Canadian Grand Prix

Charles Leclerc of Monaco driving the (16) Ferrari F1-75 in the Pitlane during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Canada at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in ...

After a quiet Friday without major incidents the drivers are preparing for the qualification day. Before the qualifying session, the third free practice ...

That the midfield is very strong in 2022 should be obvious. Max Verstappen already seems to be getting close to that ideal set-up, the Dutchman was fastest in FP1 and FP2. After a quiet Friday without major incidents the drivers are preparing for the qualification day.

Max Verstappen topped both Friday practice sessions for Red Bull at the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix. Here's how and when to watch qualifying.

For the entire 2022 F1 season, Channel 4 will broadcast highlights of every qualifying and race of each event. The temperature is set to be 15 degrees Celsius at the start of qualifying, 12 degree cooler than Azerbaijan GP qualifying. Live streaming through NOW is also available in the UK.

The drivers and teams report back on all the action from the opening day at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, for the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix 2022...

We didn’t improve the pace as much as we hoped in FP2, but we have some good directions to work on overnight. However, with FP2 ultimately remaining dry, we were able to do the tests that we postponed in the morning and explore some of the finer setup options. Earlier in the day, in FP1, we focused mostly on the mechanical set-up: there are still some old bits on the car and we are going to put the new ones tomorrow, so there’s more to be found there, but so far we achieved a good balance, something to build on. We struggled on the soft tyre in FP1 but made progress in FP2 getting closer to where we want to be, still not there, but progress was made in the two sessions with very little trouble. We have a bit of work to do tonight, but I feel we can make a big step before FP3. The whole field is very tight, I reckon qualifying will be really intense: I am quite happy about our pace as we are closer to the guys ahead compared to the usual on Friday. Once again, it will be a matter of putting everything together tomorrow: the car is there, the performance is there, we just need to deliver.” We’ll see what happens with the weather – I think we were quite lucky to get a dry day today, but we’ll see what happens for tomorrow. Haas were the other team to run all three tyre compounds on Friday, with a clear focus on race pace in FP1 with the threat of rain around. Aside from a small issue on Lando’s car at the end of FP1, we didn’t experience any problems today and could gather quite a lot of information to inform our car set-up on this very bumpy circuit. "We tested a few modifications to the cars to help the issues that we had in Baku and we’ll continue to analyse that data, but the picture here is similar to that in Monaco and Baku where the ride is really unsettling the car both in low and high speed corners. Overall, though, we took some useful steps forward with the set-up and I think we have done some of our homework for the rest of the weekend. From the looks of it, we have a competitive car, so hopefully we can make the most of the opportunities.” “It was a positive day, of course there are always things that you can look at to try and find the complete balance, but overall today was a good start to the weekend.

Join us as we delve into the new and interesting technical features on display up and down the pitlane as teams prepare for the Canadian Grand Prix, ...

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Fernando Alonso topped the final practice of the Canadian Grand Prix as the drivers prepared for a wet qualifying session.

Minutes later and Verstappen produced a carbon copy of Magnussen’s exit but was also able to get it back on the track. Late in the session, Kevin Magnussen left the track near Turn 3 but was able to reverse it back out of the grass and safely rejoin the track. Alonso was the first to venture out on the intermediate tyres but, despite struggling for grip, he set the fastest time of the session with 14 minutes remaining. There was no rush to get out on the track with plenty of the drivers preferring to stay warm inside the garage. The two Red Bulls spent little time on the track with Max Verstappen not appearing until beyond the halfway mark. Fernando Alonso topped the final practice of the Canadian Grand Prix as the drivers prepared for a wet qualifying session.

Leclerc starting at the back of the grid means Canada is a race of damage limitations for Ferrari.

As it was, he was able to safely get his Red Bull back to the garage. Meanwhile, the wet conditions in Saturday’s free practice are not expected to be replicated during Sunday’s race. But the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve at least offers Leclerc a chance here. Leclerc’s recent results have slumped after an impressive start to the season where he won two of the first three grands prix. “It is the fourth of the season (only three are permitted), therefore Charles takes a further grid penalty.” He was already facing a 10-place grid penalty after an engine component change in the week.

