen.
The development has revived the debate around the extent to which driver stewards should be allowed to give comment and opinion outside of their FIA roles, and whether that constitutes a potential conflict of interest.
Sky Sports F1 pundit Martin Brundle leapt to the defence of his friend and former rival on Friday night, describing Warwick, 70, as a “salt of the earth genuine guy” and saying he would defend him “until my last breath”.
Read more here.
05:16 PM BST
Constructor standings
McLaren walking it this year. If they do win it will be their first back-to-back constructor titles since 1990/1991.
05:10 PM BST
Watch: Stroll crashes in the wall in FP2
05:03 PM BST
And the race-by-race winners in full
04:59 PM BST
Current driver standings
Piastri has been the class of the field so with five victories in nine rounds. Norris and Verstappen have two apiece.
04:48 PM BST
Times after second practice
- George Russell 1min12.123sec
- Lando Norris +0.028
- Kimi Antonelli +0.288
- Alexander Albon +0.322
- Fernando Alonso +0.335
- Oscar Piastri +0.439
- Carlos Sainz +0.508
- Lewis Hamilton +0.530
- Max Verstappen +0.543
- Liam Lawson +0.628
- Isack Hadjar +0.676
- Pierre Gasly +0.751
- Gabriel Bortoleto +0.773
- Nico Hulkenberg +0.791
- Yuki Tsunoda +0.816
- Oliver Bearman +0.957
- Esteban Ocon +1.052
- Franco Colapinto +1.775
- Lance Stroll (no time)
04:39 PM BST
Good afternoon
Welcome to our coverage for third and final practice for the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix from the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. The races at this track are not quite what they used to be, but that is largely because of the cars rather than the circuit. That does not mean that it does not provide a challenge – it still very much does – but the thrills and spills of a couple of decades ago are no longer so frequent.
How are things shaping up this weekend? Well, Lando Norris of McLaren was not so enthusiastic about his team’s performance in two Friday practice sessions. He called it the “worst Friday of the year”.
“A little bit off the pace compared to some of the others, and maybe it didn’t look it at the end but [it was] just difficult to ever put a lap together and be consistent – I did one good lap the whole session. We have some work to do.”
That is not to say he was distant. Far from it. Norris was the fastest McLaren and only second behind the Mercedes of George Russell, and only by 0.028sec. The second Mercedes of Kimi Antonelli was third 0.288sec adrift of Russell followed by Alexander Albon, Fernando Alonso, Oscar Piastri, Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton rounding out the top eight.
Charles Leclerc missed the entirety of FP2 after crashing in first practice, so he will be keen to make up for lost time in FP3. Lance Stroll saved his crash until FP2, only managing two laps. Again, the home favourite (he’s not exactly a hero, is he?) will want to put in plenty of laps in what looks to be an improved Aston Martin.
FP3 is under way in about 45 minutes and we will be here for all of the live action as well as that for qualifying later, which starts at 9pm.
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