2007 Bahrain Grand Prix
2007 Bahrain Grand Prix | |||
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Race 3 of 17 in the 2007 Formula One World Championship | |||
Race details | |||
Date | April 15, 2007 | ||
Official name | 2007 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix | ||
Location |
Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 5.412 km (3.363 miles) | ||
Distance | 57 laps, 308.238 km (191.530 miles) | ||
Weather | Sunny, dry, windy | ||
Attendance | 90,000 (Weekend)[1] | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Ferrari | ||
Time | 1:32.652 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | |
Time | 1:34.067 on lap 42 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Ferrari | ||
Second |
Mercedes | ||
Third | Ferrari | ||
Lap leaders |
The 2007 Bahrain Grand Prix (formally the 2007 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix)
In practice 1 and 2, Kimi Räikkönen topped the charts. Lewis Hamilton also placed well. Vitantonio Liuzzi got a surprise 8th-place result in 1st practice. Felipe Massa won the Grand Prix from Lewis Hamilton, who made history to become the first driver ever to finish on the podium in all his first three races.
Report
Practice
The Friday morning practice session saw both
Räikkönen was fastest again in the afternoon session, clocking a time of 1:33.527, just under four tenths slower than his fastest time during the morning session. Unlike the morning session, however, Ferrari did not have both their cars occupying the top two as Massa's fastest time was fourth fastest, with Hamilton and
It was six thousandths of a second that prevented Räikkönen from being fastest in all three practice sessions, but his run was ended by Lewis Hamilton with the lead BMW Sauber of Nick Heidfeld in third; Kubica fourth; Anthony Davidson's Super Aguri in fifth and Massa completing the top six, four tenths down on Hamilton's time.[7][8]
Qualifying
Qualifying was played out in temperatures of over 34 °C and despite a small shower of rain just after the morning practice session was over, the track itself was dry.
The two
Hamilton and the two BMW Saubers were first out in the final Part of qualifying, with Massa setting the early pace. The final part of the session saw Massa improve his time, lapping with a time of 1:32.652. Hamilton came second, just under three tenths slower than Massa, putting him on the front row in his third Formula One race. Kimi Räikkönen and Fernando Alonso made up row two, both BMW Saubers of Heidfeld and Kubica were fifth and sixth respectively; Giancarlo Fisichella and Mark Webber made up row four and Jarno Trulli and Nico Rosberg completed the top ten ninth and tenth respectively.[9][10]
Race
At the start, the two leaders maintained their positions with Alonso passing Räikkönen into the second corner to take third. Further back, Adrian Sutil, Jenson Button and Scott Speed were involved in a collision in turn four, with Button and Speed out on the spot, while Sutil managed to get back to the pits. The Safety Car was brought out to clear up the wreckage.
Vitantonio Liuzzi had a drive-through penalty on lap nine for overtaking under a safety car. On the same lap, Rosberg had an off-track excursion, losing a place to Coulthard in the process. The front two stayed in the same positions after the first round of stops, but Räikkönen got back past Alonso to take third.
Alonso began to lose ground, and was passed by Heidfeld. He stayed behind the BMW for the remainder of the race. The Renaults also began to struggle, with Coulthard managing to overtake Fisichella. However, both Red Bulls retired in quick succession, promoting Trulli and Fisichella to the points.
Massa won the Grand Prix, 2.3 seconds in front of rookie Hamilton.[11][12]
After the race, Alonso, Räikkönen and Hamilton were equal on points. The last time the top three were level on points was in 1950 after the Indianapolis 500. By finishing second, Hamilton became the first driver in Formula One history to finish on the podium in each of his first three World Championship Grands Prix; the previous record was two consecutive podium finishes, achieved by Peter Arundell in the 1964 season.
