It should have been Lando Norris standing on the top step of the podium, his slim world championship hopes having caught fire in a pulsating Canadian Grand Prix of thrills and perils in the rain.

But it wasn’t to be, the intervention of a safety car, and his McLaren team’s sluggish response to it, condemning the Briton to a never-say-die second place behind the unignorable Max Verstappen, who else?

Yet the most stirring memories – the ones that should have secured the win – were of Norris dancing through the early squalls as nimbly as Gene Kelly, weaving his superlative McLaren into the lead as if twirling his umbrella as he went, past Verstappen and Mercedes’ pole-man George Russell.

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Max Verstappen WINS dramatic Canadian Grand Prix
JONATHAN MCEVOY IN MONTREAL: It should have been Lando Norris standing on the top of the podium, his slim world championship hopes having caught fire in a pulsating race.
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03:35

Multiple drivers have been summoned to the stewards

Russell and Piastri were summoned to the stewards for their incident on lap 62. Yuki Tsunoda was also summoned for being late to the national anthem.

03:20

The final results

The 2024 Canadian Grand Prix marked Verstappen’s 60th career victory