Vettel wins Canadian GP

Montreal, 9 June 2013 (IST 1.22 am Monday): Reigning World Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel of Germany drove from lights to flag to notch up his 29th victory to put Team Red Bull Racing on top in the Canadian Grand Prix here on Sunday to extend his Drivers’ Championship lead as well as the Constructors’ lead.

Spaniard Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari overtook a struggling Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes AMG Petronas in the last lap to take the second place.

Sahara Force India did a great job for a double points finish in their 100th race as Paul di Resta, who was one of the only four drivers to start on Medium tyres, did a one-stop race to finish 7th after starting from 17th while Adrian Sutil who was running behind him on 8th place for long was penalised with a drive through penalty for ignoring blue flags and ultimately finished 10th to take the last point.

Vettel now has 132 points in the drivers’ championship and Alonso pushed Kimi Raikkonen (88) to third place with 96 points. Paul di Resta has 34 points in the 8th place while Sutil garnered 17 points to stand at 11th place.

Both the McLarens finished outside the points as Sergio Perez and Jenson Button finished 11th and 12th respectively. Mclaren’s record of 64 point-scoring races ends on the 45th anniversary of their 1st win. They had never failed to score since Button joined

Mark Webber brought the other Red Bull in a fourth place finish while Nico Rosberg was fifth in the Mercedes. Jean Eric Vergne brought his STR Ferrari in sixth.

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