2011 Canadian Grand Prix The Canadian Grand Prix

Both Ferrari drivers are on track to sample the grip level as they make their way to the grid.

Sebastian Vettel

Hello everyone and welcome back to AUTOSPORT Live on this fantastic motorsport weekend for coverage of round seven in the 2011 FIA Formula 1 world championship - the Canadian Grand Prix from the Gilles Villeneuve circuit in Montreal.

Sebastian Vettel starts today's 70-lap race from pole position with Fernando Alonso alongside him. Felipe Massa is third on the grid as Ferrari bounces back to form, while Mark Webber did well to bounce back from a KERS issue on Saturday morning to claim fourth on the grid.

The first wet race of the season beckons and the teams will get a chance to run the Pirelli intermediate and wet tyres. The only knowledge the drivers have of this tyre during a grand prix meeting this year was during the rain-soaked first practice session for the Turkish Grand Prix.

The pitlane has just opened and the drivers are now on reconnaissance laps to check out the track conditions.