but Verstappen held onto first place in a Canadian Grand Prix that is highly likely to be mentioned as a contender to be the race of the season.
Brown had to wait a few years before the team under his leadership recorded their first win with Daniel Ricciardo P1 at the 2021 Italian Grand Prix.
“But we were monitoring the intensity of the rain and this intensity in the last few minutes was kind of reducing.
“Car 16 left the pit lane on intermediate tyres at the beginning of the session despite the fact that the track had not been declared wet and returned to the pits after one lap.
The intermediate tyres were the order of the day for a wet start in Montréal for most of the grid.