RACE REPORT
L
ewis Hamilton took his fifth career Canadian Grand Prix win to close the gap
to championship-leading Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg to just nine
points as the German finished fifth.
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel managed to take the lead at the start but could not
make a two-stop strategy work and he finished second ahead of a hard-charging
Valtteri Bottas who scored Williams’ first podium finish of the season.
Hamilton began the race from pole position but when the lights went out he
bogged down slightly, as did fellow front-row starter Rosberg, and Vettel shot past