2015 Canadian Grand Prix Sunday - Race
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Here's the full report from a Canadian Grand Prix that maybe didn't thrill as much as the world's F1 fans had hoped - though if you're a Lewis Hamilton supporter you won't be too displeased.
Canadian GP: Hamilton back on top with win
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Canadian GP: Hamilton back on top with win
Our next live F1 coverage will be for Austrian Grand Prix practice on June 19.
Lewis Hamilton wins 2015 Canadian GP
But before then we'll be covering every session of the Le Mans 24 Hours live starting from practice on Wednesday afternoon, and then the Barcelona MotoGP event and World Rally Championship's Rally Sardinia will headline Race Centre Live from Friday. See you then.
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"If it was my fault I'm very sorry" - A dejected and frustrated Romain Grosjean checks in with the team about his collision with Stevens.
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Kyvat confirms he got the best out of the car that he could, responding to his team's congratulations by saying, "We knew it wasn't going to be easy here. It was the maximum we could do."
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Maldonado's engineers are happy with his drive, saying: "You did a great job Pastor. It was difficult circumstances and we were only beaten by quicker cars today. You can't ask for more than that."
Hamilton kisses his trophy and holds it aloft. A big cheer for Bottas as the champagne is sprayed.
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"Great recovery Felipe, thanks very much. That's a lot of points for the team. A stunning drive really, making that option last as long as it did." - Williams congratulate Massa on a superb race.
A happy Hamilton smiles and waves to the crowd as the national anthem draws to a close.
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Ferrari make some mutual apologies with Kimi apologising for the spin but saying that there's "not much more I could have done." His engineer accepts some of the blame responding with "I'm sure there's stuff from our side as well. Sorry for that Kimi."
Bottas punches the air with delight as he steps onto the podium to a big cheer.
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"Great job Valterri, that was an absolutely flawless drive." Williams is happy with their P3 finish in Bottas, who assures them "there are many more to come."
Ericsson parked his Sauber at Turn 1 on the slowing-down lap after that problem.
While Rosberg jokily punches the TV cameras.
Hamilton stands on top of his race winning Mercedes and swings his arms up in the air in celebration.
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Ericsson is told, "Stop the car, stop the car. It's not fuel Marcus, we have a problem."
Retirements:
Merhi
Button
Alonso
Merhi
Button
Alonso
Out of the points:
11 Perez
12 Sainz
13 Ricciardo
14 Ericsson
15 Verstappen
16 Nasr
17 Stevens
11 Perez
12 Sainz
13 Ricciardo
14 Ericsson
15 Verstappen
16 Nasr
17 Stevens
Result:
1 Hamilton
2 Rosberg
3 Bottas
4 Raikkonen
5 Vettel
6 Massa
7 Maldonado
8 Hulkenberg
9 Kvyat
10 Grosjean
1 Hamilton
2 Rosberg
3 Bottas
4 Raikkonen
5 Vettel
6 Massa
7 Maldonado
8 Hulkenberg
9 Kvyat
10 Grosjean
Kvyat and Grosjean are already home as they were lapped. The Red Bull stayed ahead of the Lotus.
Bottas gives Williams its first podium of 2015, half a minute off the Mercedes but 4s clear of Raikkonen.
LAWRENCE BARRETTO: "That's Lewis Hamilton's fourth Canadian Grand Prix victory and fourth win of the season. That sees the Mercedes driver extend his lead in the championship over Nico Rosberg to 17 points."
Checkered flag
Hamilton wins the Canadian GP by 2.2s over Rosberg.
Onto the last lap and Hamilton is 3.5s clear of Rosberg, and Bottas has 5.5s over Raikkonen.
Grosjean is having another go back at Kvyat. But even if he can pass the Red Bull, extending a 5s advantage over it will be tough.
Bottas does another personal best. He's still losing time to Raikkonen behind but is safe enough with a 6.2s advantage.
Race for the lead - such as it was - surely over now. Hamilton's advantage is up to 3.4s with three laps left.
Vettel is over eight seconds behind his Ferrari team-mate in fifth and eight clear of Massa.
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Massa is told that he's 3 tenths quicker than Vettel and that his rival is going to hit traffic soon. But they're still 8s apart with only three laps left.
Four laps to go and there's 2.6s between Hamilton and Rosberg.
Grosjean has fallen off the tail of Kvyat a little but is now a comfortable 10s clear of 11th-placed Perez.
Raikkonen is now within 6.7s of Bottas but he's running out of time to catch the Williams for third.
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Rosberg wants to know how Hamilton's car is doing for fuel but is told his team "can't comment."
Rosberg is 0.7s slower than Hamilton on that lap and is now 2.1s behind with five laps to go.
Hamilton answers Rosberg's little spurt and brings the lead back to 1.4s with six laps left.
Thirteenth looks like as bad as it's going to get for Ricciardo, who's no longer being caught by Ericsson and Verstappen.
Bottas is actually pulling away from Raikkonen again, they're 7.9s apart and Williams is looking good for its first 2015 podium.
Rosberg sets his best lap of the day and gets back to within 1.2s of Hamilton with seven laps left.
Massa is up to sixth having passed Maldonado.
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There's trouble for Grosjean who reports a loss of downforce. The Lotus pit wall acknowledges the problem and tell him the priority is to pass Kyvat.
Grosjean still can't get past Kvyat for ninth. But he's now far enough ahead of Perez that his time penalty won't cost him 10th.
Merhi is retiring his Manor. He'd been on course to beat Stevens even before the Briton's clash with Grosjean.
By: Matt Beer, Lawrence Barretto, AUTOSPORT staff, Edd Straw
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