Red Bull returned to the podium at the Canadian Grand Prix as Max Verstappen finished second in Montreal.
The Dutchman took Red Bull’s first podium in 3 races as he was able to turn second on the grid to second at the finish.
It was another race without points for team-mate Yuki Tsunoda, meanwhile, who finished 12th in the race in Montreal.
Second place in the Canadian Grand Prix took Verstappen up to 155 points. The reigning Driver’s Champion is 21 points behind second place Lando Norris and 44 behind championship leader Oscar Piastri.
Meanwhile, Tsunoda has 10 points, with the driver sat in 15th place in the championship standings, with only 8 coming since his promotion from Racing Bulls to Red Bull and with no points scored in the last 3 races.
Red Bull sit fourth in the Constructor’s Championship on 162 points, with the team over 100 ahead of 5th place Williams but sat 21 points behind 3rd placed Ferrari, 37 points behind 2nd placed Mercedes and 212 points behind leaders McLaren.
On a sunny Sunday, Red Bull’s drivers all-but bookended the Canadian Grand Prix grid. Verstappen sat 2nd after being narrowly pipped to pole position by Mercedes driver George Russell, while Tsunoda was in 18th and the last car on the grid after receiving a ten place grid penalty for overtaking Piastri during a red flag in practice.
The two drivers remained in position at the start. Verstappen was able to resist an early attack by Piastri, who in turn got overtaken by Mercedes’ Andrea Kimi Antonelli, while Tsunoda overtook Lance Stroll but remained low down.
Verstappen’s race saw him come under threat from Antonelli around the time of both of his pit stops in a two-stop race, but on both occasions, he was able to remain ahead of Antonelli during the pit-stop cycle.
In the closing stages, Verstappen had looked like he was closing in on Russell, but this compression came while the duo were lapping backmarkers and in clear air, Russell was able to re-establish his lead.
There then came some further arguments. The race ended behind the safety car after Norris ran into the back of his McLaren team-mate Piastri, breaking his car in the process. Russell and Verstappen were jockeying for position when Russell hit the brakes and Verstappen skimmed past.
Both drivers would brush this off but Red Bull later staged a protest claiming Russell had committed unsportsmanlike conduct and was attempting to get Verstappen a penalty. This protest would ultimately be dismissed by the FIA stewards, maintaining the results of Russell as race winner ahead of Verstappen.
Tsunoda attempted to go long for a one-stop strategy but pit late on when a safety car didn’t come early enough, and although he was able to stay with a group of one-stopping midfield cars, he was unable to jump ahead to take a points finish, with the Japanese driver finishing 12th.
The F1 grid has a two week break until the Red Bull parent company’s home race in Austria, with the Austrian Grand Prix taking place at the Red Bull Ring on June 29th.