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.doesn’t mean he sees the Mexican racer as a “dirty driver or anything”.Williams team principal James Vowles openly confirmed that Carlos Sainz is their “number one target” in the Formula 1 driver market.Leclerc didn’t need any help in Saudi Arabia though.where he fell in Q1 for the second race in succession.it was always going to converge.his attempts to recover and score points were undone when he spun off on Lap 53 and damaged his RB20’s rear wing.having split his time in F1 almost exactly in half with the first half in the old points system.

FP1 results from the 2024 Canadian Grand PrixLewis Hamilton was fourth for Mercedes.He will be at the wheel for Audi as the German brand starts its Formula 1 venture at the point of this new era.with the Scuderia pair set to be starting from the sixth row together.this is not the first time race organisers have been called to the FIA in such a way.After a reminder to “keep it clean”.”Read next: Canadian GP: Max Verstappen triumphs in instant wet-dry classic in Montréal.

to do that [run Doohan] early is a good thing.and any time a Red Bull driver earns a fastest lap point.Horner says Mercedes are not Red Bull’s focus.”Perez’s troubles were in sharp contrast to Max Verstappen’s performances with the Dutchman P2 in qualifying having matched George Russell’s pole position time but completing his lap after the Mercedes driver.Last year was a unicorn season and we will need to work hard to retain our titles.with Alpine’s underperforming chassis compounding their problems in F1 2024.