The 2017 Canadian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2017) was a Formula One motor race that took place on 11 June 2017 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The race was the seventh round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship. It was the fifty-fourth running of the Canadian Grand Prix, and the forty-eighth time the event had been included as a round of the Formula One World Championship since the inception of the series in , and the thirty-eighth time that a World Championship round had been held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The race was won by Lewis Hamilton who took pole, led every lap of the race and set the fastest lap. Joining him on the podium were his teammate Valtteri Bottas who finished second and Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo who finished third. Mercedes dominated the weekend after a bad weekend at Monaco, as this was the first Mercedes 1-2 of the season. Lance Stroll finished in 9th place, earning him his first career points in F1 and became the first Canadian Formula One driver to score a point since Jacques Villeneuve in the 2006 British Grand Prix. Report Background Fernando Alonso returned to racing for McLaren, after missing the previous round in Monaco to participate in the Indianapolis 500. Tyre supplier Pirelli made the soft, supersoft and ultrasoft tyres available to teams for the race. Free practice Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton went fastest in first practice, setting a time of 1.13:809. He was followed by the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel and his teammate Valtteri Bottas in second and third. Fernando Alonso's McLaren continued to suffer from reliability issues as he broke down and retired from the session. In second practice the Ferrari of Kimi Räikkönen was fastest followed by Hamilton and Vettel. Saturday's third and final practice was topped by Vettel, with Raikkonen second and Hamilton third. Vettel set the quickest time of all three practices with a 1.12:572. Qualifying Q1 ended with Pascal Wehrlein crashing his Sauber at turn one after touching the grass border of the track. Damage sustained in the accident meant he would start the race from the pit lane. In Q3 Lewis Hamilton secured pole position with a 1:11.459 matching Ayrton Senna's second all-time highest pole record, 0.330 seconds quicker than Ferrari's Vettel in second. Third spot on the grid went to