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Hamilton Wins Again: Italian Formula One GP Top 10 Finishers

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Reigning champion Lewis Hamilton edged closer to lifting another Formula One world title after flashing to victory at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday.

The British No. 1 who started the day in pole position, went all the way to celebrating another win this season as he moved closer to claiming a third F1 crown.

Hamilton covered the 53 lap race in a time of 1:18:00.688 and finished ahead of Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and Williams driver Felipe Massa, who crossed the line in second and third, respectively.

Nico Rosberg was forced to retire from the race after his engine blew up with just two laps remaining, and he watched his teammate Hamilton extended his lead in the Formula One Drivers’ Championship points standings.

McLaren’s Fernando Alonso also failed to finish the race after he was forced to stop because of technical issues on lap 50.

Messa’s Williams’ teammate Valtteri Bottas was fourth with Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen completing the top five finishers on the day.

Sunday’s victory saw Hamilton extending his lead to 53 points over Rosberg in the race for the driver’s title.

The 30-year-old sits at the top on 252 points, with Rosberg second on 199pts.

Third place is being held by Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari with 178pts, while the top five is covered by Williams’ Felipe Massa (97pts) and Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen (92pts).

Mercedes continues to race away with the team title as it sits in pole position with 451 points, way ahead of Ferrari (270) who are 181pts behind and Williams (188) – 263pts adrift of Mercedes.

Italian Grand Prix Formula One Top 10 Finishers

1 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes +1:18:00.688
2 Sebastian Vettel Ferrari +25.0
3 Felipe Massa Williams +47.6
4 Valtteri Bottas Williams +47.9
5 Kimi Raikkonen Ferrari +68.8
6 Sergio Perez Force India +72.7
7 Nico Hulkenberg Force India +1 LAP
8 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull +1 LAP
9 Marcus Ericsson Sauber +1 LAP
10 Daniil Kvyat Red Bull +1 LAP

German Grand Prix Complete Results

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(SportingAlert) — Complete result and times from the 67 lap Santander German Grand Prix 2014, which took place on Sunday, 20 July.

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg led from start to finish to complete a fine victory, while his teammate Lewis Hamilton also produced a fine performance to take third-place, after starting the race at 20th.

Rosberg took first place on his home soil in 1:33:42.9 to strengthened his lead in the race for the individual title this season season, now has a 14 points lead on Hamilton with nine races to go in the campaign.

The championship leader, with the victory on Sunday, become the first German to record a win at Hockenheim since Michael Schumacher, in 2006.

“It’s an amazing feeling to win at home. It’s a very special day,” said Rosberg

Hamilton, who suffered a setback during qualifiers on Saturday, following a break failure during his time trial, was happy with his best efforts on the day.

“I had great fun,” Hamilton said. “I did as good as I could today. It was very hard to get through the field safely.

“I had a little collision with Jenson. I really thought he was opening the door for me; he has been very good like that in recent races. So my bad on judgement there.”

Finishing second was Williams’ improving driver Valtteri Bottas, who held off Hamilton for the runner-up slot, while Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel beat Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso for fourth place. Daniel Ricciardo was sixth for Red Bull.

“[Rosberg and Hamilton] were too quick today but I’m really happy we managed to keep at least one of them behind us,” said Bottas.

“It was not easy – we needed all the information from the engineers.”

Santander German Grand Prix 2014 – Results

Pos Driver Team Grid Time diff. Pts
1 N.Rosberg Mercedes 1 1:33:42.914 25
2 V.Bottas Williams 2 +20.700 18
3 L.Hamilton Mercedes 15 +22.400 15
4 S.Vettel Red Bull 6 +43.800 12
5 F.Alonso Ferrari 7 +52.100 10
6 D.Ricciardo Red Bull 5 +52.100 8
7 N.Hulkenberg Force India 9 +63.700 6
8 J.Button McLaren 11 +84.200 4
9 K.Magnussen McLaren 4 +1 lap 2
10 S.Perez Force India 10 +1 lap 1
11 K.Raikkonen Ferrari 12 +1 lap –
12 P.Maldonado Lotus 19 +1 lap –
13 J.Vergne Toro Rosso 13 +1 lap –
14 E.Gutierrez Sauber 17 +1 lap –
15 J.Bianchi Marussia 18 +1 lap –
16 K.Kobayashi Caterham 20 +2 laps –
17 M.Chilton Marussia 21 +2 laps –
18 M.Ericsson Caterham 22 +2 laps –
RET A.Sutil Sauber 16 +20 laps –
RET D.Kvyat Toro Rosso 8 +23 laps –
RET R.Grosjean Lotus 14 +41 laps –
RET F.Massa Williams 3 +67 laps –

Canadian Grand Prix Live F1 on NBCSports Network

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MONTREAL, Canada (Sporting Alert) — Nico Rosberg beat his Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton for pole position for Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal.

