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How Friday practice for the F1 Canadian Grand Prix unfolded
Follow all of the action from Montreal here with the Crash.net live blog.
Friday practice is over with Mercedes on top.
It looks tight at the front - but there's surely more to come from Red Bull.
We will be back tomorrow for FP3 and qualifying which could be wet.
Hamilton on top ahead of Russell, Sainz, Alonso and Leclerc.
There's no one out there at the moment.
It's raining hard now. Piastri is still out there on slicks.
Still no sign of actual rain.
Piastri brushes the 'Wall of Champions' but his car remains undamaged.
It's now time for the race simulations.
Verstappen is doing 1:17.2s at the minute - a couple of tenths clear than the two Ferraris.
Hamilton, Russell, Sainz, Alonso, Leclerc, Verstappen, Bottas, Perez, Stroll and Gasly.
Where did that come from?
Hamilton takes to the top with a 1m13.718s, less than a tenth ahead of Russell.
"Rain is coming in 10 minutes."
Sainz, Leclerc, Verstappen, Bottas, Alonso, Perez, Hamilton, Gasly, Piastri and Magnussen.
He only manages fifth - 0.3s off Sainz.
After a slow start to the sesion, Hamilton goes sixth; Russell into 11th.
After another red flag, Ocon's car has been cleared and the session has resumed.
Ocon has stopped now.
Sainz, Leclerc, Verstappen, Bottas, Gasly, Norris, Russell, Stroll, Alonso and Albon.
After the red flag, FP2 is back underway.
52 minutes on the clock.
Hulkenberg's Haas is smoking.
"I lost the engine. I lost drive."
Less than a tenth off Leclerc.
Leclerc goes 0.102s clear of Sainz at the top of the timesheets.
Sainz, Leclerc, Verstappen, Gasly, Perez, Albon, Norris, Bottas, Ocon and Piastri.