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00:00Lights out and away we go and Max Verstappen gets the better start from Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton away quickly too.
00:06And Hamilton already level with Carlos Sainz, but Sainz has the inside line.
00:10Alonso stays in second place, then Sainz, then comes Hamilton, Magnussen around the outside of him.
00:14Mick Schumacher under pressure already from Esteban Ocon in the other, Alpine, George Russell just behind those two.
00:20Into the first chicane we go and Hamilton wheel to wheel there with Kevin Magnussen just getting ahead outside of the chicane.
00:25Magnussen had a tremendous start for Haas there, but all clean then.
00:29As they head down to turn six and seven.
00:37Yeah, Gasly.
00:43I love the engine.
00:45Oh, and if qualifying was bad, this is epically bad.
00:49For Sergio Perez, he is out of the race.
00:51He's going to find the gap by the grandstand there that the marshals can push that Red Bull into.
00:56Yeah.
00:57Virtual safety car.
00:58Race gets neutralized and the drivers have to reduce their speed now.
01:02No overtaking.
01:03Drive to within 40% of their normal lap times.
01:06Ferrari are going to make a stop.
01:09Looks like Red Bull are coming out as well.
01:10Verstappen stopping.
01:11Yeah, Verstappen straight in front of me.
01:13It's too good an opportunity to miss, especially as these tyres seem to be going off quite quickly.
01:17Vettel's stop was a planned stop, so his tyres were going off.
01:21Obviously the top road cars there, Lewis Hamilton as well.
01:25He's also in, but nothing from George Russell, nothing from the other cars as well.
01:30We've got some other people.
01:31It's a bit too early for some people, Crofty, but if you're in trouble with your tyres, it's worth coming in now.
01:36What about Lewis Hamilton's base?
01:38Hamilton behind Esteban Ocon.
01:39The Alpinas look racy, but I tell you what, that Mercedes skipping over the bumps and the bouncing a little bit.
01:45Almost on a par with Ocon going into that corner.
01:48Hamilton will get a decent exit and has got a decent exit on the fresher tyres and is racing Ocon now down towards Turn 1.
01:55These two have collided and tangled together in 2022, but not on this occasion.
02:00Lewis Hamilton gets himself past Esteban Ocon, takes the applause of the crowd and is up into fifth place.
02:06And now going through the gears with DRS active up to 200 miles an hour, Fernando Alonso is waved goodbye by Max Verstappen.
02:17And this is Mick Schumacher. Mechanical problems affecting the Haas.
02:22Died on him, hasn't it?
02:23Sorry Ben. You were on it.
02:29As Carlos Sainz makes his pit stop and will come out behind Alonso and almost behind Lewis Hamilton.
02:36Well done to the Ferrari crew. That was good work from them.
02:41Fernando Alonso hasn't been into the pits yet. These tyres are a lot older than Hamilton's.
02:45Hamilton moves out from behind the rear wing of the Alpine and then moves past the Alpine by the time they put the brakes on.
02:53It's a nice straight forward pit stop and the hard tyres are on for Max Verstappen.
02:58Two and a half seconds as he comes out into the first corner.
03:03Lewis Hamilton's taking the long way round there. This is going to be pretty tight.
03:06Verstappen has the outside line though. Hamilton on the inside.
03:10Lewis Hamilton ahead of Max Verstappen.
03:13Max Verstappen. And despite a speedy, rapid pit stop from Red Bull.
03:18Hamilton there. Wow. Half a foot, Martin. Clear of Max Verstappen. That could be crucial.
03:24You have to assume that Red Bull thought they could clear Hamilton there. So that'll put a smile on the Ferrari pit wall.
03:30Of course, Sainz, his tyres I mentioned earlier on were 12 laps younger, but you'd have to think he might still have to stop again.
03:38But how much time is Verstappen going to lose now?
03:42Might be the best thing or the first thing to make the Ferrari pit wall smile this afternoon.
03:47Why don't you make sure I f***ing hand over here and cross?
03:50Didn't have the pace.
03:52That did not put a smile on Max Verstappen's face whatsoever.
03:56But an overtake on Lewis Hamilton here would certainly help him as he makes his way down the main straight.
04:02Hamilton's not fighting this one. He's not defending it. He knows the Red Bull has got a faster pace.
04:07And for the moment, Hamilton can come into the pits as well.
04:12As Charles Leclerc has Daniel Ricciardo as the next car he wants to try and overtake.
04:17And he's going to try and find somewhere a little more unusual to make that move stick.
04:21And he does make that move stick into Turn 8. This was the move on Yuki Tsunoda.
04:29Down towards the first corner, Joe Granue is passed by Charles Leclerc on the medium tyre now.
04:36And that's why we've got yellow flags. And it is Yuki Tsunoda in the Alfa Tauri.
04:42Sorry, I'm out.
04:44Now that's surely going to be a virtual safety car or a safety car.
04:49Safety car, safety car. This has absolutely worked in Carlos Sainz's favour.
04:54Because I think he's coming into the pits. He is coming into the pits.
04:57While we see the replay, Tsunoda came into the pits, went straight on as he came out on cold tyres.
05:02But Carlos Sainz, who was told his safety car window is opening, has now got to the pit stop at exactly the right time for him.
05:11Losing less time by making his second pit stop than Max Verstappen did.
05:16And having fresher tyres than Verstappen to run to the end of the race.
05:19Verstappen might have just taken the lead here.
05:21But Sainz should have less of a gap between himself and the Red Bull driver when we go racing once again.
05:29And we are now going green.
05:31When does Verstappen want to release the rest of the pack?
05:33Right out of the final chicane.
05:35And Carlos Sainz has gone right with him as well.
05:38Verstappen leads them then down towards the first turn.
05:41Fernando Alonso right on the heels of his teammate Esteban Ocon as Verstappen leads Sainz, leads Hamilton,
05:47then leads Russell, Ocon and Alonso through those first couple of corners.
05:51Charles Leclerc right behind Fernando Alonso.
05:54Then comes Bottas, Vettel and Joe Guanyu.
05:57That's the top ten.
05:59That is Fernando Alonso getting passed by Charles Leclerc.
06:03And that's gone down very well with those that bought a red T-shirt this weekend.
06:07This is Esteban Ocon and Charles Leclerc into the hairpin.
06:11Neat little move there by Leclerc who's having a much better end to this race and he's now up into fifth place.
06:18Max Verstappen can just start to relax and to rest a little bit as for the first time he starts a race in Montreal on pole.
06:26And for the first time he sees the chequered flag and will know what it's like to win the Canadian Grand Prix.
06:33Max Verstappen comes home in first place.
06:36Carlos Sainz pushed him all the way and takes the fifth second place in his career.
06:40And it's Lewis Hamilton back on the podium once more for Mercedes in third.
06:45Max Verstappen back on top of the podium for the first time here and not for the first time this season.
06:51He extends his championship lead.
06:53It was another thrilling Canadian Grand Prix and another fine performance.
06:59And I win for the champion, defending champion Max Verstappen.
07:03Max Verstappen.
07:11You

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