Canadian Grand Prix LIVE: Sebastian Vettel wins in Montreal to take championship lead off Lewis Hamilton
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Your support makes all the difference.Sebastian Vettel starts the Canadian Grand Prix on pole position as he looks to claw back the 14-point lead that rival Lewis Hamilton holds in the Drivers’ Championship, but an unpredictable race in Montreal could well see a shock or two arrive on Sunday evening.
With Hamilton down in fourth, Vettel can make up serious ground in the battle to become a five-time world champion, though just 0.232 seconds covers the top four with Valtteri Bottas in second and the fast Red Bull of Max Verstappen in third. With Daniel Ricciardo, two-time winner this season, down in sixth with Kimi Raikkonen fifth, and the Circuit Gilles Villeneueve one of the easiest tracks to overtake on in the calendar, a thrilling race is on the cards.
Hamilton though has pedigree around this track, and should he triumph today he will tie Michael Schumacher with seven Canadian Grand Prix victories.
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What time does it start?
The Canadian Grand Prix starts at 19:10 BST.
Where can I watch it?
The race will be shown live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports F1 from 17:30 BST.
Starting grid
1 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1min 10.764secs
2 Valtteri Bottas (Fin) Mercedes GP 1:10.857
3 Max Verstappen (Ned) Red Bull 1:10.937
4 Lewis Hamilton (Gbr) Mercedes GP 1:10.996
5 Kimi Raikkonen (Fin) Ferrari 1:11.095
6 Daniel Ricciardo (Aus) Red Bull 1:11.116
7 Nico Hulkenberg (Ger) Renault 1:11.973
8 Esteban Ocon (Fra) Force India 1:12.084
9 Carlos Sainz (Spa) Renault 1:12.168
10 Sergio Perez (Mex) Force India 1:12.671
11 Kevin Magnussen (Den) Haas F1 1:12.606
12 Brendon Hartley (Nzl) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:12.635
13 Charles Leclerc (Mon) Sauber-Ferrari 1:12.661
14 Fernando Alonso (Spa) McLaren 1:12.856
15 Stoffel Vandoorne (Bel) McLaren 1:12.865
16 Pierre Gasly (Fra) Scuderia Toro Rosso 1:13.047
17 Lance Stroll (Can) Williams 1:13.590
18 Sergey Sirotkin (Rus) Williams 1:13.643
19 Marcus Ericsson (Swe) Sauber-Ferrari 1:14.593
20 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas F1 No Time
Lap 14: Hulkenberg pits and puts on the supersofts and where will he feed out in comparison to Ocon? He's ahead, and the overcut has worked out for Renault there.
Lap 15: Sainz follows his teammate in a lap later, and Hulkenberg just maintains position there, but crucially he's out in front of Ocon as well. Ricciardo meanwhile is catching Hamilton in fourth, and he's into DRS range as the Mercedes really isn't on the pace.
Lap 17: Hamilton and Verstappen pit! Mercedes must have hoped for an undercut but Red Bull saw it and reacted quickly. Verstappen maintains his advantage with a good stop and they come out in fifth and sixth.
Lap 18: Ricciardo pits after putting in his fastest lap of the race! Can he leapfrog Hamilton? Yes he can! The Aussie moves up to outright fourth, right behind his teammate.
Lap 19: Alonso pits looking to seize an advantage to get past Leclerc. Vettel meanwhile gets a message to let him know he is on Plan B - but I have no idea what that plan entails. Either way he leads by 4.6s.
Lap 21: As things stand, if it finishes with Vettel in front and Hamilton down in fifth, the Ferrari driver will take the lead of the drivers' championship by a single point. Hamilton needs some kind of a response and he's at least sticking with Ricciardo despite being passed in the pits.
Claire Williams, team principal at Williams:
He made such a good start as Lance always does on the first lap. Then Brendon just seemed to come into the side of him by Lance was minding his own business.
I'm not sure I agree with that assessment there...
Lap 23: No movement yet at Ferrari with Vettel and Raikkonen still out there, sandwiching the leading Mercedes of Bottas. Raikkonen is actually going pretty well out there and could give Hamilton something to worry about when he stops.
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