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Kimi Räikkönen had to accept a better retirement at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal. Lewis Hamilton chashed into the back of Kimi's Ferrari at the pitlane exit during a safety car period. After that the Finn had to retire from the race.

Kimi defended his third place at the start of the race and was right behind Robert Kubica and Lewis Hamilton at the end of the first lap. Hamilton then could pull away a little from Kubica in the initial phase of the race, while Kimi had some effort to follow the polish BMW driver. However, Kimi could go faster from lap 15 and reduced the gap on Kubica more and more. 

For a short time later the safety car was deployed in lap 17 to retrieve Adrian Sutil's Force India, which had parked in a difficult position near Turn 3. The pit lane was opened again and Kimi poured into the pits for his first stop together with Hamilton and Kubica. At this he was processed faster than Hamilton and drove directly besides Kubica in direction of the pitlane exit. Kimi and Kubica then dutifully halted at the pit exit because the red light was on while the safety car train came past. But Hamilton appeared not to notice the red light and ploughed into the bac of Kimi's Ferrari. The car was damaged by the impact in such a way that Kimi had to retire from the race.

Kimi is now fourth in the championship with his previous 35 point. After his maiden victory today, Robert Kubica is now leading the championship with 42 point, followed by Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton with 35 points respectively.

“There’s not much I can say. My race was ruined by Hamilton’s mistake. Obviously, anyone can make mistakes, as I did two weeks ago in Monaco, but it’s one thing to make a mistake at two hundred per hour but another to hit a car stopped at a red light. I am not angry because that doesn’t achieve anything and does not change my result! I am unhappy, because I had a great chance of winning. Once the graining had gone from the tyres, the car was going very well. I have failed to score in these last two races and now it’s time to start winning again. There is still a long way to go in the championship and it is still very close and we have everything we need to regain the ground we have lost.”

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