Gary's view – Canadian Grand Prix
Former Jordan race engineer Gary Anderson delivered a warning to 'big head' Lewis Hamilton – as BMW's 1-2 finish in Montreal proved you're never too good to learn.
Former Jordan race engineer Gary Anderson delivered a warning to 'big head' Lewis Hamilton – as BMW's 1-2 finish in Montreal proved you're never too good to learn.
"The 'Make it happen' moment of the race was undoubtedly the point when Lewis Hamilton drop-kicked Kimi Raikkonen – as one of them would almost certainly have won the race otherwise.
You have to say that the accident was 100 per cent Hamilton's fault. The red light was on at the end of the pit lane, so Raikkonen and Robert Kubica weren't sitting there for no reason.
Hamilton's been saying to everyone how in control he is all the time, but we didn't see that at this race. He's getting a big head, which is sad to see. He needs to remember that he hasn't earned his stripes yet. If he wants credibility, he should get his head down and keep his mouth shut for a while.
Surprisingly, Raikkonen was very cool about the incident – more so than he has been at times in the past. But he's an older, calmer man now and he knew there was nothing he could about it.
Obviously, Robert Kubica got a bit lucky when the top two crashed out but he still deserved his win. BMW were really struggling at the end of winter testing but they've dug deep, focused, done a lot of research, and learned a lot about the car. Sometimes, you could almost say its an advantage if you build a bad car - if you build a good car, you learn nothing about it during the season.
As for the race, well Montreal is one of those tracks where there's always something going on – and it didn't disappoint. It's high-speed, and teams need to run the soft and the super-soft tyres to get any grip. These tyres leave a lot of rubber 'marbles' on the track, which is already dirty because it doesn't get used for much else throughout the year. They also have a particular problem at Montreal with the track breaking up because the fierce winters are so bad for the tarmac. The circuit owners will need to bite the bullet now and put a new surface down. An enormous amount of technology goes into making F1 cars these days, but some of the tracks don't quite come up to the same standard."