Formula One revved up for the first Canadian Grand Prix since 2019 with Max Verstappen setting the practice pace for Red Bull and Ferrari's Carlos Sainz ...

It's getting more and more unhappy the more we do to it,” added the Briton to reporters. It's like the car is getting worse. The Canadian Grand Prix was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Mercedes' seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, a seven-time winner in Canada, was eighth in session one and 13th in the later one. The governing FIA said Ferrari had fitted a new control electronics to the car in second practice, one more than his allowance for the season. World championship leader Verstappen was fastest in both sessions at the island Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, setting a time of 1:15.158 seconds in a sunny first and 1:14.127 in the second that ended just before a downpour.

Pictures from an action-packed qualifying session and final practice for the 2022 Canadian Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen beat Fernando Alonso to pole position in qualifying for Formula 1's 2022 Canadian Grand Prix, with Carlos Sainz third for Ferrari.

Gasly only briefly went off track but by not staying to the left of the bollard in the runoff ahead of the short straight down to the hairpin, he did not follow the race directors' instructions and so will face a post-session investigation. By not setting a time after the red flag, Norris' banker lap from the start of Q2 left him 14th and behind Perez's best time from before his off, with Leclerc not taking any part in the middle segment and so being knocked out in 15th ahead of his pre-race grid drop. Although his car did not appear to be massively damaged, Perez took a long time to engage reverse and when he did he was unable to move backwards as his nose was buried in the barriers so was instructed to switch off his engine, with the barriers then needing to be rearranged once his car had been craned away minus its front wing.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen took pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix, the ninth round of the 2022 Formula 1 world championship, in a dramatic ...

Verstappen improved the pole time to 1m21.620s, as Russell spun off at Turn 2. Time Verstappen took the P1 time down to 1m27.764s, with Sainz and Verstappen then trading the top time between them as a dry line emerged. Time Time Time

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Red Bull's Max Verstappen took pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix, the ninth round of the 2022 F1 World Championship, in a dramatic wet-but-drying ...

Verstappen improved the pole time to 1m21.620s, as Russell spun off at Turn 2. Time Verstappen took the P1 time down to 1m27.764s, with Sainz and Verstappen then trading the top time between them as a dry line emerged. Time Time Time

In treacherous conditions for qualifying at the 2022 Canadian Grand Prix, it was Max Verstappen who kept his head to claim his first pole position of 2022 ...

Or can Alonso use his experience to get himself in the fight for his first victory since Spain 2013? Also, to be back here in Montreal, it’s been a while and it’s great to see all the fans. But it was Alonso who was entertaining the crowd, the two-time champion power sliding past the Wall of Champions on his final effort to claim P2 – Alonso surprisingly the fastest Spaniard, as he pipped his protégé Carlos Sainz, who took third. 299s on his final lap to take his 15th career pole. Completing the top three was the Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, whose team mate Charles Leclerc is set to start P19 after taking on new power unit elements. “I can’t see a lot ahead of me,” Hamilton retorted.

Max Verstappen will start from pole position for the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix after topping qualifying. Here's how and when you can watch the race.

For the entire 2022 F1 season, Channel 4 will broadcast highlights of every qualifying and race of each event. In the United Kingdom Channel 4 is broadcasting highlights of the Canadian GP at 11:00pm BST on Sunday evening. Current weather forecasts predict sunny and warm conditions at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, with a low chance of rain. Sky Sports can also be accessed through NOW with a one-off day payment of £11.98p or a month membership of £33.99p per month. Live streaming through NOW is also available in the UK. In the United Kingdom, Sky Sports will be live broadcasting the Canadian GP, with the race shown live on Sky Sports F1 and Sky Sports Main Event. Pre-race coverage will be starting on Sky Sports F1 at 5:30pm BST ahead of the race start at 7:00pm BST.

Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Saturday 18 June. Hear from McLaren Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo, and Team Principal Andreas Seidl after ...

