F1 Canadian GP Live Commentary and Updates – FP3 & Qualifying
Saturday's action from the ninth round of the 2024 Formula 1 season.
Following Friday’s mixed conditions, all eyes will be on the weather to see how it will impact Saturday’s action.
Lewis Hamilton put Mercedes on top during a dry FP3, with Max Verstappen and George Russell filling out the top three positions.
Qualifying starts at 9pm BST (4pm local time) in Montreal.
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Ricciardo has jumped to fifth and Stroll to third as Verstappen goes fastest now.
Russell has locked up and taken to the grass at Turn 3, whilst Stroll clouted the Wall of Champions but escaped unscathed.
After all of that, Hamilton and Perez are in the bottom five, with Piastri also on the cusp.
The final eight minutes are set to be frantic.
A good lap from Hamilton on his original set of tyres to pop into third.
Replays show Piastri being badly hampered by both Hamilton and, in particular, Yuki Tsunoda through Turns 4 and 5.
That lap from Hamilton leaves Piastri, Perez, Gasly, Ocon and Zhou in the bottom five with just over five minutes to go.
Perez is on a decent lap though...
It was so decent that he decides to pit at the end of the lap... it will come down to the last effort for the Mexican.
It's hard to see how anyone outside the top four are save, in honesty.
That is underlined by Gasly, who goes purple in the first sector on his latest lap.
Piastri's traffic issue has been noted by the stewards as Gasly finds a second on his previous best effort to go second.
McLaren's Piastri could only find time to go 12th, as Ocon goes sixth.
Stroll is now second with team-mate Alonso third and Norris top. Tsunoda is fourth as the times tumble.
Sargeant is up to seventh as well - that's Piastri back into the bottom five.
Hamilton joins Norris in the 1m12s as he goes top and Sainz into fourth.
The stewards opt not to investigate blocking on Piastri.
Magnussen goes back eighth, make that ninth as Leclerc goes sixth.
Bottas is 14th as Perez crosses the line - only 12th!
Piastri saves himself with a cracker of a lap - only 0.056s off Hamilton's time, which is about to be usurped by Verstappen.
Tsunoda follows the Dutchman into the top two as Sargeant goes into the top 10.
Albon goes fourth, which means Perez is OUT!
That's the second race in a row he won't get to Q2.
Perez team radio: "F**k."
Perez is joined in elimination by Bottas, Ocon - who has a five-place grid penalty - Hulkenberg and Zhou.
But up the top it was Verstappen, who headed Tsunoda by 0.388s with a time of a 1m12.360s.
After a short lull, we have a queue at the end of the pits for the start of Q2, with Mercedes at the front.
Verstappen is within inches of hitting the McLaren in front of him as he emerges from the pits. It's Piastri's car that has just missed contact.
The ponchos are going on in the grandstands...
Q2 is underway! Will the rain fall heavy enough to affect the running?
These laps could be vital and Russell is straight on it from the front of the snake. Hamilton is faster in the middle sector though.
Not quite in the 1m12s to start then as Hamilton goes top with a 1:13.104s.
Russell is second, Magnussen third and Norris fourth.
A flier from Piastri as he sets a 1m12.462s to go fastest.
Verstappen slots into second, six-tenths down but on used tyres.
Sainz is next across the line and goes second as Stroll slots in only eighth for Aston Martin.
Make that 10th as Alonso and Leclerc take turns to go second.
Ricciardo up to fourth ahead of Tsunoda, but both drop a place as Russell goes fastest for Mercedes.
A huge moment for Hamilton, who slides his way through the final chicane on his way to the third fastest time of the session so far.
Norris is up to fourth now - the bottom five is Verstappen, Stroll, Albon, Gasly and Sargeant.
Problems for Albon in the pits though and Williams have had to wheel him back into the garage after a pitstop issue.
Team-mate Sargeant goes 13th.
The rain hasn't materialsed yet and Verstappen is still ploughing on with a used set of tyres.
He jumps from 11th to ninth and is still in danger.
Sainz is next across the line and goes eighth, that bumps Verstappen down again.
Most are back in the pits with just under six minutes to go before the end of Q2.
"Holy moly" says Russell. No wonder, he was fully sideways through Turn 4 and somehow kept his car out of the wall.
Brace yourselves for the upcoming laptime tombola! The fliers have started.
Sargeant with a good lap to give fifth in the Williams but will he stay there?
Albon is next and goes only eighth.
Norris goes top as Stroll slots into fifth.
Ricciardo crosses the line and jumps to fourth, now fifth as Tsunoda goes second!
Last chance saloon for Verstappen now, who is 14th. Sainz is also in the bottom five as it stands...
Leclerc manages only ninth on his latest lap with a minute to go only.
Verstappen crosses the line - fifth fastest for the Red Bull.
Hamilton goes top with a 1m11.979s but eyes swiftly turn to the Ferraris.
Sainz is OUT!
Leclerc pits and is also out as Albon goes sixth. That's the flag!
"I won't comment here." Leclerc is NOT happy.
Both Ferraris were on used tyres at the end of the session. Wow.
Sargeant pits so is also out of qualifying, as are Magnussen and Gasly.
By: Autosport Staff
