Daniel Ricciardo recovered from a time penalty for a false start to claim his first grand prix points finish of the F1 season with an eighth-place finish at the Canadian Grand Prix.
Starting fifth at a soggy Montreal, Ricciardo's RB began creeping forward as the lights came on and the revs rose at the start of the race.
After a brief investigation, he was slapped with a five second penalty – the least severe penalty – because race stewards determined the movement gave "no significant sporting advantage".
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The movement was so slim, Sky Sports commentators David Croft and Martin Brundle both failed to notice it when replays were shown.
"Did he?" Brundle quipped. "Had he moved before that? It didn't look like he jumped the start – it said a false start."
Ricciardo served the penalty during the first round of pitstops. He entered the pits in seventh and emerged in 10th.
He was pushed down to 11th and out of the championship points by a banzai move from Williams driver Alex Albon into the final chicane on lap 30, and then 12th when the Ferrari of Carlos Sainz got past on lap 47.
It looked as though it was going to be another pointless afternoon for the 34-year-old Aussie, before he benefitted from two separate incidents.
He was elevated to 10th when Sainz spun and collected Albon right in front of him on lap 54, which triggered a safety car.
Then with five laps to go, Ricciardo's teammate Yuki Tsunoda spun on the wet grass – again right in front of Ricciardo – elevating him to 9th. He made a move on Esteban Ocon for eighth a lap later.
Max Verstappen won the race for the third straight year, finishing just under four seconds ahead of Lando Norris.
It was his sixth win of the season, and the 60th of his career.
The 25-year-old Dutchman started second in the rain alongside pole-sitter George Russell, took control early as the sun came out and dominated late again at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Ile Notre-Dame in the Saint Lawrence River.
Behind Norris, Mercedes took the next two spots, with Russell third and seven-time Montreal winner Lewis Hamilton fourth.
Aussie Oscar Piastri was fifth, followed by Aston Martin drivers Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll, the lone Canadian in the race.
It was a disastrous day for Ferrari, with neither Sainz nor teammate and Monaco winner Charles Leclerc reaching the chequered flag.
The season will resume at the Spanish Grand Prix in a fortnight.
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