F1: GP of Canada 2016

Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg,  Daniel 'Ricciardo, Valtteri Bottas,  Nico Hulkenberg, Kimi Räikkönen

Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas, Nico Rosberg, Jolyon Palmer, Marcus Ericsson, Kevin Magnussen, Pascal Wehrlein, Nico Hulkenberg, Kimi Räikkönen 

Sebastian Vettel, Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas

Mercedes team

Pos	Driver	Team	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas	70
2	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	70
3	Valtteri Bottas	Williams Martini Racing	70
4	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	70
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes AMG Petronas	70
6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	70
7	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	70
8	Nico Hulkenberg	Force India F1 Team	69
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Scuderia Toro Rosso	69
10	Sergio Perez	Force India F1 Team	69
11	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	69
12	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	69
13	Esteban Gutiérrez	Haas F1 Team	68
14	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	68
15	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber F1 Team	68
16	Kevin Magnussen	Renault Sport F1 Team	68
17	Pascal Wehrlein	Manor Racing MRT	68
18	Felipe Nasr	Sauber F1 Team	68
19	Rio Haryanto	Manor Racing MRT	68
20	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	35
21	Jolyon Palmer	Renault Sport F1 Team	16
22	Jenson Button	McLaren Honda	7

Drivers Classification 

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Team	Points
1	Nico Rosberg	German	Mercedes	116
2	Lewis Hamilton	British	Mercedes	107
3	Sebastian Vettel	German	Ferrari	78
4	Daniel Ricciardo	Australian	Red Bull Racing	72
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Finnish	Ferrari	69
6	Max Verstappen	Dutch	Red Bull Racing	50
7	Valtteri Bottas	Finnish	Williams	44
8	Felipe Massa	Brazilian	Williams	37
9	Sergio Perez	Mexican	Force India	24
10	Daniil Kvyat	Russian	Toro Rosso	22
11	Romain Grosjean	French	Haas	22
12	Fernando Alonso	Spanish	McLaren	18
13	Carlos Sainz	Spanish	Toro Rosso	18
14	Nico Hulkenberg	German	Force India	18
15	Kevin Magnussen	Danish	Renault	6
16	Jenson Button	British	McLaren	5
17	Stoffel Vandoorne	Belgian	McLaren	1
18	Jolyon Palmer	British	Renault	0
19	Esteban Gutierrez	Mexican	Haas	0
20	Marcus Ericsson	Swedish	Sauber	0
21	Pascal Wehrlein	German	Manor	0
22	Felipe Nasr	Brazilian	Sauber	0
23	Rio Haryanto	Indonesian	Manor	0

Constructors Classification

Pos	Team	Points
1	Mercedes AMG Petronas	223
2	Ferrari	147
3	Red Bull Racing	130
4	Williams Martini Racing	81
5	Force India F1 Team	42
6	Scuderia Toro Rosso	32
7	McLaren Honda	24
8	Haas F1 Team	22
9	Renault Sport F1 Team	6
10	Sauber F1 Team	0
11	Manor Racing MRT	0

Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton

Lewis, 45th career victory and your fifth in Canada, as you were quick to point out on the podium. You obviously lost the start to Sebastian, but you go this win I guess, in a way again, because for the second race in a row you were able to do a very, very long final stint on the tyres. How much of that was data about what the tyres would do and how much was pure feel?

LH: Well, firstly, if I may, I want to… I never really dedicate wins to anyone but someone who really inspired me so much throughout my life, Muhammad Ali, and obviously he passed just recently, so I’d love to be able to dedicate this to him and his family. The last 15 laps, for some reason all I could think of was him and Rumble in the Jungle, it was really, really weird. I was driving and I was just thinking of him, and thinking maybe he would be watching the race, I don’t know. So, that’s to him and his family. Rest in peace.

In terms of the tyres: It was really feel. The team obviously told us what the tyres could do, how far they would go. I wasn’t really sure how far the ultrasoft would go. I had already seen graining earlier when I was behind Sebastian. So I was a little bit nervous about it, but it seemed to last, which was great. I could have kept going on the ultrasoft, which was interesting; I had a good pace. Then we swapped. It was a long stint on the information we got before that that tyre could last quite a long time and it was just a beauty. I didn’t have to push too much on the tyre at the beginning, just looking after them, but very conscious that this guy behind was pushing. I was really enjoying the race with him, you know, just battling times here and there. He was so quick and it’s great to see how quick they are and they are really giving us a run for our money, and I just happened to be on a one stop. But fantastic job by the team. I’m really overwhelmed to think just how difficult this season was before these last two races and I feel incredibly grateful and very blessed to have had these two great weekends. I’m just going to keep working hard, as you can see I’m super-focused. For me I felt that today was one of my best races for a while, maybe not as good as the last one, but still really happy with it. Onwards and upwards hopefully.

Sebastian Vettel

Sebastian Vettel

Very well done. Turning to you Sebastian, got the feeling before the race that Ferrari might be able to win this, had that amazing start, and then obviously you committed to that two-stopper with the pit stop on lap 17 under the VSC. Was that because the team thought you wouldn’t be able to do what Lewis did and do that one-stopper and in the final part of the race did you think that a 13-lap tyre offset to Lewis would be enough to challenge? 

SV: Yeah, I think that was the plan, so obviously we committed fairly early. We were in the lead. As the second car in the row, which was Lewis in that case, obviously you have the chance to choose – if the car in front pits you might pit, if the car front stays out you might pit. We committed fairly early to that strategy and I think I was probably the right thing to do in terms of getting to the chequered flag the quickest way. But obviously we lost track position and we didn’t expect that the soft tyre that Lewis put on… first of all the ultrasoft and then the soft would last as long. Myself, I was also surprised to see how long the supersoft lasted and then the soft tyre lasted until the end. As Lewis said, we could have kept going. The degradation wasn’t maybe as high as we expected. That’s maybe where we lost the race. But I want to make one thing clear: I’m not a big fan of blaming anyone or anything. I think it was a great weekend for Ferrari. We’ve had a difficult start to the season because we were never really able to show the true performance of the car and this was maybe the first clean weekend if you look at Saturday and Sunday. And actually I enjoyed the race a lot. Didn’t get the result I was hoping for, especially after the start, but I was enjoying it a lot. The last 30 laps I was just flat out – maybe pushing a little bit too hard at times. It just felt great. That’s what racing should be about. The tyres were fairly consistent. I really enjoyed chasing him down but a couple of laps to go I realised that he was just a bit too quick or the tyres didn’t drop enough.

Valteri Bottas

Valtteri Bottas

Q: Valtteri, podium here for the second year in a row in Montreal. Same strategy as Lewis that got you ahead of the two–stopping Red Bulls and Kimi Raikkonen; tell us about your drive today and also those strategy calls? 

VB: Thank-you, yes. It feels really good to be here again. Montreal has been pretty to me and pretty good to us as a team. For sure it was always going to be one of the good tracks for our car but really pleased with what we have done. Of course, today didn’t come easily. I really needed to thank the team for the decisions they made to commit to the one stop and also the stop lap, it was perfect. This stop was again, massively quick as we’ve seen all season so really thankful for Williams, for today and for the whole weekend. We need more of these kind of results. We just need to keep trying but just very happy at the moment.

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