Canadian GP: Lewis Hamilton fastest then crashes in wet F1 practice
Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton set the pace in second Canadian Grand Prix practice before crashing into a tyre wall when heavy rain fell midway through the session

The reigning world champion clocked a 1m15.988s on the super-soft tyres, 0.316 seconds clear of Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
The session looked set to be a washout when predicted rain fell with 50 minutes remaining, but Mercedes decided to send Hamilton and team-mate Nico Rosberg out on intermediates.
It proved to be a mistake as Hamilton aquaplaned on the approach to the hairpin and was powerless when his Mercedes slid into the tyre wall, damaging the front end of the car.
The session was red-flagged while marshals recovered the damaged Mercedes, which swung back into the tractor as it was pulled out of the wall, and there was no further running.
It compounded a scrappy day for Hamilton, who also spun at the hairpin during the first session and clobbered the kerbs at the final chicane in second practice before completing a tidier lap to set the pace.
With rain always predicted, teams wasted little time sending their drivers out on track at the start of the session to make the most of the dry conditions, particularly as it is expected to dry on Sunday.
Vettel was straight out on the super-softs and went quickest with a 1m16.304s before Hamilton put a clean lap together to top the times, finishing 0.452s clear of team-mate and title rival Nico Rosberg back in fourth.
Kimi Raikkonen was third quickest with Ferrari splitting its programme and swapping the Finn to the softs while leaving Vettel on the super-softs to maximise data gathering.
In contrast, Mercedes left both Hamilton and Rosberg on the super-softs until the rain fell.
Lotus's Pastor Maldonado was an impressive fifth, ahead of Williams's Valtteri Bottas and the other Lotus of Romain Grosjean.
Williams driver Felipe Massa was eighth with Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat and Daniel Ricciardo completing the top 10.
Nico Hulkenberg finished 11th for Force India, the German having to pit with a left-rear puncture, which Pirelli suggested was related to the rim rather than the tyre itself, 10 minutes into the session.
Sauber's Marcus Ericsson was 12th, ahead of the Toro Rosso of Carlos Sainz and Force India's Sergio Perez.
Fernando Alonso was the leading McLaren in 15th with Toro Rosso's Max Verstappen, who will take a five-place grid penalty following his collision with Grosjean in Monaco, 16th.
Sauber's Felipe Nasr, McLaren's Jenson Button and the Manors of Roberto Merhi and Will Stevens completed the timesheets.
PRACTICE TWO TIMES:
Pos | Driver | Car | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1m15.988s | - | 22 |
2 | Sebastian Vettel | Ferrari | 1m16.304s | 0.316s | 19 |
3 | Kimi Raikkonen | Ferrari | 1m16.310s | 0.322s | 20 |
4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1m16.440s | 0.452s | 22 |
5 | Pastor Maldonado | Lotus/Mercedes | 1m16.600s | 0.612s | 15 |
6 | Valtteri Bottas | Williams/Mercedes | 1m16.849s | 0.861s | 18 |
7 | Romain Grosjean | Lotus/Mercedes | 1m16.864s | 0.876s | 15 |
8 | Felipe Massa | Williams/Mercedes | 1m17.041s | 1.053s | 19 |
9 | Daniil Kvyat | Red Bull/Renault | 1m17.092s | 1.104s | 10 |
10 | Daniel Ricciardo | Red Bull/Renault | 1m17.111s | 1.123s | 16 |
11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Force India/Mercedes | 1m17.120s | 1.132s | 15 |
12 | Marcus Ericsson | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m17.261s | 1.273s | 17 |
13 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Toro Rosso/Renault | 1m17.318s | 1.330s | 23 |
14 | Sergio Perez | Force India/Mercedes | 1m17.367s | 1.379s | 20 |
15 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren/Honda | 1m17.627s | 1.639s | 21 |
16 | Max Verstappen | Toro Rosso/Renault | 1m17.657s | 1.669s | 23 |
17 | Felipe Nasr | Sauber/Ferrari | 1m17.751s | 1.763s | 21 |
18 | Jenson Button | McLaren/Honda | 1m18.135s | 2.147s | 20 |
19 | Roberto Merhi | Marussia/Ferrari | 1m19.531s | 3.543s | 15 |
20 | Will Stevens | Marussia/Ferrari | 1m19.734s | 3.746s | 13 |

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