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Hamilton looked very good in the previous rounds of practice sessions, but it was Rosberg who will start ahead on Sunday after his narrow 0.079 seconds advantage in Montreal on Saturday.

The two Mercedes drivers have been battling hard thus far this season and another intense race is expected on Sunday.

Rosberg may as in pole position, but the German driver is well aware of what Hamilton is capable of doing, seeing that he has a very good record on the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve.

“I know it’s a track where Lewis is really strong, so I’m very happy it has worked out,” Rosberg said.

“It has been a fantastic day, and through the weekend we have been progressing all the time and I’m in the best position for Sunday.”

He added: “I am very happy with starting from pole. That was very important as there aren’t many opportunities to overtake here, particularly if you are in the same car.

“I think it will be a battle between the two of us out there, as the gap to the other cars was quite big in qualifying today and also on our long runs on Friday were strong.

Hamilton stated: ““Nico did a fantastic lap but it wasn’t the greatest qualifying session for me because I went wide a couple of times on my lap, in turns six and eight.

“It was very close, with just eight-hundredths of a second in it, but Nico did the better job this afternoon. It’s great for the team that we have a one-two on the grid but I am expecting it to be a tough race.

“It’s not that easy to overtake here, especially in the same car and with Nico being so close on pace. I will do what I can tomorrow and we will be trying to score as many points as we can.”

Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel claimed third for Red Bull with Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa, and Daniel Ricciardo also up there.

Live Coverage: F1: Brazilian Grand Prix Race

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(formula1.com) — Sebastian Vettel will start from pole position in his quest for a record-equalling ninth consecutive victory after completely dominating the final qualifying session in Brazil on Saturday.

However, in his search for a final victory before retiring from F1 racing, Red Bull team mate Mark Webber will have to deal with Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso before he can challenge the new world champion.

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There was never any question that Q1 would be wet; the question was how wet. And with more rain imminent Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton went out straight away and in a great piece of opportunism and commitment banged in the fastest lap we would see in the session with a 1m 25.342s. Vettel was out moments later but just came up short with 1m 25.381s, as Rosberg managed 1m 25.556s.

Further back, though Lotus’s Heikki Kovalainen jumped from 14th to fifth and Toro Rosso’s Jean-Eric Vergne got himself out of trouble, Toro Rosso’s Daniel Ricciardo, Williams’ Pastor Maldonado and Sauber’s Esteban Gutierrez all failed to improve. The Australian just got through with his previous 1m 27.209s, leaving the Venezuelan as the first faller on 1m 27.367s ahead of the Mexican on 1m 27.445s and an impressive Charles Pic in 19th for Caterham on 1m 27.843s.

The other Caterham of Giedo van der Garde was next on 1m 28.320s, with the Marussias of Jules Bianchi and Max Chilton right behind on 1m 28.366s and 1m 28.950s.

It was still raining for Q2, which was slightly wetter. This time it was Lotus’ Romain Grosjean who set the pace with a lap of 1m 26.161s – three-tenths up on Vettel and four on Alonso.

As Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg did 1m 27.441s, Kovalainen was the first man to lose out with 1m 27.456s, which was unfortunate given his team mate’s pace. Paul di Resta was next on 1m 27.798s for Force India, with Valtteri Bottas 13th for Williams on 1m 27.954s.

McLaren duo Sergio Perez and Jenson Button were 14th and 15th on 1m 28.269s and 1m 28.308s respectively, but the Mexican got it wrong trying to go faster and tore off his right-rear wheel and both wings in a shunt right at the end of Q2. Force India’s Adrian Sutil, on 1m 28.586s, completed those who didn’t make it to Q3.

The rain did not abate for Q3, but the start was delayed, initially by 10 minutes, due to the adverse conditions and the Mercedes medical car was sent out to conduct a track assessment. Eventually it was announced that the session would restart at 15.30, after around a 45-minute delay.

Everyone went out on full wets at the start of Q3, but whilst everyone else opted to complete a timed lap, Grosjean came straight in and switched to intermediates. It proved a good move as the Frenchman immediately displaced Vettel’s early best of 1m 28.830s by banging in a 1m 27.773s.

