F1 Canadian GP live commentary and updates - Race

Lap 38

Antonelli responds to Verstappen and gets the hard tyres - how was his in-lap? Side by side on the exit, but Verstappen's ahead for now!

Lap 37

Verstappen pits again, so that's ruined that fight with Antonelli. He's moved into a gap ahead of Hamilton. 

Lap 36

"I'm nowhere in this race mate, no idea what's happened," Hamilton says. "Pace is good, despite the damage," Riccardo Adami responds. 

Antonelli's almost back in Verstappen's DRS range now, as he's angling to make another pass on the world champion.

Lap 35

Big DRS train behind Lawson - Hulkenberg, Gasly, Colapinto, Hadjar and Bearman are all in lockstep, waiting for the Kiwi to pit.

Gasly is asked to let Colapinto through by Alpine, as the Argentine has already stopped.

Lap 34

Russell is almost 4s ahead of Verstappen now, and Antonelli is 2.9s behind. For Mercedes, which appears to have the pace advantage towards the end of a stint, it might be prudent to try to undercut with the Italian when the next stops come around.

Piastri is now just 2s behind Antonelli, for his part, as Norris is slowly closing - trying not to burn through his mediums.

Lap 33

Bearman has a moment at Turn 8, which means he loses time to Hadjar.

Ocon, Sainz, Tsunoda, Bortoleto, Lawson, and Gasly are yet to pit - presumably aiming for one-stops. Albon also appears to be on the one-stop strategy.

Lap 32

Norris sets a fastest lap on these mediums, he's the only driver on them at the moment. 

Russell, meanwhile, is now 2.9s ahead of Verstappen, who's dropping back. 

Lap 31

Russell is 2.4s clear of Verstappen, while Antonelli is another 4.6s back - he's closing in once again.

Alonso is being told to be gentle in a few of the chicanes, and responds curtly. "We are racing, not testing," the Spaniard says - he's currently 10th.

Lap 30

"Why have we boxed?" Leclerc asks. "We're on Plan B," comes the response, but Leclerc counters that his tyres were fine. He wanted the one-stop here - Plan C, apparently.

Lap 29

Norris now pits, responding to Leclerc - so that's the one-stop dream over...or is it? Norris gets the medium tyre now. Swift service from McLaren, and he's plenty ahead of Leclerc.

Lap 28

Verstappen gets the tow off Leclerc, but he's denied the chance to pass on-track as Ferrari brings the Monegasque in. He'll come out ahead of Hamilton.

"I don't understand this choice," he says, as he's nailed on for a two-stop by sticking with hard tyres.

Lap 27

Verstappen gets DRS on Leclerc, but runs out of straight on this tour. Piastri's dropped back a bit from Antonelli now, he's 2.5s adrift. Big gap to Hamilton, who's 13s behind him.

Lap 26

Russell gets the purchase out of Turn 10 and winds on the DRS to cruise by Leclerc. Second for Russell as it stands, and Norris is next up. It's only a matter of time before Norris is eaten up.

Verstappen will challenge Leclerc next.

Lap 25

And people say they don't like degradation races - this is great, because we've got quite the mix of strategies.

Norris has lost about 0.5s on the past lap with a bit of a slow tour, but he's holding on. Leclerc, meanwhile, looks in danger.

Lap 24

"Plan B," Leclerc is told. "I think Plan C," the Monegasque responds. Russell might be closing in, but he's seemingly happy at the moment.

Lap 23

Verstappen's closing in on Russell, who in turn is closing in on second-placed Leclerc. Antonelli's 5.6s behind the Dutchman, in fifth place. Norris is maintaining the pace out front.

Albon finally pits, as his mediums look incredibly tired.

Lap 22

Norris retains a 3s lead over Leclerc, who has Russell and Verstappen homing in on him. One stoppers for these two as well? It would require a mighty effort, given the age of their tyres out front.

Lap 20

"I don't really know why you don't listen to me," Albon says, presumably displeased by whatever strategy he's on - he's gone quite long on those mediums. "You can't box me now," he says, as he's continued on this stint.

Perhaps some of these midfielders are hanging it out for a one-stop.

Lap 19

Leclerc's picking up the pace, getting to around three seconds behind Norris. Hamilton, his team-mate, is still struggling in traffic.

Hulkenberg pits from seventh - he emerges ahead of Colapinto in 17th, although much of this midfield traffic is yet to stop.

Lap 18

Norris is leading, but he's struggling with some wear on his left-hand tyres. Piastri clears Hulkenberg for sixth. 

Lap 17

Antonelli dispatches Hulkenberg at Turn 8, but he's now four seconds shy of Verstappen as the Red Bull driver grew his undercut advantage. Piastri will be next to pass the Sauber driver.

