Title rivals and McLaren team-mates Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri came to blows for the first time as the Briton appeared to misjudge a passing attempt in the Canadian Grand Prix.
Norris hit the back of Piastri’s car on the pit straight with four laps to go as George Russell took Mercedes’ first victory of the season with a controlled drive.
Norris’ car retired on the spot with front suspension damage and the race finished under the safety car with Piastri in fourth place behind Russell, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli.
Red Bull lodged a protest, claiming that Russell drove erratically behind the safety car, but it was rejected by the stewards.
Piastri’s championship lead over Norris increased to 22 points, with Verstappen 21 adrift of the Briton.
Antonelli, at 18 years and 294 days, is the third-youngest driver to achieve an F1 podium, behind Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll.
Behind the top four, Ferrari were the slowest of the top four teams, Charles Leclerc taking fifth ahead of Lewis Hamilton, whose race was compromised by hitting a groundhog on lap 13, which damaged his car’s floor and cost some downforce.
Fernando Alonso took points for Aston Martin for the second race in a row with seventh place after his excellent sixth place on the grid in qualifying.
The veteran Spaniard led home Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg, while Haas driver Esteban Ocon and Williams’ Carlos Sainz proved a one-stop was possible in ninth and 10th.
