Pakistan, June 17 -- George Russell took Mercedes' first win of the Formula One season in Canada on Sunday while McLaren's Oscar Piastri went 22 points clear in the championship after teammate Lando Norris smashed into him and retired.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who had hoped to win for a record fourth year in a row at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, took second.

Russell's 18-year-old Italian rookie teammate Kimi Antonelli finished third for his first F1 podium. Piastri was fourth with the safety car leading the final lap before peeling off to clear the way for Russell to take the chequered flag. An uneventful afternoon erupted in headline drama when Norris hit the rear of Piastri's car three laps from the end - a clash long predi...