Summary

  • Antonelli leading Canadian Grand Prix with Russell out - listen to BBC Radio 5 Live commentary at top of page

  • Mercedes team-mates were locked in thrilling battle before Briton retired with power unit failure

  • Verstappen second ahead of Hamilton's Ferrari

  • Alonso, Lindblad and Albon also out of race

  • Antonelli leads drivers' championship with 18-point advantage over Russell

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Lorraine McKenna

  1. Lap 34/70

    So now we've got a mix of medium tyres near the front sprinkled with some softs towards the rear of the field.

    Charles Leclerc is in sixth place and is now having to pass Isack Hadjar for fifth. The Ferrari man is not happy with the Red Bull man's defending, and he nearly ends up on the grass.

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    Ian: The "Oh no... Anyway" Jeremy Clarkson meme just popped into Antonelli's head didn't it.

  3. Virtual safety car

    Lap 33/70

    Race leader Kimi Antonelli will claim his fourth win in a row if he can take the chequered flag in Montreal. George Russell's car is cleared, so let's go racing again.

  4. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live

    He's out with some kind of technical failure, he grinds to a halt and gets out of the car but he stops the car in a difficult position. There is going to be a safety car which is going to eliminate that lead of Kimi Antonelli. Everyone is going to close up behind him. It will give everyone who hasn't had a pit stop yet, a cheap one to do that.

  5. Virtual safety car

    Lap 32/70

    George Russell is watching on from the sidelines in disbelief. After the fantastic battle with his team-mate Kimi Antonelli, his car just lost power.

    And now Mercedes have said it was a power-unit failure.

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    Jeremiah: So painful for George Russell. Too much hard work and ends up stopping on the track. Bad news.

  7. Virtual safety car

    Lap 31/70

    The virtual safety car is deployed and cars pile into the pits. Kimi Antonelli leads, Max Verstappen is second and Lewis Hamilton is now third.

    Antonelli is in and gets rid of those soft tyres. Lando Norris has jumped up the order and is now ninth.

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    Jake: As a McLaren fan its not been good so far! However this battle between the Mercs is brilliant!

  9. Russell out of the race

    Lap 30/70

    George Russell is getting out of the car! The race leader seemed to be in trouble around Turn Nine and all of sudden, his grand prix in Montreal is over.

  10. Lap 29/70

    In the melee of the Mercedes fight, Oscar Piastri has been given a 10-second time penalty for Oscar Piastri for causing a collision with Alex Albon.

  11. Lap 28/70

    Kimi Antonelli is on a mission to hustle his Mercedes team-mate George Russell at every corner. Both driver have suffered lock-ups in this race, but for now, Russell has the upper-hand.

  12. Lap 27/60

    Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live

    They [ Mercedes] are pulling away. It shows the difference between the Mercedes and the rest. Right now. I think largely, for the most part of the season so far but even more so bringing the raft of upgrades, many of which that seem to be working.

  13. Lap 26/70

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    George Russell leads again but Kimi Antonelli is desperate to regain control of this race. Russell is told to also keep things cool on track, as he keeps a gap of just under a second to the Italian.

  14. Team Radio - Antonelli to Mercedes

    Antonelli: "Why mate? He pushed me off! I was ahead, What's the point?

  15. Lap 25/70

    The Mercedes team radio is red-hot now as Kimi Antonelli gets back ahead of George Russell after the pair scrap for the lead at the final corner. The Italian is told to give the position back, and he does, but he's not happy at all.

  16. Russell leads again

    Lap 24/70

    It's Kimi Antonelli's turn to lock-up! The teenager is off the track and goes wide at the hairpin and George Russell sweeps through to once again head the field in Montreal.

  17. Antonelli takes the lead

    Lap 23/70

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    Kimi Antonelli retakes the lead of the Canadian Grand Prix! It's another lock-up by George Russell and the Italian is ready to pass. Antonelli leads, Russell goes into second.

  18. Marc Priestley
    Former F1 mechanic on BBC Radio 5 Live

    If you are Russell, you want to keep going out on track until your tyres are absolutely dead because if you leave anything, any life left in these tyres before you switch, you can make a safe assumption that your team-mate has life in them too. If Russell pills into the pits and if there is anything left in terms of performance in the tyres of Antonelli, he'll go and exploit that.

    Russell now has to eek this out, keep the lead and not let his team-mate in front and go as deep as he can before they make the decision to come in.

  19. Russell under pressure

    Lap 22/70

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    Turn One is ripe for an overtake but Kimi Antonelli can't make it stick. The Italian inches closer coming out of the hairpin and as the pair complete lap 22, the chance to pass may present itself to the Italian teenager...

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    Laura: Antonelli for the win all the way! Such a talent. Looks like a ding dong of a race already!