F1 Grand Prix race results: Verstappen wins Canadian GP

Verstappen led for the majority of the race, which was interrupted twice for virtual safety cars which played a big role in strategy.

But it was a full safety car that played into Sainz’s hands near the end, allowing him to attack Verstappen in the closing stages, but he just couldn’t find a way past.

2022 Canadian Grand Prix race results

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Laps	Gap	Interval	Points
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	70			25
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	70	0.993	0.993	19
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	70	7.006	6.013	15
4	George Russell	Mercedes	70	12.313	5.307	12
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	70	15.168	2.855	10
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	70	23.890	8.722	8
7	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	70	25.247	1.357	6
8	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	70	26.952	1.705	4
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	70	29.945	2.993	2
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	70	38.222	8.277	1
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	70	43.047	4.825
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	70	44.245	1.198
13	Alex Albon	Williams	70	44.893	0.648
14	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	70	45.183	0.290
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	70	52.145	6.962
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	70	59.978	7.833
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	70	1'08.180	8.202
	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	47	23 Laps	23 Laps
	Mick Schumacher	Haas	18	52 Laps	29 Laps
	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	7	63 Laps	11 Laps
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How the Canadian Grand Prix unfolded

Verstappen held his pole advantage on the run to Turn 1, arriving there ahead of Fernando Alonso (Alpine) and Sainz. Lewis Hamilton just held fourth for Mercedes after a wheel-to-wheel battle with Kevin Magnussen moments later at Turn 3, the Dane picking up some damage to his Haas’s right-front wing endplate.

Sainz DRS-ed past Alonso for second place on Lap 3, with Verstappen already 2.5s up the road.

George Russell’s Mercedes outbraked Magnussen for fifth at the hairpin, with Magnussen being shown the black and orange flag. He pitted from sixth at the end of Lap 8 for a new front wing.

Sergio Perez’s weekend went from bad to worse when his Red Bull suffered a gearbox issue on Lap 8 and was forced to pull off, causing a virtual safety car. Leader Verstappen pitted for hard tyres, promoting Sainz and Alonso to run first and second. Hamilton also stopped, giving up spots to Russell and Esteban Ocon (Alpine) as he rejoined in sixth.

The race resumed on Lap 10 with Sainz 1.5s ahead of Alonso, with Verstappen a further 4s behind. On fresh hards, Hamilton passed Ocon for fifth.

Verstappen breezed past Alonso with DRS on Lap 15 for second but was now 5.5s behind leader Sainz.

Haas then lost its second car from the points when Mick Schumacher pulled off at Lap 19 in the same spot as Perez, causing another VSC that Russell pitted under. Sainz pitted just as the VSC ended, rejoining just in front of Hamilton in third.

After fending off Hamilton, Sainz repassed Alonso for second on Lap 23, with Hamilton doing likewise a tour later. Alonso pitted on Lap 29, dropping to seventh, behind a battling Ocon and Leclerc.

Leclerc, who started 19^th after an engine change penalty, started on the hard tyres and picked his way through the tailenders to run 13^th after 10 laps.

He then got held up behind the Alfa Romeo of Valtteri Bottas, which was toiling to pass Alex Albon’s Williams. But once they stopped fighting, Leclerc was able to get ahead of both and get solidly into the points.

Leclerc then got stuck behind Ocon, where he remained until Lap 42 – and then suffered a slow stop that cost him four places, putting him at the rear of a DRS train in 12^th again.

Verstappen pitted for a second time on Lap 44 and rejoined just behind Hamilton in third, but only took a lap to DRS past him, just before Hamilton stopped again.

Sainz led by 10s with 25 laps to go. Leclerc got back into the points by then, rising to eighth by the time Yuki Tsunoda put his AlphaTauri into the wall exiting the pits, causing a safety car.

Sainz pitted for a new set of hards, restarting right behind Verstappen on tyres that were six laps fresher, and ahead of Hamilton, Russell, Ocon, Alonso and Leclerc in a 16-lap sprint to the finish.

Sainz stayed in DRS range of Verstappen, as Leclerc outbraked Alonso for sixth at Turn 10, then repeated the move on Ocon a couple of laps later for fifth.

Lap after lap, Sainz got right on to Verstappen’s tail but the reigning world champion held his nerve and his lead.

Hamilton finished third, ahead of Russell, Leclerc, Ocon, Alonso, Bottas, Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo) and Lance Stroll (Aston Martin).

UPDATE: After the race, Alonso was given a 5s penalty for weaving in front of Bottas, which drops him from seventh to ninth.

2022 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix fastest laps

Cla	Driver	Chassis	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	km/h
1	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	63	1'15.749			207.258
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	64	1'15.839	0.090	0.090	207.012
3	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	62	1'15.901	0.152	0.062	206.843
4	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	69	1'16.167	0.418	0.266	206.120
5	George Russell	Mercedes	63	1'16.418	0.669	0.251	205.443
6	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	63	1'16.578	0.829	0.160	205.014
7	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	60	1'16.927	1.178	0.349	204.084
8	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	64	1'17.010	1.261	0.083	203.864
9	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	62	1'17.110	1.361	0.100	203.600
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	64	1'17.421	1.672	0.311	202.782
11	Lando Norris	McLaren	63	1'17.495	1.746	0.074	202.588
12	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	60	1'17.810	2.061	0.315	201.768
13	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	59	1'17.932	2.183	0.122	201.452
14	Alex Albon	Williams	59	1'17.951	2.202	0.019	201.403
15	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	63	1'17.956	2.207	0.005	201.390
16	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	11	1'18.046	2.297	0.090	201.158
17	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	15	1'18.309	2.560	0.263	200.482
18	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	61	1'18.540	2.791	0.231	199.893
19	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	7	1'18.844	3.095	0.304	199.122
20	Mick Schumacher	Haas	13	1'18.967	3.218	0.123	198.812
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2022 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix pitstops

Cla	Driver	Chassis	1		2		3
1	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	M	9	H	34	H	27
2	Carlos Sainz	Ferrari	M	20	H	29	H	21
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	M	9	H	35	H	26
4	George Russell	Mercedes	M	19	H	26	H	25
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	H	41	M	29
6	Esteban Ocon	Alpine	M	19	H	30	M	21
7	Valtteri Bottas	Alfa Romeo	H	49	M	21
8	Zhou Guanyu	Alfa Romeo	M	19	H	30	H	21
9	Fernando Alonso	Alpine	M	28	H	21	M	21
10	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	H	47	M	24
11	Daniel Ricciardo	McLaren	M	19	H	30	H	21
12	Sebastian Vettel	Aston Martin	M	6	H	14	H	51
13	Alex Albon	Williams	M	18	H	30	H	22
14	Pierre Gasly	AlphaTauri	M	5	H	31	H	34
15	Lando Norris	McLaren	H	19	H	23	M	28
16	Nicholas Latifi	Williams	M	9	H	28	H	33
17	Kevin Magnussen	Haas	M	7	H	63
	Yuki Tsunoda	AlphaTauri	M	9	H	38	H	0
	Mick Schumacher	Haas	M	18
	Sergio Perez	Red Bull	H	7
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