Canadian Grand Prix: interesting statistics

Several interesting statistical selections based on the results of the Canadian Grand Prix…

Qualification

For the second time since the timing went to three decimal places, the gap in the battle for pole was 0.000 seconds. The last time three drivers started at the same time during the European Grand Prix of Jerez in 1997 were Jacques Villeneuve, Michael Schumacher and Heinz-Harald Frentzen.

In total, there have been 16 cases of ties between first and second place in history. The one who showed the best time started first.

George Russell won pole position for the second time in his career and started first for the third time – after winning the sprint in Sao Paulo ’22. For the first time since 2017, a Mercedes driver took pole in Canada.

Verstappen qualified second. The Dutchman has won four races after starting second: last season in Hungary, Italy and Las Vegas, and this season in Canada.

Norris’s third place is McLaren’s best start in Canada since 2012.

Oscar Piastri has qualified in the top four in the last four races.

Daniel Ricciardo’s fifth place is his best result of the season. He achieved it at the circuit where he won his first race ten years ago. Fernando Alonso’s sixth place allowed the Spaniard to qualify above Lance Stroll for the first time in four races.

Lewis Hamilton set the seventh fastest time in the final – this is his worst result in Canada in all his appearances.

After qualifying eighth, Yuki Tsunoda qualified for the final session in Canada for the first time.

Stroll repeated his best result of the season, as he did in Australia, where he qualified ninth.

Alex Albon reached the qualifying final for the second time in a row.

For the first time since Belgium ’21, both Ferraris failed to qualify for the final qualifying round. But Charles Leclerc was ahead of his teammate for the fifth time in a row.

Logan Sargent’s 13th place was his best qualifying of the season.

Kevin Magnussen defeated his teammate for only the third time in 2024.

Pierre Gasly also defeated Esteban Ocon for the third time this season.

Sergio Perez finished 16th after dropping out in the first session for the second Grand Prix in a row and the fifth time this season. The Mexican has not reached the final for three races in a row.

17th place is Valtteri Bottas’ worst result in Montreal.

For the fifth time in the last eight Grand Prix, Guanyu Zhou finished last in qualifying.

Race

The victory in Canada was Max Verstappen’s third in a row in Montreal and the 60th in his career. Red Bull’s lead over Ferrari in the constructors’ championship has more than doubled in one race: from 24 to 49 points.

Lando Norris’s second place made him the only driver to score points in all races of the season. For the first time in ten years, the McLaren team achieved points in Canada.

George Russell’s third place gave Mercedes its first podium of the season.

Hamilton finished in the top five for the first time in 2024.

By finishing sixth, Fernando Alonso earned points for the first time in his last three Grand Prix.

By finishing eighth, Daniel Ricciardo scored points in a race for the first time this season. He previously finished fourth in the Miami sprint.

Pierre Gasly’s ninth place is Alpine’s best Grand Prix finish this season.

Valtteri Bottas’s 13th place is his best result of the season.

For the first time since last year’s Australia, the Ferrari team failed to earn points in the race.

Sergio Perez withdrew from the race for the second time in a row.