Historic F1 Victory For Lewis Hamilton

On a race day that featured an horrific accident and four full coarse cautions, Lewis Hamilton made F1 history as he scored not only his first win but the first F1 win for a black driver. Regardless of race, this 22 year old rookie has been nothing short of phenomenal. Sure he is in a very good race car, but the two time defending champion Fernando Alonso is in the same car, and Hamilton has proved to be his equal if not better so far this year. In six races he has been on the podium every time and now has captured his first win with many more sure to follow. He had no real threat in a race that saw a record number of safety car periods which in F1 is almost unheard of, as he sailed to victory in The Canadian Grand Prix.

On a more somber note, Robert Kubica survived one of the worst crashes in recent F1 memory as his BMW went head on into a concrete barrier after getting airborne from contact with Trulli's Toyota. At fist glance, I assumed he had sustained terrible injuries and possibly fatal ones, but to my surprise and relief he escaped relatively unhurt. My only wonder is how will such a terrible crash effect him in the future. Will he be able to put it behind him and maintain the good work he has done for team BMW Sauber?

This race was also full of events that rarely occur in an F1 race. Phillipe Massa and Giancarlo Fisichella were both disqualified for running the red light at the end of pit road. Are they color blind? I think that red is the universal color that means "STOP". And what about Alonso going off in turn one four different times. Is he feeling the pressure from his new teammate? Then he get's passed straight up by Sato in the Super Aguri Honda! To say the least it was a Grand Prix that was short of boring and long on things to talk about. But congratulations to Lewis Hamilton on his maiden victory. Is he the next big gun in F1? What do you think? See you at Indy.