Britain’s Lewis Hamilton battled to a masterful Monaco Grand Prix victory despite hitting the barriers on an afternoon of mayhem in the rain. Hamilton reignited the scrap for this year’s drivers’ world championship with a memorable drive for McLaren in a race of treacherous wet and dry conditions. For the 23-year-old Englishman his first win on the famous Mediterranean street circuit was a dream result in his favourite race. Hamilton came home three seconds clear of his friend Pole Robert Kubica in a BMW Sauber with Brazilian Felipe Massa third for Ferrari after starting from pole position. This was the Briton’s second win of the season and the sixth of his career. Australian Mark Webber in a Red Bull was fourth.

Montecarlo ha incoronato Lewis Hamilton. L’inglese della McLaren è entrato oggi nel prestigioso club dei vincitori del GP di Monaco trionfando in uno dei GP più divertenti visti da un po’ di tempo a questa parte. Merito anche della pioggia al via che ha mescolato le carte e costretto praticamente tutti a errori grossolani. Lo stesso Lewis appena dopo la partenza ha sbattuto la posteriore destra rientrando ai box. Un episodio che lo ha pure favorito perché anticipando la sosta ha rifornito e modificato la strategia in modo perfetto per scavare il vantaggio decisivo nella fase centrale di gara, quando Massa e Kubica si sono fermati per la loro sosta.

Sunday was an Indianapolis 500 the way we all remember it. Well, those of us old enough to remember when so many things made this event special. A giant crowd, clearly the biggest in a decade. Tempers flaring, almost A.J. Foyt style, among several contending drivers, including Danica. Unexpected moments and wild crashes, but thankfully, no one hurt. Tears of disappointment from one driver. And the race favorite holding off the little-team underdog in the final laps.New Zealand’s Scott Dixon will go in the books as the first Indy 500 winner of the new era, the return of one unified series for American open-wheel racing.

A Indianapolis trionfa il neozelandese del team Ganassi, Scott Dixon, che dopo essere partito dalla pole ha battuto il brasiliano Vitor Meira e Marco Andretti. Ritirati Tony Kanaan e Danica Patrick.

Kasey Kahne didn’t need the popular vote to get him into Victory Lane at Lowe’s Motor Speedway for the second time in eight days. Kahne, who won last week’s All-Star race at LMS after being voted by fans into the main event, took advantage of Tony Stewart’s misfortune with three laps remaining to capture Sunday night’s Coca-Cola 600. The victory snapped a 52-race losing streak for the 28-year-old, whose last points win was here in the 2006 fall race.

Tennis Roland Garros 2008 Highlights of the day (Day 1)

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