<div align="justify">Lewis Hamilton's love affair with the Canadian Grand Prix continued unabated on Sunday as he won the race for a sixth time and slashed Sebastian Vettel's Formula One championship lead to 12 points.<br /><br />After watching Ferrari sweep to a one-two finish two weeks ago in Monaco, Mercedes hit back with a dominating display with Hamilton cruising to his 56th career win, a leisurely 19.7 seconds in front of team-mate Valtteri Bottas.<br /><br />It was Hamilton's third victory of the season and also his third in a row at the sun-bathed but windswept Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.<br /><br />"I had my first pole here, I had my first win here 10 years ago and to repeat it this weekend is incredibly special," said Hamilton, who also started from pole for the sixth time in Canada.<br /><br />The Briton might have cut Vettel's lead further if not for an inspired charge by the German who fought his way to fourth after a damaged front wing forced a pitstop and dropped him to the back of the field early on.<br /><br />Red Bull's Australian Daniel Ricciardo came home third, for the third race in a row, to complete the podium.<br /><br />That gave his team something to cheer after young Dutchman Max Verstappen had his race come to a premature end with mechanical problems while running second and challenging Hamilton for the lead.<br /><br />Force India shine<br /><br />Force India enjoyed a great weekend with Mexican Sergio Perez taking fifth ahead of French team-mate Esteban Ocon, who was not happy at the finish.<br /><br />Hamilton got off to a clean start but behind him there was the usual Montreal first lap chaos.<br /><br />Vettel, starting alongside, got caught in a sandwich as Bottas shot past him on one side and Verstappen on the other, clipping the German's front wing.<br /><br />"I think it was clear that today we could have been better than fourth, but that's how we finished and what is done is done," said Vettel.<br /></div>
<div align="justify">Lewis Hamilton's love affair with the Canadian Grand Prix continued unabated on Sunday as he won the race for a sixth time and slashed Sebastian Vettel's Formula One championship lead to 12 points.<br /><br />After watching Ferrari sweep to a one-two finish two weeks ago in Monaco, Mercedes hit back with a dominating display with Hamilton cruising to his 56th career win, a leisurely 19.7 seconds in front of team-mate Valtteri Bottas.<br /><br />It was Hamilton's third victory of the season and also his third in a row at the sun-bathed but windswept Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.<br /><br />"I had my first pole here, I had my first win here 10 years ago and to repeat it this weekend is incredibly special," said Hamilton, who also started from pole for the sixth time in Canada.<br /><br />The Briton might have cut Vettel's lead further if not for an inspired charge by the German who fought his way to fourth after a damaged front wing forced a pitstop and dropped him to the back of the field early on.<br /><br />Red Bull's Australian Daniel Ricciardo came home third, for the third race in a row, to complete the podium.<br /><br />That gave his team something to cheer after young Dutchman Max Verstappen had his race come to a premature end with mechanical problems while running second and challenging Hamilton for the lead.<br /><br />Force India shine<br /><br />Force India enjoyed a great weekend with Mexican Sergio Perez taking fifth ahead of French team-mate Esteban Ocon, who was not happy at the finish.<br /><br />Hamilton got off to a clean start but behind him there was the usual Montreal first lap chaos.<br /><br />Vettel, starting alongside, got caught in a sandwich as Bottas shot past him on one side and Verstappen on the other, clipping the German's front wing.<br /><br />"I think it was clear that today we could have been better than fourth, but that's how we finished and what is done is done," said Vettel.<br /></div>