Vettel takes 50th win and F1 championship lead in Canada


Formula One F1 - Canadian Grand Prix - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada - June 10, 2018 Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel celebrates winning the race on the podium REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

MONTREAL (Reuters) - Sebastian Vettel capped an emotional weekend for Ferrari with a clinical pole-to-flag win at the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday to retake the lead in the Formula One world championship from Mercedes's Lewis Hamilton by a single point.

The victory was the 50th of the German's career and left him on 121 points to Hamilton's 120 after seven races, with the Briton coming home fifth.

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