2007 Canadian Grand Prix

Formula One motor race held in 2007 March 2012 F1 Canadian 2007 Monaco Grand Prix 2007 United States Grand Prix Canada Île Notre-Dame (Circuit Gilles Villeneuve).svg 250px 10 June 2007 6 17 Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2007 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Street circuit 2.710 4.361 70 189.686 305.270 Warm with temperatures approaching 26 C F; wind speeds up to 5.8 km/h mphhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/QC/Montreal/2007-06-10 Weather information for the "2007 Canadian Grand Prix" The Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-10-15 Lewis Hamilton UK McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.707 Fernando Alonso Spain McLaren-Mercedes 1:16.367 46 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes UK Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber Germany Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota Austria CAN The 2007 Canadian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2007)http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/775/circuit_diagram.html Canada Formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20070629233337/http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/775/circuit_diagram.html 29 December 2020 June 29, 2007 was a Formula One motor race held on 10 June 2007 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Race page on Formula1.com Formula1.com http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/775/ June 5, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070629025537/http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/775/ June 29, 2007 live It was the sixth race of the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race was won by Lewis Hamilton, starting from pole position, in his first season in the top formula. It was Hamilton's first of an eventual record breaking HAM wins victories in Formula One. Nick Heidfeld finished second and Alexander Wurz was third, making it the first Grand Prix of the 2007 season that drivers from teams other than Ferrari and McLaren achieved podium positions. It was the final podium of Alexander Wurz's career and, 2026 y, the last achieved by an Austrian driver. The safety car was deployed an unprecedented four times during the course of the race.Wurz's anniversary podium 'a dream' ITV http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=39550&PO=39550 August 14, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103058/http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=39550&PO=39550 September 29, 2007 One of these periods was due to Robert Kubica's crash, which resulted in him suffering a sprained ankle and concussion. During the race Felipe Massa and Giancarlo Fisichella were disqualified for exiting the pit lane when the red light was on. Both were black flagged, and it was the last time a black flag was shown until Nico Hülkenberg at the 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix. Report Background A test session was held on May 17 and 18 at the Circuit Paul Ricard in France, with the track configured to replicate the characteristics of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for the final two days after it had been in the style of the Monaco for the first two. Despite the fact that the McLaren team had dominated on the Monaco set up of the circuit, Ferrari were better on the Canadian set up.Paul Ricard day three – Raikkonen takes charge Formula1.com http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/5/6112.html May 18, 2007 June 9, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930214304/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/5/6112.html September 30, 2007 Paul Ricard day four – Raikkonen once more Formula1.com http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/5/6116.html May 18, 2007 June 9, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930213441/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/5/6116.html September 30, 2007 Kimi Räikkönen had the fastest time on the first day, with a time of 1:28.833. Rain after lunch caused the test to be halted, when the test resumed Räikkönen was forced to finish early when his car experienced electronic problems. Scott Speed achieved the second fastest time, two tenths of a second behind Räikkönen, with seven tenths separating the first eight drivers. The Red Bull team focused on testing their suspension. Rubens Barrichello and Christian Klien shared testing for the Honda team over the day, however Klien's engine failed on his first lap. James Rossiter in the Super Aguri completed the most laps with 115.Pablo Elizalde Raikkonen leads the way at Paul Ricard http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/58885 Autosport.com May 17, 2007 August 11, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070812222459/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/58885 August 12, 2007 live Räikkönen was also the fastest on the second day with a time of 1:28.624, with Renault driver Giancarlo Fisichella ending the day with the second fastest time. Fisichella also completed 111 laps, the second most of the day, behind James Rossiter's 131. Pedro de la Rosa was third fastest