British driver Lewis Hamilton became on Sunday the seventh different race winner so far this year when he won the highly exciting Grand Prix of Canada in Montreal.
Hamilton, driving a McLaren-Mercedes ran a two-stop strategy and managed to pass Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) for second place and then race leader Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) to take victory.
Vettel and Alonso only stopped once for tires, and tried to reach the end of the race on worn rubber. But Hamilton was much quicker in his newer tires, and he passed them both using his DRS on the main straighaway. Going nowhere, Vettel eventually came into the pits for a third set of tires.
Romain Grosjean finished a brilliant second for Lotus, and Sergio Pérez, driving for Sauber, arrived home in third.
Vettel crossed the line in fourth place ahead of Alonso. Nico Rosberg took sixth place for Mercedes in front of Mark Webber (Red Bull), Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus), Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) and Alonso's teammate at Ferrari, Felipe Massa.
Grand Prix of Canada, Montreal, race*:
1 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes) - 70 laps in 1h32m29.586
2 - Romain Grosjean (Lotus E20-Renault) - 2"513
3 - Sergio Perez (Sauber C31-Ferrari) - 5"260
4 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB8-Renault) - 7"295
5 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari F2012) - 13"411
6 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes MGP W03) - 13"842
7 - Mark Webber (Red Bull RB8-Renault) - 15"085
8 - Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus E20-Renault) - 15"567
9 - Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber C31-Ferrari) - 24"432
10 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari F2012) - 25"272
11 - Paul Di Resta (Force India VJM05-Mercedes) - 37"693
12 - Nico Hulkenberg (Force India VJM05-Mercedes) - 46"236
13 - Pastor Maldonado (Williams FW34-Renault) - 47"052
14 - Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari) - 1'04"475
15 - Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari) - 1 lap
16 - Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes) - 1 lap
17 - Bruno Senna (Williams FW34-Renault) - 1 lap
18 - Heikki Kovalainen (Caterham CT01-Renault) - 1 lap
19 - Vitaly Petrov (Caterham CT01-Renault) - 1 lap
20 - Charles Pic (Marussia MR01-Cosworth) - 3 laps
Retirements
Narain Karthikeyan (HRT)
Pedro De La Rosa (HRT)
Michael Schumacher (Mercedes)
Timo Glock (Marussia)
*Unofficial results
Drivers' championship:
1.Hamilton 88 points; 2.Alonso 86; 3.Vettel 85; 4.Webber 79; 5.Rosberg 67; 6.Raikkonen 55; 7.Grosjean 53; 8.Button 45; 9.Perez 37; 10.Maldonado 29; 11.Kobayashi 21; 12.Di Resta 21; 13.Senna 15; 14.Massa 11; 15.Hulkenberg 7; 16.Vergne 4; 17.Schumacher 3; 18.Ricciardo 2.
Constructors' championship:
1.Red Bull-Renault 164 points; 2.McLaren-Mercedes 133; 3.Lotus-Renault 108; 4.Ferrari 97; 5.Mercedes 69; 6.Sauber-Ferrari 58; 7.Williams-Renault 44; 8.Force India-Mercedes 28; 9.Toro Rosso-Ferrari 6.
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| Lewis Hamilton and Romain Grosjean. (Photo: WRI2) |
Hamilton, driving a McLaren-Mercedes ran a two-stop strategy and managed to pass Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) for second place and then race leader Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) to take victory.
Vettel and Alonso only stopped once for tires, and tried to reach the end of the race on worn rubber. But Hamilton was much quicker in his newer tires, and he passed them both using his DRS on the main straighaway. Going nowhere, Vettel eventually came into the pits for a third set of tires.
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| Romain Grosjean, Lotus F1 Team (Photo: WRI2) |
Romain Grosjean finished a brilliant second for Lotus, and Sergio Pérez, driving for Sauber, arrived home in third.
Vettel crossed the line in fourth place ahead of Alonso. Nico Rosberg took sixth place for Mercedes in front of Mark Webber (Red Bull), Kimi Räikkönen (Lotus), Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber) and Alonso's teammate at Ferrari, Felipe Massa.
Grand Prix of Canada, Montreal, race*:
1 - Lewis Hamilton (McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes) - 70 laps in 1h32m29.586
2 - Romain Grosjean (Lotus E20-Renault) - 2"513
3 - Sergio Perez (Sauber C31-Ferrari) - 5"260
4 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB8-Renault) - 7"295
5 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari F2012) - 13"411
6 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes MGP W03) - 13"842
7 - Mark Webber (Red Bull RB8-Renault) - 15"085
8 - Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus E20-Renault) - 15"567
9 - Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber C31-Ferrari) - 24"432
10 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari F2012) - 25"272
11 - Paul Di Resta (Force India VJM05-Mercedes) - 37"693
12 - Nico Hulkenberg (Force India VJM05-Mercedes) - 46"236
13 - Pastor Maldonado (Williams FW34-Renault) - 47"052
14 - Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari) - 1'04"475
15 - Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso STR7-Ferrari) - 1 lap
16 - Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/27-Mercedes) - 1 lap
17 - Bruno Senna (Williams FW34-Renault) - 1 lap
18 - Heikki Kovalainen (Caterham CT01-Renault) - 1 lap
19 - Vitaly Petrov (Caterham CT01-Renault) - 1 lap
20 - Charles Pic (Marussia MR01-Cosworth) - 3 laps
Retirements
Narain Karthikeyan (HRT)
Pedro De La Rosa (HRT)
Michael Schumacher (Mercedes)
Timo Glock (Marussia)
*Unofficial results
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| Podium (Photo: WRI2) |
Drivers' championship:
1.Hamilton 88 points; 2.Alonso 86; 3.Vettel 85; 4.Webber 79; 5.Rosberg 67; 6.Raikkonen 55; 7.Grosjean 53; 8.Button 45; 9.Perez 37; 10.Maldonado 29; 11.Kobayashi 21; 12.Di Resta 21; 13.Senna 15; 14.Massa 11; 15.Hulkenberg 7; 16.Vergne 4; 17.Schumacher 3; 18.Ricciardo 2.
Constructors' championship:
1.Red Bull-Renault 164 points; 2.McLaren-Mercedes 133; 3.Lotus-Renault 108; 4.Ferrari 97; 5.Mercedes 69; 6.Sauber-Ferrari 58; 7.Williams-Renault 44; 8.Force India-Mercedes 28; 9.Toro Rosso-Ferrari 6.