Another hit and run mission to North America saw a wet-dry Canadian Grand Prix taken out by Max Verstappen and his Red Bull, but not after a few hits and misses through the field. Talking of hitting and running, here is our 2024 Canadian F1 Grand Prix Result Summary which covers both races and anything else of interest.
This 2024 Canadian Grand Prix Result, Lap by Lap, Review & Summary gives you just enough to catch up with. With just a hint of cynicism, bias, opinion and colour. The perfect bite sized review for those who couldn’t be bothered, or don’t have enough time.
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Didn’t see the race live? Don’t have time to watch the whole race? Here’s where we capture the laps where stuff happened. We write these live as we go, sort of like a minute by minute for the football, but marginally more interesting.
Setting the scene – Qualifying continues to be the big entertainer in 2024 with a new name at the top of the timesheets in the form of Mercedes driver George Russell, but only just. He set the exact same time as Max Verstappen, but takes pole because he did it first. Behind that samey pair, is the samey pair of McLarens in 3rd and 4th. In 5th is RB’s Daniel Ricciardo, in a decent response to 1997 World Champion questioning Riccardo’s worth to F1 now and ever. The Australian may not have won a Championship but he did win F1 races over more than two seasons, but we’ll leave that grudge match points decision until after the race. Behind the non-Championship winning Ricciardo are the Championship winning Alonso (6th) and Hamilton (7th), with the Aston Martin driver back doing what he does best, and Hamilton wondering why his Mercedes wasn’t further ahead. The disappointment really starts in 11th and 12th as the Ferraris were off the pace, baffling the driver who won in Monaco. But the ultimate disappointment was Sergio Perez, who celebrated his team’s risky decision to re-sign him for two more seasons by qualifying 16th. The Canadian Grand Prix is usually an action packed race, and with a slightly mixed grid it should produce something special.
And raceday is wet with everyone except the Haas cars starting on intermediate tyres. Haas cars on full wets and it proves to be genius. Rain shouldn’t last all race, but looks like it’s going to be wet for a long time.
GRID (Starting Order) – RUS VER NOR PIA RIC ALO HAM TSU STR ALB
Lap 1 – The cars take off soooooo slowly and creep through the first few corners and everyone behaves through the first half of the lap and stay mostly in grid order, with Daniel Ricciardo dropping a few places. The big mover is Kevin Magnussen on the full wets, up six places on the first lap and is 8th at the end of lap one. Only issue on lap one is a clash between Gasly and Perez but both continue. And Perez continues a miserable weekend.
ORDER – RUS VER NOR PIA ALO HAM MAG RIC STR LEC
Lap 2 – It is now pouring with rain and the full wet tyre is the one to be on. To prove this point Kevin Magnussen is up to 5th by the end of lap two, passing Fernando Alonso at the final chicane. His team mate Nico Hulkenberg is now up to 10th as well.
ORDER – RUS VER NOR PIA MAG ALO HAM RIC HUL STR
Lap 4 – A drier line is starting to appear and so the Haas’ premium advantage might be over soon, but they are currently faster than the race leader and sitting in 4th and 8th, a result that wouldn’t happen in the dry or on inters. In non Haas news, Leclerc is getting messages from his team that there is an engine problem but told to keep pushing, not much of a weekend for him so far.
Lap 6 – The sun is out now around certain parts of the track, so the surface will come back to the cars on inters. Logan Sargeant celebrates by missing a corner but avoiding the barrier, for now. Alonso and Hamilton both run wide at the final and first corner respectively battling for 6th place.
Lap 8 – Kevin Magnussen pits for inters. Given how quickly the track has dried here over the weekend perhaps he could have tried to hang on until dry tyres were the bees knees.
Lap 10 – Stewards notice comes on screen that a false start for Daniel Ricciardo is being investigated. That guy has no luck. Or former Canadian World Champion fans. A dry line is increasingly becoming apparent. Looking forward to the first maniac to have a go. Probably Alonso. Closer to the front George Russell has done a super job leading Max Verstappen by a second with the McLarens six then five seconds further back. Nico Hulkenberg is now holding up half the field on the full wets in 7th. Daniel Ricciardo gets past the Hulk at the end of lap 12. He’ll need to get a move on, he receives a five second penalty for whatever the false start was.