despite completing fewer laps than other drivers due to his engine failing early in the day. The testing session was stopped twice, when Adrian Sutil's and Jenson Button's engines failed. Red Bull continued to perform high and low downforce work and BMW performed low and medium downforce work.Pablo Elizalde Raikkonen finishes Ricard test on top http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/58916 Autosport.com May 18, 2007 August 11, 2007 Fisichella was optimistic about the race after these tests saying "he had more grip, the brakes were good and the front suspension gave him a better turn-in".Michele Lostia Fisichella upbeat after Ricard test http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/58947 Autosport.com May 19, 2007 August 11, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070821123313/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/58947 August 21, 2007 live During the two weeks leading up to the Grand Prix, Räikkönen and Felipe Massa released statements to the press saying they believed that everything would be different in Canada because of the very different conditions—as shown at Paul Ricard.McLaren will not dominate Canada – Räikkönen GPUpdate.net http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/154188/mclaren-will-not-dominate-canada-raikkonen/ June 6, 2007 January 28, 2011 Fernando Alonso believed McLaren had momentum from their win in Monaco, and Martin Whitmarsh said that they were realistic about dominating the race.2007 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX PREVIEW mclaren.com http://www.mclaren.com/f1season/2007/canada/preview.php June 1, 2007 July 14, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070711091947/http://www.mclaren.com/f1season/2007/canada/preview.php July 11, 2007 Practice The race was preceded by three practice sessions.5 March 2007 2007 Formula One Sporting Regulations https://www.fia.com/resources/documents/149730155__2007_F1_SPORTING_REGULATIONS.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070323131351/https://www.fia.com/resources/documents/149730155__2007_F1_SPORTING_REGULATIONS.pdf 23 March 2007 11 August 2025 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 18–19, 21 Practice started on the Friday with Alonso leading at the end of both practice sessions. In both sessions, he outpaced his teammate and the closest Ferrari driven by Felipe Massa. BMW Sauber were pleased with 5th place in the first session and 7th in the second from Nick Heidfeld despite his report that the car was "very difficult to drive". Robert Kubica's car suffered a fuel leak resulting in him being unable to post a timed lap in the morning session. Kubica also told the press after the fuel leak, "the car has been quite difficult to drive." Both Red Bull drivers finished in the top ten of the morning practice. Honda was slower than its customer team Super Aguri in the first practice, but Barrichello was faster than Takuma Sato in the second practice. Toyota's suspension problems meant that their second practice was cut short, but not before Ralf Schumacher narrowly missed a groundhog that ran across the track. After experiencing problems with Jarno Trulli's suspension, Toyota stopped both drivers for 45 minutes as a precautionary measure. By the time they got the cars back on the track, they only managed a few extra laps until the problem recurred. Heikki Kovalainen ended his practice day by going into the wall at turn seven, damaging the suspension. His teammate, Fisichella, performed better, staying in the top 8 in both sessions. At the end of the afternoon practice, Mark Webber slowed down unexpectedly before turn eight causing Scott Speed to drive into the back of the Red Bull. Webber had overtaken Speed just before this incident.Friday practice 1 results Formula1.com http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/775/6402 June 8, 2007 June 9, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930204536/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/775/6402/ September 30, 2007 Friday practice 2 results Formula1.com http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/775/6403/ June 8, 2007 June 9, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930204841/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/775/6403/ September 30, 2007 Friday practice – selected driver quotes Formula1.com http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/6/6241.html June 8, 2007 June 9, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930200610/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/6/6241.html September 30, 2007 Formula One diary: Hamilton, academically telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml=/motoring/columnists/simonarron/f1diary/files/mrsimon2.xml July 8, 2007 July 14, 2007 London https://web.archive.org/web/20080915031729/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fmotoring%2Fcolumnists%2Fsimonarron%2Ff1diary%2Ffiles%2Fmrsimon2.xml September 15, 2008 dead Webber reprimanded over Speed clash Formula1.com http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/6/6245.html June 9, 2007 June 9, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070705061622/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/6/6245.html