{"id":10632,"date":"2025-06-16T15:04:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T15:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=10632"},"modified":"2025-06-16T15:04:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T15:04:29","slug":"lewis-hamilton-devastated-after-hitting-groundhog-during-canadian-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=10632","title":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton &#8216;devastated&#8217; after hitting groundhog during Canadian Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Lewis Hamilton expressed heartbreak after hitting a groundhog during the Canadian Grand Prix on June 15, an incident that left visible damage to his Ferrari and deeply upset the seven-time Formula One world champion.<\/p>\n<p>The 40-year-old ran over the rodent on lap 13 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, with the impact tearing a hole in the floor of his SF-25.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrari later confirmed the damage likely cost Hamilton approximately half a second per lap for the remainder of the race.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton, a vocal animal rights advocate and vegan, finished sixth in a race won by Mercedes driver George Russell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was feeling pretty decent up until then,\u201d Hamilton said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then, I didn\u2019t see it happen, but obviously I heard I hit a groundhog. So that\u2019s devastating. I love animals, and I\u2019m so sad about it. That\u2019s horrible. That\u2019s never happened to me here before. It\u2019s never nice to see that \u2013 I just hope it didn\u2019t suffer,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Groundhogs are common on the Montreal circuit, which is located on a man-made island in the Saint Lawrence River.<\/p>\n<p>Despite efforts in past years to prevent wildlife from straying onto the track, animal encounters remain an occasional hazard at the venue.<\/p>\n<p>Russell secured his first win of the season from pole, with Red Bull\u2019s Max Verstappen taking second place.<\/p>\n<p>Hamilton currently sits sixth in the drivers\u2019 standings as the 2025 F1 season nears its halfway point.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lewis Hamilton expressed heartbreak after hitting a groundhog during the Canadian Grand Prix on June 15, an incident that left visible damage to his Ferrari and deeply upset the seven-time Formula One world champion. The 40-year-old ran over the rodent on lap 13 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, with the impact tearing a hole in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}