The track was dry and the sun was shining when the race was about to start. The weather was much warmer than in the qualifying so I was anticipating a strong race for Kimi at the wheel of his E21. Unfortunately the reality didn´t match my expectations very well!
Williams´s Bottas starting from P3 lost two positions right at the start when both Rosberg and Webber managed to get past the Finn. Only a moment later also Alonso in his Ferrari had overtaken Bottas and unfortunately but quite predictably that was just a start. Bottas lost position by position - and not due to lacking skills or experience! The reality showed rudely how lousy the FW35 is! The car was lacking pace desperately and unfortunately there was absolutely nothing Bottas could do about the situation! Such a shame as the man has huge potential in terms of skills!
Sebastian kept his lead right from the start and immediately the Red Bull ace started to build a clear gap on Hamilton. Kimi in his Lotus faced difficulties right from the very beginning of the race. The Iceman had some issues with his brakes and there was no way the Finn could match the speed of the top three cars! It seemed like Lotus´s pace had suddenly vanished somewhere. After the race Kimi said that at some points of the race he lost his brakes completely but luckily they came back. Kimi also had a delayed pit stop which didn´t make the Iceman´s race any easier.
By lap 30 Sebastian had already built a 17-second gap over his closest rival Hamilton so the German had a superior lead! At this stage I knew there was nobody or nothing that could take away Sebastian´s chances to win the Canadian GP for the very first time! Sebastian had such a sweeping pace that on lap 34 he already lapped Kimi in his Lotus! I was enjoying Sebastian´s performance a great deal but I had hoped for a different kind of a race for Kimi...
On lap 37 Sebastian´s team-mate Webber was lapping Caterham´s Van Der Garde when the Dutchman hit Webber´s car and the Australian´s front wing was damaged. Van Der Garde was handed a 10-second stop and go penalty for the collision. Not the only incident for the Caterham driver who ignored the blue flags later when Sauber´s Hulkenberg was lapping him. Another collision caused by Van Der Garde and both drivers were out of the race! Van Der Garde will face a 5-place grid penalty for Silverstone.
With 20 laps to go Alonso had decreased his gap on Hamilton in P2 and the two were racing wheel-to-wheel. They even touched each other in the intense battle and Hamilton lost a piece of his front wing. Finally Alonso managed to get past the Briton and took the second place. But Sebastian in the lead was utterly out of everybody´s reach! Superb win for the three-time world champion! In Canada we saw a glimpse of Sebastian´s superiority, how epic his driving is when everything goes to plan! Alonso finished 2nd and Hamilton 3rd. Webber was 4th and Rosberg 5th (so the Mercedes drivers didn´t seem to be struggling with their tyres in this race, either!). Vergne brought some valuable points for Toro Rosso by finishing 6th. Kimi got overtaken by Massa on the final lap and Kimi finished the race in P9 - there wasn´t anything he could have done better due to all the technical worries. The Canadian GP, however, marked Kimi´s 24th consecutive points finish which means that Kimi now equals Schumacher´s outstanding record! Though this fact isn´t much of a comfort as Kimi is now 44 points off from Vettel in the championship standings! Alonso is second in the standings with a 33-point gap to Sebastian.
In spite of the glorious driving of Sebastian Vettel the Canadian GP was a boring race to watch. It was absolutely disappointing to see Bottas dropping from P3 on the grid to P14 in the final standings! In spite of the impressive qualifying result Williams was still unable to score points! Sebastian was utterly in a class of his own in Canada. But I know for sure that there´re two men in the hunt at Silverstone: Alonso and Kimi. Another 3-week break ahead! But I know these guys will make the time worth waiting for when the F1 circus moves to Great Britain!
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