MONACO GRAND PRIX

Lewis Hamilton was left to rue a Mercedes engine problem after he lost the lead of the Formula One championship to Sebastian Vettel in Canada yesterday.

Vettel ruled from lights to flag at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in an emphatic display as he crossed the line ahead of Valtteri Bottas with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in third.

But Hamilton, so often the master here in Montreal, had to settle for fifth on a weekend to forget for the defending champion and his team.

Indeed the Englishman, who arrived in North America with a 14-point lead over Vettel, will now head to the next round in France trailing his Ferrari rival by one point.

Daniel Ricciardo took the chequered flag in fourth ahead of Hamilton, with Kimi Raikkonen sixth for Ferrari.

Unlike all their rivals, Mercedes failed to bring a planned engine upgrade to the seventh round of the championship –