Red Bull team Dutchman Max Verstappen won Canada without major problems and extended his distance to the forefront of the 2022 F1 World Championship.
Dutchman Max Verstappen (Red Bull) has strengthened his leadership in the F1 World Championship by winning the Canadian Grand Prix, the ninth championship this Sunday. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) of Spain, who finished the test in 2nd place on the lap and recorded the fastest lap in the race, showed a great performance.
Verstappen, 24, won the Gilles Villeneuve circuit in Montreal ahead of Sainz, who won his 11th podium in F1, and won his sixth victory this year. And seven-time British World Champion Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) finished third this Sunday.
British George Russell (Mercedes) finished 4th and 19th to 5th ahead of Monaco’s Charles Leclerc (Ferrari), the main character of the day’s comeback.
Frenchman Esteban Ocon (Alpine) was sixth, ahead of his Spanish teammates. Teammates have scored points four times in a row since the start of the unfortunate season and are already in 10th place with 22 points in the championship.
Alfa Romeo’s two drivers, Finn Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu of China, finished 8th and 9th respectively. Canada’s Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) also scored points in front of his masses.
Verstappen, who won his 26th premier class, is leading the world championship with 175 points, 46 points ahead of his teammate Sergio Perez of Mexico. His Red Bull gearbox, 9th lap 70.
Leclerc is in 3rd place with 126 units, 15 units more than Russell and 24 units ahead of Sainz, who maintained 5th overall after finishing the best race of the season.
Red Bull continues to lead the Constructors’ World Championship with 304 points, 76 points more than Ferrari.
The next test, the British Grand Prix, will take place on July 3rd at Silverstone Circuit (UK).
