with Russell costing himself the potential opportunity to challenge Max Verstappen for the win after clipping the kerb at Turn 8 and allowing Lando Norris – who he had overtaken shortly before – back through.
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we were a little bit more competitive and there was potential maybe to score some points if I took some risk and overtook some cars in DRS trains.
Haas want an experienced driver such as Ocon alongside the Briton with an announcement expected in the coming weeks.
and the Mercedes driver had already been defended against into the final Turn 13/14 chicane by the McLaren driver.
The Formula 1 drivers have had to contend with the threat of rain at the Canadian Grand Prix with Friday hit with the worst conditions.
• The track surface between Turn 7 and Turn 8 has been lowered to increase the clearance between track and the Concorde Bridge to min.
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