Most recently the 2006 and 2007 races also gave brilliant entertainment.
In 2006 Alonso won a chaotic race in which he spent the first stint battling to keep Raikkonen behind. When he encountered problems in the pits Alonso built a comfortable gap.
Later in the race with marbles from the tires littering the track, Villeneuve went straight into the wall. The safety car came out and the leading runners were bunched together. Alonso managed to get away but Raikkonen slipped on the marbles, allowing Schumacher to take second.
2007 was the scene of Hamilton’s first F1 win. This crazy race featured four safety cars, as drivers made a lot of mistakes on a low grip track, including Hamilton's team mate Fernando Alonso, who seemed to really struggle at turn one.
Also the new safety car rules caught people out and turned the race into a crazy affair. Kubica luckily survived one of the worse accidents seen in years. Despite Hamilton’s lead being destroyed all the time, he held his nerve and took a brilliant first victory.
What will happen in the 2008 race?
This should be another close Mclaren-Ferrari battle.
This will be one of the strongest tracks for Mclaren this season. Their car like point and squirt tracks a lot. The car is agile through the slow corners and rides the kerbs well.
However unlike last season they won’t have it all their own way.
Ferrari has improved their car massively in the slow corners and should be at least on par with Mclaren.
It should be a very close battle, but I would tip Mclaren to have the tightest of advantages, and Hamilton will revel at the track where he earned his first ever victory in F1. Both qualifying and the race will be very tight between all four drivers in these teams, but I think come the checkered flag on Sunday, Hamilton will win by a whisker.
In terms of the championship Hamilton really needs to win this race. The next two tracks after Canada (Magny-Cours and Silverstone) will really suit the Ferrari, so Hamilton will need to take as big a championship lead as he possibly can(currently the lead is 3 points) and try and defend in these two races which will be very hard to win.
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