Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel took a peerless lights-to-flag victory at the Canadian Grand Prix by 14 seconds ahead of Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton.
This was the reigning world champion’s and Red Bull’s first win in Canada, despite having scored pole position in the last three races around the Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve.
Lewis Hamilton finished third after spending most of the race in second, but was overtaken by Alonso on lap 63 just after the start finish line.
However, the 2008 world champion was undeterred and stayed within the DRS detection zone of the Ferrari to try again to pass on the next lap.
Despite being able to overtake his former teammate, Hamilton scored his third podium for Mercedes in 2013 since switching from McLaren over the winter.
Mark Webber finished fourth ahead of Monaco winner, Nico Rosberg, despite the Australian having a large part of his front wing being knocked away by Caterham’s Giedo van der Garde, after the Dutchman appeared to turn in on him whilst being lapped.
Toro Rosso’s Jean-Eric Vergne scored his best ever Formula 1 career result by finishing sixth
Paul di Resta ended the day in seventh after starting 17th, one place ahead of Felipe Massa, who also drove an aggressive race to score points from 16th.
Raikkonen and Sutil rounded out the top 10, despite the latter spinning whilst trying to pass Williams’ Valtteri Bottas in the races' earlier stages.
Bottas, who starred in qualifying, finished 14th after starting third on the grid and also lost three places by the end of lap three.
Williams was not the only other championship winning team who left Montreal pointless, as McLaren simply did not have the pace to score today.
Sergio Perez finished 11th, one place ahead of teammate Jenson Button.
Race results* – Canadian Grand Prix (Montreal, Quebec)
1 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB9-Renault) - 70 laps 1.32'09"143
2 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari F138) - 14"408
3 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes W04) - 15"942
4 - Mark Webber (Red Bull RB9-Renault) - 25"731
5 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes W04) - 1'09"725
6 - Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso STR8-Ferrari) - 1 lap
7 - Paul Di Resta (Force India VJM06-Mercedes) - 1 lap
8 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari F138) - 1 lap
9 - Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus E21-Renault) - 1 v
10 - Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM06-Mercedes) - 1 lap
11 - Sergio Perez (McLaren MP4/28-Mercedes) - 1 lap
12 - Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/28-Mercedes) - 1 lap
13 - Romain Grosjean (Lotus E21-Renault) - 1 lap
14 - Valtteri Bottas (Williams FW35-Renault) - 1 lap
15 - Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso STR8-Ferrari) - 2 laps
16 - Pastor Maldonado (Williams FW35-Renault) - 2 laps
17 - Jules Bianchi (Marussia MR02-Cosworth) - 2 laps
18 - Charles Pic (Caterham CT03-Renault) - 3 laps
19 - Max Chilton (Marussia MR02-Cosworth) - 3 laps
Fastest lap of the race: 1'16"182 by Mark Webber (Red Bull)
Retirements
Lap 63 - Esteban Gutierrez
Lap 46 - Nico Hulkenberg
Lap 44 - Giedo Van der Garde
Drivers' championship
1.Vettel 132; 2.Alonso 96; 3.Raikkonen 88; 4.Hamilton 77; 5.Webber 69; 6.Rosberg 57; 7.Massa 49; 8.Di Resta 34; 9.Grosjean 26; 10.Button 25; 11.Sutil 17; 12.Vergne 13; 13.Perez 12; 14.Ricciardo 7; 15.Hulkenberg 5.
Constructors' championship
1.Red Bull-Renault 201; 2.Ferrari 145; 3.Mercedes 134; 4.Lotus-Renault 114; 5.Force India-Mercedes 51; 6.McLaren-Mercedes 37; 7.Toro Rosso-Ferrari 20; 8.Sauber-Ferrari 5.
*Unofficial
This was the reigning world champion’s and Red Bull’s first win in Canada, despite having scored pole position in the last three races around the Circuit de Gilles Villeneuve.
Lewis Hamilton finished third after spending most of the race in second, but was overtaken by Alonso on lap 63 just after the start finish line.
However, the 2008 world champion was undeterred and stayed within the DRS detection zone of the Ferrari to try again to pass on the next lap.
Despite being able to overtake his former teammate, Hamilton scored his third podium for Mercedes in 2013 since switching from McLaren over the winter.
Mark Webber finished fourth ahead of Monaco winner, Nico Rosberg, despite the Australian having a large part of his front wing being knocked away by Caterham’s Giedo van der Garde, after the Dutchman appeared to turn in on him whilst being lapped.
Toro Rosso’s Jean-Eric Vergne scored his best ever Formula 1 career result by finishing sixth
Paul di Resta ended the day in seventh after starting 17th, one place ahead of Felipe Massa, who also drove an aggressive race to score points from 16th.
Raikkonen and Sutil rounded out the top 10, despite the latter spinning whilst trying to pass Williams’ Valtteri Bottas in the races' earlier stages.
Bottas, who starred in qualifying, finished 14th after starting third on the grid and also lost three places by the end of lap three.
Williams was not the only other championship winning team who left Montreal pointless, as McLaren simply did not have the pace to score today.
Sergio Perez finished 11th, one place ahead of teammate Jenson Button.
Race results* – Canadian Grand Prix (Montreal, Quebec)
1 - Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull RB9-Renault) - 70 laps 1.32'09"143
2 - Fernando Alonso (Ferrari F138) - 14"408
3 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes W04) - 15"942
4 - Mark Webber (Red Bull RB9-Renault) - 25"731
5 - Nico Rosberg (Mercedes W04) - 1'09"725
6 - Jean-Eric Vergne (Toro Rosso STR8-Ferrari) - 1 lap
7 - Paul Di Resta (Force India VJM06-Mercedes) - 1 lap
8 - Felipe Massa (Ferrari F138) - 1 lap
9 - Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus E21-Renault) - 1 v
10 - Adrian Sutil (Force India VJM06-Mercedes) - 1 lap
11 - Sergio Perez (McLaren MP4/28-Mercedes) - 1 lap
12 - Jenson Button (McLaren MP4/28-Mercedes) - 1 lap
13 - Romain Grosjean (Lotus E21-Renault) - 1 lap
14 - Valtteri Bottas (Williams FW35-Renault) - 1 lap
15 - Daniel Ricciardo (Toro Rosso STR8-Ferrari) - 2 laps
16 - Pastor Maldonado (Williams FW35-Renault) - 2 laps
17 - Jules Bianchi (Marussia MR02-Cosworth) - 2 laps
18 - Charles Pic (Caterham CT03-Renault) - 3 laps
19 - Max Chilton (Marussia MR02-Cosworth) - 3 laps
Fastest lap of the race: 1'16"182 by Mark Webber (Red Bull)
Retirements
Lap 63 - Esteban Gutierrez
Lap 46 - Nico Hulkenberg
Lap 44 - Giedo Van der Garde
Drivers' championship
1.Vettel 132; 2.Alonso 96; 3.Raikkonen 88; 4.Hamilton 77; 5.Webber 69; 6.Rosberg 57; 7.Massa 49; 8.Di Resta 34; 9.Grosjean 26; 10.Button 25; 11.Sutil 17; 12.Vergne 13; 13.Perez 12; 14.Ricciardo 7; 15.Hulkenberg 5.
Constructors' championship
1.Red Bull-Renault 201; 2.Ferrari 145; 3.Mercedes 134; 4.Lotus-Renault 114; 5.Force India-Mercedes 51; 6.McLaren-Mercedes 37; 7.Toro Rosso-Ferrari 20; 8.Sauber-Ferrari 5.
*Unofficial