Canadian Grand Prix race day

By: Geoff Creighton

Summary


	Hamilton picks up win as on-the-road victor Vettel gets penalty
	Leclerc spends race in lonely third
	Bottas passed by Hulkenberg on lap one and loses touch with leaders, but takes fourth
	Verstappen comes through to fifth with long first stint and on-track passes
	Norris retires early with broken suspension

Status: Stopped

23:03 Here's our report. We hope you've enjoyed the race - probably not the way anyone wanted this to go, but 'tis what it is. Thanks for joining us, we'll see you next time in Paul Ricard - join us then!

Sebastian Vettel penalty hands Lewis Hamilton Canadian GP win

Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari were denied a first win of the 2019 Formula 1 season after a five-second time penalty handed Canadian Grand Prix victory to Lewis Hamilton

23:02 Lewis gets some unwelcome booing, but Vettel hushes them up immediately. What a weird day it's been.

23:01 Muted celebrations from the Ferrari duo. Vettel restricts the champagne to flowing entirely into his facehole, and gets stopped from making an early departure by Martin Brundle.

22:56 ...we should have put that bet on, shouldn't we?

22:55 Bets on Vettel standing on the top step?

22:54 Vettel's there, and magnanimously shakes hands with Hamilton and Leclerc. But the silence is deafening.

22:53 Oh my! Vettel took the number two board, put it in front of Hamilton's car and put the number 1 board in the blank spot! This is going to be...interesting.

22:52 Vettel's gone straight to the Ferrari hospitality, but it looks like he's been prised out to the podium.

22:51 Leclerc: "I'm pretty happy about the performance, I think we were very quick, it's a shame we made some mistakes in qualifying. I'm disappointed for the team, we have all worked very hard to be there [...] and the team needed a victory today. Hopefully it'll come soon."

22:50 "It was so hot here, the Canadian weather is so hardcore for us here. I'm so grateful to have been there for the race."

22:49 "Firstly, I just want to say a big thank you for the team, we had a problem with the engine after my crash on Thursday. But it's not the way I want to get past." says Hamilton.

22:48 Vettel's just gone. He's got weighed, dropped the car in parc ferme, and sauntered off into the paddock.

22:47 Vettel stops by parc ferme, perhaps not keen to get on the podium at all.

22:46 Vettel can barely conceal his frustration. In fact, he isn't. "Where the hell am I supposed to go", he says once more.

22:45 Retirements: Albon, Norris

22:44 Outside the points: 11 Sainz; 12 Perez; 13 Giovinazzi; 14 Grosjean; 15 Raikkonen; 16 Russell; 17 Magnussen; 18 Kubica

22:44 Result: 1 Hamilton; 2 Vettel; 3 Leclerc; 4 Bottas; 5 Verstappen; 6 Ricciardo; 7 Hulkenberg; 8 Gasly; 9 Stroll; 10 Kvyat

22:43 Bottas and Verstappen complete the top five.

22:43 Leclerc crosses the line 6s behind Vettel on the road, so Vettel will drop into second place when his penalty is applied.

22:43 Vettel crosses the line first, but Hamilton is the winner of the Canadian Grand Prix!

22:42 Ferrari tells Vettel to give it "all you have" - he's got one lap to pull out 3.7s over Hamilton, so...

22:42 Bottas bangs in the fastest lap Mercedes ordered, a 1m13.078s.

22:41 Another strong lap from Leclerc and he's now just 6.6s behind Vettel. He probably won't get close enough to steal a place from his penalised team-mate with two laps left but it will be tight.

22:40 And there's the move for ninth, and Kvyat just seizes the opportunity to also power past Sainz too! Great opportunistic driving from the Toro Rosso driver.

22:40 Ferrari urges Vettel to push too, but still he's only 0.9s ahead of Hamilton on the road.

22:40 "We need you to push as much as you can," Ferrari tells Leclerc, who is 7.2s from the on-the-road lead.

22:39 Bottas rejoins securely ahead of Verstappen still in fourth, and has three laps to try to get the fastest lap bonus back.

22:39 Mercedes asks Bottas to pit to grab soft tyres now he's got a sufficient gap over Verstappen. Time to get fastest lap back...

22:39 Stroll's right on the back of Sainz now - after FP3 woes and having to take an old engine, the Racing Point driver's had a brilliant day.

22:37 Leclerc has closed by another half a second on the leaders, so is now 7.4s from Vettel. There is a real chance Vettel could end up falling behind his team-mate and ending up third here...

22:36 Hamilton is sitting 0.7s behind Vettel, knowing the race win is his.

22:35 Lead gaps on the road on on lap 64: 1 Vettel; 2 Hamilton +0.6s; 3 Leclerc +8.1s; 4 Bottas +35.4s; 5 Verstappen +57.6s

22:34 Leclerc sets another new fastest lap, a 1m14.356s. That's a second quicker than Vettel up front, and he's now 8.6s behind his team-mate...

22:34 That's Albon's day over - presumably to save mileage on the engine.

22:34 Hamilton does his best lap of the race so far and is now within 0.9s of Vettel on the road. Only eight laps to go, it looks like there's no chance of Vettel building the lead he needs.

22:33 Stroll's just 1.5s behind Sainz in ninth - and the McLaren driver's pace hasn't been great.

22:32 Vettel is ranting on the radio about the penalty and the incident. Ferrari urges him to stay calm and focus. "They are stealing the race from us!" he replies.

22:31 Rather than managing to push that lead back up to 5s, Vettel is watching the gap disappear - Hamilton is now within 1.7s on the road. He's halved the gap since Vettel was given the penalty.

22:30 Raikkonen makes a second stop, popping on softs for the final ten laps.

22:29 Spicy battle between the two Renaults, Hulkenberg's well within DRS range of Ricciardo ahead.