McLaren: Mercedes late-race pace proves Canada F1 victory wasn't thrown away

Lando Norris had fought his way to the front in mixed conditions early in the race, working his way past eventual race winner Max Verstappen and polesitter George Russell. But Norris and the team turned down the option to immediately respond to the first safety car of the race, after Logan Sargeant shunted his Williams at Turn 6, and instead toured slowly behind Bernd Maylander's Mercedes while his rivals opted to switch tyres.

you have to assume they will happen and also, the weather was around. 'We knew that it was going to be a race decided by various scenarios and ultimately, I think we are happy with the results.' Norris had stretched out a sizeable gap over Verstappen and Russell in the first stint, with the McLaren coming alive around 15 laps in. The Briton and team-mate Oscar Piastri began lapping over a second faster than the squad's rivals as the track dried and everyone remained on intermediates.

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