Verstappen shuts out Norris and wet weather to win Canadian

Dutchman extends title lead over Leclerc to 56 pointsNorris’s charge halted by safety car intervention

The weather did its best and through four seasons in one day of spray, gloom and bright sunshine delivered what was a thrilling and tense fight for the Canadian Grand Prix, albeit one that ended with the familiar result of a win for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.

The Dutchman deserved it, conquering what were at times immensely tricky, wet conditions to beat McLaren’s Lando Norris into second in a race marked by bad luck for Norris and the remarkable pace of the Mercedes as Lewis Hamilton powered from seventh on the grid to claim fourth, after a mighty battle at the death with his teammate George Russell, who was third.