2018 Canadian Grand Prix

2018 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 7 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship
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Layout of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Layout of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Race details[1]
Date 10 June 2018
Official name Formula 1 Grand Prix Heineken du Canada 2018
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course Street circuit
Course length 4.361 km (2.710 miles)
Distance 68 laps, 296.548 km (184.266 miles)
Scheduled distance 70 laps, 305.270 km (189.686 miles)
Weather Temperatures reaching up to 22.7 °C (72.9 °F); with wind speeds reaching 11.1 kilometres per hour (6.9 mph)[2]
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:10.764
Fastest lap
Driver Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Time 1:13.864 on lap 65
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Mercedes
Third Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer
Lap leaders

The 2018 Canadian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix Heineken du Canada 2018)[1] is a Formula One motor race that took place on 10 June 2018 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] The race was the 7th round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race was won by Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari. It was Vettel's 50th career win, becoming the fourth driver in Formula One history to achieve such a feat (joining Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton and Alain Prost). It was the 55th running of the Canadian Grand Prix, the 49th time the event had been included as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the series in 1950, and the 39th time that a World Championship was held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Fernando Alonso also celebrated his 300th Grand Prix entry at this race. This race was Ferrari's first win in Canada since Michael Schumacher won here in 2004.

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton went in to the race as the defending race winner.[3] He entered the round with a 14-point lead over Sebastian Vettel in the World Drivers' Championship. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes held a 17-point lead over Ferrari.

  1. ^ a b c "Formula 1 Grand Prix Heineken du Canada 2018". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Limited. Archived from the original on 12 September 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  2. ^ Weather information for the 2018 Canadian Grand Prix Archived 21 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine at The Old Farmer's Almanac
  3. ^ "Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2017 – Race Result". Formula1.com. Formula One World Championship Ltd. 11 June 2017. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2018.