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Formula 1 Canadian GP

2013 Canadian Grand Prix The Canadian Grand Prix

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Sebastian Vettel gets his title charge back on track with a dominant win to extend his points lead. He took the lead at the start and was easily able to run away from the two Mercedes drivers in the early phase. From then on it was a perfect Sunday drive.

Alonso will be pleased with another podium finish after a difficult qualifying session, while Hamilton ends up third but there are more problems with the tyres. Let's see if the team can cure this before the end of the season.

Further down, there were also great drives from Jean-Eric Vergne and Paul di Resta, but a disastrous day for Williams and Valtteri Bottas after the stunning qualifying result yesterday.

This was the 2013 Canadian Grand Prix weekend on AUTOSPORT Live. Thanks for joining us over the last three days of action. F1 coverage will be back in three weeks time as the series returns to its birthplace for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
Stick with AUTOSPORT for all the reaction from an interesting afternoon in Canada.
Lotus is now fourth in the standings after scoring minimal points for the second race in a row.
Red Bull is storming away in the constructors' race, now over 50 points ahead of Ferrari, with Mercedes still giving chase in third.
Raikkonen slips to third in the standings after a difficult day, while another podium for Hamilton keeps him in contention in fourth overall
Vettel cements a 36 point lead in the standings over Alonso, with that late move on Hamilton boosting the Spaniard's score.
Eddie Jordan is on hand to interview the podium drivers for the enthusiastic crowd.
The champagne sprays on the podium and Vettel makes sure that 'Rocky' gets a soaking, before the top three douse their team members down below.
And it is smiles for Hamilton as he celebrates another Mercedes podium.
Fernando Alonso receives his award for second place. His kisses the trophy and raises it above his head.
Vettel's engineer Guillaume Rocquelin is on hand to take the prize for Red Bull, with the team finally winning this race.
Vettel collects the winner's trophy at the end of a dominant day for the title leader.
That is followed by the Austrian national anthem for today's winning constructor - Red Bull.
The top three drivers walk out onto the podium and the German national anthem rings out for this afternoon's winner - Sebastian Vettel.
Two drivers retired officially from today's race:

Hulkenberg moved over on van der Garde perhaps too much, while lapping the Caterham. The pair made contact approaching the final chicane and they ultimately were forced out of the race.
Bianchi made his one-stop strategy work to finish 17th ahead of Pic 18th, Chilton 19th and Gutierrez was classified in 20th spot.
Vettel tours in as the dominant winner of today's race, as Red Bull finally triumph in Canada.
Bottas will be staying dry this afternoon, as he comes home in a disappointing 14th spot, with Ricciardo 15th and Maldonado 16th.
Out of the points and we have Perez in 11th. He finishes ahead of team-mate Button, who was 12th, with Grosjean 13th.
"The car was amazing," says a delighted Vettel on the Red Bull radio.
Massa crosses the line in eighth, 2.6s ahead of Raikkonen and Sutil finishes 10th to claim the final point for Force India.
Vergne takes a fine sixth in his Toro Rosso, ahead of a great one-stop seventh from di Resta.
It's fifth for Rosberg when he makes it back around, with the German unable to match Hamilton's tyre conservation and pace this afternoon.
Webber takes fourth place after a difficult afternoon, including contact with a backmarker.
Hamilton fought hard this afternoon and secures a great podium finish for Mercedes.
Alonso scores a fine second place with a typically determined drive up from sixth on the grid. He finishes 14.4 seconds behind Vettel.
A dominant drive from the front for the championship leader, who further extends his points margin.
Lap 70: Massa sweeps top the outside of Raikkonen and makes the move stick before the final chicane. He is up to eighth with one to go.
Lap 70: Vettel flashes past a lap from home in the Canadian Grand Prix.
Lap 69: This is the only battle left on track and it's for eighth position.
Lap 68: Massa is still pressing on after Raikkonen but the Lotus drivers hangs on again through Turns 1 and 2.
Lap 68: Vettel is now two laps from a commanding win in Canada.
Lap 68: The track is now all-clear again after Gutierrez's incident.
Lap 67: A strange incident there for Gutierrez, who walks away. We have yet to see exactly how he lost it in the warm-up lane.
Lap 66: Gutierrez came into the pits, took on super-soft tyres and then shunted the car as he came out at Turn 1!
Lap 66: Meanwhile, up front, Vettel is a massive 19.4 seconds up the road.
Lap 65: Vergne continues in sixth with di Resta seventh, Raikkonen eighth and struggling to hold off Massa, then Sutil 10th and Perez 11th.
Lap 65: Alonso has just pulled out of DRS range on Hamilton, with a mistake from the Spaniard picked up as the reason for getting closed by Hamilton

By: Emlyn Hughes, Geoff Creighton

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