What a race! The European Grand Prix had to be “red flagged” and stopped after lap 4 when 6 drivers including Lewis Hamilton came off the track during the early stages of the race. This was on top of the fact that Lewis suffered a left rear puncture after the two BMW’s collided and one clipped him on lap 1.

Lewis then kept his engine running whilst he was on the gravel and then was lifted off by a crane and allowed to rejoin the race. This meant that he started the race a lap down - but according to the rules he was allowed to catch up on and re-lap himself while the safety car was on the track. Instead he decided to pit and put his dry tires on - a move which cost him dearly as he struggled to keep he grip on the still-wet circuit and he ended up around 90 seconds down by lap 25.

Dring the latter half of the race though Lewis continued to gain ground, constantly improving his lap times, lap after lap. However, at the end of the day he just couldn’t make up the lost ground and it seems that driving on the dry tyres too early in the race was the major factor contributing to his final race position.

So for the first time in his Formula One career Lewis didn’t earn a podium position. Despite some brilliant overtaking it just wasn’t enough at the end of the day. Lewis still walks away with 2 points for the number 9 slot though but we’ll have to wait 2 weeks until the Hungarian Grand Prix to see if Lewis can regain a podium position once again.