| 2024 Canadian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 9 of 24 in the2024 Formula One World Championship
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| Race details[1] | |||||
| Date | 9 June 2024 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 AWSGrand Prix du Canada 2024 | ||||
| Location | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve,Montréal,Quebec,Canada | ||||
| Course | Semi-permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 4.361 km (2.710 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 70 laps, 305.270 km (189.686 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Rainy at start, dry later | ||||
| Attendance | 350,000[2] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:12.000 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |  Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:14.856 on lap 70 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | ||||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Third | Mercedes | ||||
Lap leaders | |||||
The2024 Canadian Grand Prix (officially known as theFormula 1 AWS Grand Prix du Canada 2024) was aFormula One motor race, which was held on 9 June 2024, at theCircuit Gilles Villeneuve inMontreal,Quebec, Canada. It was the ninth round of the2024 Formula One World Championship. In a rain affected race,Max Verstappen won his sixtieth Grand Prix, ahead ofLando Norris andGeorge Russell, who scoredMercedes's first Grand Prix podium finish of the season. After struggling in qualifying, with both cars failing to reach Q3 for the first time since the2021 Belgian Grand Prix,Ferrari suffered their first doubleDNF since the2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
The event was held at theCircuit Gilles Villeneuve inMontreal for the 43rd time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 7–9 June.[3] The Grand Prix was the ninth round of the2024 Formula One World Championship and the 53rd running of theCanadian Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship.[4]
Going into the weekend,Max Verstappen led theDrivers' Championship with 169 points, 31 points ahead ofCharles Leclerc in second, and 56 ahead ofLando Norris in third.Red Bull Racing, with 276 points, led theConstructors' Championship fromFerrari andMcLaren, who were second and third with 252 and 184 points, respectively.[5]
The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.[6]Jack Doohan drove forAlpine in the first free practice session, taking the spot ofEsteban Ocon.[7]
Tyre supplierPirelli brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds (the softest three in their range) designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively, for teams to use at the event.[8]
Esteban Ocon ofAlpine carried a five-placegrid penalty for causing a collision with his teammatePierre Gasly at the precedingMonaco Grand Prix.[9]
Threefree practice sessions were held for the event. The first free practice session was held on 7 June 2024, at 13:30 local time (UTC−4), and was topped byLando Norris ofMcLaren ahead ofCarlos Sainz Jr. ofFerrari and his teammateCharles Leclerc. The second free practice session was held on the same day, at 17:00 local time, and was topped byFernando Alonso ofAston Martin ahead ofGeorge Russell ofMercedes and Alonso's teammateLance Stroll. The third free practice session was held on 8 June 2024, at 12:30 local time, and was topped byLewis Hamilton of Mercedes ahead ofMax Verstappen ofRed Bull Racing and Hamilton's teammate Russell.[1]
Qualifying was held on 8 June 2024, at 16:00 local time (UTC−4).[1]
George Russell set an identical time toMax Verstappen in Q3 but took pole position by virtue of setting his lap earlier,[10] only the second time that pole position has been decided in such a way since Formula One adopted a three-decimal timing system after the1997 European Grand Prix.[11]
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The race was held on 9 June 2024, at 14:00 local time (UTC−4), and was run for 70 laps.[1]
TheSaubers changed their rear wings duringparc fermé, relegating them to a pit lane start. The start was held under intermediate conditions, with Haas opting to start their drivers on the wet compound of tyres. While polesitterGeorge Russell kept the lead on the start,Kevin Magnussen immediately benefited from the wet tyres, and he climbed up to as high as fourth whileNico Hülkenberg worked his way up to the points.Charles Leclerc, who had wonthe previous race at Monaco, suspected engine issues with hisFerrari SF-24, reducing his pace. He was stuck in the midfield for a majority of the race.[14]
On lap eight, the conditions started to change; the rain was clearing up, so drivers switched to the intermediates. Magnussen lost time when his pit crew were not ready with intermediate tyres.Lando Norris passedMax Verstappen usingDRS on lap 20, taking him into the lead. However,Logan Sargeant caused a safety car period by spinning out of the chicane at turns 3 and 4 and into retirement. Norris crossed the pit lane entry line too late to enter and change tyres, so other drivers, including Verstappen, gained a tyre advantage. Norris dropped to third behind Verstappen and Russell.[14]
The safety car exited the track on lap 29 as Leclerc, already suffering from power unit issues, switched to hard tyres, dropping him to last place. Leclerc would soon retire from the race, with the power unit issues persisting. On the restart, Verstappen kept the lead ahead of Russell. Meanwhile,Alexander Albon overtookDaniel Ricciardo andEsteban Ocon into the final corner, but he encounteredCarlos Sainz Jr. spinning on his way to turn 7. He failed to avoid the Ferrari and he and Sainz were both forced to retire. Ferrari failed to score points for the first time since the2023 Australian Grand Prix. This was Ferrari's first retirement of the season, and their first double retirement since the2022 Azerbaijan Grand Prix.[14][15]Sergio Pérez, who was knocked out in Q1 for the second consecutive race weekend in a row, failed to finish once again after he spun into the wall at turn six, hitting the rear wing of hisRB20 and destroying it. His team advised him to limp back to the pits to retire, as leaving the car on the track would risk a safety car. However, the Albon-Sainz incident brought out the second and final safety car period.[14]
The safety car period allowed drivers to change their tyres again. These drivers included Russell and teammateLewis Hamilton, who went wheel-to-wheel with Russell winning out. Russell also battledOscar Piastri, with the latter keeping his car on the track as Russell was forced off the track in an incident that was ultimately deemed by stewards as a racing incident.Yuki Tsunoda lost control of hisRB and spun across the track, leaving him in a dangerous position on track that he was barely able to escape. This dropped Tsunoda out of the points. Verstappen crossed the line to win the race, his sixtieth career win, ahead of Norris and Russell. Russell's third-place finish was Mercedes's first podium of the season, and his teammate Hamilton scored the fastest lap in fourth.[14]
Under advice from his Red Bull team, as they wanted to avoid a safety car situation, Pérez limped back to the pits in an unsafe condition – his rear wing had already been destroyed, scattering debris on track. Red Bull received a€25,000 penalty for the incident, and Pérez received a three-place grid drop for the followingSpanish Grand Prix.[16] The Pérez incident facilitated a rule change for thefollowing season, where cars suffering from a critical failure, be it to the chassis or mechanically, would not have to go to the pit lane; instead, the driver has to park at a nearby safe location to retire the car.[17]
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