Our aim will be to progress and score good points with both cars." Unfortunately, we lost Lando early in Q2 with a power unit issue that prevented him setting a time – we are still investigating the cause. It’s a lot of laps, a track you can overtake on, and race on, so we’ll do our best to try to gain some positions and at least get into the points." So I didn’t get a shot at trying to get into Q3, which is frustrating – but we’ll try to fix the problem and go into tomorrow. Weirdly, I felt a bit more competitive in the wetter conditions, and then as it dried, trying to use the rears, we struggled maybe a little bit more to lean on the tyre. There’s maybe a few cars out of position as well, and you never know how that could sway the race.

Alpine's Fernando Alonso was fastest in a wet final practice for the Canadian Grand Prix on Saturday with Formula One's championship frontrunners keeping ...

Alpine's Fernando Alonso was fastest in a wet final practice for the Canadian Grand Prix on Saturday with Formula One's championship frontrunners keeping their powder dry. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, set to start at the back of the grid due to penalties for power unit component changes, did not set a time at all from five installation laps. Alonso fastest in final Canadian GP practice session

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton will take fourth on the grid, with Haas duo Kevin Magnussen and Mick Schumacher sharing the third row. When is the F1 Canadian ...

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World champion and series leader Max Verstappen drove expertly in difficult wet conditions in his Red Bull to secure pole position for the Canadian Grand ...

It was an unbelievable weekend so far for us, thanks to the wet conditions. Perez's crash prompted a red flag to halt the action, wrecking his hopes of beating Verstappen in qualifying for a third consecutive weekend to boost his title bid. "It feels great. The 40-year-old Alonso put in a dazzling late lap to delight the crowd and outpace fellow Spaniard Carlos Sainz of Ferrari who qualified third ahead of a reinvigorated Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes. His pole ends a run of four in a row by title rival Charles Leclerc who starts Sunday's race from the back of the grid after taking a new power unit on his Ferrari. Verstappen will start his 150th race from the prime start place after claiming his 15th pole in pursuit of a 26th career victory.

Charles Leclerc will start on the back row of the grid for Sunday's Canadian GP after it was confirmed Ferrari have taken a completely new power unit.

Only two changes of control electronics are permitted throughout the season. However, the FIA announced on Saturday that the Ferrari driver will use a number of new power unit components for the remainder of the weekend, meaning he will start on the back row of the grid for Sunday's race in Montreal. Charles Leclerc will start on the back row of the grid for Sunday's Canadian GP after it was confirmed Ferrari have taken a completely new power unit.

From Fernando Alonso back on the front row, to Charles Leclerc starting at the back; and from Sergio Perez with work to do, to Haas looking to capitalise on ...

If his run of finishing every race in the top five this season is going to continue, he’s going to have to make some moves. It is quite remarkable to think, but such have been Mercedes’ struggles so far this season that Lewis Hamilton’s fourth place in qualifying is his best performance of the year. And that might involve another classic Alonso vs Hamilton battle when there is a trophy on the line. The fallout from Charles Leclerc’s retirement in Baku continues, with the Ferrari driver losing the power unit that failed and needing to take a number of new components. His wait for such a starting position came to an end with a stunning qualifying performance in Canada, and he’s got high hopes for the opening lap of the race, too. Time for the Monegasque to deliver a charge through the field…

RED BULL supremo Christian Horner took the time out of his day for an admirer who was seemingly at the Canadian Grand Prix for one reason only.

Horner may well have revved into the lead in more ways than one, however, as his success has transcended the track. Wife Geri Horner (formerly Halliwell, otherwise known as 'Ginger Spice') may not look so happily on her husband cosying up to 'horny' fans, however. Neither Verstappen nor Perez managed to complete this year's curtain-raiser in Bahrain, which forced Red Bull into some early changes.

The first race in Canada since 2019 has been set-up beautifully by a dramatic qualifying session, and there are plenty of drivers out of position, ...

It’s more likely to be an issue earlier in the race than later, as grip levels start to increase from more rubber being put down on track and the fuel load burning off. The upside is a long first stint that will ensure clear air once other cars make their pit stops, allowing the likes of Perez and Leclerc to unleash their true pace if they are struggling in traffic. This would give good traction off the line and on the opening lap – especially important in Canada – and a performance advantage over one lap in the first part of the race. For these two cars that have a performance advantage over most of those ahead of them, starting on the hard compound is a realistic option. After the fully wet Saturday, the race is looking set fair with a forecast of temperatures around 20C, which is nearly double what was seen during qualifying. The most likely choice for those at the front is to start the race on the medium tyre, as it has good life but doesn’t give up too much in performance terms on the opening lap.

