F1 Canadian Grand Prix: Live updates and race start

By Michael Doyle

22/68: Antonelli takes the lead from Russell

George Russell and Kimi Antonelli are giving it everything.

Russell held onto the lead for several laps as his teenage teammate attacked, and attacked, and attacked.

Antonelli has another chance on the back straight of lap 22, and he makes the move stick.

Meanwhile. the pair are catching and soon will lap Lando Norris.

Alex Albon out after being hit by Oscar Piastri

17/68: Russell defends from Antonelli

16/68: Lando Norris pits a second time

McLaren has pitted Lando Norris for reliability issues.

He is back on track and he is 14th.

Oscar Piastri is 16th, on lap down on the leaders.

13/68: Oscar Piastri pits for a new front wing

Oscar Piastri has just come into the pits.

Mclaren has changed its front wing.

Piastri has run into the side of Williams driver Alex Albon.

Piastri was trying to make an overtake at the turn 10 hairpin on Oliver Bearman. Unfortunately, Piastri could not slow down enough and went into the side of Albon who was ahead of both of them.

Piastri has now been lapped by the Mercedes duo.

12/68: Russell and Antonelli trade the lead, McLarens are down the order

Kimi Antonelli was able to retake the lead for a brief moment on the back straight, but George Russell took the lead back.

Lando Norris has made his way up to ninth, and Oscar Piastri is 12th.

9/68: Max Verstappen up to third

Max Verstappen has been closing in on Lewis Hamilton, and Verstappen makes the move into third.

"I've got no power, man," Hamilton complains over the radio to his Ferrari team.

6/68: Russell leads as Antonelli nearly crashes

George Russell was able to catch his teammate on the back straight and complete the overtake.

Kimi Antonelli slipped behind his teammate, locked his tyres, and came very close to crashing into the back of the sister McLaren.

Antonelli is forced to cut the final chicane, and his tyres will likely have a flat spot.

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4/68: Antonelli leads from Russell

With the McLarens out of the way, Mercedes are first and second.

Kimi Antonelli leads from George Russell.

Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton is third, and Red Bull's Max Verstappen is fourth.

McLaren is way down.

Lando Norris is 14th, and nearly went into the wall after sliding off track.

Oscar Piastri is 15th.

2/68: Lanod Norris pits from the lead

It looks like a complete disaster for McLaren.

They have pitted both cars after taking a risk and putting intermediate tyres on for the race start.

Oscar Piastri pits after lap 1

Oscar Piastri has had enough of the intermediate tyre.

He has pitted at the end of the first lap.

Lando Norris still leads, but you would assume he will come in at the end of the second lap.

1/68: Lando Norris leads the race

We are underway with what is now a 68-lap race.

On the intermediate tyres, Lando Norris takes the lead from Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli and George Russell.

Oscar Piastri, also on intermediates, has dropped from fourth to fifth.

Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) is fourth.

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Piastri does not believe he should be on the intermediate tyres

He has suggested biting the bullet and coming in to change.

But McLaren has kept him out there.

We are doing an extra formation lap

It took too long for Arvid Linblad to be wheeled off the grid and back into the pits.

So we are going for ANOTHER formation lap.

Despite no racing happening, these two extra formation laps actually make the race two laps shorter.

Extra formation lap called

The lights were on for a long time.

Was there a malfunction?

An extra formation lap has been called.

Racing Bulls driver Arvid Linblad has now stalled on the grid.

FORMATION LAP

It still looks dry on track.

Oscar Piastri is not sold on the intermediate tyres that have been fitted to his McLaren.

"It feels like I'm floating around quite a bit."