MAX VERSTAPPEN has won a fourth consecutive Grand Prix and extended his staggering lead at the top of the F1 driver standings.
The Dutchman eased to victory in Canada and claimed his sixth win out of eight races – all of which have been won by Red Bull.
Lewis Hamilton claimed a podium finish in Montreal after finishing in third spot behind Verstappen and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso in second.
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- Result: 1 Verstappen, 2 Alonso, 3 Hamilton, 4 Leclerc, 5 Sainz, 6 Perez, 7 Albon, 8 Econ, 9 Stroll, 10 Bottas, 11 Piastri, 12 Gasly, 13 Norris, 14 Tsunoda, 15 Hulkenberg, 16 Zhou, 17 Magnussen, 18 De Vries, 19 Russell, 20 Sargeant.
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Most decorated podium you will see
With Max Verstappen, Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton on the podium there were some serious world titles on show.
With 23 wins (11 driver and 12 constructor), Adrian Newey was in good company.
All three of these drivers will be looking to add to those figures but Max Verstappen is in pole position to do just that this season.
Credit: @F1 Alonso enjoys podium finish
Fernando Alonso racked up more points for Aston Martin as he delivers a season they could not have dreamed of.
With some issue with the rear brakes towards the end of the race, the Spaniard did brilliantly to hold off Lewis Hamilton.
If he had not had to coast for so long, he could of potentially challenged Verstappen more for the win.
Credit: Reuters Red Bull secure another victory
Max Verstappen wins the Canadian Grand Prix for a second year in a row.
The only time anybody could anywhere near him was when the safety car came out and the Dutch driver held his never to ensure this race was his.
That is 20 wins out of his last 25 races.
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Driver of the day….
Alex Albon wins driver of the day, starting on the grid in ninth place and ending up finishing in seventh.
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The constructor celebrates their 100th Grand Prix victory.
A landmark victory, which will no doubt be duly celebrated.
Plenty more to come with Max Verstappen at the wheel.
Credit: @F1 Dutchman etches his name in history
Max Verstappen gets his 41st race win to equal the record of Ayrton Senna.
He also registers Red Bull’s 100th win as a constructor.
Verstappen leads the race from start to finish to assert his dominance.
Credit: Reuters Canadian Grand Prix results
As the cars race over the line the results are decided:
- 1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- 2. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
- 3. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
- 4. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
- 5. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
- 6. Sergio Perez (Red Bull)
Max Verstappen wins Canadian Grand Prix
Lap 69/70 – Verstappen leads, Alonso second
Norris is worried about the rear tail of Ocon’s car as it wobbles from side to side.
He is worried about it coming off and causing a bad crash.
Verstappen now leads Alonso by 9.5 seconds while the Spaniard leads Hamilton by 3.1 seconds.
Lap 67/70 – Verstappen leads, Alonso second
Verstappen catches a kerb hard as he loses the handling a bit on the chicane and tells his team via comms ‘I almost knocked myself out on that kerb ha ha’.
It goes to show you are only one mistake away from a disaster.
Meanwhile Alonso has built up a lead of 3.1 seconds since he has been allowed to use his rear brakes a lot more.
Lap 65/70 – Verstappen leads, Alonso second
It seems that Aston Martin are willing to let Alonso to drive the car as he wants again now.
The team tell him the gap between him and Hamilton to which the Spaniard replies ‘no problem, leave it to me’.
Alonso has opened the gap up to 2.8 seconds and seems like he is going to hold the Mercedes off.
Credit: Splash Lap 63/70 – Verstappen leads, Alonso second
Max Verstappen leads by 8.1 seconds and is heading towards another victory.
The scrap between Alonso and Hamilton is the one to watch.
As it stands the Spaniard is managing to hold him off as he gets his lead to 2.1 seconds.
Lap 61/70 – Verstappen leads, Alonso second
Lewis Hamilton is right on the tail of Fernando Alonso, only 1.5 seconds behind the Aston Martin.
He has his sights set on second place now.
Alonso must feel he is driving with one hand behind his back with his team ordering him to coast the car.
Lap 59/70 – Verstappen leads, Alonso second
Alonso may not be able to resist Hamilton with DRS.
His engineers are telling him to coast the car to ensure they finish the race.
No news as to why they are giving him these orders and what is wrong with the car.
Lap 57/70 – Verstappen leads, Russell retires
Fernando Alonso seems to be having to look after his tyres for the remainder of this race.
Lewis Hamilton has managed to half the gap between the two.
George Russell is forced to retire for the second time this season.
Lap 55/70 – Verstappen leads, Alonso second
Sainz now leads Perez by 6.2 seconds.
Leclerc is 4.5 seconds ahead of the other Ferrari.
Russell is told via comms that he may need to retire the car.
Credit: Reuters Lap 53/70 – Verstappen leads, Alonso second
Lewis Hamilton will have to put in a good drive if he is hoping to push forward for second place.
He is only gaining fractions of a second on Alonso who is still out there on hard tyres.
Both of the Ferraris opted to stay out on hard tyres also.
Lap 51/70 – Verstappen leads, Alonso second
Verstappen has built a 6.1 second lead over Alonso.
Hamilton continues to put in fast laps in the Mercedes.
The Dutch driver is also on the medium tyres now.
Lap 49/70 – Verstappen leads, Alonso second
Leclerc has a 3.4 second lead on team mate Sainz.
Whether the Ferrari teams will look to take one another or work as a team for points remains to be seen.
Verstappen is still increasing his lead on the Aston Martin.
Lap 47/70 – Verstappen leads, Alonso second
Verstappen now leads second placed Alonso by 5.4 seconds.
Providing the Dutch man does not make any errors you would expect him to cruise to victory today.
Hamilton is now 3.2 seconds behind the Spaniards.
Lap 45/70 – Verstappen leads, Alonso second
Lewis Hamilton has now clocked the fastest lap of the day.
With the fuel loads going down we will see the lap times get faster between now and the end of the race.
It is all pretty tight between second and sixth.
Russell has made his way back up to eighth place after being last following his collision with the wall.
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Lap 43/70 – Verstappen leads, Alonso second
Verstappen is also given the ‘box, box’ signal.
He comes back out to re-establish his lead, having a 4.2 second lead over Alonso.
The Spaniard is now 5.4 second lead on the Mercedes.
Lap 41/70 – Verstappen leads, Alonso second
Perez manages to take Albon on the straight as the might of the Red Bull is just too much for him.
Hamilton heads into the pits and changes onto the medium tyres.
In the top nine places, Hamilton is the only driver to have pitted twice.
Aston Martin give the ‘box, box’ signal to Alonso in reaction to Mercedes’ pit stop.
Lap 39/70 – Verstappen leads, Alonso second
Sergio Perez heads into the pits.
He re-enters the track in sixth place.
Lance Stroll is given a 5 second penalty for unsportsmanlike behaviour.
Meanwhile Carlos Sainz takes his first pit stop of the race and heads back onto the track in fifth place.
Lap 37/70 – Verstappen leads, Alonso second
Magnussen and De Vries have a coming together and both head off the track into the safety run off.
A momentary yellow flag is applied as the two cars have to reverse back onto the track.
Only Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz are out on the track on medium tyres with every other car on the hard tyres.
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