Having been an avid follower of Formula One as I grew up, I’ve seen my fair share of drivers come and go.  The one which stuck around the longest, and has been the sport’s highest performing driver to date is of course Michael Schumacher.

As he was around for so long, and won so much there are several negative points which blighted his career - he was often portrayed as having a “win at all costs” mentality, and there were several incidents throughout his career to back this up.

Lewis Hamilton and McLaren have done an absolutely amazing job so far this season - much more than most people had hoped for.

For a driver to be on the podium of every race so far and to have 2 wins on the trot this early in the season is something special, something normally only associated with a more experienced driver who is sure to be battling for the title. For that driver to be someone who has only just arrived in F1 is simply amazing!

After the Monaco Grand Prix just a couple of weeks ago, there was an uproar in the British media over McLaren’s apparent bias towards Fernando Alonso by telling their other driver Lewis Hamilton to back off and not race him.

This seemed like common sense to most people, why should McLaren allow their two drivers to race and potentially force one or other (or both) into a mistake which in the end costs them millions of pounds and dents their chances of winning a World Championship or two?

Lewis Hamilton has managed to bag his first pole position in only his sixth F1 start - no mean feat, so congratulations to him for that.  He is the first person ever to secure their first pole at the Canadian circuit so it’s obviously not an easy track to learn and drive - especially considering he has never been there before this weekend.

I’m not sure whether he deserved it or not, as I always seem to lose interest during the final phase of qualifying which has to be the dullest part of the whole GP weekend and the sooner they do something about it the better.

The whole Lewis Hamilton hooplah has me in a bit of a quandry.

Last year, I saw him race in GP2 and was excited at the prospect of him stepping up to Formula 1 - and in a McLaren to boot. It seemed too good to be true, a young and obviously talented British driver being given a chance to fulfill his lifelong dream and race in the pinnacle series of motorsport with a top team, hopefully giving him a chance to shine and challenge for points from the very start.