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Kimi Antonelli wins the Canadian Grand Prix!
Kimi Antonelli cruises to victory! Lewis Hamilton in second, Max Verstappen third.
Lap 68/68: Hamilton encounters traffic again - Verstappen is on his gearbox… Max might yet get one chance to swipe second.
Lap 67/68: Hamilton has Verstappen all over him after they lap some back markers! Well now, we could have one last big positional change. Will Max get a chance before the flag?
Lap 65/68: Have we had the last big drama of this enthralling race? Verstappen is stalking Hamilton but it might take an error from Lewis to give him a sniff of second.
Lap 64/68: Hamilton is putting a bit of space between himself and Verstappen for second place. But it’s still within a second. Antonelli is 10 seconds out in front in the lead, of course.
Lap 63/68: Verstappen is now the hunted rather than they prey, Hamilton isn’t pulling away and Max is on his tail. Can he get an opportunity?
Hadjar in fifth gets a stop-go penalty. It should not impact his position.
Lap 62/68: Hamilton hits the brakes late and produces a textbook overtaking move to snatch second from Verstappen! Vintage Lewis Hamilton.
Lap 60/68: Fewer than 10 laps to go and Verstappen is defending second place smartly for now. Antonelli is in cruise control in the lead, nine seconds ahead.
Lap 59/68: Gasly closes on Lawson as they duel for seventh and eighth. Further up the field, Hamilton hasn’t really made a move on Verstappen since some serious looks when he first caught up. Does the have the power to make a move stick?
Lap 58/68: The battle for second is the liveliest on the track as Hamilton tries to find a way past Verstappen. Antonelli leads; Leclerc is far back in fourth all on his own.
Lap 57/68: Hamilton is behind Verstappen in a faster car – but of course Max will not be giving up a place easily. The Ferrari weaves behind and Lewis looks for an opening.
Lap 56/68: Hamilton is looming ominously behind Verstappen. He’s right in the place to mount a challenge. Max blocks his first attempt.
Lap 55/68: Antonelli is on his own in the lead, Verstappen in second has Hamilton one second behind him as they tussle for second. Can he get close enough to pass?
Lap 54/68: The virtual safety car ends and we’re back racing. Hadjar is still in fifth after is penalty. Charles Leclerc spins in fourth! He corrects and keeps it on the track but is 15 seconds behind third-place Hamilton.
Lap 52/68: Leclerc is 10 seconds behind Hamilton in fourth. We’ve got yet another virtual safety car and a double yellow flag … can’t see why yet. More debris? Hadjar pits, changes tyres and takes his penalty. Piastri does the same.
Lap 51/68: Verstappen is struggling with tyre temperature on his Red Bull, apparently. Antonelli isn’t exactly growing his lead – it’s 6.5 seconds – but he’s possibly in cruise control at the front and hoping his luck is better than Russell’s.
Lap 50/68: Hamilton in third is closing the gap to Verstappen. It’s down to 2.5 seconds.
Lap 49/68: We’ve had six retirements so so plenty of drivers will be thinking that there’s a chance of points just by keeping their car on the road.
“Everything turned off all of a sudden – engine stopped, no electronics… a bit lost for words right now,” says Lando Norris from the pits.
Lap 47/68: Norris is shown waking back to the pits and waving to the local fans. His rocket start that launched him into an early lead must seem a long time ago. Antonelli is having it his own way in P1.
Lap 46/68: For all the talk of rain, it’s dry in Montreal. Still an eventful and entertaining race though!
The virtual safety car is back on. Debris by the pit lane entrance, perhaps? A brave marshal runs on to the track to snatch it up.
Lap 45/68: We see footage of George Russell getting a consoling hug from Toto Wolff as he walks back to the paddock. Antonelli’s lead over Verstappen is 5.6 seconds. Isack Hadjar is getting a 10-second penalty.
Lap 43/68: Sergio Perez limps into the pits with one front tyre pointing entirely the wrong way. His suspension just broke on the track and his race is over.
