





Sebastian Vettel scores his 50th career victory, and with it takes the lead of the championship ahead of Lewis Hamilton who was defending champion here in Canada.

Vettel won his 3rd race of the season & a 2nd in Montreal to go top of the Drivers' Championship, a point clear of Lewis Hamilton. With this victory, Sebastian Vettel becomes only the 4th driver in F1 history to win 50 races.

Vettel converted pole position into a lead at the first corner and was never headed as he kept Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas at arm's length throughout the race.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen took third after a valiant but unsuccessful attempt to pass Bottas through the first two corners.

Hamilton started fourth but dropped back to finish fifth and is a point behind Sebastian Vettel at the one-third point of the season.

Sebastian Vettel made some history for his Italian team this weekend, first by taking pole on Saturday, the first time in 17 years since Michael Schumacher did so in 2001.

And then taking a sweet victory and winning the Canadian GP for the first time since Schumacher did so in 2004.

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Vettel also took the lead in drivers standings by a single point over Mercedes ace Lewis Hamilton, who struggled early with engine overheating problems but rallied to finish fifth. Hamilton has won the Canadian race six times, including the previous three.

Daniel Ricciardo, the winner two weeks ago in Monaco finish fourth. Kimi Raikkonen, in the second Ferrari, was sixth.

It was the 300th F1 race for two-time champion Fernando Alonso of McLaren, good for fourth all-time. The Spaniard was forced out with engine trouble after 42 laps.

Let's look at how Twitter world React to Vettel Victory







https://twitter.com/BBCSport/status/1005900641175261187

VETTEL: "To have a race like we had today was unbelievable. The Ferrari fans will have a blast tonight" #CanadianGP ?? #F1 pic.twitter.com/1VK6ImlAs9 — Formula 1 (@F1) June 10, 2018

Sebastian Vettel becomes only the 4th driver in F1 history to win 50 races. Congratulations on the landmark Seb 5⃣0⃣

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#SkyF1 #F1 #CanadianGP ??? pic.twitter.com/KEa4N3SGwr — Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) June 10, 2018

Vettel won his 3rd race of the season & a 2nd in Montreal to go atop the Drivers' Championship, a point clear of Lewis Hamilton #SSF1 — SuperSport Blitz (@SuperSportBlitz) June 10, 2018

Vettel: It's 50 for me but after a long stretch that Ferrari didn't win here, I saw the people around and they were super happy. There is stll a long way to go [in the championship] so I'm not too bothered about it. It's a good side effect. — Sebastian Vettel #5 (@sebvettelnews) June 10, 2018

https://twitter.com/Mobil1TheGrid/status/1005902012842733569







https://twitter.com/sebvettelnews/status/1005901060043608064

So they got one of Hamilton's mates to wave the flag so she just waved it for Hamilton instead of Vettel ? — WTF1 (@wtf1official) June 10, 2018

https://twitter.com/kppruthvik/status/1005903291644043266

Positives:



- Vettel win means change of WDC lead.



- Leclerc scores points again. Showing some consistency.



- Verstappen podium. Takes pressure off him.



Negatives:



- Too much tyre management

- Lack of strategy in play, equalling procession#F1 #CanadianGP — ? Johnny ? #BlackLivesMatter #NoJusticeNoPeace (@DJ_247_96) June 10, 2018





