F1 2025 Canada GP live: Race latest updates, start time, schedule and grid – UK Times

“Montreal has always been friendly to us, let’s confirm it in the race.”

Performed by Willingdon School Choir on the grid in Montreal…

Colapinto’s mechanics are hard at work on the Alpine car’s brake discs and pads.

They’re hopeful they can get it fixed before the race starts…

“It’s going to be tough on tyres around here, it’s usually quite smooth.

“There’s a lot of unknowns, looking forward to it.”

“I felt quite good all weekend, car was in a good window, this track is cool. You need to be efficient on the straights, overall I’m very happy with qualifying.

“I’d always pick P1, we’ll see what we can do tomorrow. Hopefully we can have a solid race.”

• Max Verstappen 8/5
• Oscar Piastri 9/5
• George Russell 13/5
• Lando Norris 8/1
• Lewis Hamilton 40/1
• Kimi Antonelli 50/1
• Charles Leclerc 55/1
• Fernando Alonso 100/1

As F1 makes its second trip across the Atlantic in the space of five weeks, Max Verstappen is the centre of attention once again. Before Miami in May, it was due to heartwarming reasons, as he became a father for the first time a few days earlier. Yet this weekend, ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix, the Red Bull driver knows he is on his final warning on-track.

The three penalty points accumulated at the last meet in Spain – punishment for a deliberate ram into George Russell – means the enigmatic Dutchman is just one point away from a race suspension. A suspension which, surely, would put his faint 2025 title hopes in the dust.

As such, Verstappen must keep his nose clean this weekend, and in Austria in a fortnight’s time, before two of his 11 points are wiped from his licence. Twelve across a year trigger a ban; it is a fair system, designed to curtail erratic, dangerous manoeuvres such as the one seen in Barcelona.

The FIA has suspended driver steward Derek Warwick from the Canadian Grand Prix after comments he made in the media.

The 70-year-old ex-Formula One driver’s suspension follows remarks circulated by a gambling platform following last weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix about a variety of matters, including a 10-second penalty given to Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.

On Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari, Warwick said: “I think he deserves that eighth world title, but it’s not going to happen this year. I think if it carries on the way it is at the minute, I suspect he’s already thinking of stopping.”

The FIA confirmed that Enrique Bernoldi, who raced for the Arrows Formula One team, will replace Warwick in Montreal.