2017 Canadian Grand Prix

Championship standings

Vettel extended his lead at Monaco. Hamilton heads into Canada seeking to reverse the swing.

Previous race

At Monaco, Vettel won Ferrari’s first 1–2 since the 2010 German Grand Prix — Räikkönen took pole for the first time in nine years (his last had been the 2008 French Grand Prix, breaking Fisichella’s record for the most starts between poles at 129), led until lap 33, then was overcut by Vettel’s longer-stopping strategy. Hamilton qualified fourteenth after being impeded by Vandoorne in Q2, and finished seventh. Button’s one-off comeback ended with a retirement after a collision with Wehrlein, leaving Wehrlein’s Sauber vertically on the wall. Both Force Indias failed to score after a late collision between Pérez and Kvyat.

Entrants

Fernando Alonso returns to McLaren after missing Monaco for the Indianapolis 500.

Tyres

Pirelli makes the soft, supersoft and ultrasoft compounds available.

Practice

Hamilton went fastest in FP1 with a 1:13.809, ahead of Vettel and Bottas. Räikkönen led FP2, followed by Hamilton and Vettel. Alonso’s McLaren broke down in FP1, continuing McLaren’s reliability problems. FP3 was topped by Vettel at 1:12.572 — the quickest time across all three sessions — with Räikkönen second and Hamilton third.