Max Verstappen celebrates after profitable the Canadian Grand Prix.
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MONTREAL — Pink Bull’s Max Verstappen narrowly claimed his sixth victory of the System 1 season after withstanding stress from Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz within the closing phases of the Canadian Grand Prix.
The reigning world champ, 24, crossed the checkered flag lower than one second forward of the Spaniard, 27, extending his championship result in 175 factors.
“I knew I couldn’t make a mistake, but it surely was good racing,” Verstappen mentioned of battling Sainz, his former teammate.
“It was tougher than I anticipated.”
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, who has endured a tough begin to his 2022 marketing campaign, rounded out the rostrum positions throughout Sunday afternoon’s race on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
“It’s fairly overwhelming, actually, to get this third place,” Hamilton advised reporters in Montreal.
“It’s been such a battle this 12 months with the automobile and as a staff. However we proceed to remain vigilant and centered and by no means giving up.”
The seven-time world champion, 37, admitted he “simply desires to be within the battle” with Pink Bull and Ferrari.
“The dream is [keeping up] in that battle with them … we are going to get there finally,” he mentioned.
“We did quite a lot of work again within the simulator but in addition right here to get the set-up proper. Truthfully, I’m ecstatic. As I mentioned, I didn’t anticipate this coming into the weekend.”
The race, which marked Montreal’s first Grand Prix in three years, was attended by celebs like “Riverdale” actor Casey Cott, and “dude with signal” social media star, Seth Phillips.
Hamilton’s teammate George Russell completed fourth, whereas championship contender Charles Leclerc recovered to fifth for Ferrari, after beginning nineteenth attributable to an influence unit penalty.
Alpine scored a double factors end with Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso inserting sixth and seventh respectively.
Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu adopted in eighth and ninth, whereas hometown hero Lance Stroll rounded out the factors positions in tenth for Aston Martin.
It was a heartbreaking day for Haas driver Mick Schumacher, who was pressured to retire attributable to engine issues, after qualifying in a profession finest sixth place.
Pink Bull’s Sergio Perez, who's at present second within the driver championship standings, additionally retired from the race with mechanical issues.
System 1 returns for the British Grand Prix on July 3.
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