By Natasha
June 11 2007

Lewis Hamilton said: "I was just trying to control myself," he said. "I wanted to stop the car and jump out and do cartwheels or something, but I had to keep it going. "The next dream is to win a Formula One championship, but for the moment, we have to be realistic," the British driver said. "I'm still a rookie.

So the rookie gets his first win, I imagine all the ‘soccer papers’ are quite ecstatic, looking through a few of the red top’s publications, you can see their ‘pride’ seeping through their pages.

After JV launched a scathing attack on Lewis Hamilton’s driving style, it must be sweet for Lewis to break his F1 duck at the former 1996 world champions home race.

The race was really incident packed, and had so much drama, the safety car made four appearances, and not to mention the nasty accident involving BMW’s Robert Kubica, who thankfully after reports suggested he had a broken leg, I can report he has nothing more than a sprained ankle and concussion.

So we had crashes, chaos, and disqualifications, and amidst all this drama it was Lewis Hamilton who came out victorious, leading from start to finish, and never being headed all weekend.

The drama started with losing Jenson Button off the grid he succumbed to a gearbox problem, and despite being pushed back to pit lane, he was unable to get his Honda started.

The safety car made four appearances, it tried it’s utmost to steal the show, but in the end it was all eyes on Hamilton, as not only did he win his maiden F1 grand prix, but he went eight points clear of team mate and double world champion Fernando Alonso.

Fernando Alonso was bitterly unlucky, Lewis made his first scheduled stop just a lap before the safety car was deployed, Fernando’s scheduled first stop unluckily fell within the Safety car period; and under new rules, you have to wait two laps before the pit lane is open to make a stop.

Fernando and McLaren had no choice, it was either pit and take the ten second penalty or run out of a fuel.

He had also damaged the under tray of his car after having an incident at turn one on the very first lap, this effected his down force and he made a few off track escapades. It looked at one point Fernando would probably get fifth, he passed Kimi Raikkonen in the pits, after McLaren pulled off a very quick splash and dash, but while trying to pass the Toyota of Ralf, he went wide, allowed Raikkonen back through, it went from bad to worse.

As Fernando was on the super soft tyres, Sato in his Super Aguri, on the favoured harder tyres, passed Fernando Alonso, leaving the champion to come home over 20 seconds behind his team mate in seventh.

But while all this drama was unfolding behind Lewis, Hamilton was leading by example, dealing with all the safety car interventions like a pro, even after seeing all his 20 second plus lead disappear he just pulled away consistently after each re-start. It was a faultless drive, and Hamilton was ecstatic with his victory, and so were the fans. They gave him a standing ovation, and Hamilton was ‘over the moon’ and felt like he was on a ‘different planet’ after crossing the line first.

Lewis Hamilton said: "I was just trying to control myself," he said. "I wanted to stop the car and jump out and do cartwheels or something, but I had to keep it going.

"The fans were fantastic. To come to Canada for the first time. they really were fantastic supporters. It was extremely emotional."

He also revealed his next dream is to be world champion, but also accepted he was still a rookie, and that his journey in F1 has just begun.

"The next dream is to win a Formula One championship, but for the moment, we have to be realistic," the British driver said. "I'm still a rookie.

"There's going to be some really hard times. I hope there isn't, but it's bound to happen in this business. At the moment, it's been pretty consistent because of the team and also my having a good, well-grounded family. Everything is perfect."

Lewis Hamilton was emotional during his press conference, but no one can blame him, he was quite simply fully deserving of his victory, no doubt the first of many.

Also special mention to BMW’s Heidfield and Williams Wurz, both at one point in their career were associated with the McLaren Mercedes team, they both drove superbly, I was super impressed with Wurz, couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy or a nicer team, it was great to see Williams back on the podium, hopefully it is a regular occurrence, it was great to see Ferrari struggle, this result was good for the constructors and the world drivers championship.

On a final note Massa slams the ‘absurd’ disqualification of him and Fisichella at Canada, "I didn't do anything wrong and I find my disqualification absurd and utterly mistaken," he complained. "What was I supposed to do?

The Safety Car was out there but, like others, I had gone in to fill up and then come out again. I never saw the red light that myself and Fisichella were disqualified for.

"What sense does it make? Was I supposed to stay stopped while the race went on?"

I really do like Massa, but not when he makes comments like this, the red light was on in the pits, he ignored it, and just like JPM two years prior, was black flagged, instead of moaning about it, he should accept it in good grace. If I was Massa I’d be more worried about Ferrari’s lack of pace on their so called favoured tracks.