BROOKLYN, Mich. — The break in NASCAR’s Cup Series schedule will have to wait at least an extra day.
Sunday’s race at Michigan International Speedway was postponed because of rain. It was rescheduled for Monday at 5 p.m., the second time in just over a month that a Cup race has been pushed past the weekend because of weather.
The race at Dover early last month was also pushed to Monday. That left a quick turnaround before the following Saturday’s race at Kansas. That’s not an issue this time. The Cup schedule has an open date next weekend before resuming June 23 at Sonoma. Of course, that means this delay eats into that time off.
There was a brief moment, about 90 minutes before the postponement, when a start seemed imminent. Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia, the grand marshal, even gave the command for drivers to start their engines. Cars were on the track, but rain quickly forced them to come onto pit road.
MONTREAL — Defending champion Lewis Hamilton won the Canadian Grand Prix to extend his overall lead after Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel committed yet another error under pressure.
It was Hamilton’s fifth win in seven races.
Vettel was leading from pole position with a little more than 20 laps remaining. But with Hamilton closing in, Vettel veered onto the grass before swerving back onto the track and forcing Hamilton to slam on his brakes.
Race stewards handed the German a five-second time penalty for unsafe re-entry.
An exasperated and clearly angry Vettel said on team radio “they’re stealing this race from us” but it was another blunder from the four-time F1 champion following multiple mistakes in losing the past two championships to Hamilton.
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