The current world champion, 24 years old, accumulated his sixth victory of the season (out of 9 competitions) and He leads the Championship with 175 points, with a 46 advantage over his teammate, the Mexican Sergio Pérez, who had to leave due to transmission problems in his Red Bull.
Verstappen, who got the 26th. victory in Formula 1, set a total time of 1h. 36m. 21s. 757/1000 to travel the 70 planned turns
The Madrilenian sainz, who still hasn’t got any wins in his 150 races in the highest automobile category, came as an escort to 993/1000, in addition to having collected an additional point for the tournament, after having set the lap record with a time of 1m. 15s. 749/1000.
The seven-time world champion, the British Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) returned to the podium, after eight races (he had been third in the inaugural Bahrain Grand Prix), and finished 7s behind. 006/1000.
he too english George Russell (Mercedes) finished fourth at 12s. 313/1000, while the Monegasque charles leclerc (Ferrari) staged a commendable recovery and finished fifth at 15s. 168/1000, after having started in the penultimate position, due to the penalty of having to change the power unit of vehicle number 16 painted red.
The French Stephen Ocon (Alpine) finished sixth, 23s behind. 890/1000; the Spanish Fernando Alonso (Alpine) had to settle for seventh place, after starting in second place, while the Finn Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) finished in eighth place.
The Chinese Guanju Zhou (Alfa Romeo) placed ninth and the local Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) added a point in the tournament, after having closed his performance in tenth position.
The race marked a clear predominance of Verstappen in much of the development, although the entry of the safety car due to an oversight shown by the Japanese yuki tsunoda (Alpha Tauri), at mid-development.
In this way, the advantage that the Dutchman could develop over the Madrid native completely evaporated and the relaunch showed Ferrari very close to Red Bull.
However, Sainz was unable to put together a consistent attack against Verstappen, who was always faster on the straights and defended victory by covering all possible gaps that his pursuer could slip into.
“We were the fastest. We were very strong in the race. If the safety car had not appeared, the victory would not have been so close”Verstappen remarked, once the Canadian Grand Prix was over.
The tenth stop of the Formula 1 World Championship will take place on Sunday, July 3 at the Silverstone track (5,141 meters long) with the British Grand Prix.
Drivers’ World Championship standings: Verstappen 175 points; Perez 129; Leclerc 126; Russell 111; Sainz 102; Hamilton 77; Norris 50; Bottas 44; Ocon 39; Alonzo 22; Gasley 16; Ricciardo and Magnussen 15; Vettel 13; Tsunoda 11; Stroll, Albon and Zhou 3.
World Builders: Red Bull 304 points; Ferrari 228; Mercedes 188; McLaren 65; Alpine 61; Alfa Romeo 47; Alpha Tauri 27; Aston Martin 16; Hass 15; Williams 3.
Source: Ambito
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