LIVE: Canadian Grand Prix FP2

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Follow live coverage of FP2 for the Canadian Grand Prix with F1i's live commentary page.

Lewis Hamilton set the pace in the opening practice session, leading a Mercedes one-two by over 0.3s. However, Ferrari and Red Bull both looked competitive, with Max Verstappen fourth fastest despite spending the whole session on the soft tyre - the hardest compound available this weekend.

Force India also looks strong with both cars in the top ten in FP1, while Williams was unable to show its full potential as Felipe Massa crashed heavily during the early stage of the session due to a DRS problem.

Friday's running could be rendered irrelevant during the rest of the weekend due to an unsettled weather forecast, but for the likes of Ferrari and Honda - both running updated turbos - the track running in sunny conditions will still prove important this afternoon.

FP2 gets underway at 2pm local time (7pm BST). We'll be bringing you all the news and information from trackside as it happens on F1i's live page.

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.