Today we saw that the championship is far from decided. Track conditions and driver's mistakes gave a new flavor to the standings.
To begin with we have to mention that many drivers and teams had been complaining about the track conditions this year in Canada. But we, as spectators know that the more the drivers and teams complain about this, the best the show is going to be. And this is exactly what happened. Just like in Monaco two weeks ago, difficult racing conditions helped creating a spectacular race.
The start of the race took place without any great changes. Hamilton turned first, followed by Kubica and Raikkonen. This situation in the top remained for about 20 laps, when the safety car got inside the track, after Sutil with Force India had a gearbox failure and got out of the race, leaving the car within the track.
Everyone went inside the pits to change tyres and refuel. As the drivers were coming out, Kubica and Raikkonen were in front (Hamilton had a longer pit stop thus losing his place). However the red light was still on so Kimi and Kubica stopped at the end of the pit lane side by side waiting for the light to go green. Lewis Hamilton couldn't brake on time and crashed his McLaren on the rear side of Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari, causing both of them to retire from the race.
Heidfeld was in position 1 after the safety car returned to the pits, with Kubica in second place. The German was in a single pit stop strategy. He made his stop and managed to stay ahead of his teammate, but at that time Kubica was much lighter and managed to pass him a few laps later. He radically increased the gap between them until it reached 24 sec. At that time Kubica made his second stop, got back in track ahead of Nick Heidfeld, and the rest... is history. BMW not only took its first historical victory but its second driver was also second. A great moment for the whole team which seems to be having a very reliable fast and stable car.
David Coulthard took third place, after Alonso retired, as he had a spin. Toyota was the other team that managed to take a good result, with its drivers finishing 4th (Glock) and 6th (Truli). Massa was 5th, Barrichelo 7th and Vettel 8th.
As a conclusion we want to say here that if there need to be bad and problematic conditions to see a good race, then we have to find a way to produce these conditions.
Second, we have to congratulate BMW for a great victory, and wish all the best for this team which worked all the way up here and is continuously rising.
Finally, for one more time, we saw Hamilton making a childish mistake, proving that he is not the promising star they presented last year. He is clearly not world champion material. He has been penalised with 10 places for France race.
Results are as follows :
01 R. Kubica BMW 1:36:24.447
02 N. Heidfeld BMW + 16.495
03 D. Coulthard Red Bull + 23.352
04 T. Glock Toyota + 42.627
05 F. Massa Ferrari + 43.934
06 J. Trulli Toyota + 47.775
07 R. Barrichello Honda + 53.597
08 S. Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso + 54.120
09 H. Kovalainen McLaren + 54.433
10 N. Rosberg Williams + 57.749
11 J. Button Honda + 1:17.540
12 M. Webber Red Bull + 1:21.229
13 S. Bourdais Scuderia Toro Rosso + 1 laps
Did not finish
14 G. Fisichella Force India F1 + 17 laps
15 K. Nakajima Williams + 23 laps
16 F. Alonso Renault + 25 laps
17 N. Piquet jr. Renault + 29 laps
18 K. Räikkönen Ferrari + 50 laps
19 L. Hamilton McLaren + 50 laps
20 A. Sutil Force India F1 + 56 laps
