Grosjean "fed up of spinning" in Canada practice

The Frenchman spun twice at Turn 6 and once at Turn 1 before ranting on the radio to his team: "What the hell is going on? I'm starting to be a bit fed up."

Grosjean was just one of a number of drivers - among them Sebastian Vettel, Valtteri Bottas, Daniil Kvyat and Sergio Perez - who spun on a slippery Circuit Gilles Villeneuve during second practice.

"Yes, [I was fed up] because I spun three times without understanding it," he said. "Basically it was the brake-by-wire not responding as it should.

"When you're going on new tyres and you're spinning, of course you're going 'what the hell is that?' because I'm fed up of spinning - I'm not here to spin.

"But it was three laps out of 40, the rest went pretty well."

Grosjean was in agreement with several of his rivals that the dusty conditions made practice problematic.

"It was tricky because the track is very dirty," he said. "The line now is clean but as soon as you go a bit offline you lose it. The tyres are peaky as well.

"The Tarmac is pretty old as well, doesn't have the grip. We saw a lot of spins, but for mine it was particular things that we'll sort."

Lewis Hamilton said the increased speed of the 2017 generation of F1 cars, as well as the peaky Pirelli tyres, played a part in several drivers spinning at Turn 6.

"It feels very much the same as the previous years, it's just faster," he said. "But actually the tyres are worse, the car is sliding a lot more.

"While we have more grip [from aero], the tyres are much harder, maybe too stiff. You see people spinning all over the place today because the grip is quite poor."

Kimi Raikkonen said the mix of corners and straights at Montreal means a compromised set-up that will always make driving at the track challenging.

"It's not easy here because it's low downforce and then the chicanes, you try to ride a lot of kerb to go fast and it's always bouncing," said the Ferrari driver.

"It is always feels very slippery because of the downforce level you have to run for the straight and for pure laptime.

"It never feels quite as nice as some other circuits because of the mix of corners - it's like two circuits."