Alonso finished several seconds clear of his former McLaren teammate at the Circuit Gilles ಌVilleneuve.

As Alonso was forced to 💮back off dueꦰ to a brake-related issue, Hamilton closed in with a series of fastest laps.

The Spaniard soon picked up the pace again to scor🐬e his🌸 first Montreal podium since 2013.

Reflecting on hi🐼s race, Alonso said: “Close, the closest I think. It wa🎶s our most competitive race of the year in terms of pace. 

“We were matching the Red Bull most of the race and sometimes we lost a little bit of pace. At one point I thought the race was over, and second place was good, but I saw Lewis coming so fast. The last driver you want to see in your mirrors iꩵs Lewis Hamilton when he comes fast. 

“I had a little bit more pace in hand and in the end he was never in the DRS gap. It was 💟good to finish second but they were like 70 laps of qualifying today.”

At one point in the race, Alonso was the fastest driver on track, reducing 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen’s lead to under four seconds.

However, his charge was curtailed by the fact he had t⭕o lift and coast into corners.

Alonso admitted the prospect of b꧅acking off was 🙈discussed beforehand.

“I don’t think there was much in it to be honest. It’s a circuit where you can give up a bit on entry to get better exits. We discussed also before the race that a lift and 𓂃coast was maybe needed. I was ready for that and I don’t think it had an impact on the race result.”