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Transcript from the post-race interviews and FIA hosted top three press conferences after the 2022 Canadian Grand Prix.

Mercedes have confirmed they are withdrawing their protest over Max Verstappens controversial drivers championship victory following the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Daniel Ricciardo had the best seat for the final lap of the Abu Dhabi GP, directly behind Verstappen and Hamilton on the last crazy lap

1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull), 2. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), 3. Sergio Perez (Red Bull)

Grandprix.com © Red Bull 2 - Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) (Conducted by Jenson Button) Q: Congratulations Max, winner of the Sprint. Great result and probably exactly what you needed after Qualifying yesterday? Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, around here its difficult to start but we had a good start and a good fight with Lewis on the first lap and then we tried to do our own pace, but you could see we were pushing each other hard because at the end of the race the tyres were blistering a lot, so we had t...

Grandprix.com © Red Bull 2 - Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes) (Conducted by Martin Brundle) Q: Congratulations Max, a stunning drive, pole position, led every lap, what a perfect way to go into the close season. You really deserved that. Max VERSTAPPEN: Yeah, it was really enjoyable. Yesterday already of course, but today we had a good start and from there on of course you look after the tyres but the car was having really good balance. It was really enjoyable out there today. We did basically every...

LH: Is that right? I don’t think that’s the case. VB: Maybe it is, but we don’t know. MV: Maybe they just don’t want to tell you! Q: Valtteri, well done. Ultimately, a pretty lonely race for you this evening. Tell us about your run to the 11th podium of the season. VB: For sure, tried everything I could and I noticed pretty early on in the first stint that Max and Red Bull had more pace. The first stint was quite understeer-y for me. It was a short stint but I felt that was a bit of a l...