That didn’t last, however. With everyone now on inters, Webber did 1m 27.623s before Vettel beat that with 1m 26.479s. Rosberg then pushed ahead of Webber with 1m 27.555s, was supplanted by Alonso on 1m 27.539s, then grabbed the place back with 1m 27.102s.

Hamilton also improved, but not enough, 1m 27.677s leaving him fifth behind Webber who had trimmed to 1m 27.572s.

Grosjean also disappointed, with 1m 27.737s, as Ricciardo just beat Toro Rosso partner Vergne, 1m 28.052s to 1m 28.081s. Home favourite Felipe Massa could only clock a 1m 28.109s in his Ferrari for ninth, as Hulkenberg struggled to 10th with 1m 29.582s.

With the weather forecast remaining unsettled for Sunday, we could be in for an unpredictable race.

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Watch Singapore Grand Prix Live on NBC Sports

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Title favourite Sebastian Vettel will seek to maintain his massive lead in the drivers standings when he start in pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday.

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The Red Bull’s driver came survived some anxious moments when he held off his rivals to claim the 41st pole position of his Formula One career – his second consecutive and fifth pole position of the season.

Vettel (1:42.841), after taking a commanding leading in qualifier, opted to relax and sit out the final minutes of the session, something that almost backfired as his fellow Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber, Mercedes pair Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton, and Lotus’ Romain Grosjean, all put the leader on the edge as his watched.

“In the end it was very close and it’s not the best feeling in the world when you stand there and watch,” Vettel said. “It was very close. If it had gone the other way then we would have looked like idiots so in that regard it was a big relief.

“Next time, if I have to choose, I would go back out in the car.

“I knew we had a cushion and that’s why we decided not to run again. But the thing you don’t really know is how much the track can improve. If you run again, you get a better feel for the car and tyres and can get a bit more out of yourself as well.

“In the end it was close, but fortunately my last sector was good enough [to stay in front].”

He added: “I watched the sector times very closely with obviously Romain, Nico, and Mark in particular.

“Mark started with a purple sector one, very close in sector two, then Nico had a purple sector two, then Romain had a purple sector two.

“Fortunately my last sector was strong enough to just stay ahead, but it was very close in the end with Nico.

“After that there was obviously a great feeling because it could have gone so wrong, so I’m very happy with the result, and the car’s been phenomenal all weekend.”

Rosberg will start second, while Grosjean, Webber, Lewis Hamilton starts in the top five positions.

Ferrari duo Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso and start sixth and seventh, respectively, with McLaren driver Jenson Button starting in eight position.

Top Ten Starting Positions

P Driver Team
1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull
2 Nico Rosberg Mercedes
3 Romain Grosjean Lotus
4 Mark Webber Red Bull
5 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
6 Felipe Massa Ferrari
7 Fernando Alonso Ferrari
8 Jenson Button McLaren
9 Daniel Ricciardo Toro Rosso
10 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber

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(Sporting Alert) — Leading driver Sebastian Vettel starts in pole position at today’s Italian Grand Prix as the Red Bull driver looks to increase his lead at the top of the drivers standings with another victory this season.

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Joining him at the front is his fellow Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber, while Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg sits their in the lead off.

“It’s a bit of a surprise to have both cars at the front at a place where historically we’ve had bad years,” Vettel said.

“We have tried our optimum every year, and some years we’ve been closer, some far away, but this year we’ve a strong car.

“It was still a tough session, but we managed to get through and get a good result.”

Meanwhile, Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, the winner at this event last year, will start in 12th position and he admitted to driving “like an idiot,” following a second practice session disaster.

The position was Hamilton’s worst qualifying outing since the Malaysian Grand Prix three years ago when poor conditions saw him lining up all the way back into 20th.

“I drove like an idiot,” the Briton No. 1 said about his session on Saturday.

“That’s the worst I’ve driven for a long, long time.”

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Top Five Drivers Heading Into The Italian GP

Pos Driver Nationality Team Points
1 Sebastian Vettel German Red Bull Racing-Renault 197
2 Fernando Alonso Spanish Ferrari 151
3 Lewis Hamilton British Mercedes 139
4 Kimi Räikkönen Finnish Lotus-Renault 134
5 Mark Webber Australian Red Bull Racing-Renault 115

Belgian Grand Prix Live Streaming Coverage on NBC

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(Sporting Alert) — Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has once again grab pole position ahead of Sunday’s Belgian Grand 2013 Formula One Prix .

