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Horner “surprised McLaren didn’t pre-empt” first F1 Canadian GP safety car when they “were the favourites to just walk away and win”

Karishma Persad5 months ago5 months ago011 mins

Max Verstappen secured his 60th Grand Prix victory on Sunday as he held off the McLarens and Mercedes’ to take an impressive win. Christian Horner discussed all the key moments in his post-race media session, praising the job the driver and the team did on the pit wall to take that tremendous win. “The crucial…

Verstappen “had a lot of fun” in mixed conditions on his way to F1 Canadian GP win

Nicolas Lopes5 months ago08 mins

Max Verstappen secured victory at the 2024 Canadian GP, his third consecutive win at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and the 60th of his career, and the reigning three-time world champion revealed he had “a lot of fun” driving in the ever-changing weather conditions in Montreal, in a race that started out in full wet conditions…

Horner: Red Bull needs Perez “at the top of his game” after “horrible” F1 Canadian GP

Nicolas Lopes5 months ago5 months ago06 mins

Red Bull team principal and CEO Christian Horner has urged Sergio Perez to improve his performance and form after a “horrible” weekend at the 2024 Canadian GP saw the Mexican fail to progress from Q1 on Saturday and crash out from Sunday’s Grand Prix. Perez had a few incidents along the race, including contact with…

F1 | Canadian GP | Race | Max Verstappen masters Montreal to win wild race from Norris and Russell

James O'Connor5 months ago5 months ago012 mins

The Saubers of Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu started from pit lane. They changed to a different rear wing spec as they looked to take advantage of the wet conditions. RUS, VER, NOR, PIA, RIC, ALO, HAM, TSU, STR, ALB, LEC, SAI, SAR, MAG, GAS, PER, HUL, OCO was the final starting grid. 18 drivers…

“It’s a massive frustration” – Pérez reflects on yet another Q1 exit at F1 Canadian GP

Ewout Albrecht5 months ago5 months ago04 mins

For the second race in succession Sergio Pérez failed to escape Q1, while in both cases teammate and championship leader Max Verstappen reached Q3. In short, yet another frustrating day in the office for the Mexican, who just extended his contract with Red Bull Racing. Pérez had looked close to teammate Verstappen in FP3 but…

Verstappen: Closer grid is “good for Formula 1” after dead heat with Russell for F1 Canadian GP pole

Nicolas Lopes5 months ago07 mins

Max Verstappen qualified second for the 2024 Canadian GP, setting exactly the same time of a 1:12.000 as George Russell, but the Mercedes driver had set his first and thus kept the first position in what was a very close qualifying session around Montreal. The three-time world champion wasn’t the happiest with the balance of…

F1 | Canadian GP | Qualifying | Russell on pole as Verstappen sets exactly the same time in thrilling Q3

James O'Connor5 months ago06 mins

Following a dry FP3, dark clouds started to appear as qualifying got underway in Montreal. Q1 Stroll, Norris, Verstappen and Russell all took turns at the top in the first half of the session. Russell’s 1:13.242 had him a tenth clear of Verstappen. Hamilton backed up his teammate, 0.201s slower away. Norris, Stroll, Alonso, Sainz,…

F1 | Canadian GP | FP3 | Hamilton goes fastest by almost 0.4s as Ferrari struggles

Karishma Persad5 months ago5 months ago09 mins

After rainy Friday practice sessions, the third free practice session gets off to a dry start. Max Verstappen in the Red Bull is the first out on track, after being forced to end FP2 early due to a ERS issue. He is closely followed by his teammate, Sergio Perez. Both Red Bull drivers are on…

F1 | Canadian GP | FP2 | Fernando Alonso tops rain affected Friday practice at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve

Ryan McGahey5 months ago5 months ago07 mins

Fernando Alonso puts Aston Martin at the top of the time sheets as Max Verstappen’s fortunes go from bad to worse in second practice ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix With the Montreal rain falling once again, there was a rush in the pitlane as the light turned green as many drivers hit the track…

Verstappen says it’s “quite exciting” that Red Bull F1 has a “good direction to work in” following Monaco GP struggles

Ewout Albrecht5 months ago5 months ago06 mins

World Championship leader and reigning champion Max Verstappen is looking forward to make progress again, coming of three race weekends that were more difficult than anyone perhaps had imagined after the dominant performances in Asia earlier in the season. In Imola there was a victory eventually, but had the race lasted only a few laps…