Formula 1 Live Ticker: The race in Canada live!

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It is still drizzling in Montreal. However, the colleagues on site say that currently they would probably still start on slicks because the track is (still) not wet enough for intermediates.

It starts in about an hour.

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This summer, the Football World Cup will take place in Canada, the USA, and Mexico. Therefore, FIFA President Gianni Infantino paid a visit to Formula 1 today – and brought the World Cup trophy along for some nice photos.

Why he is wearing a Montreal Canadiens ice hockey jersey, however, we do not know…

Mercedes is confident that there will be no new “War of the Stars” this year. How the “original” between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg once played out, you can watch again here:

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Yesterday in the sprint, it got a bit tight between Russell and Antonelli. The Brit himself says about it: “That’s history now.” The goal is to get a one-two finish today, says Russell.

“But the truth is, it won’t be easy in conditions like these. We’ve seen that McLaren is fast,” he warns. Nevertheless, Mercedes is of course the favorite again today.

In less than two hours it starts in Canada and the driver parade is currently taking place in Montreal – and in the rain. So it currently looks like a wet start again. We will keep you updated.

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The main race of Formula 2 is now over, and there were a total of four(!) safety car phases. But: slicks were used until the end. So there has been no bigger rain shower in Montreal so far.

In the end, former McLaren junior Martinius Stenshorne won. Oliver Goethe did not see the checkered flag from a German perspective after a crash.

Today we will also not see all 22 cars on the starting grid. Aston Martin announces: “Lance will start today’s race from the pit lane. We have strategically decided to change the battery and make some other changes to the car setup.”

The local hero does not lose much with this, as he had qualified only 21st and thus second to last anyway. You can find the updated starting grid here.

A quick weather update again from Montreal: The Formula 2 race is currently running – and in dry conditions. It is drizzling a bit, but all drivers have been on slicks since the start.

The question now is whether there will be a bigger rain shower before the race start in about 3.5 hours.

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The third and final race of the F1 Academy is meanwhile over and Mathilda Paatz finished her good weekend in Canada with fifth place.

The win went, as in the first race, to the Red Bull-supported Alisha Palmowski, who also leads the championship.

The Austrian Emma Felbermayr (Audi) finished in P2 and thus solidified her second place in the championship.

… everything today points to a Mercedes win. George Russell and Kimi Antonelli start from the front row as in the sprint, and the last winner in Montreal from further back was in 2014 – twelve years ago.

Back then, Daniel Ricciardo won for Red Bull after starting from P6. Of the last ten races in Canada (including yesterday’s sprint), a whopping eight were won from pole.

You can read all this in our big database.

We take the obligatory look at the strategy for the race – although this time it could be more theoretical, because if there is a rain race, everything will be thrown overboard anyway.

Pirelli motorsport boss Dario Marrafuschi explains: “The one-stop strategy is clearly the best option, with the medium-hard combination being the fastest on paper.”

“This conservative approach, which we believe most teams will choose in dry conditions, foresees a pit stop between laps 21 and 27,” he explains.

But let’s wait and see if the drivers will even need slicks today.

The Monegasque starts later only from P8 and reports: “I think this is the most difficult weekend of my career. I’m not exaggerating, it was just terrible.”

“The whole weekend was a disaster,” says Leclerc, who complained about brake problems on Friday and had difficulties getting the tires into the right window on Saturday.

Canada is simply a strange track for him, he explains. “If it doesn’t work in qualifying, it usually doesn’t work in the race either, but here it’s somehow the other way around,” he ponders.

“I feel that my driving style works very well for the race, but I always have difficulties in qualifying,” says Leclerc about Canada. So let’s see how it goes in the race today.

One more note in our own matter: Besides the Canada GP, the traditional Indy 500 is also taking place today – including Mick Schumacher. The start there is at 18:45 CEST and here you can follow the spectacle in our live ticker.

If you want to get an impression of the conditions on site, you can watch the F1 Academy race now taking place in Montreal here for free.

As a reminder: Yesterday, Mathilda Paatz from Germany took her first win in the women’s series. Can she be at the front again today?

We are back with a weather update from Canada. It is currently no longer raining in Montreal, but it is still wet. Because it is quite cool (12 degrees), it takes a while for the track to dry.

In addition, there could be more rain before the start. We continue to keep an eye on the situation.

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