ORDER – RUS VER NOR PIA ALO HAM HUL RIC STR LEC
Lap 13 – Nico Hulkenberg comes in for inters, and meanwhile George Russell is told on the radio that more rain is expected in 20 minutes. Making it very interesting as the cars starting on inters will start to struggle as the track get quite dry. The cars will need the dry tyres just in time for the rain to get here. (Rubbing hands in excitement).
Lap 14 – Lando Norris has halved the gap to the leading pair and is the fastest driver on the circuit. He was 1.4 second faster on a single lap at this stage.
Lap 17 – Max Verstappen runs wide at the first corner and now Lando Norris is on his tail. There is quite the dry line appearing at the moment but there’s more rain in ten minutes. What joy as without that threat most of the cars would be in for those dry tyres by now. Oscar Piastri has woken up and sets a fastest lap.
Lap 20 – Lando Norris uses DRS and passes Max Verstappen for second into the final chicane, and a little further behind his team mate continues to set fastest lap just after Lando has set one and has halves the gap to the top three. McLarens on fire right now.
Lap 21 – Lando Norris does it again into the same corner and takes the lead of the Canadian Grand Prix. Inspired by Norris, Max Verstappen takes advantage of George Russell cutting the final chicane and takes second off George Russell, the Mercedes driver dropping from first to third in one corner.
ORDER – NOR VER RUS PIA ALO HAM RIC STR ALB TSU
Lap 24 – Lando Norris is a full seven second in front now, as Oscar Piastri doubles down on the McLaren speed by getting within a second of George Russell’s third place.
Lap 25 – TV cameras pan to Logan Sargeant, who has gone into the wall. Normally everyone would dive into the pits but they are still waiting for this rain…..Lando Norris doesn’t pit but 2nd to 4th do. AS do the cars further behind too. They all put on inters. Has Norris been dudded here? He pits at the end of lap 26 but loses to the lead to Verstappen and Russell. Piastri looks like he could have passed Norris has yielded. Such a team player.
SAFETY CAR DEPLOYED
ORDER – VER RUS NOR PIA HAM ALO TSU STR OCO RIC
SAFETY CAR ENDS
Lap 29 – The Safety car leaves just as it looks like the rain is about to hit. That’s great news for F1 fans longing for more action. That’s bad news for Ferrari who look to have put Charles Leclerc on dry tyres. Enjoy that Charles. The race restart with everyone tip-toeing through the first corners again.
Lap 30 – The rain is here now and poor Charles Leclerc is struggling. He pits at the end of lap 31 for better tyres. Not struggling is Alex Albon who takes both 10th and 9th in one move into the final chicane.
Lap 34 – A look towards the front of the race and the top five all have just over a second gap to the car behind, with Oscar Piastri looking the quicker of the lot. That group of five are approaching Charles Leclerc to lap him. Poor Charles.
Lap 38 – Sergio Perez overtakes Kevin Magnussen for 15th. Which is a timely reminder that the Mexican is still in the race.
Lap 40 – So the track is starting to get quite dry again, and so the exciting part is ahead of strategy and bravery. Lewis Hamilton is now the fastest driver on track. Talking of track, Pierre Gasly is about the become F1’s guinea pig as he puts on slicks. Nothing to lose so why not.
Lap 42 – Lando Norris runs wide at the first corner to no penalty in position. But the group of 2nd to 5th are very tight now. Charles Leclerc is put out of his misery as the team tell him to retire the car. He’ll probably be very thankful.
Lap 43 – Lewis Hamilton pits for dry tyres. Such bravery as he was looking fast on those inters. He drops to 10th as some of the midfield cars like Sainz and Ricciardo also grab dry tyres. Meanwhile
Lap 44 – Oscar Piastri pits for dry tyres but the cars in front of him do not. Now, this could play into the Australian’s hands as the dry shod cars are starting to fly. Piastri doesn’t lose a place and remains fourth.
Lap 45 – Max Verstappen and George Russell pits and Lando Norris doesn’t. The pair stay just in front of Oscar Piastri who has a lap more heat into his tyres. Lando Norris stays out in front on the inter tyre for one more lap. He has a 20 second gap to Verstappen in second so appears that he will keep first place.
