Pole-sitter Russell endured an incident-filled race but saw off Lewis Hamilton in the closing stages to claim Mercedes’ first podium of the year.
Max Verstappen overcame the weather and capitalised on a well-timed safety car to thwart Lando Norris and George Russell and win an action-packed Canadian Grand Prix.
Russell took pole having set an identical time to Verstappen during a thrilling qualifying session on Saturday, where the top seven were separated by less than three tenths of a second.Heavy rain began around 90 minutes before the start and 18 of the 20 cars began on intermediate tyres – with Haas pair Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg on wet rubber from 14th and 17th on the grid.
Norris blasted to an eight-second lead but that was snatched away when Logan Sargeant hit the wall and a safety car was deployed.Norris was hugely disadvantaged as Verstappen and Russell pitted ahead of him and the 24-year-old rejoined third. Russell charged past Norris again with 20 laps to go but two laps later they changed positions again as the pole-sitter ran wide.The drama was only just beginning as Sergio Perez slid into the wall before Carlos Sainz spun into Alex Albon, dumping the Williams driver into the wall and bringing out a second safety car with 16 laps to go.
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