Lewis Hamilton wins the US Grand Prix

The rookie Lewis Hamilton continues to amaze the Formula 1 fans, this time he won the US Grand Prix.

Lewis Hamilton wins the US Grand Prix After winning in Canada, Lewis Hamilton now adds the US Grand Prix to his list of Formula 1 achievements. The British driver admitted that he knew the Indianapolis Motor Speedway only by playing video games, but this did not stop the young driver from winning the Sunday race. Second Gran Prix career victory for the 22-year-old Briton, beating teammate Fernando Alonso in Indianapolis. Lewis Hamilton has now a 10-point lead over Alonso with 58 points compared to 48 for Alonso. Hamilton broke another record in Indianapolis - he became the first driver to score points in all of his first seven races

Lewis Hamilton was 1,518 seconds faster than Fernando Alonso in crossing the finish line of the US Grand Prix. Felipe Massa was third for Ferrari. With first and second, McLaren now has a 35 points more than Ferrari in the constructors table.

A furious battle took place on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Many attempts were made by Fernando Alonso to overtake his McLaren teammate but Lewis Hamilton successfully blocked each one of them. It was obvious that the two-time world champion was getting quite frustrated as he waved his fist to the McLaren box at the 40th lap, after another block by Hamilton.

Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen from Ferrari were involved in their own private battle which was won at the end by the Brazilian driver.

The US Grand Prix final results:

1. L. Hamilton
2. F. Alonso
3. F. Massa
4. K. Räikkönen
5. H. Kovalainen
6. J. Trulli
7. M. Webber
8. S. Vettel
9. G. Fisichella
10. A. Wurz
11. A. Davidson
12. J. Button
13. S. Speed
14. A. Sutil
15. C. Albers
16. N. Rosberg
17. V. Liuzzi

Published on 06/18/2007