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LEWIS Hamilton realised a boyhood dream by claiming victory in an action-packed Monaco Grand Prix to regain control of a furious fight for the Formula One world title.
After an early run into the barriers on a wet circuit as the rain fell, Hamilton managed to hold his nerve, becoming only the fifth Briton to take the chequered flag. In claiming his sixth triumph in 23 starts, he now joins Stirling Moss, Graham Hill, Sir Jackie Stewart and David Coulthard on being crowned king of the Principality.
After crossing the line, and talking to his pit crew via his in-car radio, a jubilant Hamilton said: “I apologise for hitting the barrier, but we made up for it. Now let’s go party!”
Once the rain started to fall around 20 minutes before the start, it was always going to be an incident-fuelled race, and so it wonderfully proved.
The conditions meant the race ran for the full two hours, with 76 of the 78 laps completed.
And for once, rather than watching a dull procession around the tight, twisty streets of Monte Carlo, the public who pay through the nose for tickets for Formula One’s blue-riband event were given real value for money.
The first incident, though, was unexpected and occurred prior to the race unfolding as Heikki Kovalainen failed to pull away from the grid for the warm-up lap.
After Hamilton had made a superb start to pass Kimi Raikkonen on the run down to Sainte Devote, Jenson Button became the first on-track casualty.
The Briton, normally superb in the wet, attempted to pass the BMW Sauber of Nick Heidfeld coming out of the swimming pool complex on lap one, only to lose his nose cone.
Then Hamilton clipped a barrier on the entry to Tabac, puncturing his right-rear tyre and forcing him into an unexpected pit stop.
The calamities continued when David Coulthard lost the back end of his Red Bull on entry to Casino Square, clouting a barrier and forcing him out of the race on lap eight.
To add to a stationary Coulthard’s chagrin, he was immediately hit from behind by Sebastien Bourdais after the Frenchman had lost his Toro Rosso on the same part of the circuit, forcing the safety car into play.
Then came confirmation of a foolish mistake from Ferrari as they had not fully fitted Raikkonen’s tyres at the three-minute signal prior to the start of the race. That resulted in a 10-second penalty for the Finn
Massa almost joined the list of casualties at Sainte Devote as he slid off into the run-off area, allowing Kubica to take the lead. Then the race and a drying track started to come to Hamilton, as Kubica and Massa were eventually forced to make the first of their routine stops. That allowed Hamilton to gain the lead on lap 33, one he did not relinquish until the chequered flag.
With 20 minutes of the race remaining and at a point when Hamilton had a 40-second lead over Kubica, Nico Rosberg lost his line coming out of the swimming pool complex. The Williams driver initially thundered off a wall and across the circuit into a barrier on the entry to La Rascasse. With a wrecked car and debris all over the track, it brought the safety car into play for the second time, but crucially whittling Hamilton’s 40-second lead down to nothing with 17 minutes to go.
But there was still more drama to come as Raikkonen lost control of his car on the run down to the Nouvelle Chicane. Although the Finn managed to hold on without hitting a barrier, he instead ran into the back of Adrian Sutil.
Behind Hamilton, Kubica came home second, followed by Massa, with the Red Bull of Mark Webber in a season-high fourth.
Sebastian Vettel scored his first points of the season by taking fifth for Toro Rosso, whilst Rubens Barrichello claimed sixth in his Honda.
A thrilled Hamilton, after taking his second win of the year following his success in Australia, said: “This is the highlight of my career, and it will be the highlight for the rest of my life.”
KUALA LUMPUR: Part-time singer Stacie Angie Anam beat four other contestants to win the Akademi Fantasia Season Six here last night.
Stacy, 18, as she is known, impressed judges Ning Baizura, Fauziah Datuk Ahmad Daud and Adlin Aman Ramlie with her moving renditions of Atas Nama Cinta and Aku Stacy at the grand finals held at the Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil.
She took home RM733,734 worth of prizes in cash and in kind, which included a four-room bungalow at A’Famosa Villa D’Lagos, Malacca (RM550,000), a Peugeot 307 XS (RM139,535), RM25,000, holiday packages to South Africa (RM8,000) and New York (RM10,000), a Sony playstation (RM1,199) and a trophy.
Second place went to Mohamed Idris Zaizizi, 32, from Perak, who won RM15,000 and a Naza Bestari (RM68,877), holiday package to South Africa (RM8,000), holiday voucher (RM3,000), and Sony PlayStation (RM1,199) . Third was Ahmad Nubhan Ahmad, 22, from Negri Sembilan, who took home RM10,000 and other gifts.
The fourth placed performer was Khirul Nizam Baharum, 31, from Johor Baru, who won RM5,000 and other gifts, while Nadia Haswani Hasnan, 18, from Kuala Lumpur was placed fifth.
Hosted by A.C. Mizal, the three-hour show before a packed audience at the 6,000-seat stadium saw each of the five finalists performing two songs a cover version and a new song.
Final Result:
1st place: Stacy
2nd place: Riz
3rd place: Nubhan
4th place: Toi
5th place: Nadia
The finalist of Akademi Fantasia 6:
From left: Stacy, Nadia, Riz, Nubhan and Toi
