This is how the F1 World Cup classification remains after the Canadian GP: Alonso is close to runner-up

Max Verstappen took his sixth victory in the first eight races of the F1 World Cup by winning the Canadian F1 GP and took advantage of another bad Grand Prix of ‘Czech’ Perez, marked by his elimination in Q2 in qualifying, to become more than just a leader. At the back of Canadian GPafter only 8 races, Max Verstappen He is already leading the 2023 F1 World Cup classification by 69 points ahead of the Mexican.

Alonso, only 9 points behind ‘Checo’ Pérez

‘Checo’ Pérez goes from looking at the title to looking in the rear-view mirror at Fernando Alonso. All this, after the Mexican has melted in recent races, with a level lower than what he showed in his excellent start to the World Championship. Pérez, who could only be 6th, now has Fernando Alonso on his heels. Fernando, with the great package of improvements presented by Aston Martin in Canada, showed great speed and was 2nd against Hamilton.

This helps the Spaniard to place himself just 9 points behind ‘Checo’ Pérez, with 117, who is chasing the runner-up in third position in the 2023 F1 World Cup standings.

Sainz was in 5th and passed Russell

For his part, Hamilton is 4th, 15 points behind Alonso and Carlos Sainz, who is 5th, is 5th with 68 points. Sainz was 34 points behind Hamilton in fourth place and in Canada he took advantage of George Russell’s accident to beat him in the World Cup overall by 3 points (65).

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THE F1 WORLD CUP CLASSIFICATION AFTER CANADA GP 2023:

1. Max Verstappen 195
2. Sergio Perez 126
3. Fernando Alonso 117
4. lewis hamilton 102
5. Carlos Sainz 68
6. George Russell 65
7. Charles Leclerc 54
8. Lance Stroll 37
9. Esteban or has 29
10. Pierre Gasley 15
11. Lando Norris 12
12. Alex Albón 7
13. Nico Hulkenberg 6
14. Oscar Piastri 5
15. Valtteri Bottas 5
16. Zhou Guanyu 4
17. Yuki Tsunoda 2
18. Kevin Magnussen 2
19. Nyck DeVries 0
20. Logan Sergeant 0