Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wata daya bayan tashiwar Alonso, an tabbatar da cewa Heikki Kovalainen zai tuka mota ta biyu don McLaren tare da Hamilton, wanda ya sanya hannu kan sabon kwangilar shekaru biyar na miliyoyin fam don kasancewa tare da kungiyar har zuwa 2012. Hamilton ya lashe tseren farko na kakar wasa, da, daga pole. A Malaysia, ya gama na biyar daga na tara a kan grid, yana yin hukunci don hana Nick Heidfeld cancantar zagaye. Ya dawo kan dandalin a Spain
inda ya gama na uku, kafin ya gama na biyu a Turkiyya, kuma ya lashe gasar zakarun Turai don ya jagoranci gasar. A Montreal, Hamilton ya yi karo da baya na Räikkönen a lokacin tseren, bayan ya kasa ganin cewa Finn ɗin yana jira a hasken wuta a ƙarshen layin pit yayin da duk filin ya wuce ƙarƙashin jagorancin motar aminci, yana sa motocin biyu su yi ritaya. An ba Hamilton hukuncin matsayi na 10 na grid don tseren na gaba,.