Top 5 moments which could've won Sebastian Vettel the 2018 F1 title

Vettel's win in Belgium could've turned the title race in his favour.
Vettel's win in Belgium could've turned the title race in his favour.

#3 Comfortable in Canada

Canada was probably Vettel's easiest victory of the 2018 season.
Canada was probably Vettel's easiest victory of the 2018 season.

Canada was the site of Lewis Hamilton's first F1 win in 2007, and the British legend has won another five times since then. Hamilton was looking to match Michael Schumacher's record of seven victories in Montreal and extend his lead in the driver's championship.

Hamilton wasn't on form in Canada, though, qualifying fourth, two tenths behind pole-sitter Sebastian Vettel. Like Bahrain, Vettel would keep Bottas behind with a comfortable gap, but instead of Hamilton charging through the pack, he instead fell back.

Daniel Ricciardo passed the reigning world champion in the pit-stop phase and Kimi Raikkonen almost did the same, as Lewis conceded 15 points - and the championship lead - to Vettel.

Realistically, nobody saw this coming, Hamilton's record in Canada is extraordinary, either retiring or winning all but 1 of the 9 races he had previously contested at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

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