Lewis Hamilton has won the Canadian Grand Prix, earning his second straight victory.
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It was the fifth win on Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for Hamilton and the 45th of his Formula One career.
Hamilton’s Mercedes started on the pole position but Sebastian Vettel jumped in front at the start and led for the first half of the race.
After the Ferrari gave up the lead with a pit stop in Lap 38, he spent the rest of the 70 laps trying to catch Hamilton.
It’s two race wins on the bounce then for Lewis Hamilton, who cuts the championship lead to just 9 points.
Nico Rosberg on the other hand has had two tough races in a row where on both occasions he’s lost out on the final lap. Luckily he didn’t drop any positions with that spin, but it did cost him what could have been fourth.
Another race that got away from Ferrari. If Sebastian Vettel had won, their strategists would have been hailed heroes, but not so in this case.
Great result for Valtteri Bottas in the Williams to claim their first podium of the season. That would leave Red Bull disappointed, with Daniel Ricciardo having another difficult race yielding only seventh in the end.
Hats off to Carlos Sainz in ninth, after starting from twentieth following that gearbox penalty. The Toro Rosso driver currently has tied himself on 18 points with Fernando Alonso and Nico Hulkenberg.
The circus will pack up and expedite immediately back across the Atlantic, for the European Grand Prix in seven days time.
With AAP.
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The first corner Rosberg did absolutely nothing wrong. Hamilton completely missed the apex, hit Rosberg causing Rosberg to take evasive action. If Vettel did that to Hamilton, the British media would be in a frenzy asking why Vettel wasn't penalised. Rosberg is terrible though. 3rd best German driver on the grid, absolutely no race craft. He looks like a beaten man despite all those recent wins over Hamilton and lead in the championship. In the most dominant car of all time and makes a meal of passing slower cars, even with newish tyres against a car with old tyres.