No-one was a match for Sebastian Vettel as the Ferrari driver eased to a lights-to-flag win at the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday.After maintaining the lead at the start, it was all about managing the gap and responding to any attempted challenges from behind as the four-time world champion took his 50th Formula 1 win and third of the season.What was particularly impressive was how Vettel looked after the Ultrasoft tyre on which he started, going 21 laps longer than some of the other leading drivers.Valtteri Bottas similarly changed compound 20 laps later than teammate Lewis Hamilton and looked like possibly mounting a charge for the win in the final 10 laps, but a mistake trying to lap backmarkers ended any hopes of catching the German.Instead, it became a matter of holding on as Max Verstappen closed right up on the Mercedes, which was short of fuel in the final few laps.Over the expected finish line, after 70 laps, the gap between the pair was just 0.1s in the Finn's favour, however, the race was officially ended two laps early due to celebrity model Winnie Harlow waving the chequered flag prematurely.Luckily, this mistake had no bearing on the final result, with only the fastest lap going to Verstappen rather than Ricciardo, but it's safe to say fans weren't impressed.

A tough day for the world champion

The only driver to make progress in top six was Daniel Ricciardo as the Australian stayed out a lap longer than Hamilton with the combination of a fast lap time and a mistake by the Briton exiting the pits allowing the Red Bull up to fourth.

The Mercedes driver was forced to pit earlier than planned after a cooling issue led to temporary drops in power which were resolved when small ducts were opened during the stop to allow more air in.

Hamilton also tried to fight back late on against the Red Bull in front but it was to no avail as traffic allowed Ricciardo to stay just far enough in front.

Kimi Raikkonen had looked a threat to Lewis early on, as he looked to use the longer strategy to overhaul the world champion but he would come out just behind and ultimately slipped back in sixth.

Renault overcome Ocon in the midfield

The battle for 'best of the rest' saw a straight fight between Esteban Ocon in the Force India and the two Renaults of Carlos Sainz and Nico Hulkenberg.

Initially, it was the French driver who got the better start and overhauled the French cars on the opening lap, a mistake in the pits would prove costly, however, as the Mercedes junior only finished ninth.

That left it between Hulkenberg and Sainz for P7 and despite running nose-to-tail throughout, it was the German who stayed ahead to maintain his grid slot ahead of his Spanish teammate.

A big crash on Lap 1 involving Brendon Hartley and Lance Stroll at the high-speed Turn 5 not only required a Safety Car to clear the debris and saw the Toro Rosso driver lucky not to flip as he mounted the barrier, but it also promoted Charles Leclerc into the points for Sauber.

The Monegasque, who continues to show his potential, would run an excellent race even overcoming a brake issue around the toughest circuit of the year on brakes to complete the top 10 and take one point back to Europe.

An honourable mention has to go to Romain Grosjean as the Haas driver, who didn't even take part in qualifying after an engine failure, ran in the points for much of the race from last on the grid but ultimately slipped back to 12th after pitting.

Sergio Perez was expected to be in the fight for points but was involved in contact with Sainz at Turn 1 early on, dropping him down the order and leaving the Mexican irate.

His race wouldn't get any better from there as a two-stop strategy left him down in 14th place.

It wasn't as bad as Fernando Alonso though, as an exhaust problem meant the McLaren driver was the third and final retirement of the race in what was his 300th Grand Prix.

Full results can be seen below:

Vettel back on top

Back at the front and despite another largely processional race to follow the one in Monaco two weeks ago, Sebastian Vettel won't mind as his win with Hamilton in fifth sees him regain the championship lead by a single point.

Bottas' second also sees him jump back above Ricciardo into third in the standings, albeit 35 and 37 points behind respectively.

Up next, a new circuit for many fans as F1 returns to France for the first time since 2008 and to Paul Ricard for the first time since 1990 in two weeks time.