Finally, Lewis Hamilton won the first Grand Prix of his career at a very very eventful Canadian Grand Prix at Gilles-Villeneuve Circuit. Nick Heidfeld took the much deserved second spot for BMW-Sauber followed by an highly elated Alex Wurz for Williams F1.

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And Kimi Raikkonen takes the chequered flag at 2007 ING Australian Grand Prix. Reigning champion Fernando Alonso finished second in his McLaren, followed by the rookie [and Fernando's teammate] Lewis Hamilton walking on the podium in his debut race.

If you thought Formula 1 racing were boring, think again. The race can’t get any more interesting and spectacular, with David Coulthard deciding to take “Aerial Route” literally on Alex Wurz. With Heikki Kovalainen thinking of Albert Park as Park, in literal sense, and driving his Renault in grass quiet a few times. With Takuma Sato finishing ahead of Jenson Button but behind Reubens Barrichello. With Felipe Massa managing to finish at 6th place after starting from 21st place on the grid [and thus proving my predictions for grid positions wrong]. With Williams managing to finish ahead of both of the Toyota’s.

Let’s look at what happened in some details.

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“He definitely has to win half a dozen races this year,” claims Spyker’s technical chief Mike Gascoyne, who worked alongside the Roman in 2001 before switching to the Toyota team. “If not he’ll be falling back to the teams down the grid; he won’t be getting another top line drive.”

As reported on homeofsport

And we agree completely with Mike. We think it’s right time for Fisi to win a few GPs, since Alonso is not alongside him to take away the limelight and team focus and also because he has rookie Heikkie to give him the right “push” towards trying a little hard. We know that Fisi won’t like to get sidelined by the rookie.

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As reported on homeofsport

“They are looking quite good but they are not as consistent as us at the moment,” Fernando Alonso said. “One day they are looking really strong and the next not so strong, but no matter what, they are a rival to watch out for.” But he considers Kimi Räikkönen, his McLaren predecessor who has moved to Ferrari, to be a better driver than either Giancarlo Fisichella or rookie Heikki Kovalainen; Renault’s 2007 race lineup.

Well said Alonso, we also strongly believe that Kimi [and even Massa for that matter] is far better driver than Fisichella, though we won’t comment as yet on Heikki since we have not seen him in action on a race weekend.

And we really hope that same thing won’t happen like the last time, that first you made some statements and then two days later you came back saying that your comment was mis-interpreted again.

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As reported on sportinglife

“Fernando is good,” Flavio Briatore told Auto Motor und Sport, “but not as good as many people think. “He [Giarcarlo Fisichella] beat all of his team-mates until he came to Fernando,” Briatore said.

There is no reason why he [Heikki Kovalainen] cannot become as good as Fernando. Heikki is our investment into the future.”

Something gong sour between the two ?? Or is it just usual tactics to praise the current drivers to boost their morale ? We believe it’s the later and there is nothing wrong in that !

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As reported on autosport

“Fisichella needs to help himself,” said Flavio Briatore at the launch of the R27 in Amsterdam. “We need to give all the possibility and all the technical support (to him), but in the end we are not in the car. Fisico has the talent to win, but you need help with the talent. What you need to do is really concentrate, and that is the thing about F1.”

“You see Fisico this year, he is better,” explained Briatore. “You see him walk, he walks more quickly now! Last year, when he went to the podium, he was slow and his shoulders were down, but now he is quick! And, I am sure [teammate] Heikki [Kovalainen] will also push him hard.”

Good for Fisi. We know that he has the capabilities, though not of becoming a World Champion. But it shouldn’t come as a surprise if Heikki takes over the spotlight & precedence by mid-year [even within the team].

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Renault, launched their 2007 F1 contender, the R27, at Amsterdam.

With Mild Seven gone, the car now wears the big ING logo, with obvious color changes. Renault F1 Team President Alain Dassas spoke of “exciting challenges” for the coming season, which will see the team’s championship campaign spearheaded by Italian Giancarlo Fisichella, in his third season with the team, and Finnish rookie Heikki Kovalainen.

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