Perez remains second despite his retirement as his comedown following victory in Monaco last month continues. That leaves the reigning champion in a great position heading to Silverstone, nearly two race wins clear of his closest challenger in the drivers’ standings. Honestly, we tried everything, we were close to winning today.” “I am particularly happy with the race pace, with the way we put pressure on Max. “The positive thing is we were quicker, we were faster, we just needed that little bit more to overtake around here. “I was pushing everything, with the battery. “I was pushing flat out, I wasn’t leaving an inch,” said Sainz. There was no drama as the safety car peeled away but Sainz was keeping Verstappen honest, closing to within a second and pushing for an overtake in the closing stages.īut, while Leclerc cut past the two Alpines to improve his position, Sainz had no answer up front as Verstappen took the 26th win of his career and his fifth in the last six races. Verstappen pits from the lead, and spends a lap behind Hamilton after coming out behind him #CanadianGP #F1 /qQtQCd6U4X Hamilton challenged Verstappen as the Dutchman left the pits, Sainz staying out to take the lead before pitting under a safety car on lap 49 and getting right onto the gearbox of Verstappen at the restart. The Monegasque, however, was stuck behind Ocon to check his progress and a slow pit stop forced him back down into the pack. With Perez out, another of Verstappen’s title rivals was cutting his way through the field with the Ferrari of Leclerc having started 19th after replacing engine parts on Saturday. Virtual safety cars after the retirements of Sergio Perez and Mick Schumacher allowed a spate of pit stops, with Verstappen emerging in the lead. Lewis Hamilton had started an impressive fourth and held off a challenge from the Haas of Kevin Magnussen, with Alonso passed by Sainz on lap three. Verstappen cantered off the line and into the first corner well ahead of Alonso, who had impressed in qualifying to take his first front-row start in a decade. Following is tricky around here but I could see he was pushing, charging, but of course, naturally, when you are in the DRS, it is a bit easier to charge.” “I think overall, they (Ferrari) were very quick in the race so it would have been really tough for me to close that gap to the end, even on fresher tyres. “The last few laps were a lot of fun,” he said.
That promoted Valtteri Bottas to seventh and Guanyu Zhou to eighth, with local favourite Lance Stroll taking the final point on an afternoon where Verstappen was again the man to beat. His team-mate George Russell continued his record of top-five finishes all season as he took fourth ahead of Charles Leclerc, who recovered from starting 19th to claim a decent haul of points.Įsteban Ocon was sixth for Alpine, with Fernando Alonso dropping from his second-place start to finish ninth as a five-second penalty was applied after the race for weaving on the straights. Sainz was fast in the closing stages but could not find a way past Verstappen and had to settle for second place, the pair joined on the podium by Lewis Hamilton – the seven-time world champion taking third for Mercedes.Ī fast and furious fight for the win! ? #CanadianGP ?? /vN1WveHA0E Recent death notices and obituaries from Limerick and County Limerick Keep up to date with the latest coronavirus and covid19 news in Limerick and County Limerick
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