Due to the rained out qualifying session for the Canadian Grand Prix, the Formula One teams have a lot of tires left over for the race.

Starting from the medium tire is preferred, but the difference with starting from the soft tire is minimal according to the Italian tire supplier. Due to the dry conditions, Pirelli expects a race with one pit stop to be the fastest option. This requires careful thought during practice to ensure that the right sets of tires are left for the race.

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A combination of a wet qualifying session and Charles Leclerc's engine woes saw the usual pecking order change, with the Ferrari driver starting from the back ...

George's way just happened to be a lot better, so the car didn't feel that great through the session, so I think tomorrow it should be in a much better position." "So hopefully I can try to hold position at least." "I think we learned quite a lot on the long run, which is positive for tomorrow," Leclerc said. "P3 is still a good position to start and we can get to the top. "Hopefully I am able to recover and get into strong points," Perez said after qualifying. After four successive pole positions before this weekend failed to yield any victories, he will hope starting from the other end of the grid can bring him some much-needed fortune.

Follow live updates and see the highlights from the 2022 F1 Canadian Grand Prix. Max Verstappen still leads the way in the drivers' world championship ...

June 19 June 19 June 19 June 19 You can also stream Formula 1 races live in the U.S. with fuboTV, which offers a free trial. Sainz hasn't managed to pull away though and as a result, Verstappen has already pulled a three second gap at the front.

Max Verstappen is already two seconds ahead of Fernando Alonso, who was a little slow to react when the five red lights went out. Replays show that Kevin ...

Meanwhile, today's race will provide Lewis Hamilton with a golden opportunity to claim his second podium finish of the year if he is able to keep it together over the course of the 70-lap contest. "I'll attack Max on the first corner," he said with a wink. "Of course Fernando is getting a little bit old, but he is still very fast. Verstappen currently leads Sergio Perez by a margin of 21 points and will be hoping to pull clear of his Red Bull team-mate, who crashed out in Q2 to qualify in 13th place, by claiming yet another victory in Montreal this afternoon. Lewis Hamilton is also likely to be in the mix for a podium finish after putting his Mercedes car in fourth place, just behind the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz in third. Max Verstappen will line up on pole position at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and will be looking to maintain his impressive form with yet another victory when the chequered flag drops at the end of the race. Fernando Alonso was undoubtedly the driver of the day, though, after earning a surprise front-row start for Alpine with a hugely impressive lap tin the wet to pip the likes of Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton. The latter will line up in fourth place on the grid ahead of Kevin Magnussen, Mick Schumacher and Esteban Ocon, although George Russell will start all the way down in eighth after gambling with dry tyres but to no avail. The Alpine man is struggling to keep up with the pace of the leaders and is now being chased down by Lewis Hamilton, who remains in fourth. Sergio Perez suffers a mechanical problem and the Mexican driver is forced to park up on the side of the track. The 37-year-old is set to start in fourth place after finding some much-needed pace towards the end of Q3, with George Russell down in eighth after a failed gamble on slicks during the latter stages of qualifying. Max Verstappen will be looking to extend his advantage at the top of the Drivers' Championship standings by taking the chequered flag at today's Canadian Grand Prix. The Dutchman will start on pole after setting the quickest lap in yesterday's rain-soaked qualifying session, with Fernando Alonso taking second place for Alpine thanks to a stunning effort in Q3.

Max Verstappen enjoyed a perfect getaway from pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix, quickly establishing a healthy lead over Fernando Alonso.

The Canadian Grand Prix promises to be a spectacular race. The wet conditions on Saturday have caused the starting field to be fairly shaken up.

The first surprise we find directly behind Verstappen, as Fernando Alonso will attack the Red Bull Racing driver from P2. The wet conditions on Saturday have caused the starting field to be fairly shaken up. The Canadian Grand Prix promises to be a spectacular race.

