Hamilton leads start to finish in Canada

Lewis Hamilton quickly put his Monaco pit stop blunder – and everyone else in the Formula One field – behind him.

The reigning world champion won the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal on Sunday, leading from the pole to the checkered flag with no threat from anyone except his Mercedes teammate, Nico Rosberg. Hamilton’s problems in the previous race were also internal: A late strategic decision by his team cost him a chance at a fourth victory of the year.

He made up for it the very next chance he got.

“Did I need this?” he asked the cheering crowd after returning to the top of the podium for the first time since winning three of the first four races of the season.

“I think so,” he said with a smile. “I think so.”

A four-time winner on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and the current leader in the Formula One standings, Hamilton finished the 70 laps on Montreal’s Isle Notre-Dame in 1 hour, 31 minutes, 53.145 seconds – 2.285 seconds faster than Rosberg in the other Silver Arrow Mercedes.

Hamilton expanded his lead over Rosberg in the championship standings to 151-134.

NHRA

Antron Brown raced to his 50th NHRA victory, beating Brittany Force in the Top Fuel final in the Toyota NHRA Summernationals at his home track in Englishtown, New Jersey.

Brown, from nearby Chesterfield, had a 3.843-second run at 318.47 mph for the milestone victory.

Matt Hagan won in Funny Car, Greg Anderson in Pro Stock, and Jerry Savoie in Pro Stock Motorcycle.