Formula 1: 2018 Canadian Grand Prix results – Sebastian Vettel dominates
By Asher Fair
Sebastian Vettel dominated the seventh race of the 2018 Formula 1 season, the Canadian Grand Prix, to claim his third victory of the year.
Scuderia Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel had not won a race since he won the first two races of the 2018 Formula 1 season, the Australian Grand Prix and the Bahrain Grand Prix, respectively. He changed that in the Canadian Grand Prix.
Vettel won the Canadian Grand Prix after starting the race from the pole position. He won the race by 7.376 seconds over second place finisher Valtteri Bottas, who drives for Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport.
The top three drivers finished in the same positions in which they started, as Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen finished in third place. Verstappen’s teammate Daniel Ricciardo and Bottas’ teammate Lewis Hamilton rounded out the top five in fourth and fifth, respectively.
The Canadian Grand Prix was the second consecutive race that featured the drivers who started in the top three finishing in the same positions in which they started, as the drivers who started in the top six in the most recent race, the Monaco Grand Prix, finished in the same positions in which they started.
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The Canadian Grand Prix was the third consecutive race that featured the drivers who started in the top two finishing in the same positions in which they started, as the drivers who started in the top two in the Spanish Grand Prix two races ago finished in the same positions in which they started as well.
The race did not feature any lead changes, as Vettel started the race from the pole position and led every one of the 70 laps around the 14-turn, 2.710-mile (4.361-kilometer) Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, although only the first 68 laps counted as a result of a blunder with the checkered flag.
The Canadian Grand Prix was the second consecutive race that was won by a driver who started the race form the pole position and led every lap. Ricciardo started from the pole position and won the Monaco Grand Prix two weeks ago after leading every one of its 78 laps.
The race featured on safety car period. That lone safety car period began on lap one and ended on lap five. It took place as a result of a big accident between Lance Stroll and Brendon Hartley in turn six.
Here are the full race results of the 2018 Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
| Rank | Driver | Car, Team, Engine |
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | #5, Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari |
| 2 | Valtteri Bottas | #77, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Mercedes |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | #33, Aston Martin Red Bull Racing, Renault |
| 4 | Daniel Ricciardo | #3, Aston Martin Red Bull Racing, Renault |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | #44, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, Mercedes |
| 6 | Kimi Raikkonen | #7, Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari |
| 7 | Nico Hulkenberg | #27, Renault Sport, Renault |
| 8 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | #55, Renault Sport, Renault |
| 9 | Esteban Ocon | #31, Sahara Force India, Mercedes |
| 10 | Charles Leclerc | #16, Alfa Romeo Sauber, Ferrari |
| 11 | Pierre Gasly | #10, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Honda |
| 12 | Romain Grosjean | #8, Haas, Ferrari |
| 13 | Kevin Magnussen | #20, Haas, Ferrari |
| 14 | Sergio Perez | #11, Sahara Force India, Mercedes |
| 15 | Marcus Ericsson | #9, Alfa Romeo Sauber, Ferrari |
| 16 | Stoffel Vandoorne | #2, McLaren, Renault |
| 17 | Sergey Sirotkin | #35, Williams Martini Racing, Mercedes |
| 18 | Fernando Alonso | #14, McLaren, Renault |
| 19 | Lance Stroll | #18, Williams Martini Racing, Mercedes |
| 20 | Brendon Hartley | #28, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Honda |
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The next Formula 1 race is the eighth race of the 21-race 2018 season. That race is the French Grand Prix, which is set to take place at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, Var, France. It is scheduled to take place on Sunday, June 24, and it is scheduled to be broadcast live on ESPN2 starting at 10:10 a.m. ET