Canada 2007
ROBERT KUBICA SURVIVED AN HORRIFIC 180 M.P.H. CRASH THAT INITIALLY LOOKED EXTREMELY SERIOUS BUT, THANKS TO THE STRENGTH OF THE F1 MONOCOQUES AND OTHER SAFETY MEASURES, HE EMERGED FROM THE HOSPITAL WITH NOTHING WORSE THAN CONCUSSION AND A SPRAINED ANKLE. THIS WAS ONLY ONE OF 4 SAFETY CAR INCIDENTS DURING A MORE THAN USUALLY CHAOTIC CANADIAN RACE. IN ADDITION, FERNANDO ALONSO AND NICO ROSBERG SUFFERED 10-SECOND 'STOP AND GO' PENALTIES FOR TAKING PIT-STOPS WHILST THE PIT-LANE WAS CLOSED DURING ONE OF THE SAFETY CAR INCIDENTS AND FELIPE MASSA AND GIANCARLO FISICHELLA WERE BLACK-FLAGGED, AND THUS DISQUALIFIED, FOR EMERGING FROM THE PITS WHEN THE PIT-LANE LIGHT WAS STILL ON RED TO PROTECT THE SAFETY CAR, WHICH WAS IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE PITS. IRONICALLY, ROBERT KUBICA COULD BE SEEN WAITING FOR THE RED LIGHT TO TURN TO GREEN BEFORE EMERGING AND VERY SHORTLY AFTERWARDS HE HAD HIS ACCIDENT! ALONSO FAILED TO GET POLE POSITION ON SATURDAY, WHICH ALLOWED LEWIS HAMILTON TO TAKE HIS FIRST POLE POSITION FROM WHICH HE WAS ABLE TO DOMINATE THE RACE, KEEP HIS CONCENTRATION DURING THIS HECTIC RACE AND GO ON TO WIN HIS FIRST, PROBABLY ONE OF MANY, GRAND PRIX WIN. NICK HEIDFELD WAS HIS ONLY SERIOUS CHALLENGER, FINISHING 2ND, WITH ALEXANDER WURZ TAKING A RATHER SURPRISING 3RD PLACE, PARTLY AS A RESULT OF THE EFFECTS OF ALL THE INCIDENTS, RETIREMENTS, DISQUALIFICATIONS, ETC. (IT WAS MORE LIKE A RAIN-AFFECTED RACE AND YET IT WAS COMPLETELY DRY FOR THE WHOLE RACE!). ALONSO HARDLY EVER SEEMED TO GET ROUND TURN 1 WITHOUT TAKING A SHORTCUT - AT LEAST FOUR OCCASIONS THAT WE SAW - AND THIS TOTALLY RUINED HIS RACE PROSPECTS. WHAT OF FERRARI? THEY WERE AS UNLIKELY TO CHALLENGE HERE ON THIS HIGH-SPEED CIRCUIT AS THEY HAD BEEN AT MONACO - THEY HAVE PROBLEMS.
STARTING GRID
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| 1.
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Lewis Hamilton
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| 2.
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Fernando Alonso
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| 3.
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Nick Heidfeld
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| 4.
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Kimi Raikkonen
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| 5.
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Felipe Massa
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| 6.
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Mark Webber
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| 7.
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Nico Rosberg
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| 8.
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Robert Kubica
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| 9.
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Giancarlo Fisichella
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| 10.
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Jarno Trulli
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| 11.
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Takuma Sato
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| 12.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi
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| 13.
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Rubens Barrichello
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| 14.
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David Coulthard
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| 15.
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Jenson Button
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| 16.
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Scott Speed
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| 17.
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Anthony Davidson
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| 18.
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Ralph Schumacher
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| 19.
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Alexander Wurz
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| 20.
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Aidrian Sutil
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| 21.
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Christijan Albers
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| 22.
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Heikki Kovalainen
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RESULT
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| 1.
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Lewis Hamilton
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| 2.
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Nick Heidfeld
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| 3.
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Alexander Wurz
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| 4.
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Heikki Kovalainen
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| 5.
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Kimi Raikkonen
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| 6.
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Takuma Sato
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| 7.
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Fernando Alonso
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| 8.
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Ralph Schumacher
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CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
Drivers :
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| Lewis Hamilton
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48
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| Fernando Alonso
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40
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| Felipe Massa
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33
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| Kimi Raikkonen
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27
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| Nick Heidfeld
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26
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| Giancarlo Fisichella
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13
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| Robert Kubica
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12
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| Alexander Wurz
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8
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| =Heikki Kovalainen
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8
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Constructors :
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| McLaren
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88
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| Ferrari
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60
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| BMW
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38
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| Renault
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21
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| Williams
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13
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| Toyota
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6
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| Red Bull Racing
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4
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| =Super Aguri
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4
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| Scuderia Toro Rosso
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0
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| Honda
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0
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| Spyker
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0
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Race Results posted by
David Little
11th May 2007
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