F1 - Race 8 - Canada

After being absent from the F1 calendar last year, the race made a welcome return to Montreal. Red Bull were hoping to put the disastrous Turkish race behind them and get back to their winning ways. Lewis Hamilton had other ideas and for the first time this season Red Bull didn't get pole position. Also, having Mark Webber demoted from second to seventh on the grid due to a gear box change, was a bit of a blow. BMW Sauber-Ferrari continued to have bad luck. Kamui Kobayashi was the first casualty of the race, hitting a wall on the first chicane and Pedro de la Rosa retired in lap 32 with engine trouble. There were early pit stops for most cars to change tyres with Fernando Alonso and Hamilton narrowing avoiding a collision in the pit lane. Michael Schumacher went into the pits on lap 12. As he rejoined the race he had a near miss with Robert Kubica and ending up going over the grass. Also in lap 12 Rubens Barrichello and Jamie Alguersuari clashed resulting in Barrichello needing a new nose cone.

By lap 50 Hamilton passed Webber and in lap 52 Jenson Button took advantage of Alonso getting stuck behind Karun Chandhok's Hispania car to go second. Schumacher had another incident when he got too close to Felipe Massa slightly nudging him. Massa briefly ran off the track and sustained front wing damage.

Lewis Hamilton managed to hold off Button and Alonso to win his second race in a row.

Next stop is Valencia, Spain for the European Grand Prix on 27th June. Can Red Bull get the momentum back and get ahead of Mclaren-Mercedes?

Driver	Team	Time
1. Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:33:53.456
2. Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	+00:02.254
3. Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+00:09.214
4. Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	+00:37.817
5. Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	+00:39.291
6. Nico Rosberg	Renault	+00:32.824
7. Robert Kubica	Renault	+00:57.300
8. Sebastian Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	Lapped
9. Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	Lapped
10. Adrian Sutil	Force Inida-Mercedes	Lapped

Drivers Championship Table

Driver	Team	Points
1. Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	109
2. Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	106
3. Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	103
4. Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	94
5. Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	90
6. Nico Rosberg	Ferrari	74
7. Robert Kubica	Renault	73
8. Felipe Massa	McLaren-Mercedes	67
9. Michael Schumacher	Mercedes GP	34
10. Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	23