- Dutchman extends title lead over Leclerc to 56 points
- Norris’s charge halted by safety car intervention
The weather did its best and through four seasons in one day of spray, gloom and bright sunshine delivered what was a thrilling and tense fight for the Canadian Grand Prix, albeit one that ended with the familiar result of a win for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.
The Dutchman deserved it, conquering what were at times immensely tricky, wet conditions to beat McLaren’s Lando Norris into second in a race marked by bad luck for Norris and the remarkable pace of the Mercedes as Lewis Hamilton powered from seventh on the grid to claim fourth, after a mighty battle at the death with his teammate George Russell, who was third.