World champion Max Verstappen dominated the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday to deliver his Red Bull team’s 100th win in Formula One.

Fernando Alonso for Aston Martin took second with Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton completing the podium in Montreal, while Australia’s Oscar Piastri finished outside of the points for McLaren in 11th.

Piastri started in eighth and made a promising start on the medium tyres but struggled on the hards to slip outside of the points.

Pole-sitter Verstappen’s sixth win from eight races this season extended his lead at the top of the standings and continued his relentless march to a third successive world title.

“I’m very happy right now. 100th win for the team - it’s amazing,” Verstappen beamed.

“I never expected to be on these kind of numbers myself,” added the Dutch driver who took his F1 tally to 41 wins to draw level with the late Ayrton Senna.

The Ferraris of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz took fourth and fifth with Verstappen’s Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez in sixth.

Verstappen now takes a 69-point lead over the Mexican to Red Bull’s home race in Austria next month.

Alonso, placed third in the championship, reflected on a tough battle with his old sparring partner Hamilton for second place.

“Lewis was pushing all the race, I didn’t have a single lap I could relax. At the end Lewis had more pace, it was a tough race. It was 70 laps of qualifying today,” said the two-time former champion.

Hamilton said Mercedes were “slowly chipping away” at trying to produce a car to fight for race wins.

“The Astons moved away with their upgrades, but we are bringing some more soon.

“We knew this wouldn’t be our strongest circuit, we struggle on the low speed corners. We need to add rear downforce to the car, but I do believe we will get there at some stage.

“It’s quite an honour to be up there with two world champions,” said the seven-time champion after his podium appearance alongside Verstappen and Alonso.

Earlier, Mercedes’ George Russell lost the back of his car and put it into the wall in an ugly high-speed collision that ended his race.

Speaking of the crash, former world champion Jenson Button said on Sky Sports: “Most corners around the world you would be fine as you can run wide. But you have the walls up against the kerb here. It’s tricky.

“It’s unusual for George to make a mistake like that. It will hit home. He won’t sleep well tonight and wake up upset with himself.

“It’s a lot of points lost which we don’t normally say with Mercedes but for them they are in a fight with Aston.”