With the Weather Gods holding off, Lewis Hamilton powers around the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve 0.374s quicker than his nearest rival, Max Verstappen.
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We are expecting more rain tomorrow and possibly on Sunday, but we are satisfied with the work we've done today.
Hopefully, the weather conditions for the rest of the weekend can mix things up and open up opportunities for us. We will work hard to make sure we are ready to grab them if they present themselves.
We need to stay focused, use what we took from today and be ready for an eventful weekend.
It's not easy to extract many conclusions from the sessions today, so we need to focus on ourselves and be as ready as possible for tomorrow.
Meteo France is currently saying there is an 80% probability of rain for qualifying, while the figure is lower for the race, but we know that the situation can change rapidly.
It seems like we are in a better place compared to where we were in Monaco, which is obviously encouraging for the weekend ahead.
We need to understand more about what happened and the implications that it will have for this weekend.
We got the basic information, so considering how difficult the day has been, it's been a pretty decent day.
We will have to be on top of our game as there will be opportunities to score valuable points on Sunday.
The car seems to be working reasonably well, but it's impossible to draw conclusions on pace from a day like today.