In a race that saw four safety car periods, the biggest accident in many years, the world champion off the road repeatedly, the circuit falling apart and the qualifying order virtually turned inside out, Lewis Hamilton remained calm, composed, and utterly in command.
His progress from his first pole to his first victory was about the only serene element of the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix, as chaos reigned in Hamilton's wake.
The only man who could claim to have had a vaguely comparable race was second-placed Nick Heidfeld, but he had dealt with hydraulic problems, a few brushes with the wall, and a deleted Q2 time in the build-up to the GP.