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The Britain No. 1 who was claiming his fourth pole position this season, but was more surprised than many to pip his rivals for the starting top spot.

Hamilton beat out Red Bulls Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber at the last second and the 28-year-old was delighted to be the one to do so.

“It’s absolutely fantastic, a great feeling. I feel very privileged to have a car to be able to do that,” said Hamilton.

“It’s cool to have done something similar to one of the greats, and who would have thought? The year just seems to be getting better and better.

“It’s a shame you can’t hear what I was saying when I did my in-lap as I tried to keep my cool, but I couldn’t.

“It’s just amazing to think we’ve come here with a car where we know we can be competitive, and for whatever reason I was able to put it out there.

“We’re going to try and work as hard as we can to beat both the Red Bulls. It’s not impossible. We just have to get our strategy right.”

After winning the last race before the summer break in Hungary, Hamilton goes in search of his second successive victory for the first time in three years.

“I was so surprised when I crossed the line.

“When I started the lap I saw I was about seventh or eighth, and I thought ‘Oh my God’, especially as it was raining more.

“I then went wide in turn one and the dash display told me I was three seconds down, then five seconds and six seconds.

“I didn’t understand what was happening in the lap, but I just kept pushing. I could see I was catching Sebastian towards the end.

“I feel so fortunate to be up here. What a blessing.

“I just feel grateful for the way the year has turned out and we can be so competitive and really try to challenge the Red Bulls. It’s a huge accomplishment by the team.”

Hamilton and Mercedes (208) trail leaders Red Bulls (277) by 69 points in the team race, but he still has hope of catching the leaders.

“We’re going to work as hard as we can to beat both Red Bulls [in the race],” he said. “It’s not impossible; we’ve just got to get our strategy right.”

German Grand Prix Full Results, Vettel Pulls It Off – July 7

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NUERBURGRING, Germany (Sporting Alert) — Sebastian Vettel held his composure to to win the German Grand Prix in front of his home supporters on a busy day of action on Sunday.

The German, driving for Red Bull, covered the 60 lap race in 1:41:14.711, beat Lotus’s Kimi Raikkonen and Romain Grosjean, who battled with the three-time world champion all the way.

The 26-year-old  came into Sunday’s home race at the Nurburgring looking to break his jinx in July, after failing to win a single Formula One race in 12 previous tries during his career, and his determination paid off as he held off Raikkonen, who made a last ditch pit stop from the lead in search of some extra grip of fresh tyres in the closing laps.

Under official orders, Raikkonen went pass teammate Grosjean with five laps to go and finished very fast in the closing laps after well.

However, Vettel made sure he made no further more up the placing and sealed the much needed win before jumping over in delight to the radio team.

“That was a tough one,” Vettel said. “Unbelievable, I’m very happy.

“Kimi was pushing very hard in the race, they tried to do something different with different compound tyres.

“I was pushing really hard throughout and very happy to finally win in Germany.

“I could feel him coming with more and more pressure. I had some laps when Romain was very close.

Raikkonen was 1.000 behind in second with Grosjean taking third place.

Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso came home fourth, while Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton, who started the day in position, but was pushed back from the get-go, faded to finish fifth.

He did surged late to pass McLaren’s Jenson Button on the last lap.

Earlier in the day Felipe Massa, Jean-Éric Vergne and Jules Bianch, whose car burst into flames and forced a safety car to be deployed, were all forced to retire from the race.

The other highlighted incident came after a television cameraman was struck by a loose tyre of the car of Mark Webber during the early stages of the race.

The cameraman involved was identified as Paul Allen, a personnel from the official F1 TV company FOM.

He was been taken to Koblenz Hospital and continues to be under observation.

