Hat-trick and hat-trick for Hamilton in Canada

Formula 1 moved across the Atlantic Ocean to Canada on the second weekend of June, where Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve hosted the seventh Grand Prix of the season.

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) with 2 race wins this season, sought to move close to Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) who sat at the top of the table with a 25-point advantage with 3 race wins.

The Canadian Grand Prix has always been a happy hunting ground for Hamilton, having won 5 races in the past years, including the last 2 years. 

But even by those standards, this was a dream Sunday for the British driver. He went on to win his third consecutive one, thus completing a hat-trick in cricketing parlance.  

The sport of F1 has a very different definition for hat-trick though, which includes pole position, race win and fastest lap. Hamilton managed to secure this hat-trick as well.

Our guest writer and F1 expert Kavish Anand puts it succinctly, "While Hamilton's comeback drive at Monaco was about supreme race management and tyre strategy, Vettel's drive at Montreal was about sheer courage and determination. Who goes all in on the last 3 laps to get 2 more points and risk it all?

Vettel did just that when he overtook the 2 fast Force India's of Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez . While the move on Perez was routine, the move on Ocon was probably the move of the race (barringr the Flying Dutchman eccentric start). This move showed how brave a driver Vettel was. 


As he himself pointed out later, the move involved significant risk and boy did those pay off. Had he got 1 more lap, maybe just maybe he would have taken the podium all by his sheer will"

The overtakes have to be seen to be believed. The video shows the overtakes (Lap 66, Ocon) and (Lap 69, Perez). 



To admire the genius better, watch the last maneuver once more.



Kavish says, "Hamilton and the sliver arrows may have landed a blow to Ferrari (that's what Hamilton said) but make no mistake; the prancing horses are going nowhere and going nowhere is the man on whom the blow landed the most severely : Sebastian Vettel."

As a result of his heroics in the end, Vettel hangs on to his lead at the top of the table, but precariously. He is just 12 points abreast of Hamilton, who is set to ensure this goes down to the wire. 

At Azerbaijan (the next Grand Prix) which promises to be a fast-paced cracker, Vettel would come back harder than ever. With all his experience, Lewis knows it. Or has he got a bit carried away with this emotional win (at Montreal). The sight of him having having Ayrton Senna helmet was an emotional moment.

Ladies and gentlemen, fasten your seat belts, we are in  for some pulsating action! Keep watching this space.