Ferrari's Carlos Sainz took second with Lewis Hamilton in third for Mercedes. Story continues below Advertisement. This was Verstappen's sixth win of the season ...

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Max Verstappen tightened his grip on a second successive world championship with an assured win in Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix.

I'm particularly happy with the race pace, with the way we were able to put pressure on Max." "It's quite overwhelming to get this third place, it's been such a battle this year, but we continue to stay so vigilant and focused." "I was giving it everything, but so was Carlos. He was pushing, charging, pushing, charging, naturally it's easier to charge with DRS. I had fun today," said the 24-year-old Dutchman.

Max Verstappen won a pulsating Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal on Sunday, after a tense duel to the finish line with Ferrari's Carlos Sainz.

Sainz led by 10s with 25 laps to go. Haas then lost its second car from the points when Mick Schumacher pulled off at Lap 19 in the same spot as Perez, causing another VSC that Russell pitted under. On fresh hards, Hamilton passed Ocon for fifth. Hamilton also stopped, giving up spots to Russell and Esteban Ocon (Alpine) as he rejoined in sixth. He pitted from sixth at the end of Lap 8 for a new front wing. 1

Max Verstappen held off severe late pressure from Carlos Sainz to win Formula 1's 2022 Canadian Grand Prix following a late safety car disruption, ...

Russell was a gainer under the second VSC and was homing in on Hamilton before the leading Mercedes pitted after Verstappen blasted by, after which Russell was also given a second stop and so ran behind his teammate to the finish, with neither coming in under the safety car. Sainz locking up at the hairpin on the final lap meant Verstappen was able to scamper to a final winning margin of 0.9s, with Hamilton completing the podium having been quickly dropped by the leaders after the safety car restart. Lap after lap the Ferrari used its DRS to close in on the long final and pit straights, but Verstappen was able to stay ahead thanks to his excellent traction out of the hairpin and final chicane. Ferrari called Sainz in and he was able to take fresh hards and re-joined just behind Verstappen, which set up a 14-lap chase to the finish once the race resumed at the start of lap 56 after the AlphaTauri had been craned away. Like in the very early stages, Sainz used DRS to blast by Alonso on the run to the final corners on lap 22, which left him with a 9.4s deficit to Verstappen, while Hamilton soon followed the Ferrari past Alonso to run a distant third behind the leaders. As Verstappen consolidated his lead, which was 1.0s at the end of lap 1 of 70, Sainz took until the end of lap three to pass Alonso – using DRS to get by on the approach to the final corners.

Max Verstappen won a pulsating Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal on Sunday, after a tense duel to the finish line with Ferrari's Carlos Sainz.

Sainz led by 10s with 25 laps to go. Haas then lost its second car from the points when Mick Schumacher pulled off at Lap 19 in the same spot as Perez, causing another VSC that Russell pitted under. On fresh hards, Hamilton passed Ocon for fifth. Hamilton also stopped, giving up spots to Russell and Esteban Ocon (Alpine) as he rejoined in sixth. He pitted from sixth at the end of Lap 8 for a new front wing. 1

The Red Bull driver has moved 46 points clear in the drivers championship as Carlos Sainz came close second and Hamilton rounded off the podium.

He took his second stop on lap 44 and Sainz now led with Ferrari looking to pull off a one-stop, with a nine-second lead to Verstappen. It left a sprint to the finish between the two on similar rubber. Pit stops ensued after an early virtual safety car when Sergio Pérez pulled off track after a gearbox problem on lap nine, with Verstappen and Hamilton stopping but Ferrari leaving Sainz out to inherit the lead. Yet it was Verstappen who had shown the field how hard it will be to catch him this season. The seven-time champion’s broad smile and pleasure in having a decent ride beneath him was palpable, clearly reinvigorated by genuinely feeling he was part of the fight. Max Verstappen had long promised that given the tools he was more than capable of delivering a world championship.

Max Verstappen claimed his fifth win in the last six races at the 2022 Canadian Grand Prix, withstanding a late onslaught from Ferrari's Carlos Sainz, ...

