How Sainz could have won the Canadian GP for Ferrari

A late safety car set up a final charge to the line between Verstappen and Sainz, both of whom were left fighting alone for their teams following setbacks for their team-mates.
Verstappen ultimately held on to score his sixth victory of the season, denying Sainz a maiden F1 win that he has come so close to on a number of occasions.
But was there a way that Sainz could have beaten Verstappen? …Keep reading
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Horner: Mercedes car concept, not F1’s 2022 rules, to blame for issues

After a weekend of intense political drama in Canada over the FIA’s intervention in trying to reduce car bouncing, a number of teams have been left unhappy about the situation.
Matters reached a head in a team principals’ meeting on Saturday when Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto and Horner confronted Wolff about over-dramatising his team’s problems to help get the FIA involved.
Wolff angrily …Keep reading
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Norris: McLaren’s strong F1 days aren’t “genuine pace”

After a power unit issue resigned Norris to 14th place in qualifying on Saturday, he dropped back to 18th when McLaren double-stacked its cars in the pits. A slow stop for Daniel Ricciardo forced Norris to wait behind his team-mate, before his car was then initially fitted with the wrong tyres when he was eventually serviced.
Norris could only recover to 15th at the chequered flag, having also …Keep reading
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Air leak cost Alonso the chance to race Mercedes in F1 Canadian GP

Alonso qualified second in the wet on Saturday in Montreal but in the race he slipped back to seventh on the road behind teammate Esteban Ocon.
Szafnauer believes that had Alonso not been hit by the issue, which compromised his straight-line performance from around Lap 20, he could have fought with Lewis Hamilton and George Russell for a place on the podium.
Alonso also lost out by making …Keep reading
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Autosport Podcast: F1 Canadian Grand Prix Review

Charles Leclerc was forced to fight back from a grid penalty due to a Ferrari engine change after his retirement in the Azerbaijan GP and finished fifth in Canada, while Verstappen’s Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez crashed in qualifying and then suffered his own mechanical heartache in the race.
But Verstappen didn’t have a straightforward path to his 26th career F1 triumph, surpassing both …Keep reading
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Ferrari reveals frantic last-second call behind Sainz pitstop

Verstappen, who controlled the early stages of the race on Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, made his second and final pitstop with 27 laps to go, handing the lead to Sainz.
Six laps later, by which time the Dutchman had narrowed the gap to Sainz down to just under eight seconds, AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda went off coming out of the pits.
After a long delay, the local yellow was directly …Keep reading
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