Motor racing-Hamilton lost performance after hitting groundhog

Formula One F1 - Canadian Grand Prix - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada - June 15, 2025 Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton makes a pit stop during the race Pool via REUTERS/Shawn Thew

MONTREAL (Reuters) -Ferrari blamed a groundhog strike for wrecking Lewis Hamilton's Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday, with the seven times Formula One world champion saying he was devastated to have killed the animal.

Hamilton finished sixth at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, one place behind teammate Charles Leclerc, and complained over the radio at one point that he was "nowhere in the race".