What will the 2022 British Grand Prix serve up, as the drivers get set to tackle the fast, flowing track in Formula 1’s new breed of machines. F1 is back in two weeks’ time, as we head to British Grand Prix at Silverstone, the venue that hosted the very first Grand Prix 72 years ago. After starting fifth, Magnussen had been unable to recover from that early pit stop that ruined Haas’s chance of taking points – the team having now not done so since Imola. So, yeah, the last few laps were a lot of fun!” Fernando Alonso told the media after his fantastic P2 in qualifying yesterday that he wanted to lead the opening lap of the race. Sainz had scented blood, though, and lap after lap he parried against his former Toro Rosso team mate. Green-flag racing got under way again on Lap 55, Verstappen having weaved all the way down the back straight right up until Turn 13 before bolting away. Tsunoda was called into the pits on Lap 47. Verstappen, his lead having been trimmed to around 6s over Sainz, was sounding edgy about his rubber. Behind, an exciting battle was brewing between Stroll, Zhou, Tsunoda and the recovering Ricciardo scrapping over P9. Tyre degradation was now the buzzword. A perfect day for racing, in short.

Alpine driver Fernando Alonso has received a five-second time penalty for blocking Valtteri Bottas in Formula 1's Canadian Grand Prix, dropping him from ...

Even with Alonso' penalty, however, Alpine scored a big result in the fight for fourth in the constructors' championship. "We had an engine problem on lap 20 where we cut the energy very early on the straights, as soon as we exited the corners," Alonso said. The Stewards therefore impose a five-second time penalty in line with that imposed for a similar incident in Australia 2022."

Fernando Alonso was demoted two places following the Canadian Grand Prix after being given a five-second penalty for weaving on track.

That, in turn, dropped him down to ninth behind Bottas and his Alfa Romeo team-mate Zhou Guanyu. "The Stewards heard from the driver of car 14 (Fernando Alonso), the driver of car 77 (Valtteri Bottas) and team representatives and examined video evidence and telemetry from car 77," a statement from the FIA read. Fernando Alonso was handed a five-second penalty by the stewards after being found guilty of weaving to hold of Valtteri Bottas on the penultimate lap of Sunday's race in Montreal

Fernando Alonso has received a five-second time penalty for swerving on the straight in his duel with Valtteri Bottas. The two-time world champion gets five ...

Alonso is currently on five penalty points in the past 12 months. Thanks to his P7, Alonso could add a total of six points to the battle for the world championship this weekend, but that number has now been reduced to two. They both move up a spot.

A five-second penalty for changing direction too many times dropped Fernando Alonso from seventh to ninth in the Canadian GP classification.

The stewards said the penalty “was in line with” the five-second penalty Lance Stroll was issued in Melbourne earlier in the year when he was deemed to have made too many changes in direction. Front-row starter Alonso was defending seventh from Valtteri Bottas in the closing laps of the race, but his movements while attempting to keep the position on the penultimate lap between the hairpin and the final chicane landed him in hot water with the stewards. Fernando Alonso has been handed a five-second penalty that drops him from seventh to ninth place in the Canadian Grand Prix after he was found to have changed direction too many times.

Max Verstappen held off Carlos Sainz in a thrilling battle to claim the first Canadian GP victory of his career in an action-packed race in Montreal.

With Verstappen closing, Sainz was desperate for another opportunity to change his tyres, and it came as Yuki Tsunoda crashed at Turn 2, this time bringing out a full Safety Car as he struck the barrier. After a two-week break, the 2022 season returns for a summer run of European races, starting with the British Grand Prix at Silverstone from July 1-3. "I wasn't leaving any inches to the walls, the braking and I was pushing everything with the battery. Leclerc paid a particularly high price as a slow stop saw him come out behind a DRS train of midfield cars, all but ending his hopes of catching the Mercedes cars. "It was really exciting at the end," Verstappen said. "I was giving it everything I had and, of course, Carlos was doing the same.

The 24-year-old Dutchman controlled a tactical race from pole position through three safety car interventions and resisted intense late pressure from ...

It's been quite a battle, but we've never given up. Sainz said: "We were quicker, faster all race, but it's difficult to overtake round here. I've been inspired by my crew." Naturally, it’s easier to charge with DRS! I had fun today." The 24-year-old Dutchman controlled a tactical race from pole position through three safety car interventions and resisted intense late pressure from Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz to win by under a second. The 24-year-old Dutchman controlled a tactical race from pole position through three safety car interventions and resisted intense late pressure from Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz to win by under a second.

Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Sunday 19 June. Hear from McLaren Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo, and Team Principal Andreas Seidl after the ...

We have to acknowledge our competitors did a better job and therefore we didn't deserve points today. My thanks to our team here at the track, back in the factory and our colleagues at HPP for their efforts over the whole of this long-haul double-header. "We were unlucky today in many places, and also just didn’t have the pace to race and overtake the people we wanted to race against. We simply didn’t have the pace, and then had to manage a few other things as well. So, otherwise, we’ve got to have a look, see where we can go better, and then just clean a few things up." There were mistakes from my side, mistakes from the team’s behalf and we’ll just need to step back, refresh, go again and do a much better job in the next one."

Hamilton then managed to bring his car home in third in Sunday's race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for only his second podium finish of 2022 so far and his ...

"It's been such a difficult year for me personally in terms of the car. We were having it really low on the ground and clearly that doesn't function. "I think we have development direction.

LEWIS HAMILTON managed to secure a third-placed finish at this year's Canadian Grand Prix.

Hamilton admitted after the chequered flag in Canada that his impressive third-placed finish has given him a renewed wave of self-belief as he prepares to return to Silverstone with his head held high. Mercedes have suffered from problems with bouncing to a greater degree on higher-speed circuits, though, which suggests that it could be a difficult weekend for Hamilton as he looks to impress on home soil once again. Verstappen appeared to mock the 37-year-old as he explained the issue in his post-race press conference, with the Red Bull man bouncing up and down in his seat while pretending to hold a steering wheel.

'I think we got something here guys, let's keep pushing,' Hamilton tells his team after finish third in Montreal.

Sainz observed convention by doing the opposite to Verstappen to assume the lead, which sucked Fernando Alonso back into second and Russell, who also stayed out in strategic opposition to his team-mate, up to fourth. In came race leader Verstappen and Hamilton. - 15 Lando Norris (Gbr) McLaren at 52.145 Unsurprisingly championship leaders Red Bull and second placed Ferrari argued against mid-season changes on the grounds that they risk punishing teams who made best use of 2022’s radical return to ground force aerodynamics. To what extent the cars might be modified and how any changes might be applied was the subject of heated debate among team bosses with Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff taking a dim view of some in the paddock less impacted by porpoising. The race came down to a 15-lap thrash after Yuki Tsunoda put the nose of his AlphaTauri into the wall at turn one with 20 laps to go. The Mercedes pit wall assured him the laps behind the safety car would protect the pace that gave him that fastest lap before Tsunoda hit the wall. “We have had such a battle this year but we are inspired not to give up. - 18 Lance Stroll (Can) 3 At one point Hamilton luxuriated in the sweet delirium of the fastest lap. It will bring no end of validation too to a driver bettered by team-mate George Russell in seven consecutive races since Sakhir. No requirement for Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff to roll out his Hamilton justifications this day. - 11 Pierre Gasly (Fra) 16

Lewis Hamilton said he was "ecstatic" on Sunday after claiming his second podium of the season with a strong third place ahead of Mercedes team-mate George ...

We didn’t get it right in many areas, but we own the problem." “We have had such an awesome crowd here this weekend. It’s my second podium of the year and it feels really special – especially as it is where I got my first Grand Prix win.

There was a drive of absolute flawless 10-out-of-10 perfection in the 2022 Canadian Grand Prix. And two that were only worth two out of 10.

Schumacher ran eighth early on after losing two places on the opening lap before moving up to sixth when Magnussen made his enforced pitstop. Opted to run long, which paid off when he made his sole pitstop under the safety car. Looked to have the pace to have made Q3 but ended up in 11th. Zhou stopped under the second VSC, but then got stuck behind long-running Stroll and complained about the lack of top speed to make a pass. On both occasions, he required a good final lap to advance and he delivered it. Lacked confidence in the brakes during Q1 and never looked like making it to Q2, lapping 1.6s off team-mate Albon and having a number of offs. Ran a marathon first stint after starting on hards, but had the misfortune of making his pitstop just before the safety car was deployed. Gasly described his second Q1 run as “a complete disaster” with the front-left brake never getting up to temperature. Switched to a well-used, slightly underpowered, engine for the race. Took the restart second and pressured Verstappen, but couldn’t launch a passing attempt. Ran third early on but dispatched Alonso for second on the third lap. Passed the long-running Alonso during his middle stint to secure a top-three place.

