Talk:2008 Canadian Grand Prix

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In 2007, this race was won by Lewis Hamilton, in his first season in the top formula. Hamilton started from pole position on the grid; it was his first Formula One victory and the first Formula One race won by a black driver. Second place was taken by Nick Heidfeld and Alexander Wurz was third, making it the first Grand Prix of the 2007 season that drivers from teams other than Ferrari and McLaren achieved podium positions.

In 2007, the race had an unprecedented four safety car periods.^[1] It also included a violent impact by Robert Kubica's BMW Sauber against a concrete retaining wall, from which he suffered a sprained ankle and concussion. During the race Felipe Massa and Giancarlo Fisichella were disqualified for failing to stop at the end of the pit lane when the exit was closed.

Here are my thoughts on improving the article further (as per LeaveSleaves' request):

• Minor grammatical issues throughout, e.g. in the lead:
  • "It was the seventh race of the 2008 Formula One season and the only race of the season taking place in North America." Change to "It was the seventh race of the 2008 Formula One season and the only race of the season to take place in North America."
  • "Hamilton hit the back of Räikkönen's car at pit lane exit". Change to "Hamilton hit the back of Räikkönen's car at the pit lane exit".
• All of the sections can be expanded further, especially the practice and qualifying ones. There could also be a "pre-race" and a "post-race" section. Hamilton's and Rosberg's penalty could then be moved out of the race report section and into the post-race section.
• Sebastian Vettel's name is spelt incorrectly in several places.
• "Adrian Sutil had a gearbox failure on the 6th lap" - should be 16th lap.
• "Felipe Massa staged a brave fightback" - a bit too POV; should be reworded.
• Some parts could use references, for example "The remainder of the drivers fought to keep their cars on the track and generally ran much slower lap times than earlier in the race as the track surface was extremely worn and there was only a single line upon which a driver was able to find adequate traction." and "For a moment it looked like the Fisichella incident would see the safety car come out again".
• Some comments from drivers, team members etc. after the race could be added to the article (in the post-race section).
• For other opinions on the article, you may wish to request a peer review or leave a message requesting further comments at the WPF1 talkpage. It may also be a good idea to look at F1 race articles which are already at a high standard: 1994 San Marino Grand Prix and 2005 United States Grand Prix are at featured article level, whilst 1997 European Grand Prix, 2007 Australian Grand Prix, 2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, 2007 Canadian Grand Prix, 2007 French Grand Prix and 1995 Japanese Grand Prix are all at good article standard.

I hope that these comments are helpful; please ask if you need anything clarified or expanded upon.--Diniz(talk) 19:18, 8 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've dropped the page to mid importance (see here), to conform with the Belgian one. Apterygial (talk) 10:08, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

So, is this still mid, since it's the last Canadian GP? 70.51.8.75 (talk) 05:53, 8 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, especially since we don't know for sure that this was the last Canadian Grand Prix ever (I mean, in 1987, we all thought the 1986 race had been "the last Canadian Grand Prix"...) DH85868993 (talk) 01:27, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Guys, i had a question. I went to this page and saw the Image a total blank! Can you all see the Image? Áqúáďêîâŝ Σ 06:16, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, shall we change the Image? Or do you have another image? I would like to replace the currently ^BLANK' Image. Áqúáďêîâŝ Σ 06:16, 28 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]