Lewis Hamilton secured a record-breaking seventh
win at the 2019 Canadian Grand Prix, after a penalty for Sebastian Vettel, who
finished first on the road, demoted the German to second in the standings.
A race-long battle between the pair came to a
head on Lap 48 of 70 when race leader Vettel, under pressure from Hamilton, ran
across the grass at the Turn 3-4 chicane, in the process squeezing Hamilton
when he re-joined the track, for which the stewards later awarded a five-second
race time penalty. That meant Hamilton took a record-equalling seventh victory
at the Canadian Grand Prix to match Michael Schumacher’s record in Montreal, as
well as claiming his fifth win of the season to stretch his lead at the head of
the drivers’ standings.
Behind, Leclerc finished third, which at least
gave Ferrari their best result of the year so far, while Valtteri Bottas took
fourth for Mercedes and the fastest lap bonus point after a late stop of soft
tyres. After failing to make Q3 yesterday, Max Verstappen made a 49-lap stint
on hard tyres work to finish fifth for Red Bull, ahead of the Renault pair of
Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg in P6 and P7, who secured the Anglo-French
team’s best result of the season. Red Bull’s Pierre Gasly endured a frustrating
race to finish P8, while a strong home race from Lance Stroll saw him finish
ninth from 17th on the grid, ahead of the Toro Rosso of Daniil Kvyat.
Formula 1 hops back over the pond to France and
the iconic Circuit Paul Ricard near Marseille on June 21-23. The race returned
to the calendar last year, and was the scene of Lewis Hamilton’s third triumph
of the season.
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