The Mercedes driver from Bologna wins the fourth race in a row ahead of Lewis’ Ferrari and Max Verstappen’s Red Bull. Retirement for Russell when he was in the lead fighting with Kimi
They hadn’t even succeeded Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher. He succeeded Kimi Antonelli. Fourth consecutive victory for the new phenomenon of Formula 1, the boy from Bologna who demonstrates all his talent every time he gets into his Mercedes. Forget the Sprint controversies with teammate Russell, Kimi has shown that he is now the big favorite for the drivers’ world title. And not only because his Mercedes is very fast, but because he is the one who pushes it beyond the limits and consistently does better than his teammate George Russell.
The race
Kimi solved the departure problem, given that he burned his teammate at the start. And then at the race pace Russell never managed to free himself from the Italian’s clutches. He had overtaken him after a few laps, it’s true. But Kimi never gave up on him and put him under pressure that at certain moments seemed unsustainable. There was a melee at the last chicane, with a position given up by Kimi on orders from the garage. But George never ran away. And in the end he was also betrayed by his W17 which crashed into the best part of this tight duel. It was the 30th lap, the race was decided like this. Even with a bit of luck on Kimi’s part, which is always useful in life and in sport.
Ferrari second
Yes it’s true Mercedes has once again proven itself superior to everyone, but Lewis Hamilton took the second step of the podiumauthor of probably the best race since he took over the wheel of Ferrari. The Englishman preceded Max Verstappen with Red Bull managing to keep him at a distance until the finish line. Fourth place for Charles Leclerc, who was not very comfortable on the Canadian circuit already in the test days. A race to forget for McLaren, which at the start, with a light drizzle, opted to start with intermediate tyres. A decision that turned out to be a gamble. After two laps Norris and Piastri had to return to the pits to fit slicks. Then the world champion retired due to a technical problem, while Piastri finished outside the points.