Lap 42/68: Antonelli leads but he’s lost time passing back markers and Verstappen, in seccond, and Hamilton, in third, close up. They’re still over four seconds behind.
Lando Norris retires!
“Something has broken – the gearbox or something,” says Lando Norris as he drives into the pit to park his McLaren and end his race on lap 40. He was in the points after a tough race. The world champion sounds pretty crestfallen.
Lap 39/68: Charles Leclerc overtakers Isack Hadjar to move up fourth, a place behidn his Ferrari teammate.
“Russell’s car came to a halt through Kimi’s power of manifestation,” Krishna Moorthy emails in to say. Huge if true.
It’s a crying shame. That Mercedes battle for the lead was absolutely thrilling stuff.
Lap 37/68: Hamilton is gaining on Verstappen, he looks happier on this set of tyres. Antonelli pitted during the virtual safety car, of course.
Lap 36/68: Antonelli has already pulled out a six-second lead on Verstappen in second. Russell might get a slap on the wrist for throwing his headrest out of his car after he pulled up.
Lap 34/68: We’re back racing! Here’s the leaders at about the halfway point:
1) Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)
2) Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
3) Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)
4) Isack Hadjar (Red Bull)
5) Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
6) Franco Colapinto (Alpine)
7) Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)
8) Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
9) Lando Norris (McLaren)
10) Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
Lap 32/68: And breathe! That thrilling battle between the Mercedes pair came to an abrupt stop on lap 30 as Russell suddenly lost power out of nowhere. A power unit failure, according to Mercedes – the team had no sign it was coming.
Lap 31/68: It must have been a mechanical issue for Russell as he slowed dramatically and came to a stop. I’m no body language expert but he looked: understandably furious as he got out of his car.
The cars all start to pit under the virtual safety care conditions.
George Russell is out!
The Mercedes driver goes off the track, slows down and parks his car! George Russell is out of this race from the lead.
We have a virtual safety car situation.
Lap 29/68: “Both cars need to race without risk” is the word from George Russell’s engineer as Kimi Antonelli gets a similar message.
Lap 28/68: Antonelli is still very close to Russell as the pair lead from Verstappen, six seconds back in third with Hamilton another five second back in fourth.
Lap 27/68: Fernando Alonso has retired from the race after a challenging the weekend. Apparently Mercedes have told their drivers to “tidy it up” – ie stop almost driving one another off the track. Russell leads Antonelli. For now.
“What’s the point?” Antonelli complains on the radio, but he gives back the lead to Russell. George isn’t happy about where Kimi gave him the place back!
The gloves are: off.
Lap 25/68: Russell retakes the lead as Antonelli locks up at the hairpin! Kimi charges to retake – do they touch?? Maybe not quite. Antonelli gets the lead back but is told to give back P1 as he went off to gain track position.
Lap 24/68: So Antonelli leads! Piastrai gets a 10-second penalty for that incident with Albon. The Mercedes cars both pass the world champion Norris. The McLarens are not having a fun race.
Lap 23/68: Antonelli is all over Russell like ants on a Snickers. He draws alongside him on the straight and this time makes it stick! It was coming – the teenage Italian is back in the lead.
Lap 21/68: The stewards and doling out penalties for yellow flag infringements but none effecting the leaders. The Mercedes come up to lap Norris.
Lap 20/68: Alex Albon is out of the race after that clash with Piastri. The Mercedes drivers are five seconds ahead of Verstappen in third. There’s barely anything between George and Kimi at the front.
Lap 18/68: The Mercedes at the front are giving us terrific entertainment as they joust for the lead. Antonelli is right on the back of his teammate.
Lap 17/68: Russell locks up on the corner, Antonelli can’t quite capitalise but they are wheel to wheel on the straight! Nothing in it! Russell just hangs on as Antonelli makes the smart move and backs off. But he is ready to pounce if Russell locks up again.
Lap 16/68: Lando Norris has to come in for an early second stop due to a mechanical issue. Junk in the sidepods, speculates Martin Brundle. He’s back out but down in 14th.
