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2010 Canadian Grand Prix Race day in Montreal
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Lap 6: That demotes Button to fifth and puts him under pressure from Kubica, who is also on the harder tyres.
Lap 6: Webber is sending his latest move on Button and he is through. It is a bold move from the Austrailian at Turn 8 to take fourth.
Lap 5: Kobayashi is the first retirement of the Canadian Grand Prix. The Japanese managed to park the Sauber on the left just after the pit exit, having tagged the champion's wall at the end of the opening lap.
Lap 5: Hamilton leads by a mere 0.9 seconds over Vettel, whose pace is good now his hard tyres are up to temperature. Alonso has fallen 1.7 second behind the Red Bull.
Lap 5: There is clear evidence of rear graining on Button's McLaren and that is helping Webber him on the opposing tyre compound.
Lap 4: Buemi is 11th but look at this - Kovalainen is up to 12th and has passed several cars in the opening exchanges.
Lap 4: Webber is looking for a move on Button but is forced to back out of it at Turn 3.
Lap 4: Sutil is seventh in his Force India and keeping in touch with the Button/Webber/Kubica squabble.
Lap 4: Michael Schumacher made good work of the confusion in Turn 1 and runs in eighth position. Hulkenberg is ninth with Alguersuari in an amazing tenth.
Lap 4: Webber continues to harry Button, with Kubica in the Renault right on the tail of that scrap.
Lap 3: Alonso is pressing hard on the tail of second-place man Vettel, who doesn't seem all that happy on the harder rubber.
Lap 3: Hamilton leads into lap three with Vettel and Alonso just a second behind.
Lap 3: Massa is dropped down and away again. He is last.
Lap 2: Liuzzi pits and so does Felipe Massa at the end of that hectic opening lap.
Lap 2: Webber is eying a move on Button's McLaren for fourth place.
Lap 2: De La Rosa pits at the end of the first lap and Kobayashi launches across the final chicane and slaps into the wall of champions.
Lap 2: Webber is one of the big winners from that chaotic start as Liuzzi and Massa tangled in front of him. He is fifth.
Lap 2: The Liuzzi incident is covered by yellow flags only as the race continues.
Lap 1: Hamilton leads from Vettel, Alonso, Button and Webber as they charge down to the hairpin for the first time.
Lap 1: Hamilton gets away and chops across Vettel but there is contact between Liuzzi and Massa in the first corner.
Lap 1: The five red lights go out and we are racing in Canada!
The field is formed up nicely. It should be a cracking start.
We await the lights ...
We await the lights ...
The polesitter parks up and the front few rows are in position.
Hamilton rounds the final chicane and heads for home. He slows the pace down to bring the field into line.
The fans rise and cheer their heroes as the pack rounds the Casino hairpin. Hamilton is leading the field at a brisk pace.
All 24 cars leave the grid without problem, as Hamilton heads towards Turn 6.
The formation lap begins and Hamilton leads the pack towards the Senna S.
The engines fire with a minute to go before the formation lap.
There is a lot of tension on the grid as the teams know this could be a very unpredictable race.
Michael Schumacher is receiving last minute advice from his Mercedes race engineer, Andrew Shovelin. The German starts from 13th.
The track temperature is a warm 38 Celsius under sunny skies, with no threat of rain.
All 24 cars have made it to the grid and we look forward to a crowded start with a full field.
Hamilton climbs aboard his polesitting McLaren as he bids to make it back-to-back wins.
There are five minutes to go until the formation lap begins at Montreal.
This could be good news for Lewis Hamilton, who may not suffer so much in the early stages of the race.
The air and track temperature is creeping up all the time as we move towards the start of the race.
The drivers are beginning to get themselves ready for action with the formation lap now just eight minutes away.
A sellout crowd is in attendance at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit, with the fans not having had the chance to watch Formula 1 in the flesh last year.
Canada's national anthem - 'Oh Canada' - rings out over the Ile Notre Dame at Montreal on a wonderfully sunny day.
The pits are now closed. Any car not on the grid by now will be required to start the race from the pitlane.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton
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