Lewis Hamilton's victory made 2012 the first F1 season to see seven different winners in seven consecutive races.
Key Facts
- Race length
- 70 laps
- Season round
- 7th of 2012 Formula One season
- Canadian Grand Prix edition
- 49th
- Circuit editions at Gilles Villeneuve
- 33rd since 1978 debut
- Pole position
- Sebastian Vettel
- Race winner
- Lewis Hamilton
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The 2012 Formula One season opened with an extraordinary spread of race results, producing a different winner in each of the first six races. Sebastian Vettel claimed pole position at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, setting up a competitive seventh round of the championship.
On 10 June 2012, Lewis Hamilton won the 70-lap Canadian Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, claiming his first victory of the season. Romain Grosjean of Lotus finished second and Sergio Pérez of Sauber third, each securing their second podium of the year.
Hamilton's win made him the seventh different race winner in seven successive grands prix, establishing a new record for the most different winners in a single Formula One season's opening rounds. Grosjean and Pérez's podium results underscored the unusually wide competitiveness across the 2012 field.