This Sunday max verstappen made history by winning the Canadian Grand Prix of Formula 1since he reached his victory number 41 in the Maxima and equaled the number of successes of Ayrton senna. Moreover, it allowed his team, Red Bull, reach 100 wins in the category since his debut in 2005. The 25-year-old Dutchman continues to slip away at the top of the championship and is on course for his third crown. On the podium, he was escorted by the Spaniards Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) and English Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), who fought well.

At the start, Verstappen got off to a good start and took the lead. While Hamilton started well and carried out Alonso at the start. A cautious start for the 20 participants since there were no hits on a narrow track surrounded by walls, with few loopholes, such as the hairpin before the fastest sector of the North American stage.

The race had no alternative until lap 13 when george russell he hit the wall alone on the exit of a bend and got damaged mercedes. He was able to join the pits and retired, but the race was neutralized to remove the remains of his car which littered the track.

At this moment most of the riders, including the three leaders, took the opportunity to make their first stop and at the start Hamilton and Alonso almost touched, who left quickly and the Spaniard did not like the maneuver and the expressed on the radio. He was a fan of the Asturian, since he saw that the Briton came out of the pits with just enough and took the opportunity to demand his departure to attempt an overtaking on the street outside the pits.

But it is in the 23rd round that Also He was less than a second behind Hamilton and entered the DRS zone (N. de la R: system that allows better air intake in the rear wing and gives more speed to the car coming behind) and in the long straight before the pit area noticed the British.

With Verstappen very far in the lead, on the 41st lap hamilton He made his second save and was put on the middle compound. next round Also He did the same, but they placed the hard compound. Verstappen served his second stoppage on the same lap and was put on the middle rubbers.

In the last part of the race Verstappen He was unreachable at the top as Alonso couldn’t ignore the 7 seconds the Dutchman had taken from him. While hamilton he approached the Spaniard with eleven rounds to go, sending the fans wild again with the possibility of another fight at the end.

Nothing new on the front, Verstappen he crossed the finish line first for the sixth time this year and extended his lead at the top of the championship. After completing more than a third of this exercise, the Dutchman is heading for another title. The stage is over Also And hamiltonthe two headliners of the race.

“It was not an easy race because I had to keep the tires at this temperature. I didn’t expect to be with those numbers,” Verstappen said.

“I thought it was going to be closer to the Red Bulls. Then I had a good battle with Hamilton. It was a very demanding race with 70 laps (with pace) of qualifying. pressure on Max (Verstappen),” Alonso said.

“It was a great weekend for us. But to see this consistency, to be on the podium and to be closer is good. We knew this weekend was not going to be the best circuit with so many corners low speed. But we are going in the right direction,” said Hamilton.

The Monegasque Ferrari finishes in the top ten Charles Leclerc and the Spaniards carlos sainzthe mexican Sergio “Checo” Perezwho kept the extra point by setting the lap record with his Red Bull; Thai Alex Albonin a great work with the williams; French Esteban Ocon (Alpine), English Lando Norris (McLaren) and the Finn Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo).

The rest will be on Sunday July 2 on the circuit Red bull ringIn Spielberg, where the Austrian Grand Prix will take place. At home, the energy drink team will be looking for another win and Verstappen will go on to build his third F1 title.

Canadian Grand Prix – Race Ranking

Drivers’ World Championship (first 5)

1 Max Verstappen 195

2 Sergio Perez 126

3 Fernando Alonso 117

4 Lewis Hamilton 102

5 Carlos Sainz 68

Constructors’ World Championship (top 5)

1Red Bull 321

2 Mercedes 167

3 Aston Martin 154

4Ferrari 122

5 Alpine 44

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