Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday.

The result saw Verstappen equal the late Ayrton Senna’s 41 career victories.

This was Verstappen’s sixth win in eight races this season. He has a 69-point lead in the Championship.

“I hate to compare different generations. All I can say is when I was a little kid in go-karting, I was dreaming of being in F1 and I would never have dreamed of winning 41 grand prix. So to tie with Ayrton is incredible, but I hope it is not stopping here,” said Verstappen.

Only Britain’s Lewis Hamilton, Germany duo Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel and France’s Alain Prost have more career wins than Verstappen and Senna. Hamilton’s 103 is the most.

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner added: “Part of him inside will be quite proud of that. I don’t think he is one to show huge emotion. He is a very modest guy. He is very understated in many ways. But I think behind the scenes it will mean quite a lot to him.

“What we’re witnessing with Max is the emergence of another mega talent and you can start to talk about him in the same sentence as the greats now.”

Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso finished in second position and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton third.