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Lewis Hamilton leads McLaren one-two at Canadian Formula One Grand Prix

June 14, 2010

Lewis Hamilton has taken the lead in the Formula One drivers' championship after he led teammate and fellow-Briton Jenson Button home in a dramatic one-two for McLaren at the Canadian Grand Prix.

The 2008 champion benefited from a well-judged two-stop strategy after starting on the softer tyres, his smooth-driving teammate Button looked after his tyres well while rivals Red Bull duo Australian Mark Webber and German Sebastian Vettel struggled with tyre degradation.

All eyes were on Hamilton to see how he coped with his tyres during the first stint of the race with Vettel behind him, in second place, after Webber was put back to seventh on the grid after changing his gearbox on Sunday morning.

Webber was leading into the final stint of the race but suffered from tyre degradation and was eventually overtaken by Hamilton, then Alonso and Button who took second place from the Ferrari driver with twelve laps remaining.

Double champion Alonso also benefited from starting with the softer tyres and claimed the final podium position ahead of Webber and teammate Vettel in fourth and fifth.

German Nico Rosberg of Mercedes finished sixth followed by Poland's Robert Kubica of Renault.

Toro Rosso driver Swiss Sebastien Buemi finished the race in eighth ahead of Force India drivers Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi and German Adrian Sutil in the final points-scoring positions.

Hamilton's win means he now leads the drivers' championship on 109 points ahead of Button on 106. Webber dropped to third with 103 points.

In the constructors' championship McLaren extended their lead over Rivals Red Bull to 22 points.

Driver Team Pts
1 Lewis Hamilton (GBR) McLaren 109
2 Jenson Button (GBR) McLaren 106
3 Mark Webber (AUS) Red Bull 103
4 Fernando Alonso (ESP) Ferrari 94
5 Sebastian Vettel (GER) Red Bull 90
6 Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes GP 74
7 Robert Kubica (POL) Renault 73
8 Felipe Massa (BRA) Ferrari 67
9 Michael Schumacher (GER) Mercedes GP 34
10 Adrian Sutil (GER) Force India 23
11 Vitantonio Liuzzi (ITA) Force India 12
12 Rubens Barrichello (BRA) Williams 7
13 Vitaly Petrov (RUS) Renault 6
14 Sebastien Buemi (SUI) Toro Rosso 5
15 Jaime Alguersuari (ESP) Toro Rosso 3
16 Kamui Kobayashi (JPN) BMW Sauber 1
17 Nico Hulkenberg (GER) Williams 1
18 Pedro de la Rosa (ESP) BMW Sauber 0
19 Heikki Kovalainen (FIN) Lotus 0
20 Karun Chandhok (IND) HRTF1 0
21 Lucas di Grassi (BRA) Virgin 0
22 Jarno Trulli (ITA) Lotus 0
23 Bruno Senna (BRA) HRTF1 0
24 Timo Glock (GER) Virgin 0

Team Pts
1 McLaren 215
2 Red Bull 193
3 Ferrari 161
4 Mercedes GP 108
5 Renault 79
6 Force India 35
7 Toro Rosso 8
8 Williams 8
9 BMW Sauber 1
10 Lotus 0
11 HRTF1 0
12 Virgin 0