It was a profitable day all spherical for Mercedes with 18-year-old rookie Kimi Antonelli ending third for his first podium in System 1.
Antonelli – at 18 years and 294 days outdated – turns into the third-youngest podium finisher of all time behind Verstappen and Lance Stroll.
Beginning fourth, he overtook championship chief Piastri firstly and handled stress from the Australian within the closing phases of the race.
“It was so stressful but super happy,” Antonelli stated. “The last stint I pushed a bit too hard behind Max and I killed a bit of the front left and I struggled a bit at the end, but I’m really happy to bring the podium home.”
“This track has been good for us and the car has been incredible all weekend. Hopefully we can carry the same momentum into the next few races.”
Russell stated Mercedes carried out so strongly at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve as a result of a “smooth” monitor and “low-speed” corners suited the traits of the automobile.
Subsequent on the calendar is Austria from 27-29 June and the Purple Bull Ring can be a really completely different problem to Montreal.
“It’s going to be on old tarmac, more high-speed corners and it’s going to be hot as well,” Russell stated.
“We’ve got three things working against us. I’m not going to sit here and say Mercedes is back because we were the quickest team here last year but we didn’t win the championship. We know where we need to improve.”
