Lewis Hamilton took his 56th career victory at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in the 2017 Formula 1 Championship. That was his third win of the season.
Lewis scored his fourth career Grand Slam, claiming pole, the victory, fastest lap and leading every lap of the Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton (129 points) closes the gap on Sebastian Vettel (141 points) to just 12 points in the Drivers’ Championship. Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport (222 points) lead the Constructors’ Championship by eight points from Ferrari (214 points) in P2.
“It’s been such an incredible weekend”, Lewis Hamilton commented. “I just couldn’t be happier with how it’s gone and I’m so grateful for this result. We came away from Monaco and we were scratching our heads, but we pulled together and look what we achieved. We came to Canada with a much better understanding of the car and we delivered a real blow to the Ferraris. Valtteri did a fantastic job too and this is our first one-two finish together. We’ve scored a big load of solid points and it’s well deserved. It’s crazy to think I had my first pole and win here 10 years ago. The race actually felt very reminiscent of 2007, in terms of how it unfolded. It’s a long race here, especially when you’re out there on your own, but I knew the car would hold together and it did perfectly.”
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Valtteri Bottas came home in second to secure the Silver Arrows’ first 1-2 of 2017
“I’m so happy for us as a team to bounce back the way we did this weekend. It’s so impressive to see how the team has reacted in the last two weeks – how it’s worked and improved. I’ve never seen a group of people so determined to win and to get back on top, so to get the one-two finish today, it’s amazing”, the Finn said.
“I tried my best to be aggressive and to get ahead of the Ferraris off the start and it worked, but I had a bit of a lock-up there which compromised my first stint. I lost some time behind the Red Bull and then the Force India after the stop, so we went for the soft tyre for the second stint, but I didn’t quite have the pace. But I brought the car home for some great points.”
