Formula 1
MAX AND THE RED BULL MACHINE WIN AGAIN FOR #100 AND HE EQUALES SENNA’S RECORD! FERNANDO CONTINUES HIS MACHISMO FORM AND LCH SO HAPPY WITH MERCEDES PROGRESS!
Max matches the Brazilian legend with his 41st career victory.
Oracle Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen continued his remarkable start to the season as he secured a sixth victory this year with a commanding performance at the Canadian Grand Prix, equalling three-time world champion Ayrton Senna’s record of 41 career wins in the process.
The two-time world champion started Sunday’s race from pole position and rarely looked troubled round the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, finishing almost 10 seconds ahead of the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso to secure a 100th race victory in F1 for his team.
“I’m very happy right now. It was not a very straightforward race because of the tyres and It was very cold compared to Friday so we were sliding. But, we made it work and to win the 100th GP for the team is pretty incredible,” said the Dutch driver, who leads the championship standings by 69 points.
Having started from 12th, Verstappen’s team-mate Sergio Pérez did his best to cut through the field and eventually battled his way to sixth. The Mexican driver was also able to earn a bonus point after securing the fastest lap of the race.
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Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin F1 Team, 2nd position, celebrates on the podium with his trophy
Fernando Alonso
“It was a great result for Aston Martin today and another podium for the team. I think it was our most competitive race yet and the upgrades on the car are working well. I lost the position to Lewis [Hamilton] at the start, but we had some good pace and after a close battle we retook second. It was then like a qualifying session as Lewis was pushing at the end and we had to keep him there and not make any mistakes. We hope to put more pressure on Max [Verstappen] in Austria.”
2023 Canadian Grand Prix, Friday – Steve Etherington
Lewis Hamilton
It’s been a great weekend. To have this consistency and to be up on the podium once again here is fantastic. It’s quite an honour to be up on the podium with two other world champions.
We didn’t quite have the pace today to challenge for more. We knew this wouldn’t be our strongest circuit though as we struggle in the low-speed corners in particular. We’ve still got a lot of work to do to add more performance and efficiency. We are slowly chipping away at those ahead though. I do believe we will get there at some stage and we are going in the right direction.