#Vettel penalty gifts @LewisHamilton controversial #CanadianGP victory – #F1

Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel was denied of his first victory of the season after a five-second time penalty gifted Lewis Hamilton the Canadian GP win.

 

 

Vettel lead most of the race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve but was relegated to second by the penalty given after running wide at the first chicane due to a snap of over-steer and almost colliding with Hamilton as he rejoined the track.

 

This gave Hamilton his fifth victory of the season and kept Mercedes 100% record after seven Grands Prix.

 

Vettel had enough advantage to hold second as his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc rounded out the top three.

 

The Scuderia were in contention to end its win-less start to their 2019 campaign after Vettel held a comfortable gap to Hamilton throughout the initial stint, then came under intense pressure from the Briton in the second half.

 

Hamilton fell to almost five seconds behind Vettel by extending his first stint by a couple of laps, as the Briton had stronger pace on the C3 white-marked harder compounds and rapidly caught the Ferrari.

 

In nine laps he evaporated Vettel’s lead and got within DRS range, then momentarily fell out of it again after locking up at the hairpin.

 

On lap 48, Hamilton was closer to Vettel once again as the battle re-intensified and the latter tripped into the grass at the first chicane after losing the rear of his SF90 racer on corner entry.

 

Vettel travelled over the grass and emerged just in-front of Hamilton as the Briton attempted to squeeze into the gap between the Ferrari and the wall on corner exit.

 

Hamilton backed off to avoid a collision and Vettel held the lead but was punished after a long investigation from the stewards.

 

Vettel was unable to break into a five-second plus gap from Hamilton to cancel out the penalty and complained over the radio that the officials were “stealing the race” from the Scuderia.

 

Hamilton finished 1.4 seconds behind Vettel at the finish line, which became a 3.658 second winning margin and extended his Driver’s Championship lead to 29 points – after a pre-race scare when his team quickly replaced his hydraulics system.

 

Leclerc ended up one second behind his team-mate in the classification, with Ferrari’s first double podium of the season a minimal consolation for the Maranello-based outfit.

 

The other Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas settled in a distant fourth as the Finn finished off the podium for the first time this campaign.

 

Bottas qualified in sixth place on the grid and fell behind Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg on the opening lap, then struggled to push forward on his medium rubber with his rivals around him on softs.

 

The Finn eventually made his way up to fourth and also scored the fastest lap bonus point after building up enough gap for a free pit-stop.

 

Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen recovered from ninth to complete the top five after running a long first stint on the harder compounds before passing the two Renault R.S.19 racers of Daniel Ricciardo and Hulkenberg by putting on the medium tyres at the end.

 

Ricciardo withstood a late charge from his Renault team-mate Hulkenberg to finish sixth, with Red Bull Racing’s Pierre Gasly taking eighth despite starting in fifth – after losing places in traffic from his early pit-stop.

 

Racing Point’s Lance Stroll fought hard to finish ninth to score two points at his home Grand Prix, despite his RP19 racer being fit with an older powertrain after a fiery failure in practice.

 

Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat rounded out the top ten and finished ahead of McLaren’s Carlos Sainz who was 11^th and the other Racing Point of Sergio Perez who took 12^th.

 

The two Alfa Romeo Racing C38’s of Antonio Giovinazzi and Kimi Raikkonen ended up 13^th and 15^th respectively with Haas F1 Team’s Romain Grosjean sandwiched in-between in 14^th.

 

Both ROKiT Williams Racing FW42’s of George Russell and Robert Kubica wound up in 16^th and 18^th and Haas F1 Team’s Kevin Magnussen splitting the duo in 17^th.

 

Despite a hot day in Montreal, the drivers and teams dealt with major braking and temperature problems, but there was only two retirements.

 

McLaren’s Lando Norris was the first to end his day after suffering a bizarre failure after eight laps that left his MCL34 on three wheels, while Toro Rosso’s Alexander Albon – who encountered front wing damage at the start of the race and retired eleven laps later from the finish.

 

Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix Du Canada 2019 Race Results Classification (70 Laps)

 

POS	DRIVER	CAR	LAPS	GAP
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport	70	–
2	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	70	3.658s
3	Charles Leclerc	Scuderia Ferrari	70	4.696s
4	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport	70	51.043s
5	Max Verstappen	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing-Honda	70	57.655s
6	Daniel Ricciardo	Renault F1 Team	69	1 Lap
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Renault F1 Team	69	1 Lap
8	Pierre Gasly	Aston Martin Red Bull Racing-Honda	69	1 Lap
9	Lance Stroll	SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team	69	1 Lap
10	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	69	1 Lap
11	Carlos Sainz Jr.	McLaren-Renault F1 Team	69	1 Lap
12	Sergio Perez	SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team	69	1 Lap
13	Antonio Giovinazzi	Alfa Romeo Racing	69	1 Lap
14	Romain Grosjean	Rich Energy Haas F1 Team	69	1 Lap
15	Kimi Raikkonen	Alfa Romeo Racing	69	1 Lap
16	George Russell	ROKiT Williams Racing	68	2 Laps
17	Kevin Magnussen	Rich Energy Haas F1 Team	68	2 Laps
18	Robert Kubica	ROKiT Williams Racing	67	3 Laps
–	Alexander Albon	Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda	59	Retirement
–	Lando Norris	McLaren-Renault F1 Team	8	Brakes

 

 

Formula 1 2019 World Driver’s Championship Standings – Top 10

1. Lewis Hamilton – 162 Points.
2. Valtteri Bottas – 133 Points.
3. Sebastian Vettel – 100 Points.
4. Max Verstappen – 88 Points.
5. Charles Leclerc – 72 Points.
6. Pierre Gasly – 36 Points.
7. Carlos Sainz – 18 Points.
8. Daniel Ricciardo – 16 Points.
9. Kevin Magnussen – 14 Points.
10. Sergio Perez – 13 Points.

 

Formula 1 2019 World Constructors Championship Standings

1. Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport – 295 Points.
2. Scuderia Ferrari – 172 Points.
3. Aston Martin Red Bull Racing-Honda – 124 Points.
4. McLaren-Renault F1 Team – 30 Points.
5. Renault F1 Team – 28 Points.
6. SportPesa Racing Point F1 Team – 19 Points.
7. Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda – 17 Points.
8. Rich Energy Haas F1 Team – 16 Points.
9. Alfa Romeo Racing – 13 Points.
10. ROKiT Williams Racing – 0 Points.

 

Round eight of the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship returns to the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France for the Formula 1 Pirelli Grand Prix De France 2019 from Friday June 21-23.