@Max33Verstappen scores 60th-career victory in rain-affected #CanadianGP. #F1

Verstappen Canadian GP Victory – Red Bull’s Max Verstappen increased his championship lead to 56 points after clinching victory in a rain-affected Canadian GP ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris and Mercedes’ George Russell who completed the top three as Ferrari suffered a double DNF.

 

 

When the 70-lap Canadian GP began, pole-sitter Russell made an easy getaway into turn one keeping Verstappen and the two McLaren’s of Norris and Piastri meanwhile behind them Hamilton made up a place into sixth place past Hamilton.

 

 

Also behind them, both Perez and Gasly made contact out of the exit of turn two.

 

At the end of the opening tour, Russell held a 1.501 second lead over Verstappen with Norris third, Piastri fourth, Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso fifth and Hamilton completing the top six.

 

Haas F1 Team’s Kevin Magnussen who started on the full-wet weather tyres breezed his way past Hamilton, Alonso and Piastri to move up into fourth place making good use of the better grip.

 

Meanwhile the other Haas VF-24 entry of Nico Hulkenberg, also on the full wets also made his way up into eighth place making short work of RB’s Ricciardo.

 

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was told over his radio by his race engineer that they could see “something strange” with their engine and to keep pushing.

 

Williams Racing’s Logan Sargeant skated off at turn six and clipped the barriers slightly and falling to the back. The American managed to find reverse gear and got going again.

 

On lap seven, Alonso made an error running wide at the final chicane into the run-off area allowing Hamilton to breezed ahead of the Spaniard before the Briton made a mistake into turn two allowing the Aston Martin driver to reclaim sixth place.

 

Fourth-placed Magnussen also was the first to stop on lap eight for a fresh set of inters and emerged in 14^th behind Sainz.

 

On lap 10, race leader Russell’s lead was at 1.573 seconds over Verstappen with Norris third, Piastri fourth, Alonso fifth as Hamilton completed the top six.

 

RB’s Ricciardo was also noted by the race stewards for a false start.

 

On the 11^th lap, McLaren told their drivers that more wet weather was coming around lap 33 as a dry racing line was starting to appear.

 

In the battle for the lead, Verstappen brought the gap to race leader Russell down to 0.602 on lap 15 as Norris seventh-placed Ricciardo was hit with a five-second time penalty for his false start on the grid.

 

The following tour saw Verstappen cut the gap further to half-a-second on the Briton as Norris posted the fastest lap.

 

On lap 17, second-placed Verstappen suffered a lock-up into turn one and ran over the grass into turn two, giving race leader Russell a comfortable two seconds gap as the Dutchman fell back into the clutches of McLaren’s Norris who was the quickest car on-track at the time.

 

DRS was enabled on lap 18 as Norris got ever closer with the adjustable rear wing device bringing him right to the rear of Verstappen’s RB20.

 

A tour later, Norris out of the hairpin continued to close-in on second-place Verstappen but was not close enough to pass the Dutchman.

 

On lap 20, Russell’s lead was down to 1.3 seconds as Norris with DRS assistance out of the hairpin, got into the slipstream and made his move around the outside to pass Verstappen into turn 14 to grab second place.

 

Norris was on a charged and rapidly caught up to Russell as they reached the hairpin and with DRS assistance Norris done the same move on the Mercedes and snatched the lead from his fellow British-compatriot who ran wide into the turn 14 run-off area allowing Verstappen also to take a place off the Mercedes into second place.

 

On lap 23, Norris’s lead over Verstappen was 4.444 seconds with Russell third, Piastri fourth as the battle for fifth place between former team-mates Alonso and Hamilton intensified whilst behind them Albon and Tsunoda made their way into the points to overtake the struggling Leclerc.

 

The stewards also noted Russell’s incident with Verstappen for rejoining the circuit unsafely.

 

Hamilton right up the back of the Aston Martin at the hairpin as the former got ever closer with DRS out of the hairpin as out of turn 14, Hamilton looked for more standing water to cool down the intermediates.

 

On lap 25, fourth-placed Piastri was right behind the rear of Russell as Sargeant hit the wall and the safety car was called a lap later.

 

Norris opted not to pit as his rivals behind them pitted for a fresh set of inters as replays showed Sargeant clipped the kerbs at turn three, which sent the Williams driver round, losing the rear of his FW46, and hit the wall with the rear wing stranding the American at turn four.

 

On lap 27, race leader Norris stopped for his fresh set of inters and came out in third place behind Russell.

 

The order on lap 28 was Verstappen, Russell, Norris, Piastri, Hamilton, Alonso, Tsunoda, Stroll, Ocon and Ricciardo.

 

Meanwhile on lap 29, Ferrari put Leclerc on a fresh set of hards taking a gamble as the SF-24 got stuck in the box.

 

Leclerc finally got going and emerged at the rear.

 

When the safety car came in and the race resumed on lap 30, Verstappen made an easy run into turn one reaching a 0.600 second lead on Russell meanwhile behind them Leclerc made an error into turn two.