July 5, 2007 live The Saturday morning practice session was 17 minutes shorter than the scheduled 60 minutes, due to Kovalainen's Renault having a suspected engine failure. The failure caused oil to be split on the track, this failure persisted during the race weekend.Hamilton tops disrupted session Formula1.com http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/6/6247.html June 9, 2007 June 9, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070701074221/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/6/6247.html July 1, 2007 live This resulted in a red flag period, from 10:33 am until 10:50 am local time. Hamilton led the practice with the fastest lap; with Räikkönen, Alonso and Massa posting the second, third and fourth fastest laps respectively. Sato finished the session with the fifth fastest lap in the Super Aguri car, outpacing the Honda works team for the second time during the race weekend. Toyota continued a disappointing race weekend, with the 14th and 16th fastest laps.Saturday practice results Formula1.com http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/775/6404/ June 9, 2007 June 9, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070703083615/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/775/6404/ July 3, 2007 live Their suspension problems from the day before had not been resolved, and the two drivers were given instructions to avoid the kerbs at turn eight to minimise further damage to the suspension.Toyota will race despite suspension problem GPUpdate.net http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/154579/toyota-will-race-despite-suspension-problem/ June 9, 2007 January 28, 2011 Red Bull came back with both of the two repaired cars entering the top ten. Qualifying thumb|right|Lewis Hamilton took the first pole position of his career at this Grand Prix thumb|Robert Kubica leaves the pits during qualifying The qualifying session to determine the starting order for the race was held in three parts, six cars ware eliminated after each of the first two parts. Hamilton took his first pole position as part of a McLaren one-two. Heidfeld improved on his practice performance to take third position, in front of the Ferraris of Räikkönen and Massa.Hamilton grabs his maiden pole Formula1.com http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/6/6250.html June 9, 2007 June 9, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070701061347/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/6/6250.html July 1, 2007 live Massa shared the third row with Mark Webber, who did not seem to be suffering the same braking problem that almost put teammate David Coulthard out in the first session of qualifying. Coulthard had only one attempt at a lap in the second session as a result.Red Bull hopes ride high with Webber GPUpdate.net http://www.gpupdate.net/en/f1-news/154694/red-bull-hopes-ride-high-with-webber/ June 9, 2007 January 28, 2011 Nico Rosberg, Robert Kubica, Giancarlo Fisichella and Jarno Trulli completed the top ten.Qualifying results Formula1.com http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/775/6405/ June 9, 2007 June 9, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930192229/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/775/6405/ September 30, 2007 Consistent with previous form, the Hondas of Barrichello and Button failed to make it into the top ten; they qualified 13th and 15th respectively. Takuma Sato once again outqualified the two Honda cars, just missing out on the top ten, in front of Vitantonio Liuzzi. He made it through to the second session of qualifying by 94 hundredths of a second, where he qualified in 14th. Scott Speed was the slowest car in the second session of qualifying putting him in 16th position. Anthony Davidson missed out on the second session of qualifying, putting his Super Aguri in 17th position, 3 places behind his teammate Sato. Ralf Schumacher and his team were disappointed with qualifying in 18th. Heikki Kovalainen crashed into the wall at turn five, damaging his rear suspension and losing his rear wing, resulting in the session being stopped temporarily. Once the debris had been cleared, Kovalainen in his repaired car managed one impressive lap that put him in 13th, after which six drivers outqualified him. Kovalainen then had to make an engine change due to an engine failure and was demoted to the back of the grid.Engine penalty for Kovalainen Formula1.com http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/6/6248.html June 9, 2007 June 9, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930212137/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/6/6248.html September 30, 2007 Wurz, Sutil and Albers qualified in 19th, 20th and 21st respectively after being pushed up a place by Kovalainen's engine change. Race thumb|right|Lewis Hamilton leads at the start of the race, whilst Fernando Alonso runs wide at the first corner. thumb|right|Robert Kubica's violent crash. Lewis Hamilton led from the start, preventing Fernando Alonso from overtaking at turn one. Alonso ran wide allowing Nick Heidfeld to overtake him and move into second place. Alonso damaged his car in the process and