Paul Jeffrey
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Hamilton Cruises to easy win in Canada, Vettel stars in the Ferrari.
Lewis Hamilton cruised to an untroubled Canadian Grand Prix victory today as new Mercedes teammate Bottas helps secure the first Mercedes 1 - 2 of 2017.
Whilst the action up front was pretty tame it was left to the might of championship leader Sebastien Vettel to provide all the action as he drove a superb race to recover from an early incident to eventually finish a superb P4.
Having to pit early following accident damage on the opening lap, Vettel would be in inspired mood all race as he worked his way through the pack in fine style to bring home some valuable championship points on a day when everything went against the Ferrari team.
Dropping as low as 18th position in the early running of the race, Vettel would run long on his first set of tyres following his stop and showed superb racecraft as he pushed his way back into contention. Particular note should be paid to his fight with the two Force India drivers during the closing stages of the race, as sheer determination and bravery allowed the German to make his way past Esteban Ocon for what was then fifth place.
Unfortunately teammate Kimi Räikkönen would have another difficult race with mechanical issues, eventually limping his Ferrari car home in a relieving seventh position at the flag.
With a full points score from Canada Hamilton now finds himself just 12 points behind Vettel heading into the next race at Baku.
NC Daniil Kvyat KVY Toro Rosso 54 DNF
NC Max Verstappen VER Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer 10 DNF 0
NC Felipe Massa MAS Williams Mercedes 0 DNF 0
NC Carlos Sainz SAI Toro Rosso 0 DNF 0
Lewis Hamilton cruised to an untroubled Canadian Grand Prix victory today as new Mercedes teammate Bottas helps secure the first Mercedes 1 - 2 of 2017.
Whilst the action up front was pretty tame it was left to the might of championship leader Sebastien Vettel to provide all the action as he drove a superb race to recover from an early incident to eventually finish a superb P4.
Having to pit early following accident damage on the opening lap, Vettel would be in inspired mood all race as he worked his way through the pack in fine style to bring home some valuable championship points on a day when everything went against the Ferrari team.
Dropping as low as 18th position in the early running of the race, Vettel would run long on his first set of tyres following his stop and showed superb racecraft as he pushed his way back into contention. Particular note should be paid to his fight with the two Force India drivers during the closing stages of the race, as sheer determination and bravery allowed the German to make his way past Esteban Ocon for what was then fifth place.
Unfortunately teammate Kimi Räikkönen would have another difficult race with mechanical issues, eventually limping his Ferrari car home in a relieving seventh position at the flag.
With a full points score from Canada Hamilton now finds himself just 12 points behind Vettel heading into the next race at Baku.
- Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes - 1:33:05.154
- Valtteri Bottas - Mercedes 70 +19.783s
- Daniel Ricciardo - Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer 70 +35.297s
- Sebastian Vettel - Ferrari 70 +35.907s
- Sergio Perez - Force India Mercedes 70 +40.476s
- Esteban Ocon - Force India Mercedes 70 +40.716s
- Kimi Räikkönen - Ferrari 70 +58.632s
- Nico Hulkenberg - Renault 70 +60.374s
- Lance Stroll - Williams Mercedes 69 +1 lap
- Romain Grosjean - Haas Ferrari 69 +1 lap
- Jolyon Palmer - Renault 69 +1 lap
- Kevin Magnussen - Haas Ferrari 99 +1 lap
- Marcus Ericsson - Sauber Ferrari 69 +1 lap
- Stoffel Vandoorne - McLaren Honda 69 +1 lap
- Pascal Wehrlein - Sauber Ferrari 68 +2 laps
- Fernando Alonso - McLaren Honda 66 DNF
NC Daniil Kvyat KVY Toro Rosso 54 DNF
NC Max Verstappen VER Red Bull Racing TAG Heuer 10 DNF 0
NC Felipe Massa MAS Williams Mercedes 0 DNF 0
NC Carlos Sainz SAI Toro Rosso 0 DNF 0
