Fernando Alonso and the Canadian Grand Prix
Fernando Alonso won last Sunday his
4th consecutive race giving him the conquest of the Canadian Formula One
Grand Prix. For Alonso who runs for Renault was an easy victory since he
started from the pole and only had a brief challenge from the Finn Kimi
Raikkonen at the beginning of the race but Alonso held off Raikkonen’s
attempt to pass him in the 12th lap. Alonso's final margin of victory was
only 2.1 seconds
Raikkonen had problems in the pits
while changing the right rear tire during his first stop and during the
installation of his McLaren on another. He was then passed by Schumacher
with one lap to go.
The seven-time winner on the Circuit
Gilles Villeneuve, Michael Schumacher wasn’t really a rival to Alonso since
Schumacher drove his car off the track once, brushed the wall several times
and cut across the curve on the final turn several times to take him out
of contention. He had failed to finish three of his previous four races
at this event, including last year but this time he took advantage of Kimi
Raikkonen's mistake on a hairpin turn on the next-top-last lap and took
a second place.
Raikkonen's McLaren Mercedes ended
third, Giancarlo Fisichella's Renault was fourth and Felipe Massa's Ferrari
was fifth.
The dirty, slippery track didn't
stop Fernando Alonso's persistent ride toward a second straight Formula
One Championship. Apparently the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve needs a new
surface. Many pilots affirmed that the track got worst as the race progressed
and that going off the racing line was like driving on a skating rink.
This is Alonso’s sixth win of the
season, which gives him advantage of 25 points with ten races to go in
the World Championship standings on his way to next week’s U.S. Grand Prix.
This is Alonso’s 15th consecutive podium finish (top three), four podiums
away from Schumacher’s record.
Next week, the Formula One moves
to Indianapolis, and it is expected that it will make up for last year's
mess in which only six cars raced after those that use Michelin tires pulled
out over safety concerns.
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