German Grand Prix Full Results

1 Sebastian Vettel 1 Infiniti Red Bull Racing 2 1:41:14.711 25
2 Kimi Räikkönen 7 Lotus 4 1:41:15.719 18
3 Romain Grosjean 8 Lotus 5 1:41:20.541 15
4 Fernando Alonso ⌚ 3 Scuderia Ferrari 8 1:41:22.432 12
5 Lewis Hamilton 10 Mercedes AMG Petronas 1 1:41:41.638 10
6 Jenson Button 5 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 9 1:41:42.707 8
7 Mark Webber 2 Infiniti Red Bull Racing 3 1:41:52.273 6
8 Sergio Pérez 6 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 13 1:41:53.017 4
9 Nico Rosberg 9 Mercedes AMG Petronas 11 1:42:1.532 2
10 Nico Hülkenberg 11 Sauber 10 1:42:4.603 1
11 Paul Di Resta 14 Sahara Force India 12 1:42:8.482 0
12 Daniel Ricciardo 19 Scuderia Toro Rosso 6 1:42:11.686 0
13 Adrian Sutil 15 Sahara Force India 15 1:42:12.449 0
14 Esteban Gutièrrez 12 Sauber 14 1:42:14.871 0
15 Pastor Maldonado 16 Williams 18 1:42:16.640 0
16 Valtteri Bottas 17 Williams 17 +1 Lap 0
17 Charles Pic 20 Caterham 22 +1 Lap 0
18 Giedo van der Garde 21 Caterham 20 +1 Lap 0
19 Max Chilton 23 Marussia 21 +1 Lap 0
20 Jean-Éric Vergne 18 Scuderia Toro Rosso 16 RETIRED, 22 Laps 0
21 Jules Bianchi 22 Marussia 19 RETIRED, 21 Laps 0
22 Felipe Massa 4 Scuderia Ferrari 7 RETIRED, 3 Laps 0

Video: Cameraman struck by tyre; Bianchi car creates scare

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NUERBURGRING, Germany (Sporting Alert) — A television cameraman was hit by the car tyre of Mark Webber during the early stages of the German Grand Prix F1 race on Sunday.

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Webber’s pit stop for a tyre change didn’t exactly go according to plan after the scheduled stop slowed down his progress after losing the right-rear tyre, which came loose and silently rolled aggressively down the pit-lane and struck an unaware cameraman, knocking him into the air and on the ground.

And even after the contact the tyre kept bouncing down the lane.

The visible incident called for immediate assistance from the prompt medical staff, as pit-lane doctors rushed straight on to the scene to help.

The cameraman is at the moment up and looks conscious, according to those reporting from that area, which is good news for all the parties involved.

An investigation is scheduled to take place after the race.

Meanwhile, the safety car came out on lap 25, following an incident with the car of Jules Bianchi of Marussia, which suffered what appeared to be an engine failure, resulting in his car bursting into flames.

The drama continued even after that after the car began to pilot its self at track side, even after the driver had exited given that the incident happened slightly on a slope.

Earlier, pole position leader Lewis Hamilton surrendered his advantage immediately at the start of the race after he was passed by both Red Bulls drivers, Webber and Sebastian Vettel.

Video Jules Bianchi Car In Flames

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LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Home favourite Lewis Hamilton grabbed pole position for Sunday’s British Grand Prix F1 race and he will have his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg alongside him on the frontline.

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This was the first pole position for Hamilton since the Chinese Grand Prix in April.

“It’s an incredible feeling,” said Hamilton. “It feels like [previous Silverstone pole] 2007.

“The crowd have been great – such a great turnout – that was a lap for them. I hope we can do something special in the race.”

Hamilton, who battled the wet conditions throughout the practice sessions on Friday and Saturday, recorded a time of 1:29.607 in the third qualifying round, with Rosberg, the Monaco Grand Prix winner, 0.452 behind him.

“It’s definitely a great feeling to have the fastest car and the Mercedes team did a great job,” Rosberg said.

“We are confident we have improved and some of the other cars may be better than us but finishing top two can only be good for us.”

Red Bull drivers Sebastian Vettel and the outgoing Mark Webber are next fastest qualifiers and Hamilton is expecting a tough battle on Sunday.

In fact, the Mercedes driver believes that Red Bull, who currently leads the overall team points standing, will be “very hard to beat” at the British Grand Prix.

“Red Bull have been dominant throughout the year,” he said.

“We are getting closer but I don’t feel we are there yet.

“We’ll do what we can. We’re in the best position to fight.”

Hamilton added: “Undoubtedly it’s going to be tough to keep Sebastian behind us, but our long-run pace wasn’t as bad as we’ve seen in the past, so I’m hoping with the temperatures and a bit of care we can nurture the tyres to get a good result.

“I’m going to be pushing, giving my all, as I’m sure Nico will, to finish up ahead.”

“We’re not even certain we can stay ahead of the Red Bulls so what’s the point of even thinking about [winning]?” he said. “We’re just going to put as much positive energy as we can towards it and we’ll do the best job we can.”

