George Russell won at the Canada Grand Prix. The British pilot has ahead of Max Verstappen (2nd, Redbull) and his compatriot at Mercedes, Kimi Antonelli (3rd).
We had to wait for the 10th meeting of the season to see George Russell win. In order to break the monopoly of the Piastri (5), Norris (2) and Verstappen (2) trio (2) since the beginning of the year, Russell has perfectly played his blow to climb on the first step of the podium. The race was notably marked by the hanging between the two McLaren of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris. The two pilots touched on the 67th round (out of 70) when Norris wanted to exceed his teammate. Forced to abandon, the dolphin in the ranking will not mark this Sunday in Canada. On the other hand, Kimi Antonelli took a very beautiful 3rd place, allowing Mercedes to place two single -seaters on the podium.
He had headed on the starting line, he ended up on the finish line. George Russell signed his first success of the season, the best Tour du GP in Canada (1’14 ″ 119) and takes 25 points in the pilot classification, allowing him to consolidate his 4th place (136 points) ahead of Charles Leclerc (5th, 104 points). But the race was mainly animated by the hanging between the two McLaren. Norris was very urgent on his teammate and set out to the start of the 67th round. The British pilot hit the wall inside and stopped net. “Stupid from me!” “, He confessed to his radio at the time of the event. With this fault, it is Piastri who flies to the classification by taking 22 points ahead in general thanks to the 12 points won of his 4th place in the Canadian Grand Prix.
Antonelli, great first!
In addition to Russell’s victory and the McLaren event, Kimi Antonelli distinguished himself in this race. By finishing on the podium (3rd), the Italian has become the third youngest pilot (21 years, 9 months, 21 days) to climb on the podium of a Grand Prix in Formula 1. Mercedes therefore achieves a double podium before flying to Austria, Fief of Redbull. For its part, Esteban Ocon has entered the points taking 9th place in the GP. A paid strategy for French, long on hard tires in its first relay, just like Carlo Sainz (Williams), which took the last point (10th). For the other two French people, Pierre Gasly (15th, Alpine) who left stands and Isack Hadjar (16th, Racing Bulls) could not hope.
