Sebastian Vettel claimed his first ever victory at the Canadian Grand Prix ahead of Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton. It was a dominant performance from the German Red Bull driver who never looked in trouble throughout the weekend. Alonso drove well to climb four places into second place, passing Hamilton seven laps before the finish. Paul Di Resta impressively climbed ten placed to finish in seventh whilst Felipe Massa rose eight positions to end in 8th. After a brilliant qualifying, Bottas was unable to finish the job as the young rookie dropped back to 14th after a disappointing day for Williams.
Lap Incident Guide:
Lap 1: Clean getaway for the frontrunners. Bottas down three places after poor start. Alonso, Webber and Rosberg all climb one place whilst Raikkonen drops down one.
Lap 2: Massa overtakes Maldonado to take 13th place.
Lap 6: Vergne passes Bottas to take 6th place whilst Sutil drops five places after spinning.
Lap 7: Button passed Maldonado after the Williams suffers front wing damage.
Lap 8: Massa passes Perez to take 11th place.
Lap 10: Massa passes Hulkenberg to take 10th place.
Lap 12: Raikkonen passes Ricciardo to take 8th place.
Lap 20: Massa passes both Gutierrez and Bottas to take 12th place after his first pit stop.
Lap 21: Bottas passes Gutierrez to claim 13th place before Perez passes Gutierrez to take 14th place.
Lap 23: Vergne passes Raikkonen to claim 6th place.
Lap 24: Massa passes Button to take 10th place.
Lap 31: Rosberg drops to fifth after being overtaken by Webber and Alonso.
Lap 34: Perez passed Bottas to take 11th place.
Lap 37: Raikkonen passes Bottas to claim 12th place whilst Webber suffers front wing damage after Van Der Garde collision.
Lap 42: Alonso passes Webber to claim 3rd place.
Lap 48: First retirement as Van Der Garde unable to continue with damaged front wing.
Lap 49: Hulkenberg retires.
Lap 53: Massa passes Grosjean to take 10th place.
Lap 63: Alonso passes Hamilton to take second place.
Lap 66: Gutierrez crashes out.
Lap 70: Massa passes Raikkonen to claim 8th place before Vettel wins the Canadian Grand Prix!
Race Result:
1. Vettel (Red Bull) 1.32:09.143
2. Alonso (Ferrari)
3. Hamilton (Mercedes)
4. Webber (Red Bull)
5. Rosberg (Mercedes)
6. Vergne (Torro Rosso)
7. Di Resta (Force India)
8. Massa (Ferrari)
9. Raikkonen (Lotus)
10. Sutil (Force India)
Championship Leaderboard:
1. Vettel (Red Bull) 132
2. Alonso (Ferrari) 96
3. Raikkonen (Lotus) 88
4. Hamilton (Mercedes) 77
5. Webber (Red Bull) 69
Constructors Leaderboard:
1. Red Bull 201
2. Ferrari 145
3. Mercedes 134
4. Lotus 114
5. Force India 51
Driver of the day: Fernando Alonso for keeping a close tail on Vettel after climbing four places to finish in second place. Another determined drive today from the Spaniard.
