Montreal – Formula One championship leader Kimi Antonelli earned his fourth win in a row on Sunday after a power unit failure forced Mercedes teammate and title rival George Russell out of the Canadian Grand Prix.

Russell, starting on pole, had fought for the lead with Antonelli in a thrilling wheel-to-wheel battle before coming to a halt by the side of the ​track on the 30th of 68 laps at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

“Not the way I wanted to win,“ Antonelli said. “It was meant ‌to be ‌a good fight with George, but we will take it.

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