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:
Ferraris are on top early on
Ten minutes in and it’s Carlos Sainz who leads the way as the only man under 1 minute 30 seconds, with team-mate Charles Leclerc nearly a second behind.
Lewis Hamilton has just gone over the line to go third...
Practice 2 starts!
Dry conditions finally in Northamptonshire as FP2 gets underway, with all cars heading out promptly on track...
5 minutes until FP2!
And good news... it’s dry here at Silverstone!
Formula 3 have just completed an uninterrupted qualifying session and the F1 paddock now take their places for a - fingers-crossed - smooth hour’s running out on the track, after a largely meaningless first practice session.
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This was a nice moment at the start of FP1
It was probably the best moment of the session!
Here are the FP1 results in full:
Hard to decipher too much from that...
Valtteri Bottas goes fastest in FP1
Valtteri Bottas was the fastest man out on track in P1, posting a 1:42:249 lap time, half-a-second quicker than former team-mate Lewis Hamilton - who posted his time late in the day on the soft tyre.
Carlos Sainz was two-tenths further back in third spot, with team-mate Charles Leclerc nearly a second off him in fourth.
Valtteri Bottas goes fastest in FP1
Valtteri Bottas was the fastest man out on track in P1, posting a 1:42:249 lap time, half-a-second quicker than former team-mate Lewis Hamilton - who posted his time late in the day on the soft tyre.
Carlos Sainz was two-tenths further back in third spot, with team-mate Charles Leclerc nearly a second off him in fourth.
RED FLAG: Stroll in the gravel!
Lance Stroll in the Aston Martin is at his home track but is in the gravel at Copse!
The Canadian just loses grip at the apex, spinning relatively calmly into the sand.
That’s it for free practice one!
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