 

After one tour Verstappen’s lead increased to 1.046 seconds over Russell with Norris holding third, Piastri fourth, Hamilton fifth as Alonso completed the top six.

 

The rain started falling heavier as the onboard showed Leclerc at the back struggling on the harder rubber.

 

Meanwhile 11^th-placed Albon got into the slip-stream of Ricciardo on the back straight and squeezed his way past the Australian and Alpine’s Esteban Ocon into the final corner to move up into ninth place as Ferrari’s Leclerc pitted for inters.

 

A lap later, there was contact made at the hairpin as Sainz ran into the back of Bottas damaging his front wing end-plate with the Spaniard down in 13^th place.

 

At half-race distance, race leader Verstappen’s lead over Russell was 1.2 seconds with Norris third, Piastri fourth, Hamilton fifth as Alonso completed the top six runners.

 

On lap 37, Leclerc was overlapped by the top five as Hamilton drew ever closer to fourth-placed Piastri.

 

A lap later, Perez made his way past Magnussen for 15^th place as the latter’s early gamble starting on the full wets did not pay off.

 

Lap 40, saw Verstappen’s lead out front up to 2.679 seconds over Russell with Norris third, Piastri fourth as Hamilton rounded out the top five.

 

A lap later, with DRS assistance as it was enabled, Hamilton got closer into the slipstream of Piastri meanwhile 14^th-placed Gasly took a gamble for a fresh set of hards.

 

On lap 42, Norris made an error locking his front-left into turn one and skating off into the grass at turn two allowing Piastri and Hamilton right into play for third place.

 

A lap later, Leclerc was told to retire the car parking it at the box as Bottas put on a fresh set of mediums emerging in 16^th place behind Sauber team-mate Zhou Guanyu.

 

On lap 44, fifth-placed Hamilton stopped for a fresh set of the yellow side-walled mediums to come out in tenth behind Albon as Ricciardo, Sainz and Perez also bolted on a set of slicks.

 

Meanwhile on lap 45, Piastri pitted for his fresh set of the C4 mediums along with Alonso, Tsunoda, Stroll, Ocon, Albon and Hulkenberg as the top three stayed out.

 

On lap 46 race leader Verstappen and second-placed Russell pitted for their fresh sets of mediums and hards respectively as Norris remained out and set the fastest lap of the race.

 

Also Norris was noted by the race stewards for leaving the track and gaining an advantage as the McLaren driver held a pit-stop advantage over second-placed Verstappen.

 

A lap later, Norris was told by his race engineer to box as the field was mixed by a range of mediums and hards.

 

Norris stopped for his fresh set of mediums as he emerged just in-front of Verstappen on the wet part of the circuit, but with warmer rubber, the latter overtook the McLaren to reclaim the lead on lap 48.

 

Out of the hairpin both Russell and Piastri had DRS assistance on each other and were very close to Norris as they reached turn 14, but the latter managed to keep both at bay.

 

On lap 49, Norris made a mistake locking up and rand wide at the hairpin and with DRS assistance out of the hairpin, Russell got into the slipstream of the McLaren passing his fellow British-compatriot around the outside into the final corner to move up into second place.

 

On lap 51, Verstappen’s lead increased to 4.122 seconds over Russell as the latter made an error out of turn nine allowing Norris to snatch second-placed off the Mercedes.

 

On lap 52, Russell was told “Focus George, focus,” by Toto Wolff over the radio as Perez was trying to limp back to the pits with a very broken front wing.

 

Replays showed Perez lost the rear of his RB20 racer at turn six hitting the wall, meanwhile Sainz and Albon also suffered a moment at turn six.

 

Sainz managed to get going and returned to the pits retiring the car as the Scuderia suffered a double DNF, whilst Albon parked it at turn seven after taking a hit innocently from the Ferrari’s spin, which deployed the safety car on lap 54.

 

Perez was also forced retired after his incident, whilst Mercedes pitted both Russell and Hamilton under the safety car for a fresh set of mediums and hards respectively.

 

When the race resumed on lap 59 as the safety car came in, race leader Verstappen pulled away from the two McLaren’s and Mercedes into turn’s one and two.

 

With ten tours remaining, Verstappen’s lead was at 1.885 seconds over Norris, with Piastri third, Russell fourth, Hamilton fifth, Alonso sixth, Stroll seventh, Tsunoda eighth, Ocon ninth as Ricciardo completed the top ten.

 

With eight laps left, Ocon made his way passed Tsunoda to take eighth place from the RB driver.

 

At the hairpin Russell got close to Piastri at the hairpin and with DRS assistance attempted to overtake the Australian on the rundown to the final corner but the MCL38 entry kept the Silver Arrow behind.

 

A lap later, Russell with DRS assistance again on the back straight moved out to the outside of Piastri as both made contact into the final corner forcing the former into the run-off area as Hamilton got ahead of his Mercedes team-mate into fourth.

