Red Bull's Max Verstappen claimed the win from pole with a two-stop strategy at the Canadian Grand Prix - but he didn't quite complete the grand slam, as the fastest lap honour went to Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz, who chased the Dutchman down to the finish on an identical strategy.

Virtual safety cars and a full safety car influenced the strategy today, with Verstappen and Sainz making their first stops on the back of separate virtual safety car periods and Sainz later making his second stop under a full safety car - ensuring that he started his final stint right on Verstappen's tail, to set up an exciting finale.

"I gave it my all to pass the Red Bull, but to overtake here you need a bit more than two or three extra tenths. Even though I'm disappointed at not getting the win, there are many positives to take from Canada. We were the fastest on track today and I felt much better in the car, being able to push constantly throughout the race," said Sainz.

Lewis Hamilton took his second podium of the season finishing in third place, just ahead of Mercedes teammate George Russell who took P4.

Early in the race, Russell made swift progress to move up from P8 to P5 and slotted in behind Lewis who had held P4.

"I had total confidence we'd have been able to carve our way past the Haases and the Alpines. We were certainly concerned that Leclerc and Checo would be able to come through and we were fortunate enough to keep them behind us. Ultimately our race pace was closer to Ferrari and Red Bull than we've seen all season," said Russell.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc made up 14 places from 19th on the grid due to a penalty for changing a Power Unit.The charge through the field was the best of his career, his previous best being eight places. This time he overtook ten cars on track and was rewarded with being voted "Driver of the Day" by the fans.

"The first part of the race was quite frustrating, as we were stuck behind a DRS train, so it was all about practicing patience. After our pit stop, we came back out behind another DRS train and started fighting our way back up. This part was much more fun, because I had to be quite aggressive to make it work," said Leclerc.

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QUALIFYING
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Pos	Driver	Team	Laps	Gap

1	Verstappen	Red Bull	70	1h 36:21.757
2	Sainz		Ferrari		70	+ 0:00.993
3	Hamilton	Mercedes	70	+ 0:07.006
4	Russell		Mercedes	70	+ 0:12.313
5	Leclerc		Ferrari		70	+ 0:15.168
6	Ocon		Alpine		70	+ 0:23.890
7	Bottas		Alfa Romeo	70	+ 0:25.247
8	Zhou		Alfa Romeo	70	+ 0:26.952
9	Alonso		Alpine		70	+ 0:29.945
10	Stroll		Aston Martin	70	+ 0:38.222
11	Ricciardo	McLaren		70	+ 0:43.047
12	Vettel		Aston Martin	70	+ 0:44.245
13	Albon		Williams	70	+ 0:44.893
14	Gasly		AlphaTauri	70	+ 0:45.183
15	Norris		McLaren		70	+ 0:52.145
16	Latifi		Williams	70	+ 0:59.978
17	Magnussen	Haas		70	+ 1:08.180
	Tsunoda		AlphaTauri	47	Accident
	Schumacher	Haas		18	Power Unit
	Perez		Red Bull	7	Retired

Fastest Lap: Sainz (Ferrari) 1:15.749 (Lap 63)