MoneyGram Haas F1 Team finished with Esteban Ocon ninth – scoring two points, and Oliver Bearman 11th, at the Canadian Grand Prix held Sunday at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve.
Esteban took the start from 14th place on Pirelli P Zero White hard tires and maintained position through the opening phase of the race, before swiftly passing teammate Bearman and Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar. The Frenchman ran a lengthy first stint, making another move on Williams’ Alex Albon, before finally pitting on lap 58 for Yellow medium tires, emerging from the pit lane in 10th position. Esteban moved up to ninth in the closing stages when McLaren’s Lando Norris crashed out to add two more points to his and MoneyGram Haas F1 Team’s championship tally on the occasion of the team’s 200th Grand Prix.
MoneyGram Haas F1 Team holds sixth position in the Constructors’ Championship, on 28 points.
George Russell of Mercedes claimed the victory in Montreal, ahead of Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen, with Kimi Antonelli joining his Mercedes teammate on the podium in third.
Esteban Ocon: “I’m pleased with all the work the team has done this weekend; we maximized our potential because it wasn’t clear-cut that our strategy was going to be better before the race, but it paid off to take the risk today. We managed to deliver a solid race, achieve good laps in clear air which was important, so we overcut quite a lot of cars, and then we brought the car home. It’s a good reward for the team to get something out of our 200th race, and to seize the opportunity as they don’t come every day.”
