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Carlos Sainz in the Ferrari came dangerously close to Max Verstappen's Red Bull until the end
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Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen has further extended his championship lead by winning the Canadian Grand Prix.
The Red Bull driver prevailed in Montréal on Sunday, just ahead of Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes.
His teammate Sergio Pérez dropped out with a technical defect and lost further ground as second in the World Championship.
The international press writes about this:
Great Britain
»The Sun«:
»Red Bull is clearly the big winner of the Canadian Grand Prix with Verstappen claiming another win but it wasn't a flawless win.
Sergio Pérez's retirement due to a suspected gearbox problem suggests their car continues to struggle (...) It's a great day for Mercedes who made a significant step forward.
And Ferrari will be happy that both cars finished (...).«
»Daily Mail«:
»Yes, Hamilton was behind winner Max Verstappen, who withstood the late pressure and took his sixth win of the season, and behind Ferrari's Carlos Sainz.
But when the champagne was sprayed and Hamilton reaped the biggest cheers of the sun-drenched day, the 37-year-old Briton looked revitalized at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, where he claimed his first of 103 victories in 2007.”
France
»Le Figaro«:
»A success with which he (Verstappen) was able to consolidate his lead in the drivers' standings.
He's now 46 points clear of Mexico's Sergio Pérez, who retired in lap nine, and Monegasque Charles Leclerc, who was penalized on Saturday and started from the back but eventually worked his way up to fifth place."
Italy
"Gazzetta dello Sport":
"Verstappen is confirmed as the best.
Sainz fought to the end, Leclerc put on a show.
Top performances for Hamilton, Russell and Alonso too.«
Spain
»As«:
»Before the hairpin bend, Sainz came closer than ever to Verstappen and his first victory in Formula 1.
(...) But it's not easy to overtake at Gilles Villeneuve because only the straights offer opportunities and the fastest car on the straights is Verstappen.
The champion thus clinched a hard-fought win at the Canadian GP, perhaps the hardest-fought of the year for him (...).«
Austria
»Kurier«:
»The Red Bull drivers were able to celebrate five times in a row in Formula 1.
The sixth Grand Prix success in a row was anything but a sure-fire success on Sunday in Montreal.
Max Verstappen was literally chased across the finish line at the Canadian Grand Prix.
The world champion had a Ferrari in tow, but this time it was not driven by long-time rival Charles Leclerc, but by Carlos Sainz.”
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