subsequently ran off the track at turn one a further three times during the race.http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/6/6258.html Alonso, Ferrari struggle in Canada Formula1.com June 10, 2007 June 10, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930195533/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/6/6258.html September 30, 2007 http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/6/6259.html Hamilton triumphant in Montreal Formula1.com June 10, 2007 June 24, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070701080014/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/6/6259.html July 1, 2007 live Jenson Button had a gearbox problem at the start of the race and was unable to select first gear causing him stall on the grid.Canadian Grand Prix – selected driver quotes http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/6/6260.html Formula1.com June 10, 2007 June 10, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070701084246/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/6/6260.html July 1, 2007 live Christijan Albers started from the pit lane.9 June 2007 Spyker wonder what might have been https://timesofmalta.com/article/spyker-wonder-what-might-have-been.182907 10 August 2025 Times of Malta The first accident of the race involved Scott Speed who clipped the rear wing of Wurz' Williams and went into the hairpin with a broken front-right suspension.Collantine Keith 10 June 2007 Hamilton wins amid Canada carnage https://www.racefans.net/2007/06/10/canadian-grand-prix-2007-review-hamilton-wins-in-canadian-carnage/ 10 August 2025 RaceFans10 June 2007 Hamilton storms to historic win http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2007/06/10/hamilton_storms_to_historic_win/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070612143305/http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2007/06/10/hamilton_storms_to_historic_win/ 12 June 2007 10 August 2025 GPUpdate.net Alonso ran across the grass at turn one again on lap 15, which resulted in him falling further behind Hamilton. Three laps later he made a similar mistake at the same turn, resulting in him sliding across the grass for the third time in the race. This caused him to drop back to fourth as it allowed Massa to go round the inside of Alonso into third. Massa moved into second when Heidfeld made a pit stop on lap 20. Hamilton made a pit stop on lap 22, rejoining the race in third place.Benson Andrew Orlovac Mark June 10, 2007 Canadian Grand Prix Commentary https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/6738963.stm July 13, 2007 BBC On lap 22 Adrian Sutil crashed at turn four and the safety car had to be deployed; Hamilton had made a pit stop just before the incident.http://www.autoracingdaily.com/article/adrian_sutil_obviously_i_am_very_disappointed_not_to_have_finished_the_race/ Adrian Sutil autoracingdaily.com June 10, 2007 July 9, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070928111737/http://www.autoracingdaily.com/article/adrian_sutil_obviously_i_am_very_disappointed_not_to_have_finished_the_race/ September 28, 2007 Thus the pit lane was closed but Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg were forced to pit in order to avoid running out of fuel, and were given ten-second stop-and-go penalties. When the pit lane was re-opened and the rest of the field made pit stops, Massa and Giancarlo Fisichella left the pit lane while the red light was still on. Both were later disqualified from the race on lap 51.http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/10062007/23/massa-fisichella-don-t-red.html eurosport Massa, Fisichella don't see red June 10, 2007 July 9, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070618141816/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/10062007/23/massa-fisichella-don-t-red.html June 18, 2007 250px|thumb|left|Circuit Gilles Villeneuve showing the location of Sutil's (red) and Kubica's (blue) crashes. The race was restarted on lap 26, and on the approach to the hairpin later in the lap Robert Kubica hit the back of Jarno Trulli's Toyota. The impact forced Kubica onto the grass at the edge of the track, where a bump launched his car into and along the concrete wall just before the hairpin. After losing three wheels, the nose and suffering major damage to the sidepods in the initial impact, the BMW flipped back across the track and came to rest against the barrier in the run-off area on the other side of the track. Although initial reports said that he had broken his leg, Kubica only suffered a sprained ankle and concussion.Unscathed Kubica out of hospital https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/6739431.stm BBC June 10, 2007 July 2, 2007 The safety car was deployed again after this crash.Kubica escapes injury after crash https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/6739431.stm BBC June 10, 2007 June 10, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070618043657/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/6739431.stm June 18, 2007 live The safety car was also deployed on lap 50, due to debris from a crash involving Christijan Albers on the previous lap, and on lap 55 due to Vitantonio Liuzzi