Formula 1, LIVE: Canadian Grand Prix, with Verstappen in front and Leclerc in the background, minute by minute

The thermometer shows a temperature of 40 ° C on the track and a fairly strong wind begins to blow. Will the conditions benefit the Red Bull drivers? Will Fernando Alonso be able to repeat his great qualifying performance on a dry and very hot track?

The cars are already positioned on the starting grid. The Canadian anthem has already played on the circuit. And there are only 10 minutes left for the start of the race.

Full grandstands on the Canadian circuit. The public took advantage of the sunny day and didn’t leave a single seat free.

Monegasque Charles Leclerc was 15th in the standings, but received a 10-place penalty for improper engine change on his Ferrari, so he will start from the back row together with the Japanese Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri), which also changed the engines.

In Saturday’s qualifying, Max Verstappen overcame the slippery track conditions to take his second pole position of the season and Fernando Alonso took advantage of the wet asphalt to get to the front row at the start. So the Dutch Red Bull will start first, followed by two Spaniards, the 40-year-old Asturian (Alpine) and Carlos Sainz (Ferrari).

Ferrari will pay a beautiful tribute to Gilles Villenueve, one of the Scudería’s most emblematic drivers, 22 years after his death. The Italian team painted on the asphalt, next to the grid positions from which its two cars will start, the name of the legendary Canadian driver, who fell on 8 May 1982 in a fatal accident during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix.

After a few days with a lot of rain, the sun appeared in the Canadian sky on Sunday, so the race will take place on a dry track, unlike qualifying, which took place on wet asphalt.

The most successful team in the history of the Canadian Grand Prix is ferrariwith 14 wins, followed by McLarenwith 13 (three of them, with Hamilton), and Williamswith 14.

Lewis Hamilton was the last to raise the trophy on Canadian soil in 2019. The Englishman prevailed in that edition ahead of the German Sebastian Vettel (then on Ferrari) and the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (also of the Italian team). The Mercedes driver thus achieved his seventh victory at this circuit and was, together with Michael Schumacher, the greatest winner in the history of the test.

The route was inaugurated in 1978 on the artificial island Notre-Dame, located in the San Lorenzo River, created for the 1967 Universal Exposition and later used as the site of the 1976 Olympic Games. Canadian Grand Prix of Formula 1 from the year of its construction, although until 1981 it was called Ile Notre-Dame circuit and was renamed in 1982 in honor of the Canadian driver Gilles Villeneuveafter his death at the Belgian Grand Prix that same year, just over a month before the appointment in the North American country.

the city circuit Gilles Villeneuvelocated east of Montreal, it returns to receive action from the top category of motorsport after three years, since the 2020 and 2021 editions were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Welcome everyone to a new Formula 1 Sunday!
Today we fly to Canada for the ninth round of the season, with the current champion Max Verstappen (Red Bull) with clear possibility to extend, after the penalty for the Monegasque Charles Leclerc (Ferrari).