Classification
Qualifying
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Grid |
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1 | 5 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:32.443 | 1:31.359 | 1:32.652 | 1 |
2 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:32.580 | 1:31.752 | 1:32.935 | 2 |
3 | 6 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 1:33.161 | 1:31.812 | 1:33.131 | 3 |
4 | 1 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:33.049 | 1:32.214 | 1:33.192 | 4 |
5 | 9 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 1:33.164 | 1:32.154 | 1:33.404 | 5 |
6 | 10 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 1:33.348 | 1:32.292 | 1:33.710 | 6 |
7 | 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:33.556 | 1:32.889 | 1:34.056 | 7 |
8 | 15 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 1:33.496 | 1:32.808 | 1:34.106 | 8 |
9 | 12 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota
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1:33.218 | 1:32.429 | 1:34.154 | 9 |
10 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Toyota
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1:33.349 | 1:32.815 | 1:34.399 | 10 |
11 | 17 | Alexander Wurz | Toyota
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1:33.759 | 1:32.915 | 11 | |
12 | 4 | Heikki Kovalainen | Renault | 1:33.467 | 1:32.935 | 12 | |
13 | 23 | Anthony Davidson | Super Aguri-Honda | 1:33.299 | 1:33.082 | 13 | |
14 | 11 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota
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1:33.923 | 1:33.294 | 14 | |
15 | 8 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 1:33.776 | 1:33.624 | 15 | |
16 | 7 | Jenson Button | Honda | 1:33.967 | 1:33.731 | 16 | |
17 | 22 | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri-Honda | 1:33.984 | 17 | ||
18 | 18 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:34.024 | 18 | ||
19 | 19 | Scott Speed | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 1:34.333 | 19 | ||
20 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Spyker-Ferrari | 1:35.280 | 20 | ||
21 | 14 | David Coulthard | Red Bull-Renault | 1:35.341 | 21 | ||
22 | 21 | Christijan Albers | Spyker-Ferrari | 1:35.533 | 22 | ||
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Race
Pos. | No. | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 5 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 57 | 1:33:27.515 | 1 | 10 |
2 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 57 | +2.360 | 2 | 8 |
3 | 6 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 57 | +10.839 | 3 | 6 |
4 | 9 | Nick Heidfeld | BMW Sauber | 57 | +13.831 | 5 | 5 |
5 | 1 | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Mercedes | 57 | +14.426 | 4 | 4 |
6 | 10 | Robert Kubica | BMW Sauber | 57 | +45.529 | 6 | 3 |
7 | 12 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota
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57 | +1:21.371 | 9 | 2 |
8 | 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 57 | +1:21.701 | 7 | 1 |
9 | 4 | Heikki Kovalainen | Renault | 57 | +1:29.411 | 12 | |
10 | 16 | Nico Rosberg | Toyota
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57 | +1:29.916 | 10 | |
11 | 17 | Alexander Wurz | Toyota
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56 | +1 Lap | 11 | |
12 | 11 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota
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56 | +1 Lap | 14 | |
13 | 8 | Rubens Barrichello | Honda | 56 | +1 Lap | 15 | |
14 | 21 | Christijan Albers | Spyker-Ferrari | 55 | +2 Laps | 22 | |
15 | 20 | Adrian Sutil | Spyker-Ferrari | 53 | +4 Laps | 20 | |
16 | 23 | Anthony Davidson | Super Aguri-Honda | 51 | Engine | 13 | |
Ret | 15 | Mark Webber | Red Bull-Renault | 41 | Gearbox | 8 | |
Ret | 14 | David Coulthard | Red Bull-Renault | 36 | Driveshaft | 21 | |
Ret | 22 | Takuma Sato | Super Aguri-Honda | 34 | Engine | 17 | |
Ret | 18 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 26 | Hydraulics | 18 | |
Ret | 7 | Jenson Button | Honda | 0 | Collision | 16 | |
Ret | 19 | Scott Speed | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 0 | Collision | 19 | |
Source:[14]
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Championship standings after the race
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also
References
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- ^ "Bahrain". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on 2007-07-01. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Practice 1 - Report" Archived 2007-05-18 at the Wayback Machine GrandPrix. Retrieved 29 April 2007
- ^ "Practice 1 - Results" Archived 2007-04-29 at the Wayback Machine GrandPrix. Retrieved 29 April 2007
- ^ "Practice 2 - Report" Archived 2007-04-29 at the Wayback Machine GrandPrix. Retrieved 29 April 2007
- ^ "Practice 2 - Results" Archived 2007-04-28 at the Wayback Machine GrandPrix. Retrieved 29 April 2007
- ^ "Practice 3 - Report" Archived 2007-04-29 at the Wayback Machine GrandPrix. Retrieved 29 April 2007
- ^ "Practice 3 - Results" Archived 2007-04-29 at the Wayback Machine GrandPrix. Retrieved 29 April 2007
- ^ a b c "Qualifying - Report" Archived 2007-04-28 at the Wayback Machine GrandPrix. Retrieved 29 April 2007
- ^ a b c "Qualifying - Results" Archived 2007-04-28 at the Wayback Machine GrandPrix. Retrieved 29 April 2007
- ^ "Race Report" Archived 2007-04-28 at the Wayback Machine GrandPrix. Retrieved 29 April 2007
- ^ "Race Results" Archived 2007-04-29 at the Wayback Machine GrandPrix. Retrieved 29 April 2007
- ^ "2007 FORMULA 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix - Qualifying". Official Formula One website. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ "2007 FORMULA 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix - Race". Official Formula One website. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Bahrain 2007 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
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