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 46: Remember lap 10 when Perez pitted to try and go to the end of the race? He's fallen well short and pits for a second time, yet remains on the supersofts.
Lap 48: With Ricciardo still behind Verstappen, Bottas is set to overtake him in the championship for third if the Finn can remain second.
Lap 49: This is looking a bit more promising for Hamilton. He's dropped Raikkonen, who's five seconds behind now, and he's only 1.5s behind Ricciardo. Grosjean meanwhile has a hairy moment as he tries to pit and finds a Force India in his path, with Ocon overtaking him just before diving in.
Lap 51: Hamilton's into DRS range as Ricciardo is unable to keep pace with Verstappen, who interestingly is only 6.5s off Bottas who in turn us catching Vettel. If this race is going to have any noteworthy action, it's going to come towards the end, so stick with it!
Lap 53: Bottas has taken a second out of Vettel in two laps, and the Mercedes is starting to show some much needed pace. Gasly meanwhile is told he has a slight concern with the brakes - which will not be music to his ears given the crash he suffered after brake failure in Monaco.
Lap 55: The gap continues to come down and Bottas takes another second out of Vettel! The gap comes down to three seconds...but Bottas is off! He runs wide at turn one and loses 1.8s as a result. Disaster for him and that could be a crucial mistake.
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