Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso was quickest in Friday observe on the Canadian Grand Prix on a day disrupted by intermittent rain.
Alonso’s finest time, which put him 0.463 seconds forward of Mercedes’ George Russell in second, got here on the driest level of the second session earlier than extra rain fell in Montreal.
The primary session, during which McLaren’s Lando Norris was quickest, was additionally rain-affected, so the headline lap occasions of the day have been nearly completely meaningless.
However there have been apparent issues for championship chief Max Verstappen.
The Pink Bull driver, who was 18th quickest within the second session, pitted after simply 4 laps with smoke pouring from the again of his automotive.
Pink Bull stated his automotive had suffered an issue with the power restoration system.
Moist climate was the theme of the day. At one stage, earlier than observe began, organisers closed the Ile-Notre Dame, the man-made island within the St Lawrence Seaway that hosts the monitor, due to a heavy storm.
The primary session began on time however the vehicles have been unable to exit on monitor because the pit lane was not opened whereas marshals tried to dry the monitor.
When it did get below means, it progressively dried to the purpose that the drivers have been capable of run slick tyres for the ultimate 5 minutes of the session.
Norris set the tempo by 0.328secs from the Ferraris of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc.
Within the second session, Alonso ran persistently on the entrance because the monitor had a short dry interval for quarter-hour or so firstly earlier than rain began once more.
Behind Alonso and Russell, the Spaniard’s team-mate Lance Stroll was third quickest, from Leclerc, RB’s Daniel Ricciardo, Haas driver Kevin Magnussen and Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes.
Regardless of the circumstances, just one driver crashed all day – Sauber’s Zhou Gunayu misplaced management by Flip 5 within the first session and broke his entrance suspension.
Leclerc received a cheer from the group on the hairpin when he did a 360-degree spin within the second session, to no hurt.