Canadian Grand Prix F1 Result – June 9

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MONTREAL, Canada (Sporting Alert) — Red Bull Racing star driver Sebastian Vettel cruised to victory at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal on Sunday to increase his lead at the top of the Formula One standings.

The German, who started the event from the pole position, covered the 70 lap race in 1:32:09.143, beating Fernando Alonso of Ferrari into second and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton.

“Great race. I had a very good start and then I was able to really go with the car,” a delighted Vettel said following his winning performance.

“On the super-soft we saw the tyres were falling apart but we were as good as everyone else and I was able to build a gap.

“A very important race for us to win – finally we get it off the list and I’m very proud of that. Great car by the team and we were able to pull away from the rest and control the race.”

Red Bull’s Mark Webber took fourth, while Hamilton’s Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg came home fifth. Williams driver Valtteri Bottas, who was very impressive during the qualifying sessions, fell to 14th.

Canadian Grand Prix 2013
Pos Driver Team Grid Time diff. Pts
1 S.Vettel Red Bull 1 1:32:09.143 25
2 F.Alonso Ferrari 6 +14.400 18
3 L.Hamilton Mercedes 2 +15.900 15
4 M.Webber Red Bull 5 +25.700 12
5 N.Rosberg Mercedes 4 +69.700 10
6 J.Vergne Toro Rosso 7 +1 lap 8
7 P.di Resta Force India 17 +1 lap 6
8 F.Massa Ferrari 16 +1 lap 4
9 K.Raikkonen Lotus 10 +1 lap 2
10 A.Sutil Force India 8 +1 lap 1
11 S.Perez McLaren 12 +1 lap –
12 J.Button McLaren 14 +1 lap –
13 R.Grosjean Lotus 22 +1 lap –
14 V.Bottas Williams 3 +1 lap –
15 D.Ricciardo Toro Rosso 11 +2 laps –
16 P.Maldonado Williams 13 +2 laps –
17 J.Bianchi Marussia 19 +2 laps –
18 C.Pic Caterham 18 +3 laps –
19 M.Chilton Marussia 20 +3 laps –
RET E.Gutierrez Sauber 15 +7 laps –
RET N.Hulkenberg Sauber 9 +25 laps –
RET G.van der Garde Caterham 21 +27 laps –

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Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel

MONTREAL (Sporting Alert) — Red Bull star driver Sebastian Vettel will start in pole position for Sunday’s Canadian F1 Grand Prix after beating out Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton during the qualifying session.

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Vettel’s effort saw Red Bull ending Mercedes’ recent hold of pole position and he will be hoping to take full advantage.

The reigning triple world champion, who has never won in Canada, covered the session in 1:25.425, just 0.087 seconds ahead of Hamilton.

“It was very tricky, especially as you never knew what conditions it would be next time you were out,” said Vettel.

“We decided to have two runs in the final part and we thought the second one would be quicker especially as we had new tyres, but it started to drizzle again and the track was too wet in the final sector.”

He added: “It was very tight with Lewis – in the end everyone was improving in the first two sectors but the last two corners did not allow anyone to go quicker.

“I didn’t mind but it just goes to show how difficult it was for everyone.”

However, the standout performance was from Williams’ Valtteri Bottas, who after going fourth in the first part of qualifying, fourth in the second, improved to a shocking third in the wet conditions, marking the first time this year that a Williams driver managed to make it into the top 10.

Williams have also failed to score point this season.

“It means a lot. It has been a difficult first six races for us, so this will be a nice boost for the team. We really got everything right today,” said Bottas.

Meanwhile Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg, who won in a dominating performance at the Monaco Grand Prix and Red Bull’s Mark Webber completed the top five.

Rosberg covered 78 laps in Monaco in 2:17:52.056.

Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, Daniel Ricciardo from Toro Rosso and Lotus’ Kimi Raikkonen are also in the mix, following the third qualifying session.

Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso have both won twice already this season.

Canadian Grand Prix Top Qualifiers – 2013

Pos Driver Team Time diff.
1 S.Vettel Red Bull 1:25.425
2 L.Hamilton Mercedes +0.087
3 V.Bottas Williams +0.472
4 N.Rosberg Mercedes +0.583
5 M.Webber Red Bull +0.783
6 F.Alonso Ferrari +1.079
7 J.Vergne Toro Rosso +1.118
8 A.Sutil Force India +1.923
9 K.Raikkonen Lotus +2.007
10 D.Ricciardo Toro Rosso +2.521

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