On this day: 2007 - Lewis Hamilton won his first Grand Prix

Sport360 staff 12:33 10/06/2015
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  • Hamilton wins first F1 race in his career.

    In 2007 Lewis Hamilton won the Canadian Grand Prix on June 10 to take a strong grip on the 2015 Formula One World Championship, and Montreal will always hold a special place in the heart of the British driver.

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    Hamilton was just 22 when he won his first F1 race. Then with McLaren, Hamilton beat BMW Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld and Williams’ Alexander Wurz.

    Although he started on pole it was hardly plain sailing for Hamilton, with Fernando Alonso attempting to pass him on turn one and the safety car called out an unprecedented four times. In total, 10 drivers failed to finish the race, six of them because of accidents, in an incident-packed spectacle.

    Other memorable events on this day:

    1829: The first Oxford versus Cambridge Boat Race took place over a course from Hambledon Lock to Henley Bridge.

    1977: Al Geiberger became the first man to shoot a sub-60 round on the US Tour when he recorded a 59 in the Danny Thomas Golf Classic at the Colonial course in Memphis, Tennessee.

    1981: Sebastian Coe ran 800 metres in a world-record time of one minute 41.73 seconds in Florence. The record stood until August 1993.

    1991: England beat West Indies by 115 runs in the first Test at Headingley to record their first home win over the tourists since 1969.

    2008: David Villa scored a hat-trick as Spain, the eventual champions, got their Euro 2008 challenge off to a flying start with a 4-1 win against Russia in Innsbruck.

    2010: New Real Madrid manager Rafael Benitez was confirmed as the new manager of European champions Inter Milan. The Spaniard would go on to last a mere five months.

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