Canadian GP: Verstappen holds off Sainz to win tense race

Max Verstappen held off severe late pressure from Carlos Sainz to win Formula 1’s 2022

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Canadian Grand Prix following a late safety car disruption, with Lewis Hamilton taking third.

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The race had already been twice interrupted by digital security automotive activations,

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which put Verstappen and Sainz on totally different two-stop versus

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a possible one-stop technique for the Ferrari forward of the closing levels,

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earlier than the security automotive closed them up and arrange a straight battle for the victory

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on the identical exhausting tyres, albeit with the Spaniard on youthful rubber.

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