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LIVE F1 | The Canadian Grand Prix with Verstappen from pole!
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The Canadian Grand Prix promises to be a spectacular race. The wet conditions on Saturday have caused the starting field to be fairly shaken up. The lights will go green at 19:00 BST.
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Max Verstappen remained calm in the wet conditions and with a drying track during qualifying at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The Dutchman grabbed the pole position and seemed to have to put almost no effort into it. The first surprise we find directly behind Verstappen, as Fernando Alonso will attack the Red Bull Racing driver from P2.
Overtaking by Perez and Leclerc
From Verstappen's competitors, we can expect some nice overtaking races. Sergio Perez will hope for a podium finish from the thirteenth spot and Charles Leclerc will have to come from even further down, namely the nineteenth spot after a hefty grid penalty.
For drivers like Kevin Magnussen, Mick Schumacher and Guanyu Zhou it will be defending. All three will start in the top ten and hope for points. Alpine showed a lot of speed over the whole weekend, so Esteban Ocon will only look up from P7.
Weather forecast
On Sunday, unlike Saturday, no rain is expected in Montreal. In fact, a sunny race is expected with pleasant temperatures of around 21 degrees Celsius at the start of the Grand Prix.