Lewis Hamilton takes another big step · 2007-06-10 13:13
F1 Rookie Hamilton won pole in Montreal.
The 22-year-old Mercedes McLaren driver started his F1 career with five consecutive podium finishes – a third in the opener in Australia followed by four straight seconds.
On Saturday, the first black driver in Formula One history took another big step, winning his first F1 pole ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix. He took the pole with a lap of 1 minute, 15.707 seconds in the last of three 15-minute qualifying sessions, The Ledger informs.
"At the end of the day, I didn’t make a mistake and I’m just thrilled," said Hamilton, who never stopped smiling after stepping out of his car.
Teammate and two-time series champion Fernando Alonso had a lap of 1:16.163, which was just 0.456 seconds slower than Hamilton's final effort on the 2.71-mile Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Nick Heidfeld was third in a BMW Sauber at 1:16.266, followed by the Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa at 1:16.411 and 1:16.570, respectively.
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