2018 Canadian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 7 of 21 in the 2018 Formula One World Championship
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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 | 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.