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Max Verstappen wins again to blow out his championship lead after Charles Leclerc recovers from 19th to fifth with an engine penalty. Featuring Alex Jacques, Channel 4 F1 commentator.
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Max Verstappen has fended off a fast-finishing Carlos Sainz to win the Canadian Grand Prix and grow his championship lead.
Verstappen had led Sainz for much of the race after acing his getaway from pole, while the Spaniard lost crucial early seconds stuck behind Fernando Alonso.
Unable to recover the difference on track, the race turned into a potentially strategic grandstand finish when Verstappen made a second pit stop on lap 43, his hard tires aching from a 34-lap stint after an ambitiously early lap 8 stop during a virtual safety car.
Continue reading on RACERMichael previews this weekend’s race in Canada where Fernando Alonso will start on the front row for the first time since 2012, while both Haas drivers are on the third row.
Max Verstappen has mastered treacherous conditions in Montreal to take pole position ahead of an outstanding Fernando Alonso at the Canadian Grand Prix.
Verstappen was in a class of his own all afternoon as the track transitioned from soaking wet to almost dry enough for slick rubber.
The Dutchman reeled off three quick laps on intermediate tires, lowering the benchmark by 1.2s through the 12 minutes. Either of his last two would have locked him in for pole, but the final one — a 1m21.299s — got the job done with a 0.645s buffer over Alonso.
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