Max Verstappen repelled a late attack from Ferrari's Carlos Sainz to claim his sixth victory in nine races in the Canadian Grand Prix.

“It’s been such a difficult year for me personally in terms of the car,” Hamilton said after the race. Bottas has made a habit of recovering well from interrupted Fridays in 2022, with the Safety Car coming at the perfect time for him to execute a one-stop strategy and finish seventh in Canada, but for the second weekend in succession he was outpaced in qualifying by his team-mate. Was there a moment, as they approached the chicane of Turns 3 and 4, when Magnussen could have backed out of the move and tucked himself in behind a car he was unlikely to beat across the course of the race? The natural touch and feel for a racing car that took Kevin Magnussen to fourth on the sprint grid at Imola was good enough for P5 in similarly wet conditions in qualifying in Canada, where he was joined on the third row by team-mate Mick Schumacher. But if Verstappen was totally unperturbed by Lewis Hamilton breathing down his neck in Austin last year, he was unlikely to be troubled by the sight of Sainz in his mirrors and dealt with him with the apparent immunity to pressure that has become a mark of the man. And when he converted his grid spot into a first podium since the season-opening Bahrain GP, having been the fastest car on track for a time before the late Safety Car period, he admitted to feeling a little overwhelmed.

Max Verstappen has extended his Formula 1 world championship lead with victory at the Canadian Grand Prix, while his main rivals struggled.

To review all the action on and off track in Montreal, host Martyn Lee is joined by Luke Smith, Jess McFadyen and Matt Kew to discuss whether Ferrari had any chance of ending Red Bull’s winning streak and could Sainz have made a one-stop strategy work? The race was punctuated by two virtual safety car periods – one for Perez’s stoppage and another for Mick Schumacher who also failed to finish with a mechanical problem – and a full safety car when Yuki Tsunoda crashed at Turn 2 exiting the pitlane. Charles Leclerc was forced to fight back from a grid penalty due to a Ferrari engine change after his retirement in the Azerbaijan GP and finished fifth in Canada, while Verstappen’s Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez crashed in qualifying and then suffered his own mechanical heartache in the race.

On paper, Charles Leclerc did a fine rescue job on his Canadian Grand Prix weekend, bringing his Ferrari F1-75 from 19th on the grid up to P5.

“I don’t have the full picture of the race today, but they looked strong,” he said. I think it’s been close during the whole season and it would have been close today. Then in the middle part of the race, I found myself stuck behind Esteban, who had much newer tyres, so out of Turn 10, when the tyres are actually making the difference, he had very good traction and that was enough for him to keep me behind all the time.”

Max Verstappen's title defence gathered more speed in Montreal as the Red Bull driver clinched a fifth win in six races – but F1's return to Canada for the ...

But while he lost 15 points to title rival Verstappen, seeing the chequered flag after his Baku retirement was important. Alonso was visibly despondent after the race, having failed to convert his best grid slot in a decade into a podium. Around 338,000 people attended over the course of the weekend. Fifth place from 19th on the grid would be a solid recovery for most drivers, but Charles Leclerc was left wanting more. Schumacher was in good shape for points before a power unit issue forced a DNF. That’s now five races without points for Haas. We’ve picked out six winners and five losers from the Canadian Grand Prix…

Max Verstappen claimed the chequered flag at the Canadian Grand Prix with Lewis Hamilton claiming his second podium of 2022.

Hamilton admitted his impressive podium in Canada has renewed his self-belief ahead of a return to the British Grand Prix - a race he has won a record eight times. It was a welcome result for Hamilton ahead of the British Grand Prix, which is next up on the F1 calendar. Hamilton crossed the line in third place to claim a podium finish in Canada - his second finish in the top three this season.