As it turns out, he was not supposed to come into the pits at that time. He was on a one stop strategy.
But just at the end of the straight, he hit a beaver !! And his brakes locked and his car was slightly damaged. So, he entered the pits and was waiting patiently for someone to realise he was in the pits and help him out !!
Anthony Davidson was gutted to have missed out on a spectacular result for the Super Aguri team when he hit a beaver while running third in the Canadian Grand Prix.
The race, which Davidson described as "carnage" featured four Safety Cars and several penalties to leading runners, which allowed some of the less fancied cars to play into the mix with unorthodox fuel strategies.
The Brit was one such driver and was on course to cause a major upset when he made contact with the animal after the second Safety Car period.
“It is such a shame about the beaver, it had it in for me for sure!" he said.
"I was on a clear, one stop strategy and it damaged the front wing."
Then when he pitted for repairs his crew wasn't ready for him.
"I couldn’t even see it at high speed and I could not understand why suddenly I locked up the front tyres and so I had to come in to the pitlane," he said
"The guys were taken by surprise in the garage when I came in, but they were really on it with the race strategy after that, telling me to overtake the safety car to get my lap back and it was a really enjoyable race at the end."
Davidson eventually finished 11th, while his team-mate Takuma Sato finished in the points in sixth.
"I equalled my best result and it is great news for the team who did a great job today," he added.
"I was out there on the option tyre, realised there was lots of graining and reported it to the team.
"I came in under the safety car to change the tyres and before Taku had even done any fast laps they knew to change the tyres back to the prime and the tyres paid off.
"It was really good team work so I am extremely happy.”
The reason behind Davidson's comical pit stop.
