McLaren’s rookie sensation Lewis Hamilton did what he’s been threatening to do since the season opener, win a race. With both pole position and a flag to flag victory in the Canadian Grand Prix, Hamilton has yet to finish lower than his starting position in any of the six F1 races he’s run to date.
But behind the dominant Hamilton the field disintegrated in a series of bizzare incidents.
- Hamilton’s team mate, World Champion Fernado Alonso missed a corner, not once but four times.
- Alonso and Williams driver Nico Rosberg also fell foul of new safety car rules that saw them penalized for refuelling when the pits were closed.
- Ferrari’s Felippe Massa and Renault’s Ginacarlo Fischella ignored a red light at pit exit and were black flagged.
- Scott Speed ran into the back of Alex Wurz’s Williams leaving the Austrian to bravely bring the car home in third with a damaged rear wing.
- The Honda of Jenson Button didn’t even make it off the grid, while Super Aguri driver Anthony Davison says he hit a beaver (Which more likely to have been a groundhog similar to the one that almost ran into Ralf Schumacher’s Toyota during Friday practice), crossing the track.
- Jarno Trulli crashed out his Toyota during a slow lap behind the safety car.
All in all the safety car was deployed a record four times, the longest period following one of the most horrific looking crashes seen in F1 for a long time. The BMW of Robert Kubica was launched into the air, hitting a concrete wall with a ferocious impact (below) before rolling back across the track. Amazingly the Polish driver only suffered a mild concussion and a sprained ankle.
After all the incidents and mayhem, the Top 10 finishers were:
- Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)
- Nick Hiedfeld (BMW)
- Alex Wurz (Williams)
- Heikki Kovalainen (Renualt)
- Kimi Raikonene (Ferrari)
- Takumo Sato (Super Aguri)
- Fernando Alonso (McLaren)
- Ralf Schumacher (Toyota)
- Mark Webber (Red Bull)
- Nico Rosberg (Williams)
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