F1 Canadian GP 2024 LIVE: Race updates and times in Montreal

1. Max Verstappen – 169 points

2. Charles Leclerc – 138 points

3. Lando Norris – 113 points

4. Carlos Sainz – 108 points

5. Sergio Perez – 107 points

6. Oscar Piastri – 71 points

7. George Russell – 54 points

8. Lewis Hamilton – 42 points

9. Fernando Alonso – 33 points

10. Yuki Tsunoda – 19 points

11. Lance Stroll – 11 points

12. Oliver Bearman – 6 points

13. Nico Hulkenberg – 6 points

14. Daniel Ricciardo – 5 points

15. Alex Albon – 2 points

16. Esteban Ocon – 1 point

17. Kevin Magnussen – 1 point

18. Pierre Gasly – 1 point

19. Zhou Guanyu – 0 points

20. Valtteri Bottas – 0 points

21. Logan Sargeant – 0 points

His pace confirmed Mercedes’s recent progress as the sport’s once-dominant team bid to secure a first win since Russell took his maiden Formula One victory in Sao Paulo in 2022.

Only two-thousandths of a second separated the top three, with McLaren’s Lando Norris lining up third ahead of his team-mate Oscar Piastri.

*Ocon qualified 18th but has a five-place grid penalty carried over from the Monaco Grand Prix

Good evening and welcome to our live coverage of the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal!

It was a dramatic qualifying session on Saturday with George Russell taking only his second-ever pole position in Formula 1! He’ll start at the front alongside Max Verstappen, who set the same time as Russell but because he set it second, starts in second!

Can Russell hold off Verstappen at the line?

Lights out is at 7pm (BST) – stay right here for all the build-up!

George Russell claimed only the second pole position of his career after setting an identical time as Max Verstappen during a scintillating qualifying session at the Canadian Grand Prix.

The British driver, who was on pole in Hungary in 2022, proved Mercedes’ progress and beat Verstappen by virtue of having set his time first as the pair could not be separated by the timing charts.

The top three were separated by just two-thousandths of a second, with Lando Norris lining up third.

Lewis Hamilton fell away at the end to finish seventh after appearing in the battle for pole.

“We all struggled with tyre management. The pace was OK. We struggled a bit more from this morning. It’s tight!

“We have to be pleased the gap is so tight.

“Tomorrow, the weather forecast is not very good, it could be a chaotic race. Let’s see tomorrow.”

“We’ve embarked on a route, we went to reinvent ourselves. Kimi Antonelli is part of that, we’ve not made the decision. We didn’t want to force Carlos to wait.”

Announced a few minutes prior to qualifying, RB have taken up the option to keep Yuki Tsunoda – that’ll be his fifth season in a row for the Red Bull sister team!

“We’re on pole position, it’s amazing his lap was great! We’ve brought a lot of little bits over the last few races, heading towards a more performing car.

“Lewis was actually having the upper hand, both cars comfortably beating everyone, for Lewis the time didn’t show up.

“We have a grip now on the car. One swallow doesn’t make a summer, the lap was great but we need to keep both feet on the ground.

“We have more downforce in the right places. The car is well balanced now.”

“Congrats to Mr Russell, he’s been quick all weekend. I’m happy with third, good job by us, excited by tomorrow.

“It’s one of the best places to come to every year, I love it. It’s tricky, when you put a nice lap in, it’s a nice feeling.

“Two overtakes tomrorow? Easy, light work! Car has been great last few races, few fast drivers ahead, we’ll put on a good show tomorrow!”