HAMILTON WINS CHAOTIC CANADIAN GP
Mclaren driver Lewis Hamilton claimed his maiden gp victory in the eventful Canadian Grand Prix at the legendary Circuit Gilles Villeneuve today. He was joined on the podium by BMW's Nick Heidfeld and Williams' Alex Wurz.
The start of the race was a bit chaotic with Alonso missing the braking point and running across the grass at the first sequence of corners, while pole-sitter Hamilton, holding off Heidfeld, led out of Turn 2.
Behind Hamilton and Heidfeld, Alonso managed to slot in just ahead of Ferrari's Felipe Massa who had started 5th and beaten team-mate Raikkonen off the line who was bundled down to sixth by Nico Rosberg.
Hamilton quickly settled down and was pulling away, when just after his first stop, the safety car came out as Adrian Sutil crashed his Spyker. Alonso and Rosberg who headed into the pits just then were handed out a stop-go penalty.
The Ferraris pitted when the pit lane finally opened and rejoined at the tail end of the field. However, Massa and Renault's Fisichella were disqualified for exiting the pitlane under a red light.
The race eventually resumed only for the safety car to come out again, this time due to Robert Kubica's horrific crash down at the Casino hairpin. The BMW driver was extracted from the carbon-fibre 'tub' , which was turned on its side, and rushed to hospital.
After that the race never really settled down and was interrupted by the safety car a few more times, but in the end it was Hamilton's day, who was in a class of his own, while teammate and double world-champion Fernando Alonso made several mistakes and was eventually overtaken by Super Aguri driver Takuma Sato.
Kimi Raikkonen also had a lacklustre race and finished fifth behind Renault's Heikki Kovalainen. Sato, Alonso and Schumacher, rounded off the points.
Hamilton, the first black driver to win a Formula One Grand Prix, now leads the championship by 8 points from Alonso and Massa while Mclaren lead Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship by a massive 28 points with 11 races to go.
Mclaren driver Lewis Hamilton claimed his maiden gp victory in the eventful Canadian Grand Prix at the legendary Circuit Gilles Villeneuve today. He was joined on the podium by BMW's Nick Heidfeld and Williams' Alex Wurz.
The start of the race was a bit chaotic with Alonso missing the braking point and running across the grass at the first sequence of corners, while pole-sitter Hamilton, holding off Heidfeld, led out of Turn 2.
Behind Hamilton and Heidfeld, Alonso managed to slot in just ahead of Ferrari's Felipe Massa who had started 5th and beaten team-mate Raikkonen off the line who was bundled down to sixth by Nico Rosberg.
Hamilton quickly settled down and was pulling away, when just after his first stop, the safety car came out as Adrian Sutil crashed his Spyker. Alonso and Rosberg who headed into the pits just then were handed out a stop-go penalty.
The Ferraris pitted when the pit lane finally opened and rejoined at the tail end of the field. However, Massa and Renault's Fisichella were disqualified for exiting the pitlane under a red light.
The race eventually resumed only for the safety car to come out again, this time due to Robert Kubica's horrific crash down at the Casino hairpin. The BMW driver was extracted from the carbon-fibre 'tub' , which was turned on its side, and rushed to hospital.
After that the race never really settled down and was interrupted by the safety car a few more times, but in the end it was Hamilton's day, who was in a class of his own, while teammate and double world-champion Fernando Alonso made several mistakes and was eventually overtaken by Super Aguri driver Takuma Sato.
Kimi Raikkonen also had a lacklustre race and finished fifth behind Renault's Heikki Kovalainen. Sato, Alonso and Schumacher, rounded off the points.
Hamilton, the first black driver to win a Formula One Grand Prix, now leads the championship by 8 points from Alonso and Massa while Mclaren lead Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship by a massive 28 points with 11 races to go.
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