L to R: Fernando Alonso, Adrian Newey, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton - all F1 legends

F1: Canadian GP podium iconic – Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton in the Canadian GP post-race press conference about the podium:

“This is quite an iconic top three. I don’t know if there’s been a top three like this ever before. I don’t believe there has.

“It’s a privilege to be up here fighting these two who’ve done incredible in their careers.”

Say what you might about Lewis Hamilton, he is a class act, even in defeat.

Laonso chimed in:

“Lewis was pushing all the race. I didn’t have one lap where I could relax a little bit, so it was an amazing battle.”

“At the beginning I had a little bit more pace, and at the end I think Lewis had a little bit more pace. It was tough, a very demanding race, all 70 laps of qualifying today.”

Race winner Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing and Third placed Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes celebrate on the podium during the F1 Grand Prix of Canada at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 18, 2023 in Montreal, Quebec. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images) // Getty Images / Red Bull Content Pool

“I’m happy to firstly be back in the mix and I’m just hoping at some stage we can have it all a little bit more level so we can get back to some of the good races we had back in 2021,” added Hamilton.

“To have all three of us in a super-tight battle would be sick.”

  Running Tally of Race Wins
Age Hamilton Wins Verstappen Wins
18 0 1
19 0 3
20 0 5
21 0 8
22 4 10
23 9 20
24 11 31
25 14 41 and counting
26 17 TBD
27 21 TBD
28 22 TBD
29 33 TBD
30 43 TBD
31 53 TBD
32 62 TBD
33 73 TBD

 

Verstappen his last 26 races, he won 19 of them….amazing consistent domination and a Red Bull team that is performing at an elite level.

P1 – Imola
P1 – Miami
P1 – Barcelona
P3 – Monaco
P1 – Azerbaijan
P1 – Canada
P7 – Silverstone
P2 – Austria
P1 – Paul Ricard
P1 – Hungary
P1 – Spa
P1 – Zandvoort
P1 – Monza
P7 – Singapore
P1 – Suzuka
P1 – Austin TX
P1 – Mexico
P6 – Brazil
P1 – Abu Dhabi
P1 – Bahrain
P2 – Saudi Arabia
P1 – Australia
P2 – Azerbaijan
P1 – Miami
P1 – Monaco
P1 – Barcelona
P1 – Canada