Press comments on the “Leclerc Show”
“A great day for Mercedes” despite Verstappen
06/20/2022, 10:40 am
Lewis Hamilton is finally back on a Formula 1 podium in Canada. The record world champion is third behind Carlos Sainz and the big winner Max Verstappen. According to the international press, he will be “really chased across the finish line” in Montreal.
Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen has further extended his championship lead by winning the Canadian Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver prevailed in Montréal on Sunday, just ahead of Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz and Lewis Hamilton in the Mercedes. His teammate Sergio Pérez dropped out with a technical defect and lost further ground as second in the World Championship. The international press writes about this:
Great Britain
“The Sun”: “Red Bull are clearly the big winner of the Canadian Grand Prix with Verstappen clinching another win but it wasn’t a flawless win. Sergio Perez’s retirement with a suspected gearbox problem suggests their car continues to struggle ( …) It’s a great day for Mercedes who made a significant step forward and Ferrari will be happy that both cars finished (…)
“Daily Mail”: “Yes, Hamilton was behind winner Max Verstappen, who withstood late pressure to take his sixth win of the season, and behind Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. But when the champagne was sprayed and Hamilton reaped the biggest cheers of the sun-drenched day, it worked The 37-year-old Briton felt renewed at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, where he claimed his first of 103 victories in 2007.”
France
“Le Figaro”: “A success that has allowed him (Verstappen) to consolidate his lead in the Drivers’ Championship. He is now 46 points clear of Mexican Sergio Perez, who retired on lap 9, and Monegasque Charles Leclerc, who was penalized on Saturday and by started from the back but eventually fought his way up to fifth place.”
Italy
Gazzetta dello Sport: “Verstappen is confirmed as the best. Sainz fought to the end, Leclerc put on a show. Top performances for Hamilton, Russell and Alonso too.”
Spain
“Ace”: “Sainz got closer than ever before the hairpin to Verstappen and his first victory in Formula 1.(…) But it’s not easy to overtake at Gilles Villeneuve because only the straights offer opportunities, and that fastest car on the straights is Verstappen The champion took a hard-fought win at the Canadian GP, perhaps the hardest-fought of the year for him (…).”
Austria
“Courier”: “The Red Bull drivers were last able to celebrate five times in a row in Formula 1. The sixth Grand Prix success in a row was anything but a sure-fire success on Sunday in Montreal. Max Verstappen was literally over the moon at the Canadian Grand Prix Chased the finish line. The world champion had a Ferrari in tow, but this time it was not driven by rival Charles Leclerc, but by Carlos Sainz.”