Fifty-nine laps on one set of Pirelli hard tyres - Alex Albon put in one of the drives of the season at Canada's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve last year and looks fair value for a repeat showing this time around.
The Williams man wasn't convinced about the unusual strategy chosen by his pit wall but he put his head down and delivered, with a season-best seventh place finish the reward for his efforts.
"It's not fun to drive around on old tyres but we made it work," said Albon, who led a queue of frustrated rivals for the majority of the race.
"The tyres were lasting, they were staying cool, I could afford to push on them. The tyre deg was OK and we were just quick enough to stay in front."
His tenacious defending earned him F1's driver of the day in that race, and the talented British driver is worth a bet to again score points at odds of 7/2.
The high-speed, low-downforce road track on the Ile Notre-Dame in Montreal should suit his slippery Williams FW46, which this weekend will feature a series of weight-saving upgrades after struggling to break into Q3 for much of the season.
Albon enjoyed a productive Monaco Grand Prix last month, scoring his first points of the season with an uneventful run to ninth place, and a similar result seems feasible on Sunday.
While Albon is favoured in the midfield battle, we're in the unusual situation of having three drivers priced at single figure odds for the win.
World champion Max Verstappen could only manage sixth place in Monaco, with both Ferraris, both McLarens and George Russell's Mercedes finishing ahead.
Overtaking is far easier in Montreal, while Verstappen's Red Bull should also be better suited to the fast island circuit than the narrow confines of Monte Carlo.
He's a deserved odds-on shot at 1/2, but Monaco winner Charles Leclerc (13/2) and his Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz (25/1) represent real threats after an upturn in form for the Italian team in recent races.
And Lando Norris (7/1) won the Miami Grand Prix on merit last month, while Oscar Piastri (18/1) in the other McLaren qualified and finished second in Monaco - all four deserve the respect offered by the market in what is turning into a fascinating title fight.
At the prices it's perhaps Sainz who represents the best value of the likely front runners, so adventurous punters might consider a small each-way bet on the Spaniard to go with our Albon wager.
