Hamilton, who was running well inside the top five, suffered a mysterious loss of pace after Lap 13. Sky Sports F1’s Karun Chandhok later revealed that Hamilton had been carrying car damage from that moment on, specifically, a 20-point loss of downforce.

Lewis Hamilton revealed he ran over a groundhog – which damaged his Ferrari car – in Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix. Hamilton started the Montreal race in fifth and looked to be on course for a positive 70 laps, before his grand prix has impacted early on.

Lewis Hamilton has been left emotional after sharing the “horrible” news that his car ran over an animal at the Canadian Grand Prix.