Sainz put a bit of a divebomb on Bortoleto to pass at Turn 10, which let Tsunoda pass the Brazilian moments later with DRS. It's all action here.

Lap 16

Hamilton is out of the pits, between two Haases. Russell is 2.1s clear of Verstappen after their stops, as the Dutchman did clear Hulkenberg on that previous lap.

Piastri pits, which means Norris now leads. The Australian comes out behind Antonelli, who is currently stuck behind Hulkenberg.

Lap 15

Verstappen is right on Hulkenberg's six now. Antonelli will need the German to hold him up, as he hopes to reclaim second.

Norris, meanwhile, gets the pass done on Hamilton - who immediately pits from what was second place.

Lap 14

Antonelli leads, then - 1.5s clear of Piastri, who's slowly catching. Norris is now within 1.3s of Hamilton, "Plan A, we need one of those amazing races from you here," Norris is told.

To potentially cover off Verstappen, Antonelli stops. Hard tyres for the Italian, but Verstappen gets the undercut.

Lap 13

Verstappen rejoins just ahead of Colapinto, in ninth. Ocon, meanwhile, is flying at the moment - he dispatches Bearman, then Hadjar in very short order.

Russell pits to cover off Verstappen. Hard tyres for the Mercedes driver, who comes out ahead of Hulkenberg.

Lap 12

Antonelli opens DRS on the back straight to go for second, but Verstappen is already in the pits and takes the hard tyre. He's our first pitter, and that's quite early.

Lap 11

Norris is now right on Alonso's tail, as the Aston Martin driver is struggling. Norris gets the stronger exit out of Turn 10 and bolts past with DRS. That's sixth place - Hamilton's 3.4s up the road.

"Very fragile," is Verstappen's verdict on the tyres, as he's now under pressure from Antonelli.

Lap 10

Russell is 1.9s up on Verstappen now - and Antonelli continues to sit on the cusp of breaking into DRS range.

Leclerc reports that the hard tyre "isn't great" - but engineer Bryan Bozzi suggests that the mediums are graining - which they are.

Lap 9

"Front deg is better than FP2, rear deg is worse," Piastri reports. Alonso's reported some graining, which he's had to put up with all weekend. The top 10 is all spaced out now, although Antonelli's closing the gap to Verstappen...

Lap 8

Russell's seen off the early storm and Verstappen's falling back a little bit now - which is letting Antonelli get to about 1.5s behind the Red Bull. Our top-10 hard tyre runners, Norris and Leclerc, are just biding their time.

Lap 7

Colapinto's got a bit of a DRS train forming behind him - Hadjar, Albon, Bearman, Ocon, Bortoleto, and Sainz are all within a second of each other behind the Argentine.

Lap 6

Russell's picked up the pace a bit now to clear that DRS window, and he's up to a 1.1s gap as it stands. Opportunity for Antonelli now to catch Verstappen - the Italian was lively at the start, keeping to the inside of Piastri out of Turn 2 and makes the lunge into the next corner.

Lap 5

Verstappen closes that gap to Russell to just over half a second - he's really hounding Russell here, aiming to get the Mercedes driver to take more out of his tyres.

However, Verstappen is moving out of Russell's wake on the straights to ensure he's not got an overheating car.

Lap 4

Still just 0.7s between Russell and Verstappen as it stands. Antonelli is a further 2s back as he doesn't have a Red Bull up his tail.

Norris has also backed off sixth-placed Alonso, as he's aiming to keep his hard tyres in decent fettle.

Lap 3

Piastri appears to have backed off Antonelli a bit, as McLaren seems to start its management of the tyres early. 

Russell, meanwhile, is trying to build a one-second safety zone over Verstappen - but he can't shake the Red Bull driver off at the moment.

Lap 2

Albon's lost another place to Hadjar, after that excursion. Colapinto didn't give him a ton of room at Turn 9, but he didn't really need to either.

Russell is 0.7s clear of Verstappen as it stands.

Formation lap

We have movement as the clock ticks 2pm in Montreal. Here we go. The field gets their final tyre warm-up in before retaking their grid places.

Of those medium runners in the top six, Piastri, Hamilton, and Alonso have new mediums; Russell, Verstappen, and Antonelli have used sets.

Tyres for the opening Canadian GP stint

Mediums: Russell, Verstappen, Piastri, Antonelli, Hamilton, Alonso, Albon, Colapinto, Hulkenberg, Hadjar, Bearman.

Hards: Norris, Leclerc, Ocon, Bortoleto, Sainz, Stroll, Tsunoda, Gasly, Lawson.

Softs: nobody.