Sebastian Vettel lauded his Ferrari colleagues after winning the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday – 40 years on from Gilles Villeneuve's triumph for the Scuderia at the circuit which now bears his name.

With Gilles’ son Jacques having demonstrated his father’s race-winning Ferrari 312T3 just prior to the race, Vettel proceeded to dominate from lights to flag in Montreal, giving the team their first Canadian win since Michael Schumacher in 2004.

“Like every Grand Prix, there’s no one person to dedicate it to,” said Vettel. “I dedicate it today to the team, to the guys in Maranello, and to the Canadian fans and the Canadian tifosi. I think they’ve been waiting long enough for Ferrari to do well here.

“Forty years after Gilles won his Grand Prix here, I think it’s great to show that Ferrari is still alive, still there, winning races. I’m just extremely proud to become part of that story, step by step, and hopefully a bit more in the future.”

Starting from pole, Vettel led away at the start and was never headed as he controlled the race from the front to finish over seven seconds clear of Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas. However, he refused to describe his 50th F1 victory as ‘easy’.