Jun.2 (GMM) McLaren's Lewis Hamilton enjoyed a triple-dose of good fortune to emerge the winner of the recent Monaco grand prix.



That is the assessment of formula one team founder Peter Sauber, who is still a consultant and small shareholder of today's BMW-owned outfit.



In his latest newspaper column for Blick, the 64-year-old Swiss said the McLaren driver's luck began when he made a driver error and struck the barrier on lap 6.



"The fact that the suspension remained intact was simply lucky," Sauber wrote.



"The fact that the incident happened towards the end of a lap, rather than at the beginning, was lucky again, otherwise he would have lost much more time driving slowly back to the pits," he continued.



Sauber explained: "Then he was able to adopt a better strategy than his rivals, and the safety car meant that his error was effectively negated because of the favourable timing.



"He was simply lucky three times over," Sauber said.