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Play on YouTubeDescription The 2023 Canadian Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix du Canada 2023) was a Formula One motor race, which was held on 18 June 2023 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was the eighth round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship.
The race was won by Max Verstappen, who started from pole position and led the entirety of the race, followed by Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso and Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton. Verstappen's victory marked Red Bull Racing's 100th victory in Formula One.
345,000 people attended over the three days, a record for the Grand Prix.
Background
The event was held across the weekend of 16–18 June 2023. It was the eighth round of the 2023 Formula One World Championship. After the fires in the region, the Grand Prix was in danger of being cancelled. However, on 9 June, Formula One Management made a statement that the Grand Prix would continue as planned.
The Aston Martin team brought major upgrades to the race, overhauling its sidepods and floor.
Championship standings before the race
Max Verstappen was the Drivers' Championship leader after the seventh round, the Spanish Grand Prix, with 170 points, 53 ahead of Sergio Pérez in second, with Fernando Alonso in third, 18 points behind Pérez. In the Constructors' Championship, Red Bull Racing led Mercedes by 135 points and Aston Martin by 153.
Reports Result List01 | | | | Max Verstappen | 1:33:58.348 |
02 | | | | Fernando Alonso | +9.570s |
03 | | | | Lewis Hamilton | +14.168s |
04 | | | | Charles Leclerc | +18.648s |
05 | | | | Carlos Sainz Jr | +21.540s |
06 | | | | Sergio Perez | +51.028s |
07 | | | | Alexander Albon | +60.813s |
08 | | | | Esteban Ocon | +61.692s |
09 | | | | Lance Stroll | +64.402s |
10 | | | | Valtteri Bottas | +64.432s |
11 | | | | Oscar Piastri | +65.101s |
12 | | | | Pierre Gasly | +65.249s |
13 | | | | Lando Norris | +68.363s |
14 | | | | Yuki Tsunoda | +73.423s |
15 | | | | Nico Hulkenberg | +1 lap |
16 | | | | Guanyu Zhou | +1 lap |
17 | | | | Kevin Magnussen | +1 lap |
18 | | | | Nyck de Vries | +1 lap |
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Result DescriptionAs the race began, polesitter Max Verstappen was challenged by Lewis Hamilton as the cars went into the first corner. Soon, Verstappen would create a lead which he would keep throughout the 70 laps ran during the race. Meanwhile, Esteban Ocon overtook Nico Hülkenberg, who would drop down to fifteenth from his starting position of fifth, while Hülkenberg's teammate Kevin Magnussen brushed the wall and continued on. Logan Sargeant retired from the race, his first retirement of the season. This resulted in a brief virtual safety car period, allowing the recovery of the stranded Williams car. Soon, George Russell hit the wall on turn nine, necessitating a full safety car period. All drivers, including Russell, who received a new front wing and repairs to his car, went into the pit lane for their stops. The only drivers who did not stop were the Ferrari duo of Charles Leclerc and Sainz. During this period, a close call between Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso was reported, and Lando Norris for an unsafe release. All three drivers were investigated with no further action taken, though Norris was given a five-second penalty for unsportsmanlike behaviour; he had slowed down during the safety car period.
As the safety car period ended, Verstappen sped ahead of Hamilton, with Alonso unable to fight the two. Alonso would regain second place. A brief yellow flag was observed for a collision between Magnussen and Nyck de Vries. Alexander Albon, on seventh position and having set the hards on his earlier stop, began to hold up Russell, Ocon, Valtteri Bottas and Norris behind him as Russell retired from eighth place and Norris went for Bottas on the final corner, sending him up to ninth; the penalty Norris had received earlier would drop him outside the points into thirteenth. Albon's defending awarded him with the driver of the day.
Verstappen won the race, giving Red Bull its 100th Formula One victory, which also marks Adrian Newey's 200th win in Formula One; his teammate Sergio Pérez on sixth position set the fastest lap. Verstappen commented on his team's 100th win, "It is amazing, I never expected to be on these kind of numbers myself as well, so we keep enjoying it and we keep working hard but this is another great day." In addition, his victory meant Verstappen has now matched three-time World Champion Ayrton Senna's number of victories at 41.
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