Vodafone McLaren Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton won a thrilling and highly strategic Canadian Grand Prix with a Bridgestone super soft-medium-medium tyre strategy in Montreal.

Hamilton led team-mate Jenson Button across the line in a consecutive one-two. Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro driver Fernando Alonso finished third.

Hiroshi Yasukawa - Director of Bridgestone Motorsport, says
"Congratulations to Lewis Hamilton and Vodafone McLaren Mercedes for their win. We saw a fantastic race where tyre strategy was central to the excitement. Bridgestone Canada and Bridgestone USA used this race as a great promotional and marketing platform. They had several well received PR initiatives and also invited many important guests for the weekend itself. Montreal saw a sell-out crowd illustrating how popular F1 can be in North America. I am very pleased that Formula 1 has returned to this wonderful location especially when we get a race as exciting as today's."

Hirohide Hamashima - Bridgestone Director of Motorsport Tyre Development, says
"Tyre strategy and circuit evolution were vital factors in today's race. The circuit was at its hottest of the weekend, meaning tyre performance was better than earlier in the weekend. The track improved after around ten laps, when rubber was laid on the surface, assisted by the hotter temperatures. We saw the race winner complete 44 laps on the medium compound, illustrating the extent of this circuit improvement. At the start the degradation was high, even with the medium compound, which is why we saw such early pit stops. There were an interesting mix of pit stop strategies and tyre compound orders. A one stop strategy was not possible today and we saw a variety of two and three or more stops. The track surface and tyre performance evolution made the choices on the pitwall very difficult to make."

Stats of the Day 
Race: 12:00 - 13:34
Driver            Team      	    Time            Strategy
Lewis Hamilton    Vodafone McLaren  1hr 33m 53.456s SS-M-M
Jenson Button     Vodafone McLaren  1h 33m 55.710s  SS-M-M
Fernando Alonso   Scuderia Ferrari  1h 34m 02.670s  SS-M-M

Tyres used: Medium (prime) / Super Soft (option) 

Temperatures Ambient    Track       Weather 
PM - Race    27C-28C    35C-39C     Sunny