The start was strong, he had to be firm but fair with Carlos into the first turn and from there he managed the race really well. Everything is pretty close right now so that will be an interesting one.” All in all, we brought home twelve points today and I think, looking forward, Canada should be a strong race for us. This weekend, in general, has been a step back and we weren’t quite there, but there are plenty of things we can do better. Then we got stuck behind the Aston Martin and Fernando was quite hard to pass, so it meant I couldn’t progress through the field as quickly as we would have liked. George went really deep on that first lap, gaining a lot of positions but we took it easier to ensure we had more of a clean start.

I think P3 was possible but, if we wanted more points, then I would have had to take more risks on lap one and potentially compromise my race. We did have a good strategy but, looking at where we started from, there was only so much that we could do. 'I am disappointed with today, we have ultimately paid the price for a bad qualifying. We’ve had another strong weekend and that’s of course what I like to see for the Team, hopefully we can keep this up throughout the year.” We went on to the hards but I didn’t seem to have much grip, I was sliding around quite a lot, the pace was okay but I couldn’t create more of a gap, so we switched to softs and then I just needed to bring it home. From there onwards it was about managing the tyres, I was able to create a big gap. It was important to try and keep the lead into turn one, it was quite tight. It’s a massive pleasure to drive a car like this. READ MORE: ‘We have to keep on working’ – Verstappen vows not to ease off after fifth win of 2023 as he gets set for Mercedes challenge He climbed back through the field and was chasing hard in the closing stages to try and make it back to the podium, falling a couple of seconds short. As for Perez, he also started on the mediums so had to be careful off the line from 11th.

Verstappen was unstoppable – he started on the mediums, fought off Sainz through the first corner and from there was streets ahead as he came home for his third straight win, picking up the bonus point for fastest lap to boot.

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