“I think this was the maximum this weekend,” said the Dutchman in the flash interview afterwards. “It was a good race, although we had a hard time the first two stints, our strategy was also aggressive. Fortunately it went better in the last Stint and our pace was a bit better.”
Max Verstappen in exciting Grand Prix from Canada Second behind George Russell, Late Crash Lando Norris
“We drove an attacking slash defensive race. Offensive with the strategy, defense against the cars behind us and that worked well,” says Verstappen.
As a result of this result, Verstappen responds to World Championship leader Oscar Piastri (fourth) and Lando Norris (dropped out). He didn’t want to philosophize much about the championship. “It’s a long season. We’re looking at the race for race.”
George Russell enjoys Canada in ‘Koeler’
Russell was of course delighted with the victory. “This is great, the last time we won a Grand Prix was in Las Vegas last year. Moreover, we lost the race here last year (Russell then also started from pole position, ed.), So it’s great that we are here with a first stage for Kimi Antonelli.”
Russell can explain that Mercedes was strong in Canada, just like last year. “It is a bit cooler here. You saw that here last year, that are circumstances that our car is good at.”