This will be Doohan’s fifth FP1 appearance with Alpine.the sister McLaren of Piastri joined the fight behind before the Safety Car was deployed for the first retirement of the race.Adrian Newey had previously called the new regulations “strange” but something every technical director would have to adapt to.Who has the leading pace at the Canadian Grand Prix?👉 Lewis Hamilton targeting Canadian GP surprise with ‘fighting spirit warning shot👉 Explained: Why do Red Bull struggle at very specific F1 circuits?With the changeable weather conditions looking set in throughout the race weekend.with Verstappen unable to make up ground in the race.though for Leclerc the task got much harder still when power unit issues set in.but today I’m not the happiest.Toto Wolff has defended George Russell after his costly errors in the Canadian Grand Prix had Ralf Schumacher claiming he wants to “force his way through the wall”.

From being resurfaced to new kerbs being installed.instead of doing it in Mexico.Sergio Perez has been left with major work to do after suffering consecutive Q1 eliminations.with Alpine recently confirming the departure of another team stalwart in Rob White.the blend of corners and long pit straight made it an ideal testing circuit – and the drivers all know the track inside out with the amount of driving they have done around it over the years.“Its going to be an interesting weekend.

with the calendar more packed than ever.We were definitely close to Q2.Canadian Grand Prix 2024: FP3 classification1 Lewis HAMILTON Mercedes 1:12.having split his time in F1 almost exactly in half with the first half in the old points system.”The decision to retain Perez came as a surprise in some quarters.Verstappen offered a diplomatic response – believing their speed to be “good for Formula 1” – with Mercedes now another team to potentially be taken into the mix with Red Bull.