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Lewis Hamilton wins Canadian Grand Prix for McLaren Mercedes in F1
Lewis Hamilton celebrates with champagne after winning the Canadian Grand Prix. PHOTO/Benoit Pelosse/QMI Agency
The Formula One winners’ club keeps getting bigger in an unprecedented season that has had seven different winners in the first seven races.
Lewis Hamilton thinks he is seeing the sport’s future.
“I think this mix-up is normal. I think this is going to be normal for this season,” he said after winning the Canadian Grand Prix for the third time. “I think it’s great for Formula One. It’s great for fans today.”
Hamilton drove his McLaren Mercedes to a win in 1 hour, 32 minutes, 29.586 seconds Sunday, taking advantage of fresh tires he picked up during a second pit stop while the other contenders only made one. Hamilton finished 2.5 seconds ahead of Lotus’ Romain Grosjean, with Sauber’s Sergio Perez in third.
“I had so much traction with fresh tires,” said Hamilton, who earned his first Formula One victory here in 2007 and won again in `10. “I wasn’t able to do it a one-stop. I think I would have fallen farther back, as they did. I think a two-stop was just right.”
Defending Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull was fourth and Fernando Alonso, who won in Malaysia and entered the weekend atop the standings, was fifth.
Last year, Vettel won five of the first six races and was in control at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve before a last-lap skid in the rain allowed Jenson Button, Hamilton’s teammate, to pass him for the victory. Vettel went on to win 11 races and the Formula One title in 2011.
