In the closing stages of Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix, contact between McLaren teammates Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri left Norris without a front wing on his MCL39, bringing out the Safety Car. In the laps that followed another incident occurred,

George Russell won his first race of the Formula 1 season as the Mercedes driver held off defending race winner Max Verstappen at the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday.

Russell of Mercedes won the pole for the sixth time in his F1 career with a lap of 1 minute, 10.899 seconds to best Verstappen of Red Bull, who was .160 seconds behind.

George Russell delivered an incredible drive for Mercedes at the Canadian Grand Prix, winning the race from pole position.

Qualifying was a thrilling fight for pole position on Saturday with Russell snatching glory out of the hands of world champion Verstappen.

Norris, who had looked strong earlier in qualifying, had at least managed to get a time on the board after his early Q3 error, but he failed to improve on his third attempt and he could only manage s...