Max Verstappen took an exhilarating victory on the Canadian Grand Prix to increase his championship lead after keeping off a late cost from Carlos Sainz.
The Dutchman now leads the drivers’ standings by 46 factors after team-mate Sergio Perez retired in Montreal.
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Hamilton and Verstappen reunited
Verstappen shared the rostrum with Lewis Hamilton for the primary time since final yr’s controversial title decider in Abu Dhabi.
The rostrum is just Hamilton’s second of the season after he additionally completed third on the Bahrain season-opener, a race through which Verstappen retired.
Within the Mercedes intra-team battle, George Russell was crushed by his team-mate for under the second time this yr.
Purple Bull high Lotus as Verstappen podium streak continues
Purple Bull has displaced Lotus to grow to be the fifth-most profitable staff in Components 1 with 82 wins. Solely Williams, Mercedes, McLaren and Ferrari have accrued extra.
The race was the eleventh time Verstappen has transformed pole place on Saturday to a victory on Sunday.
The Dutchman has stood on the rostrum in each race he has completed since Belgium 2021.
Purple Bull’s avenue superiority
Purple Bull has now gained six races in a row. The staff’s finest streak is 9, a feat achieved in 2013 with Sebastian Vettel.
It was additionally their first triumph in Canada since 2014, Daniel Ricciardo’s maiden victory in Components 1.
Purple Bull has gained seven of the 9 avenue races since 2021. They at present lead the Constructors’ standings with a 76-point benefit over Ferrari.
One other Sainz near-miss
Sainz has 11 podiums within the sport however is but to win a grand prix. Solely Nick Heidfeld and Stefan Johansson have extra top-three appearances in Components 1 with no race win.
But it surely’s not all dangerous information. With simply 9 races accomplished, Sainz has already recorded 5 podiums – his finest haul in a yr and the very best by a Spanish driver since Fernando Alonso in 2013.
Russell ‘Mr Constant’
Russell continued his streak of ending within the high 5 of each race this season by taking the chequered flag in fourth.
He’s additionally the one driver to have scored at every race this yr.
Alonso’s again to the entrance
Alonso’s stellar qualifying efficiency earned him his first front-row begin because the 2012 German Grand Prix.
Regardless of falling to ninth with mechanical gremlins and a post-race penalty for weaving, Alonso recorded his first factors end in Canada since 2014.
AlphaTauri and McLaren empty-handed once more
It’s the third time in 5 races that AlphaTauri return from a race empty-handed. The staff is at present positioned seventh within the standings, 24 factors behind Alfa Romeo.
With P11 and P15, McLaren had yet one more poor outing in Montreal. The end result extends the staff’s run in Canada with out factors after final scoring in 2014.
Vettel Canada love affair over
Sebastian Vettel failed to attain for the primary time in Montreal, having finished so in every of his earlier 11 appearances in Canada.
Alfa Romeo again on kind
Valtteri Bottas and Guanyu Zhou completed seventh and eighth in Canada, a end result which marked a second double factors end of the season for the staff.
That is the primary time since 2019 that the Hinwil-based outfit has recorded two double high 10 finishes in a single season.
Zhou registered his second top-10 end of the season having beforehand completed tenth in Bahrain, while Bottas secured his seventh rating from 9 races.
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