'Stupid' Lewis Blamed

Lewis: The pits

He can take corners at 120-something mph. He can out pace the world's best drivers.

Just a shame that he forgets to stop at red lights.

Britain's Lewis Hamilton was cruising to victory in Montreal's Canadian Grand Prix when he entered the pit lane... where he missed a red light and rear-ended Kimi Raikkonen.

Raikkonen, unsurprisingly, wasn't best pleased.

'If I am going 300km an hour and lose control and hit somebody it is natural,' he ranted, apparently forgetting the meaning of the word 'natural.'

'But if I do it in a pit-lane, with a speed limit, with two cars stopped, and you hit them it is stupid.

'I saw the red light and chose to stop. Unfortunately someone saw the red light and chose not to stop.'

Hamilton had cruised ahead of the pack when the incident happened after 18 laps.

'The team told me on the radio about the lights but it was too late,' shrugged Lewis. 'It was unfortunate.'

It certainly was. As well as hitting Raikkonen, Hamilton was hit by Nico Rosberg. Both drivers will now receive a 10-place penalty at the French Grand Prix.

BMW's Robert Kubica took the race – the first Pole to win a Grand Prix – and now leads the driver's championship by four points from Hamilton.

Copies of the Highway Code should be sent to Lewis Hamilton c/o McClaren.

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