Max Verstappen gained a chaotic and gripping Canadian Grand Prix with Lando Norris and George Russell left to mirror on what might need been after a race of excessive drama amid on-off rain in Montreal.
In an unpredictable 70-lap race that featured 4 modifications of lead and two Security Automotive intervals triggered by crashes, Verstappen returned to profitable methods a fortnight after Pink Bull’s depressing Monaco for his sixth win of the season to re-establish a extra comfy world-championship lead, of 56 factors.
McLaren’s Norris twice led the race – the primary time after overtaking each Verstappen and Russell – however needed to accept second after the playing cards didn’t fall in his favour, notably underneath the primary Security Automotive.
Polesitter Russell ended up third for Mercedes and regarded notably crestfallen after a topsy-turvy race through which he made a number of errors and collided with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri.
Dropping to fourth after that latter incident following the race’s second Security Automotive interval, Russell was then overtaken by Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who went on to overhaul Piastri cleanly quickly afterwards and transfer into the ultimate podium place.
However Russell rallied late on and repassed Hamilton on the penultimate lap to make sure he was nonetheless the motive force to seal Mercedes’ first Grand Prix podium of 2024 within the season’s ninth spherical.
Fourth nonetheless represented Hamilton’s greatest end result on a Sunday to this point this 12 months, though the seven-time Monaco victor, who certified six locations behind Russell in seventh, described it as “one of the worst races I’ve driven”.
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The errors that price George Russell victory on the Canadian Grand Prix, together with making contact with Oscar Piastri.
Overtaken by each Mercedes automobiles, who had been the one main automobiles to pit for a second set of dry tyres, Oscar Piastri ended up fifth within the second McLaren.
Aston Martin took sixth and seventh with Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll, Canada’s residence driver, respectively.
In a fraught race-long battle for the ultimate factors positions, Daniel Ricciardo overcome a five-second time penalty for a bounce begin to battle again and cap one of the best weekend of his disappointing season to this point in eighth. Alpine additionally scored essential factors with Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon ninth and tenth.
Ferrari although endured a complete nightmare with their hopes of constructing momentum from their Monaco win undone by retirements for each Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, who induced a second Security Automotive by spinning and amassing Williams’ Alex Albon.
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Lando Norris eases previous each George Russell and Max Verstappen to assert the lead on the Canadian Grand Prix.
Sergio Perez’s depressing weekend led to a DNF too after the Mexican, who had dropped out in Q1 on Saturday, crashed and broke his Pink Bull’s rear wing in opposition to the limitations.
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