he is only 25 years old. But the world is in your hands.Max VerstappenThe two-time world champion and reigning F1 champion has no hesitation on his way to a third title. Max Verstappen wins Canadian F1 GP This Sunday he took his sixth win in the first eight races of the World Cup, all in one of the two Red Bulls, furthering his lead. The Dutchman also achieved a memorable milestone. It tied his idol Ayrton Senna’s 41 wins in F1. Yes, only 25 years. It’s true that Max is still unbeatable, but if it has become clear in Canada, it’s not the kind of dominance he dominated at the last Grand Prix. Verstappen was out of win by 30 seconds. This time Fernando Alonso and Aston Martin delivered a hard punch to the table and warned everyone they weren’t going to bluff. Alonso finished second, nine seconds behind Max. It’s no more than 30 minutes away. they are closer. And he could have been even more so if he had to fight Hamilton, who was third ahead of Leclerc (4th) and Sainz (5th). Hamilton took the risk and got his strategy right.

2023 Canadian F1 GP Results

2023 F1 World Cup classification

A wonderful message of strength from Aston Martin

Aston Martin sent a clear message in Canada. For those who believed their car was just a copy of Red Bull and that the guy in green wouldn’t know how to evolve his car during the course. For those who thought after the Spanish Grand Prix that Mercedes overtook Aston Martin by developing the car better. For those who believed Fernando Alonso would not pick No. 33 this year. Aston Martin silenced them all. he never replied. They kept their heads down and continued to work according to their plans, ignoring their rivals. Alonso warned at Barcelona that big improvements were still ahead and they would be in front of Mercedes again.

The evolved packaging, at first glance, revealed the ambitions of those dressed in green. And in the first race, while still unable to make the most of the car’s settings with this new package, Aston Martin made a big step forward, allowing Fernando to overtake Hamilton and close in on Max. First important announcement: Aston Martin’s trend continues to trend upwards. they just keep getting better and better. They’ve been doing it for a year and a half. they want to arrive

It’s still not up to Max, but things got a lot tougher in Canada. When Fernando Alonso pushed to the max, he was chasing and even surpassing Verstappen’s times.

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Alonso and Hamilton, first fight

The race started in mixed fashion for the Spaniards. He started second behind Verstappen, with Hamilton third and Russell fourth. Lewis got better and passed him in turn one. Then at Turn 2 after seven-time champion Alonso, Alonso noticed his pace was off and George took advantage of it to nearly pass him on the outside. Alonso ran side-by-side with George in Turn 3 and passed with better braking. He then started attacking Hamilton in a battle for second place.

Alonso quickly stuck with British DRS. Then, on the 12th lap, the “safety car” came into contact with Russell’s wall. Max, Hamilton and Alonso entered. Lewis’ stop was even worse, with the Briton and Spaniard nearly colliding in the pits in a controversial and uncertain start to prevent Fernando from overtaking. Alonso had to lift his leg to avoid a crash. The FIA ​​launched an investigation but Fernando dealt with the law himself as he knows best about driving. He chased Hamilton and overtook him with a big hack at the final chicane. He started shooting for Verstappen. i was 2 years old. ” Max managed to increase the gap by about four or five seconds. But no more.

Hamilton and problems prevent Alonso from seeing Max

The Dutchman complained of a lack of grip on the hard tyres, but Alonso was as good or better than Max. I ran with all my might on a course with little degradation. But then came the decisive moment that changed the race, with Hamilton three seconds behind. Hamilton stopped on lap 40 to attack Alonso. What should Fernando do? Dodge Hamilton or follow Max at all costs? Now it was his turn to stop on the next lap to protect himself from the Englishman. Of course, unfortunately, I no longer had a new set of medium tires in my drawer, the best performing rubber. Verstappen was also able to replicate his strategy of stopping the next lap and put on the new medium tyres. His dream of victory is over.

From there, Alonso was told over the radio that he would have to do something about either the brakes or the petrol, and had to use a ‘lift and coast’ technique that took advantage of the car’s inertia on curves. He had a problem with his car. Alonso would then lose three tenths of a second per lap and would be unable to attack Max. And Hamilton behind was at a dangerous distance. “Tell me when you can stop ‘Lift & Coast’. I want to win this race. ”Alonso said on the radio. But it was too late.

With 10 laps to go, Alonso pushed as hard as he could to take second place from Fernando, 7.1 seconds behind Max and 1.6 seconds behind Hamilton. But Alonso wasn’t going to take another blow anytime soon. He stopped managing his brakes and set a devastating pace that Lewis could not keep up with. Fernando once again rode Verstappen’s time to finish the race, recording four-tenths of a lap against Verstappen, but Fernando could do nothing.

“Well done, no such problem, Max…” the engineer told Alonso, who cut the sentence because he didn’t want to hear it. “I know, I know…” Fernando pointed out. She knows she could have gotten closer to Max. It would have been difficult to win, but this time he was there. he could push Max wasn’t in another world. Next, we’ll need to determine if what we’re seeing in Canada is something specific or a trend.

Ferrari takes risks and succeeds

Leclerc started 10th and Carlos Sainz started 11th in a position to forget. They were aiming for the top five, but the start of the race made it clear that Ferrari would have to take risks or innovate to achieve it. The start left Charles and Carlos battling for the top 10 in a small DRS train with slow cars that couldn’t be overtaken. They were surprised to find that they were the only two cars not stopped by the ‘safety car’ on lap 12. They had medium rubber and were comfortable with it. Ferrari took advantage of the low deterioration of the tires to push, and the decision was correct. With this strategy, the red team was betting on extending the first stop and going to his one pit stop. This put Leclerc in 4th and Sainz in 5th, crossing the finish line in their respective positions.

As the Spaniard extended his first stop, he asked his team to let Charles pass because he had more pace. Shortly after, however, Ferrari instructed Charles to run in clean air and told him that Carlos could not pass. The two Ferraris ran together, had their own races and scored good points for the teams.

Albon, run away!

Perez was sixth, just nine points behind Alonso. And behind them, one of the highlights of the day, Alex Albon, finished seventh in his Williams with great strategy, great grit and speed. The Thai is closing in on the points ahead of Ocon (8th), Stroll (9th) and Bottas (10th). Piastri was 11th, Gasly 12th and Norris 13th. Russell and his sergeant dropped out.