I’m nowhere in this race,” Hamilton admitted mid-race in Montreal after Ferrari revealed he had been carrying car damage since Lap 13.

Lewis Hamilton says he is “devastated” to have hit a groundhog during the F1 Canadian Grand Prix. The seven-time world champion, who is a vegan, struck the animal on Lap 13 of Sunday’s race, causing significant damage to the floor of his Ferrari.

Lewis Hamilton’s Canadian Grand Prix unravelled early and the culprit wasn’t a rival car, a pit stop blunder, or the weather. It was a groundhog. Hamilton, who was running well inside the top five, suffered a mysterious loss of pace after Lap 13.