Formula 1: Lewis Hamilton wins controversial 2019 Canadian Grand Prix

By Asher Fair | Jun 9, 2019

MONTREAL, QUEBEC - JUNE 09: Race winner Lewis Hamilton of Great Britain and Mercedes GP celebrates on the podium during the F1 Grand Prix of Canada at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 09, 2019 in Montreal, Canada. (Photo by Dan Istitene/Getty Images) /

Lewis Hamilton earned a controversial victory, his fifth victory of the 2019 Formula 1 season, in the Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Scuderia Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel crossed the finish line in first place after dominating the seventh race on the 2019 Formula 1 schedule, the Canadian Grand Prix, at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve after starting from the pole position, but it was Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport’s Lewis Hamilton who was classified as the winner.

Hamilton started the 70-lap race around the 14-turn, 2.71-mile (4.361-kilometer) Circuit Gilles Villeneuve road course on Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal, Quebec, Canada alongside Vettel in second place, and he finished it 1.342 seconds behind Vettel.

However, Vettel was issued a five-second time penalty after going off the track between turns three and four while leading on lap 48 and rejoining the track in an “unsafe” manner ahead of Hamilton, so Hamilton officially won the race by 3.658 seconds over Vettel in second place.

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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc rounded out the podium by finishing in third place. Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas and Aston Martin Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen rounded out the top five by finishing in fourth and fifth, respectively.

Renault teammates Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg, Red Bull Racing’s Pierre Gasly, SportPesa Racing Point’s Lance Stroll and Scuderia Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat rounded out the top 10 by finishing in sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and 10th place.

The race featured a total of three lead changes among three drivers. Vettel led more laps than anybody else in the field with 62 laps led and only failed to lead laps as a result of the fact that he pitted before the other two drivers who led laps, Hamilton and Leclerc. Hamilton led only two laps while Leclerc led the other six. Of the 20 drivers who started the race, 18 finished it, and of these 18 drivers, five finished on the lead lap.

Here are the full race results of the 2019 Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Race Results
1st – Lewis Hamilton
2nd – Sebastian Vettel
3rd – Charles Leclerc
4th – Valtteri Bottas
5th – Max Verstappen
6th – Daniel Ricciardo
7th – Nico Hulkenberg
8th – Pierre Gasly
9th – Lance Stroll
10th – Daniil Kvyat
11th – Carlos Sainz Jr.
12th – Sergio Perez
13th – Antonio Giovinazzi
14th – Romain Grosjean
15th – Kimi Raikkonen
16th – George Russell
17th – Kevin Magnussen
18th – Robert Kubica
19th – Alexander Albon
20th – Lando Norris

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Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France is scheduled to host the next race on the 2019 Formula 1 schedule, the French Grand Prix. This race, which is the eighth race on the 2019 schedule, is set to be broadcast live on ESPN2 beginning at 9:10 a.m. ET on Sunday, June 23.

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