~~From Pirelli Media: Today's recently ended track action at the Gilles Villeneuve circuit in Montreal produced more questions than answers in the build-up to the 53rd Canadian Grand Prix.

The main reason was the changing weather conditions that saw rapid switches from sun to rain and even hail. There were about thirty minutes at the start of the second free practice session where it was possible to run consistently with dry weather tyres but before and after that, the rain got in the way.

The quickest time overall was set by Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) in FP2 in 1'15"810, after Lando Norris (McLaren) headed the field in the first session with a time of 1'24"435.

The track was very wet for the start of the first session, to the extent that the pit lane light was kept on red for the first 21 minutes. Once it turned green, nine drivers used a set of Extreme Wet, although without completing a timed lap. The switch to Intermediates saw a few drivers do a run on the green-banded tyres.

However, it was only towards the end, following a five minute stoppage required to remove Guanyu Zhou's Sauber, which had crashed into the barriers, that slicks were finally viable with all drivers doing a run on the C5, the softest compound available in Montreal.

Initially, the track was considered to be dry at the start of the second session, even though rain had fallen quite heavily in the hour leading up to it and there were even a few drops still falling. All the drivers made the most of it to get in some mileage, most of them - 16 out of 20 - opting for the Soft.

The exceptions were the Ferrari and McLaren drivers, who concentrated on the Medium. Then, yet another shower halted the action on track, while towards the end of the session all the drivers, with the exception of Max Verstappen (Red Bull) stuck in the garage with a technical problem, went back out on Intermediates even though the track was drying out at various points.

FP2 Results Summary: Alonso, Russell, Stroll, Leclerc, Ricciardo, Magnussen, Hamilton, Tsunoda, Albon, Perez, Ocon, Sargeant, Sainz, Bottas, Hulkenberg, Piastri, Zhou, Verstappen, Gasly, Norris

FP1 Results Summary: Norris, Sainz, Leclerc, Hamilton, Verstappen, Piastri, Gasly, Bottas, Perez, Russell, Ricciardo, Tsunoda, Magnussen, Hulkenberg, Alonso, Sargeant, Stroll, Zhou, Doohan, Albon

Montreal FP2 Results

Pos	Driver		Team		Tyre	Time		Gap

1	Alonso		Aston Martin	S	1:15.810	128.684 mph
2	Russell		Mercedes	S	1:16.273	0.463
3	Stroll		Aston Martin	S	1:16.464	0.654
4	Leclerc		Ferrari		M	1:16.556	0.746
5	Ricciardo	RB		S	1:16.731	0.921
6	Magnussen	Haas		S	1:16.773	0.963
7	Hamilton	Mercedes	S	1:16.908	1.098
8	Tsunoda		RB		S	1:16.951	1.141
9	Albon		Williams	S	1:16.977	1.167
10	Perez		Red Bull	S	1:17.041	1.231
11	Ocon		Alpine		S	1:17.417	1.607
12	Sargeant	Williams	S	1:17.496	1.686
13	Sainz		Ferrari		M	1:17.722	1.912
14	Bottas		Stake		S	1:17.817	2.007
15	Hulkenberg	Haas		S	1:17.903	2.093
16	Piastri		McLaren		M	1:19.008	3.198
17	Zhou		Stake		S	1:19.087	3.277
18	Verstappen	Red Bull	S	1:19.311	3.501
19	Gasly		Alpine		S	1:20.789	4.979
20	Norris		McLaren		M	1:20.843	5.033

Montreal FP1 Results

Pos	Driver		Team		Tyre	Time		Gap

1	Norris		McLaren		S	1:24.435	115.539 mph
2	Sainz		Ferrari		S	1:24.763	0.328
3	Leclerc		Ferrari		S	1:25.306	0.871
4	Hamilton	Mercedes	S	1:25.970	1.535
5	Verstappen	Red Bull	S	1:26.502	2.067
6	Piastri		McLaren		S	1:26.754	2.319
7	Gasly		Alpine		S	1:27.584	3.149
8	Bottas		Stake		INT	1:27.670	3.235
9	Perez		Red Bull	INT	1:28.058	3.623
10	Russell		Mercedes	S	1:28.541	4.106
11	Ricciardo	RB		INT	1:28.582	4.147
12	Tsunoda		RB		INT	1:28.723	4.288
13	Magnussen	Haas		INT	1:29.052	4.617
14	Hulkenberg	Haas		S	1:32.826	8.391
15	Alonso		Aston Martin	S	1:33.411	8.976
16	Sargeant	Williams	S	1:36.586	12.151
17	Stroll		Aston Martin	S	1:40.530	16.095
18	Zhou		Stake		No Time	
19	Doohan		Alpine		No Time	
20	Albon		Williams	No Time

w/ Pirelli Media