Host Carl Lewis and motorsport journalist Sean Parker review the 2022 Canadian Grand Prix
Max Verstappen claimed his fifth win in the last six races at the 2022 Canadian Grand Prix, withstanding a late onslaught from Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, as Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton took his second podium of the season in P3.
With six wins in nine races, Verstappen’s 2022 increasingly has the air of Hamilton’s 2015 or Sebastian Vettel’s 2011 – let’s call it The Year After The Year – when the serenity and self-assurance that comes with winning a hard-fought World Championship together elevates both team and driver to a whole new level of performance.
Forty-six points ahead of team-mate Sergio Perez, Verstappen now leads the Drivers’ standings by the exact margin he trailed Charles Leclerc after the first three rounds, underlining the speed of the title race’s turnaround.
If Ferrari have been their own worst enemies in recent weeks, Perez’s DNF with a suspected gearbox problem after seven laps in Canada acted as a reminder that there also remains an underlying fragility about Red Bull, who have combatted car issues big and small since the start of the season.