Hello and welcome to our LIVE race commentary for the Canadian Grand Prix as Sebastian Vettel starts from pole position ahead of Lewis Hamilton.
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Great wheel to wheel action as Massa passes Ricciardo, the Toro Rosso dives into the pits.
Despite his near miss, Vettel still leads from Hamilton by 6.5 seconds. Raikkonen passes Ricciardo.
Big incident! Vettel touches the wall but he seems to be okay. He leads by 5.5 seconds. Raikkonen under big pressure from Massa.
Sutil pits from P13.
A big drift from Raikkonen into the final turn but he keeps it out of the wall of champions.
Sutil has an issue with his DRS and the team is having to re-set the system. Chilton reporting that his brakes aren’t working properly. Not ideal!
Vettel now leads by 4.4 seconds. The Sutil spin was a simple driver error.
Contact between Button and Maldonado and it’s damaged the Williams wing.
All 22 cars still running, no incidents yet so a clean race as Raikkonen challenges Ricciardo. Vergne and Sutil take Bottas but Sutil spins 360! He rejoins but it costs him time, down to 13th.
Vettel really putting his foot down. Perhaps he’s going for a two stopper so going all guns early doors. Alonso catching Webber.
Di Resta still down in 16th, playing the long game and preserving those medium tyres. Vettel’s lead is now 3.2 seconds from Hamilton.
Vettel already stretching away at the front. His lead is 2.8 seconds over Hamilton. Raikkonen up to 10th.
Bottas under big pressure from Alonso and the Spaniard goes through to take fifth. Raikkonen down in 11th, Button 15th. Bianchi, Chilton, Grosjean and Di Resta on the medium tyres.
And it’s lights out in Montreal! Vettel leads from Hamilton as Bottas loses out to Rosberg and Webber.
Romain Grosjean starts from the back of the grid after his ten place grid penalty accrued from the last race. Five minutes to lights out.
Sergio Perez: “We were very unlucky yesterday but today I think we can do a good race.”
@pirellisport: Our calculations show that the winning strategy is starting on supersoft, change to supersoft on lap 20, then change to medium on lap 40.
In answer to your questions, the race starts at 14:00 local time, that’s 18:00 GMT, 19:00 BST. Or 15 mins!
Red Bull Racing have yet to record a victory in Canada. Will that change today? Share your thoughts below.
Valteiri Bottas says that the Williams is running high downforce and that may hurt them on the straights but they hope to make up for it in the corners.
@OfficialSF1Team: dry conditions for the race. a possibility of rain around 15:00, but most probably it stays as it is. we expect to see 1 and 2 stoppers.