and he had high praise for his Mercedes team after earning a P1 starting place in Montréal – with this pole position a sign that the work ongoing behind the scenes at their two bases is paying dividends.
Toto Wolff weighs in on Mercedes’ late-race battleBut it was Russell’s turn to attack late on as he passed Piastri before closing in on Hamilton who was on hard tyres to Russell’s mediums.
ex-F1 driver turned pundit Karun Chandhok said that if there is any track where the Brit “can re-spark some of that Lewis Hamilton magic”.