A relaxed and picked up George Russell triumphed within the System 1 Canadian Grand Prix dash race, as Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli endured two journeys throughout the grass within the battle for victory.
Mercedes, which locked out the entrance row forward of the McLarens, Ferraris and Pink Bulls, maintained its benefit firstly as polesitter Russell led Antonelli, regardless of the Silver Arrows having beforehand suffered from sluggish getaways in 2026.
The one change amongst frontrunners was Lewis Hamilton going across the outdoors of Oscar Piastri in Flip 2 for fourth, as Lando Norris stayed third and Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar nonetheless made up the highest eight.
Antonelli began pressuring Russell on lap 5, and attacked on the following tour across the outdoors in Flip 1, however he was given no room by Russell and minimize by way of the grass.
Antonelli wasn’t giving up and launched one other try at Flip 8 however braked too late and bounced throughout the grass, dropping second place to Norris. “That was very naughty,” the Italian complained of Russell.
George Russell, Mercedes, Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes
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Briefly challenged by Hamilton, Antonelli pulled away and finally closed the hole to Norris, who himself was pressuring chief Russell. The sophomore attacked the McLaren on the final lap, across the outdoors in Flip 1, however couldn’t make the transfer stick, so the highest three remained unchanged.
Hamilton needed to withheld stress from Piastri and finally collapsed to sixth on the final lap, behind the Australian and Ferrari team-mate Leclerc. Verstappen completed seventh.
Hadjar ended up three laps down after two pitstops, that means Racing Bulls’ Arvid Lindblad collected the final out there level after finishing the race on exhausting tyres.
Additional again, Lance Stroll completed highest of all 5 vehicles which began from the pitlane, having encountered a entrance suspension difficulty shortly earlier than the beginning. Valtteri Bottas, Oliver Bearman, Alexander Albon and Pierre Gasly had been in the identical beginning state of affairs however had been outraced by the Aston Martin.
F1 Canadian GP – dash race outcomes
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