Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes – 8 For Lewis Hamilton to emerge from his scruffiest weekend of the season so far with a fifth win and an extended championship lead was an impressive feat. Hamilton crashed in FP2, leaving him without an intensive race or qualifying simulation heading into the weekend, but he came close to pole nevertheless. Even if he didn’t have the pace of his Ferrari rival all weekend, Hamilton did brilliantly in the second stint of the race to force Sebastian Vettel into an error that ultimately cost him victory. Valtteri Bottas, Mercedes – 5 A quiet weekend for Valtteri Bottas in Canada. His spin in Q3 and sloppy second lap left him a lowly P6 on the grid before he...
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