Lewis Hamilton won the US Grand Prix at Indianapolis, becoming first Rookie in Formula 1 history to win two Grand Prix one after another. Fernando Alonso came in second spot followed by Felipe Massa. Kimi Raikkonen gave a good chase to Massa but finished at fourth position, followed by Heikki Kovalainen at fifth and Jarno Trulli at sixth position respectively. Mark Webber and another rookie Sebastian Vettel completes the top eight finishers.

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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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In an incident filled Canadian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton, finally, scored his first Grand Prix victory. Followed by Nick Heidfeld of BMW and Alex Wurz for Williams completing the podium finishers. Followed by Heikki Kovalainan of Renault, Kimi Raikkonen for Ferrari and Takuma Sato for Super Aguri. Then came Fernando Alonso for McLaren and Ralf Schumacher for Toyota completing the top 8 finishers.

The biggest incident was the big crash of Robert Kubica. Thankfully as per the last reports he has just a broken leg and is in stable condition. More details report to follow later.

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Even before Fernando Alonso could take the cork off from his champaign bottle for winning the Monaco Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton vented out his anger & frustration regarding the team order to “take it easy” in the last few laps of the Grand Prix. And this started a possible controversy that is being investigated by FIA regarding team orders, not to forget the flank McLaren and Ron Dennis received from British Media.

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Due to excessive work pressure, I was not able to follow up my Malaysian GP Preview with the Race Summary, and now it’s too late to do that. Therefor I decided to let the images do all the talking this time and spare the readers the agony to read what I write. Enjoy the images …

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After wait of 3 long weeks, the Formula 1 race weekend is finally here for the Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix. Though nothing of much interest has happened during these 3 weeks, except the great Kimi-dilemma and 3 day testing session where all teams, except Spyker, participated.

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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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This is the last episode of Road to F1′07: Story in Images. This series has covered many things, from unveiling of cars, to testing rounds, to Red Bull Racing movie shoot, to BMW-Sauber’s ice stint at Moritz to charity tennis event by F1 drivers at Marlboro, and we hope you enjoyed the series as much we toiled getting it together. As always, your comments & suggestions are most welcome. Enjoy the last episode.

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As reported on homeofsport

Pedro de la Rosa says McLaren rookie Lewis Hamilton’s big crash last week is a “blow” to the Woking team

“We have lost several days right in the middle of the preseason,” Pedro de la Rosa said, “so we must recover quickly. The important thing is that Lewis is fine and I am sure he will recover from the fright. But it is of course not a good thing that he is not out there with Fernando (at Valencia). He will have to work doubly hard when the car is ready.”

A setback for sure, but going by the pace Alonso is setting, we don’t think McLaren would be too worried about it.

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