Lewis Hamilton Retakes Control of the F1 Season with Canadian Grand Prix Victory

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Published: June 13, 2016

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MONTREAL — Lewis Hamilton had a question when he arrived for his post-qualifying media session at the Canadian Grand Prix. After taking a quick glance at the television in the Mercedes hospitality unit, where Nico Rosberg and others were watching the England-Russia Euro 2016 match, which was in its 54th scoreless minute, Hamilton said, "How is it possible that England's not friggin' scored yet?"

A similar question was being asked in Formula One circles for the first five rounds of the 2016 season, where, for a variety of reasons, Hamilton was unable to replicate his dominance from the previous two years.

Unlike England, which finally did break through and score, only to concede a tying goal a short time later, Hamilton followed up his maiden 2016 victory in Monaco with an emphatic win Sunday at a cold and windy Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

Hamilton may still be behind his team-mate, Rosberg, in the drivers' standings, but he has retaken control of a season that was in danger of slipping away from him.



The defending champion demonstrated a renewed confidence in his car in an aggressive first-corner move that Rosberg could not answer. "There's never been a doubt this year in terms of my speed, in terms of what I can do in the car," he said. He just needed the car to show it.

The Merc drivers collided two races ago, in Spain, ending both their races on the first lap, and there was more drama in Canada, where they started first and second on the grid. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel jumped both Silver Arrows with a stunning start (Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene said it was one of the greatest he had ever seen) before Hamilton and Rosberg touched wheels at Turn 1, sending the latter across the grass and, ultimately, down to 10th place.

An unhappy-looking Rosberg skipped his scheduled post-race media session, but he received no sympathy from Mercedes non-executive cha...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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