Lewis Hamilton finished a lonely sixth and was a long way off the pace in Montreal; Hamilton revealed he hit a groundhog during the early stages of the Canadian Grand Prix, which explained his disappointing pace;

The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is, like other venues on the Formula 1 calendar, the indirect result of a city hosting a major event unrelated to racing. In this case, of the Expo 67, the World’s Fair held in 1967 in Montreal. The track is located on Île Notre-Dame, a man-made island in the St. Lawrence River.

Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris were involved in a late clash which knocked the Briton out of the Canadian Grand Prix and kept McLaren off the podium.

Kimi Antonelli finished fourth, one place ahead of Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton. Russell started on pole here last year and came from nowhere to secure first place again. Verstappen, who crashed into Russell at the previous round in Spain, will join him on the front row.

With the news that he had been cleared to race at the Canadian Grand Prix this weekend getting the city’s pulse racing, Lance Stroll made a pit stop at his favourite Montreal deli. Looking happy to be back on home turf, Stroll and the Aston Martin team hit up one of the city’s most iconic spots for smoked meat.

Formula 1 arrives in Canada, where this evening the tenth round of the World Championship, the Montreal Grand Prix, will take place. The teams, after a series of races in Europe, have flown

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The Canadian Grand Prix steward slapped Yuki Tsunoda with a 10-place grid penalty, dropping him to the back of the grid for the Montreal race due to his actions in practice