Formula 1 Canada: Max Verstappen draws level with Ayrton Senna

A victory for the history books!

Max Verstappen (25) wins the Canadian Grand Prix in Montréal – and draws stage with the amazing Ayrton Senna (†1994) after race wins. Both now have forty one Grand Prix successes.

For Verstappen’s Team Red Bull it's far the ancient one hundredth victory in the records of the group. And the 8th this season – in 8 races thus far. The Austrians are still on direction for an excellent season with handiest wins.

The Dutchman secured pole role in qualifying – and is effectively riding to victory.

Behind him, Fernando Alonso (41) within the Aston Martin and Lewis Hamilton (38) inside the Mercedes are fighting interesting duels. Hamilton’s colleague George Russell (25) kisses the wall on lap 12, damages his automobile well, however can hold after a repair stop. After 55 laps he has to retire.

Bitter afternoon for Nico Hülkenberg (35). Our German is only a disappointing 15th. In qualifying, simply before a downpour, he set the second-quickest time, in short securing a gap on the the front row of the grid. But due to the fact he drove too rapid with a purple flag proper after the high-quality time, he become given a three-vicinity penalty and started out from 5th vicinity. In the race, he became quite unfortunate. The protection automobile comes out straight away after his pit stop, so the other drivers get the tire exchange without spending a dime, while “Hülki” misplaced all of the time for the duration of the prevent.

Verstappen: “Of course I’m very glad. Winning the one centesimal Grand Prix for the crew today is fantastic.”

race end result

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)

7. Alex Albon (Williams)

eight. Esteban Ocon (Alpine)

9. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

10. Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo)

11. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

12. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

13. Lando Norris (McLaren)

14. Yuki Tsunoda (Alpha Tauri)

15. Nico Hulkenberg (Haas)

16. Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo)

17. Kevin Magnussen (Haas)

18. Nyck De Vries (Alpha Tauri)

Failures: Logan Sargeant (Williams), George Russell (Mercedes)