Lap 46 – Lando Norris pits for dry tyres. Does he keep the lead of the Canadian Grand Prix. No. Norris nearly loses it coming out of the pits and Max Verstappen blasts past. And now has George Russell and Oscar Piastri on his tail.
ORDER – VER NOR RUS PIA HAM ALO TSU STR OCO ALB
Lap 49 – George Russell passes Lando Norris into the final chicane with the help of DRS, taking second place. Further in front, Max Verstappen is complaining on the radio that he can’t ride the kerbs. So although it appears he is cruising in front, this could still get interesting.
Lap 51 – George Russell runs wide and almost drops it into the wall and loses second place to Lando Norris.
Lap 53 – TV pans to Sergio Perez driving around with a smashed up rear wing. A little later we see Carlos Sainz doing burnouts on the grass and Alex Albon into the wall. Not sure if they are all related, but the combination sees the Safety Car deployed. Replays show Perez losing it at the slowish chicane halfway around the lap and reversing into the barrier. Replays also show that the Sainz and Albon incidents were related. Sainz spun at the same corner as Perez dropped it, but the Ferrari collected the Williams as it rolled backwards. Bad luck for Albon, bad driving from Sainz. Missed in all the action of the above that Piastri is ahead of Russell for third.
SAFETY CAR DEPLOYED
ORDER – VER NOR PIA RUS HAM ALO STR TSU OCO RIC
SAFETY CAR EXITS
Lap 58 – The race restarts and there should be no more weather, so it’s a straight 12 lap sprint to the finish. And nothing of note on the restart as the drivers behave themselves.
Lap 63 – Oscar Piastri somehow stays ahead of George Russell as they battle for third. Looks like contact into the final chicane, or should have been given how close they were. George Russell loses out and cuts the final chicane and loses fourth place to Lewis Hamilton. Piastri was only asked on radio about team orders and speed vs Max Verstappen just before.
ORDER – VER NOR PIA HAM RUS ALO STR OCO TSU RIC
Lap 66 – Lewis Hamilton gets past Oscar Piastri for third place. George Russell double Mercedes joy a lap later. The Mercedes are now flying but maybe too far back to cause further damage ahead?
Lap 67 – Yuki Tsunoda drops in at the chicane before the hairpin. How he doesn’t wipe out another car in the midfield train as he spins backwards across the track is amazing. A Haas goes very close.
Lap 69 – George Russell overtakes Lewis Hamilton in a bold move into the final chicane.
FINAL LAP – Max Verstappen cruises to victory as the Mercedes squabble behind in third, and they almost catch Norris in second.
FINAL ORDER (Across the line) – VER NOR RUS HAM PIA ALO STR RIC GAS OCO
Here we go through the field and highlight the very best (Great) of the race, and the plodders, the over-ambitious, the out of luck, and simply hopeless (Grape).
These points get added to our Driver of the Season scores. points for a great nomination, and -5 for the worst or grapest driver in the pack. Then it is +2 /-2 for honourable or dishonourable mentions.
THE GREAT-EST – MAX VERSTAPPEN
Still doesn’t get it all his way, as it now appears to be the 2024 story, but he’s still plenty good enough to take the decisive lead and do it easy enough in front when he gets there. The car is no world beater this season, you need only to look at his team mate to see, but Verstappen gets the Max-imum.
HONOURABLE MENTIONS
MAX VERSTAPPEN – Still doesn’t get it all his way, as it now appears to be the 2024 story, but he’s still plenty good enough to take the decisive lead and do it easy enough in front when he gets there. The car is no world beater this season, you need only to look at his team mate to see, but Verstappen gets the Max-imum.
LANDO NORRIS – Another second place, and he led for a while too. Looks like he will be Max’s closest Championship contender on all tracks and more wins to come.
GEORGE RUSSELL – He took pole and did lead quite a few laps of the race. And was comfortable in second place after overtaking Lando Norris, Then he ran wide and lost that spot to Norris, dropped behind Piastri, then dropped behind Hamilton. But somehow late in the race made up for all that with some key passes and ends up on the podium. Although, you have to argue, that a better driver in his scenario in the race would have pushed MAx Verstappen for victory.
