The Formula 1 sprint in Canada began aggressively enough, as polesitter George Russell pulled up on the grid with his Mercedes angled aggressively to cut off any challenge from team-mate Kimi Antonelli at launch.
But this was nothing compared with the events of lap six, when Antonelli tried to pass around the outside into Turn 1, only to be given no room at all – and indeed a tap of wheel-to-wheel contact. That sent Antonelli into the run-off area and then, as he lined up to try another pass into Turn 8 later in the lap, he ran over the grass, enabling Lando Norris’ McLaren to slip by into second place.