 

With five laps remaining, race leader Verstappen set the fastest lap again as the Dutchman’s lead was up to 3.237 over Norris with Piastri third, Hamilton fourth as Russell rounded out the top five.

 

Out of the hairpin and with DRS assistance, Hamilton in the slipstream of Piastri moved to the outside of the McLaren and got the move done into the final corner to take third place.

 

With four tours remaining, Russell likewise done the same move as Hamilton passing Piastri to take fourth place. Meanwhile behind them, Tsunoda suffered a spin at turn nine and dropped out of the points into 14^th place.

 

On lap 68, with DRS assistance Russell on the back straight made a move on the inside of his team-mate Hamilton and overtook his fellow British-compatriot at the final corner to jump into the final podium place.

 

Meanwhile the stewards are currently investigating the incident between Piastri and Russell for causing a collision.

 

 

Verstappen crossed the line to clinch the Canadian GP victory and his third-in-a-row at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve by 3.879 seconds over Norris as Russell completed the top three.

 

Hamilton took fourth and the fastest lap bonus point as Piastri took fifth ahead of the Aston Martin pairing of Alonso and Stroll who were sixth and seventh respectively.

 

RB’s Ricciardo was eighth as Alpine duo Gasly and Ocon rounded out the final points places.

 

Haas F1 pairing Hulkenberg and Magnussen’s strategy did not pay off as both finished outside the top ten in 11^th and 12^th respectively whilst Bottas came 13^th in the order for Sauber.

 

RB’s Tsunoda settled for 14^th after his spin and ahead of Sauber’s Zhou who took 15^th and finished a lap down.

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2024 Canadian GP – The Top Three

 

 

2024 Canadian GP Winner – Max Verstappen, #1, Oracle Red Bull Racing, Honda-RBPT, RB20:

“Pretty crazy race, lots of things happening and we had to be on top of our calls. The Safety Car worked out nicely for us, but we were managing the gaps quite well. Those kind of races, you need those every once in a while. It was a lot of fun out there.”

 

2^nd Place – Lando Norris, #4, McLaren Formula 1 Team-Mercedes, MCL38, +3.279s:

“It was chaos, it was eventful. To be honest I felt I drove a good race from start to finish. I had amazing pace, the Safety Car had me over but like it helped me in Miami, it had me over. These conditions, it is so stressful inside the car but fun as well. Things were going beautifully but fair play to Max, he drive a good race.”

 

3^rd Place – George Russell, #63, Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula 1 Team, F1 W15, +4.317s:

“It felt like a missed opportunity to be honest, we had good pace at the beginning on the inters, made a couple of mistakes out there pushing the limits. To be back in the mix fighting for victory, that’s what Formula 1 is about. We’ll take all the positives from this race, podium, pole. Close with Oscar, and Lewis as well. I think it was hard, fair racing.”

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Formula 1 AWS Grand Prix Du Canada 2024 Race Results Classification (70 Laps)

POS	NO	DRIVER	CAR	LAPS	TIME/RETIRED	PTS
1	1	Max Verstappen	RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT	70	1:45:47.927	25
2	4	Lando Norris	MCLAREN MERCEDES	70	+3.879s	18
3	63	George Russell	MERCEDES	70	+4.317s	15
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	MERCEDES	70	+4.915s	13
5	81	Oscar Piastri	MCLAREN MERCEDES	70	+10.199s	10
6	14	Fernando Alonso	ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES	70	+17.510s	8
7	18	Lance Stroll	ASTON MARTIN ARAMCO MERCEDES	70	+23.625s	6
8	3	Daniel Ricciardo	RB HONDA RBPT	70	+28.672s	4
9	10	Pierre Gasly	ALPINE RENAULT	70	+30.021s	2
10	31	Esteban Ocon	ALPINE RENAULT	70	+30.313s	1
11	27	Nico Hulkenberg	HAAS FERRARI	70	+30.824s	0
12	20	Kevin Magnussen	HAAS FERRARI	70	+31.253s	0
13	77	Valtteri Bottas	KICK SAUBER FERRARI	70	+40.487s	0
14	22	Yuki Tsunoda	RB HONDA RBPT	70	+52.694s	0
15	24	Zhou Guanyu	KICK SAUBER FERRARI	69	+1 lap	0
NC	55	Carlos Sainz	FERRARI	52	DNF	0
NC	23	Alexander Albon	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	52	DNF	0
NC	11	Sergio Perez	RED BULL RACING HONDA RBPT	51	DNF	0
NC	16	Charles Leclerc	FERRARI	40	DNF	0
NC	2	Logan Sargeant	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	23	DNF	0

* Provisional results. Note – Hamilton scored an additional point for setting the fastest lap of the race.

https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2024/races/1237/canada/race-result.html

 

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Round ten of the 2024 FIA Formula 1 World Championship season returns to the Circuit De Barcelona-Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain for the Formula 1 Aramco Grande Premio De Espana 2024 from Friday June 21-Sunday June 23.

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