Russell won from pole position to claim his first triumph of the year and just the fourth of his career.

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.

Christian Horner has revealed that Red Bull approached the FIA ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix to keep them savvy to ‘gamesmanship’ involving Max Verstappen. The Dutchman went into the weekend one penalty point away from a one-race suspension. This was something that other drivers considered exploiting.

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...