Lewis Hamilton Wins Canadian Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton took a controlled victory in the Canadian Grand Prix, fending off team mate Nico Rosberg. The Mercedes Drivers circulated at the front throughout an unusually uneventful race as William Valtteri Bottas beat Ferrari Kimi Raikkonen to third. Hamilton fourth win in seven races extends his driver championship advantage to 17.

The win helps to make up for a Hamilton disappointment in the last race in Monaco, where he lost a dominant victory as a result of strategic error by the team. Hamilton led into the first corner pole position and built a four second lead before his pit stop and then controlled the gap at little over a second for the rest of the race as the drivers of the two silver cars managed fuel, brakes and tyres to the finish. Raikkonen was on course for a comfortable third place until a spin at the hairpin on lap 27, caused by the hybrid system kicking in unexpectedly. That cost him position to Bottas.

Vettel rode his luck at times, especially at last chance, where he was involved in two near miss incidents. Raikkonen finished ahead of team mate Sebastian Vettel, who drove an attacking race from the back of the grid following an engine problem in qualifying and a five place grid penalty for passing illegally in practice. Grosjean finished 10^th, which he held on to despite a five second penalty for causing the incident was applied. His mistake handed sixth to Felipe Massa from 15^th on the grid.

Three cars failed to make it to the end, both of neither McLarens of Fernando Alonso nor Jenson Button retiring with mechanical problems, while Manor Roberto Merhi exited a race for the first time this year. The next race will held in Austria on June 21, 2015. Last year, the race was won by Nico Rosberg. Stay tuned for this year.