Lewis Hamilton is back on top of the Formula One standings for the first time in 18 months after a stunning Canadian Grand Prix win with teammate Jenson Button in second.
Back-to-back victories for the McLaren star means he now holds a three-point cushion over team-mate Jenson Button as the duo finished one-two for the second consecutive race.
Lewis Hamilton held the lead on three separate occasions around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve before finally taking it for good on lap 50, going onto to clinch his second triumph here in three attempts.
It became of case of tyre management and who could make their sets of Bridgestone softs and hards last the longest as degradation proved to be far higher than anybody anticipated.
It was enthralling stuff, providing one of the most dramatic races of the year as the lead constantly changed hands, and with no clear idea as to who would emerge the winner until the closing stages.
Hamilton at least did his job at the start, making a clean getaway ahead of Sebastian Vettel, who had started on the front row due to Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber taking a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change earlier today.
McLaren had seemingly gambled, though, with both their drivers on the softer tyre at the start, in contrast to the Red Bull duo who were on the harder compound. Telegraph.co.uk
Hamilton fought with Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso throughout, but the Spaniard lost out to Button with 15 laps to go.
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber were also contenders for victory and finished fourth and fifth.
Buemi drove a strong race to finish eighth behind the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg and Robert Kubica’s Renault.
Rosberg’s team-mate Michael Schumacher and the Force Indias of Vitantonio Liuzzi and Adrian Sutil were ninth and 10th in the final points positions.
Sutil passed Michael Schumacher for that position at the final corner, depriving the German legend of a point at the end of a poor weekend. BBC Sport
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