Me just quoting what Brundle and James were commentating
U.S. GP: Hamilton continues to excel Sunday 17th June 2007
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Lewis Hamilton remains firmly on course to win the World Championship in his debut season after winning the United States Grand Prix.
As in Canada, Hamilton lead from start to finish, but it was an entirely different race in Indianapolis as the rookie was pushed all the way by his McLaren team-mate Fernando Alonso. Scarcely two seconds separated the two drivers all afternoon, but the youngster refused to buckle under the pressure.
Once again, McLaren's pursuers were a distant second, with Ferrari reduced to the status of best of the rest. Felipe Massa was third, followed by Kimi Raikkonen in 4th and Heiki Kovalainen in 5th.
Race Report: It was sizzling at Indianapolis, with the ambient temperature at 35C and a track temperature that had got as high as 60C before the parade lap, but was measured at 54C at the start.
Fernando Alonso was starting from the inside and had the added hazard of a patch of cement dust just in front of his car, courtesy of oil from a support race engine. As the lights went out, it proved no disadvantage, Hamilton switched to the inside line and Alonso accelerated to the outside, clear of the chasing Massa starting from P3.
Going into the corner both McLarens converged and Alonso almost looked like he was going to bump tyres with his rookie team-mate before holding his line. As Hamilton had the inside, he took the corner.
Behind, it was another poor start from Kimi Raikkonen as he got swallowed up by both Nick Heidfeld and Heiki Kovalainen.
However it was Ralf Schumacher who caused the most damage. Ralf is one of F1's less gifted starters. He jumped onto the brakes too late going into Turn 1 and slewed to his left, taking out David Coulthard's Red Bull and Rubens Barrichello's Honda as everyone to the left of him was forced onto the grass and run-off beyond Turn 1.
It was a dismal mistake which Ralf wouldn't admit to: "It was a normal race incident. I got into the way of David, or he got into the way of me..." What would be most galling later in the race was that Takuma Sato would be penalised for overtaking a car under double-waved yellows, even though his race had ended in the gravel.
Schumacher was clearly guilty of causing an avoidable accident but got away with it. As a result of his error there was a shuffling of the midfield and Adrian Sutil took the chance to take P14 on the opening lap. Barrichello, Schumacher and Coulthards' races were over.
Sebastien Vettel went off the road and onto the grass cutting out Turn 2 and lost places, even though he was ahead of the Schumacher collision.
At the front of the race Fernando Alonso was hustling Lewis Hamilton through the first few turns looking for a way past. Hamilton would not be hustled. As the cars came round at the end of the lap the order was:
Hamilton, Alonso, Massa, Heidfeld, Kovalainen, Raikkonen, Trulli, Fisichella, Webber, Rosberg and Vettel in 11th place.
On Lap 2 double-waved yellows protected Ralf Schumacher's damaged Toyota at Turn 1 and while Giancarlo Fisichella was driving his one-stopping Renault across the gravel at Turn 4, Takuma Sato nipped inside Jenson Button to take a place, something the stewards would take a dim view of.
http://www.planetf1.comIt's possible he's gonna repeat his success in GP2 on his debut as well as in Formula One.
This post has been edited by Raikkonen: Jun 18 2007, 05:22 AM 
Jun 17 2007, 06:11 PM
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well done Hamilton and Alonso
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