Schumacher makes Raikkonen pay

Schumacher inherited the lead at the end of lap 20 when Ralf made his pit-stop then produced a rapid lap to crucially return to the circuit fractions ahead of the Williams after making his own stop one lap later.

Michael Schumacher celebrated a sixth Canadian Grand Prix victory in Montreal today to seize the lead in the World Championship for the first time this season.

Ferrari’s five-time world beater fended off a sustained if never threatening challenge from the Williams-BMW of brother Ralf to win by 0.7 seconds on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.