The 2018 Canadian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix Heineken du Canada 2018) is a Formula One motor race that took place on 10 June 2018 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The race was the 7th round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race was won by Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari. It was Vettel's 50th career win, becoming the fourth driver in Formula One history to achieve such a feat (joining Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton and Alain Prost). It was the 55th running of the Canadian Grand Prix, the 49th time the event had been included as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the series in , and the 39th time that a World Championship was held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Fernando Alonso also celebrated his 300th Grand Prix entry at this race. This race was Ferrari's first win in Canada since Michael Schumacher won here in 2004.
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton went in to the race as the defending race winner. He entered the round with a 14-point lead over Sebastian Vettel in the World Drivers' Championship. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a 17-point lead over Ferrari.
Report Background Tyres The tyre compounds provided for this race were the hypersoft, ultrasoft and supersoft.
Practice Max Verstappen was fastest across all three practice sessions, improving his time in each successive session. In FP2, Grosjean hit a groundhog that was on the track, damaging his front wing, and reducing the Haas team's spare parts.
Qualifying Romain Grosjean's car had a major engine failure as it left the pitlane in Q1 meaning he failed to set a lap time, and raced at the stewards' discretion. In Q2, when Sebastian Vettel was completing his final flying lap, he aborted the lap because Carlos Sainz, Nico Hülkenberg and a number of other cars were driving slowly along the back straight, leading him to pull into the pits. In Q3, Vettel took pole with a new track record however his teammate made a mistake in Turn 2, meaning he would qualify in P5.
Race The grid got away largely without incident from the line, but in turn 5, Brendon Hartley and local driver Lance Stroll collided, forcing their immediate retirement and the deployment of the safety car. At the restart, Sergio Pérez touched Sainz, forcing Pérez off the track, losing positions. On lap 18, Daniel Ricciardo overcut Lewis Hamilton for the fourth position. On lap 43, Fernando Alonso retired from the race with an exhaust issue.
Race officials erroneously directed model Winnie Harlow to wave the chequered flag before race leader Vettel completed lap 69 (the scheduled penultimate lap) and therefore the results were taken from lap 68, according to the Formula 1 sporting regulations article 43.2. This meant that Ricciardo's successively faster laps on laps 69 and 70 were voided, and Sergio Pérez's overtake on Kevin Magnussen for 13th did not stand.
Classification Qualifying DriverConstructorQ1Q2Q315 Sebastian VettelFerrari1:11.7101:11.5241:10.7641277 Valtteri BottasMercedes1:11.9501:11.5141:10.8572333 Max VerstappenRed Bull Racing-TAG Heuer1:12.0081:11.4721:10.9373444 Lewis HamiltonMercedes1:11.8351:11.7401:10.996457 Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:11.7251:11.6201:11.095563 Daniel RicciardoRed Bull Racing-TAG Heuer1:12.4591:11.4341:11.1166727 Nico HülkenbergRenault1:12.7951:11.9161:11.9737831 Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes1:12.5771:12.1411:12.0848955 Carlos Sainz Jr.Renault1:12.6891:12.0971:12.16891011 Sergio PérezForce India-Mercedes1:12.7021:12.3951:12.671101120 Kevin MagnussenHaas-Ferrari1:12.6801:12.606111228 Brendon Hartley1:12.5871:12.635121316 Charles LeclercSauber-Ferrari1:12.9451:12.661131414 Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault1:12.9791:12.85614152McLaren-Renault1:12.9981:12.865151610 Pierre GaslyScuderia Toro Rosso-Honda1:13.047191718 Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes1:13.590161835 Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes1:13.64317199 Marcus EricssonSauber-Ferrari1:14.59318107% time: 1:16.729—8 Romain GrosjeanHaas-FerrariNo time20Source: Notes – Pierre Gasly was sent to the back of the grid for his power unit change. – Romain Grosjean failed to set a lap time during qualifying. He was allowed to race at the stewards' discretion.
Race DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints15 Sebastian VettelFerrari681:28:31.377125277 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes68+7.376218333 Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer68+8.36031543 Daniel RicciardoRed Bull Racing-TAG Heuer68+20.892612544 Lewis HamiltonMercedes68+21.55941067 Kimi RäikkönenFerrari68+27.18458727 Nico Hülkenberg Renault67+1 lap76855 Carlos Sainz Jr. Renault67+1 lap94931 Esteban OconForce India-Mercedes67+1 lap821016 Charles Leclerc Sauber-Ferrari67+1 lap1311110 Pierre Gasly67+1 lap19128 Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari67+1 lap201320 Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari67+1 lap111411 Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes67+1 lap10159 Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari66+2 laps18162McLaren-Renault66+2 laps151735 Sergey SirotkinWilliams-Mercedes66+2 laps17 14 Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Renault40Exhaust14 28 Brendon Hartley0Collision12 18 Lance StrollWilliams-Mercedes0Collision16Source:
Notes – The race was scheduled to run 70 laps, but the results were taken at the end of lap 68 after the chequered flag was incorrectly shown at the conclusion of lap 69.
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings DriverPoints 11 Sebastian Vettel 121 12 Lewis Hamilton 120 13 Valtteri Bottas 86 14 Daniel Ricciardo 845 Kimi Räikkönen 68Source:
Constructors' Championship standings ConstructorPoints1 Mercedes 2062 Ferrari 1893 Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 1344 Renault 565 McLaren-Renault 40Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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