DANIEL RICCIARDO – Received an all-time spray from Jacques Villeneuve who not only questioned his current value to F1 but also called his entire career into question. Harsh stuff. The RB driver responded with 5th on the grid and maintained a solid 7th during the first half of the race, after dropping his usual spots from the grid. Gave up five seconds and a few places at the first pit stop because of a penalty for false start but at least proved his worth to a few people. Still finished eighth and ended up with a weekend H2H double over his team mate.
ALPINE AND ASTON MARTIN – Double points finishes for both teams a welcome return to some form.
THE GRAPE-EST – SERGIO PEREZ
Do Red Bull have buyers remorse already? They should. Why sign him at all, let alone two seasons, and off the back of Monaco. Maybe they need more money to pay for Christian Horner’s ego. Perez had another shocker in Canada, bowing out in Q1 and making minimal progress during the race. Then his race ends after spinning backwards into the wall. Quality. Another two and a half seasons for Red Bull. Enjoy.
DISHONOURABLE MENTIONS
CHARLES LECLERC – His Ferrari was off the pace in qualifying causing him to bow out in Q2. Then little progress in the race, followed by being put on slick tyres at exactly the wrong time dropping him to last. He is told to retire the car at half distance. Some kind of weekend after dominating in Monaco.
LOGAN SARGEANT – Simply not good enough for F1, and Williams have nothing to lose by putting the young Mercedes protege Kimi Andrea Antonelli in the car soon. Or anyone else. The American did better in qualifying but ended his race in the barrier, after trying to do the same earlier in the race.
CARLOS SAINZ – Didn’t have the headlines grabbing bad race, but it was pretty ordinary. Stuck in midfield racing and running into Alpines and Kick Saubers. Then finishes the weekend off nicely by spinning and collecting Alex Albon and ruining his race as he rolls backwards.
ALEX ALBON – Possibly loses a points finish by trailing Carlos Sianz when he spins off. Pulled off a great double overtaking move earlier in the race, so dishonourable mention not his fault.
YUKI TSUNODA – Not a great weekend for re-signed Red Bull drivers. Outqualified by Ricciardo for the first time. And although he was ahead for a lot of the race, Tsunoda spun out of points and was lucky not to have been cleaned up, while his team mate came 8th.
Was it a good race, loads of action, a tense ending, a surprise result or DNF, or just a big, fat, snooze-fest?
We rate the big race itself, so we know which races to go back and watch in the off season or one to simply remember the winner for the post season quiz nights.
ON TRACK ACTION – 9 / 10
Rain brings action, and strategy of being on the right tyre at the right time. Overtakes for the lead, double overtakes through the field. A few drivers going off track, one into the wall. Just what you expect from a wet race/Canadian race.
ANY SURPRISES? – 3 / 5
The Haas’ surprised early being on the full wet tyres and carved up through the field. But not a great deal of surprise factor after that. Verstappen good, McLarens fast, Perez hopeless…..Although, the Ferrari’s lack of pace was quite the surprise.
SEASON IMPORTANCE – 4 / 5
Max Verstappen coming back into form is important, as again it appears the car isn’t perfect, especially on these non permanent tracks. McLaren’s pace in all conditions is note-worthy as the nearest consistent challengers. Mercedes uplift and Ferrari’s downturn in pace is also interesting in the overall 2024 picture. Wondering if both will continue as the F1 circus heads back to Europe.
ENDING 6 / 10
Exciting enough racing towards the ends as places 2nd to 5th were decided. Some midfield mayhem too kept one interested right until the end. But it was a race that didn’t need too much added to the ending.
OVERALL RATING 22 / 30
A great combination of a good track for action and wet weather. Didn’t mix up the end result too much, but plenty in between to reward those who got up early or stayed up late to watch.
2024 F1 Season Power Rankings
Stay tuned for our Power Rankings from the race soon as it is currently being calculated and will be ready on Monday.
Why not check the latest race ratings – 2024 Monaco Grand Prix Ratings
Or check out our 2023 Season Driver Rankings and Stats
