Hamilton wins and closes gap on Rosberg

Lewis Hamilton won his second consecutive race with a triumph in the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit at the Canadian Grand Prix. The Brit finished ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Valtteri Bottas and closed the gap on the championship, which still belongs to his MercedesMercedes-BenzGermany, 1924 > present197 models
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 team-mate, the German Nico Rosberg.

 

Vettel surprised everyone with a flying start which led to the leadership of the race. However the two-stop strategy from FerrariFerrariItaly, 1947 > present233 models
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would eventually be beaten by Hamilton and Mercedes' one-stop, which turned out to steal victory from Vettel.

 

With Hamilton's victory and Rosberg's fifth place, the championship standings are getting very even. After seven of the 21 races of the championship the German is leading with just nine points ahead of the Brit.

 

Third place Valtteri Bottas took the first podium of the season, also the first podium from WilliamsWilliamsUnited Kingdom, 1977 > present37 models
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since last year's Mexican Grand Prix.

 

With a new poor start from pole position Hamilton could not resist a brilliant start from Sebastian Vettel. The British driver had to defend himself from the attacks of his team-mate and after a slight touch between the two Mercedes drivers Rosberg ended up going off track and dropped to tenth position at the end lap one. Vettel and Hamilton kept fighting each other for victory in Canada.

 

To everyone's surprise Vettel entered the pits to switch to super soft tires on lap 13, which indicated a two-stop strategy as the mandatory tires in Montréal were soft. Hamilton would come in for his  only stop six laps later. After Vettel's second stop, the German driver ended up more than seven seconds behind Hamilton. The German still closed the gap on the world champion, but the Mercedes driver always kept a safe distance.

 

Behind Valtteri Bottas, Red BullRed BullAustria, 2004 > present12 models
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's Max Verstappen had to defend himself from Nico Rosberg's attacks, but his last attempt to overtake the Dutch driver almost ruined his whole race after he made a spin off track. The German still managed to keep fifth ahead of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and the other Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo.

 

Completing the scoring places in Canada were Force IndiaForce IndiaIndia, 2007 > present8 models
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's Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez, eighth and tenth place respectively. Ninth place was taken by the Toro RossoToro RossoItaly, 2006 > present10 models
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's Spaniard Carlos Sainz Jr. who came from 20th place after being penalized over a gearbox substitution.

 

 

 

Results Canadian Grand Prix

Pos	Driver	Team	Laps	Time
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	70	1h31m05.296s
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	70	5.011s
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams	70	46.422s
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	70	53.020s
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	70	1m02.093s
6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	70	1m03.017s
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull	70	1m03.634s
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India	69	1 Lap
9	Carlos Sainz	Toro Rosso	69	1 Lap
10	Sergio Perez	Force India	69	1 Lap
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	69	1 Lap
12	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	69	1 Lap
13	Esteban Gutierrez	Haas	68	2 Laps
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas	68	2 Laps
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber	68	2 Laps
16	Kevin Magnussen	Renault	68	2 Laps
17	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor	68	2 Laps
18	Felipe Nasr	Sauber	68	2 Laps
19	Rio Haryanto	Manor	68	2 Laps
-	Felipe Massa	Williams	35	Overheating
-	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	16	Water pressure
-	Jenson Button	McLaren	9	Engine