crashing into the wall of champions once again. On Lap 58, Jarno Trulli was trying to pass Wurz, but his front track rod clipped away causing him to crash. Cement was placed at the hairpin around Kubica's accident. Räikkönen ran wide after he misjudged the braking on the dust. The Super Aguri of Takuma Sato went past him as a result and moved into 10th place. On lap 37, Trulli and Nico Rosberg were battling for position going into turn one. Both span off the track in almost synchronized fashion without touching each other but were able to keep going. This occurrence amused reporters due to it resembling a form of dance. Anthony Davidson also made an unscheduled pit stop, claiming after the race that a beaver had damaged his front wing although Canadian reports said it more likely to have been a groundhog.'Beaver' gets all the blame http://www.canada.com/topics/travel/canada/AB/story.html?id=061eb1f5-2438-46a7-8474-2903cb9764e2 canada.com June 12, 2007 July 14, 2007 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160119202738/http://www.canada.com/topics/travel/canada/AB/story.html?id=061eb1f5-2438-46a7-8474-2903cb9764e2 January 19, 2016 mdy One lap later David Coulthard was forced to retire due to a gearbox problem.F1 2007 Canada Race Report http://www.bitsofnews.com/content/view/5753/42/ bitsofnews.com June 10, 2007 July 13, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070927021929/http://www.bitsofnews.com/content/view/5753/42/ September 27, 2007 dead Ralf Schumacher also stopped on this lap and this allowed Massa, Fisichella and Sato to move ahead of both of them. Räikkönen had his second pit stop on lap 52 at the same time as Alonso. The latter was able to pass him just after they had exited the pits side by side. This moved him into 5th.Some are born great, and some just survive to the finish http://www.grandprix.com/race/r774racereport.html grandprix.com June 10, 2007 August 20, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070820193937/http://www.grandprix.com/race/r774racereport.html August 20, 2007 dead mdy-all thumb|right|In the closing stages, Takuma Sato passed Alonso to take sixth position: the best result in the Super Aguri team's history. thumb|right|Hamilton led from pole position to take the first victory of his F1 career. thumb|right|The podium celebrations. Including the two disqualifications, ten drivers failed to finish the race, six of them because of accidents including Kubica. Four of them gearbox failures. Several cars were damaged during the race: Wurz's rear wing was damaged in the incident that took out Speed, while Davidson hit a groundhog on the racetrack. This meant that the safety car had to be deployed on four occasions. At the final restart on lap sixty, all of the remaining twelve cars were on the same lap creating some close racing and a lot of overtaking. Hamilton sustained his consistent pace throughout all of the incidents and pulled clear of Heidfeld in the closing stages, taking his first race win relatively comfortably. Barrichello dropped ten places on his final pit stop. Hamilton's championship lead was strengthened when Sato overtook the reigning world champion to move into sixth place around the outside of the final chicane, having switched to the harder tyres on his final stop. Austria's Alexander Wurz drove through the field in his Williams from 19th at the start to finish third by taking one pitstop, completing 40 laps on super soft tires. By finishing third, Wurz recorded his third and final career podium in the race that marked ten years since his debut race in F1. His podium remains the last scored by an Austrian driver. This was the first podium finish for Williams since the 2005 European Grand Prix, with Nick Heidfeld in second place after trailing Hamilton for the majority of the race. The safety car deployments also allowed Heikki Kovalainen to move up to fourth after starting at the back of the grid. The race was the first time in the 2007 season where a driver from a team other than Ferrari or McLaren made the podium. Sato overtook the McLaren-Mercedes of world champion Fernando Alonso around the outside at the final corner on lap 68, just after overtaking Ralf Schumacher and having overtaken Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen earlier in the race.10 June 2007 2007 Canadian Grand Prix – Race Facts – Lap-by-Lap Report http://www.fia.com/mediacentre/Press_Information/F1/Press_Conferences/2007/Canada/race_facts.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070614195706/http://www.fia.com/mediacentre/Press_Information/F1/Press_Conferences/2007/Canada/race_facts.html 14 June 2007 10 August 2025 Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile He finished sixth after having a race that had seen him move from the middle of the grid; to the back of the pack and to a high of fifth before a pit-stop error caused him to move back to eleventh; were moved up 5 places in the last 15 laps. This was the last time that Super Aguri scored Formula One points, and its biggest single points haul. The team's only other point came at the 2007 Spanish Grand Prix.All championship race entries, in a Super Aguri https://chicanef1.com/query.pl?nc=0&car=Super+Aguri&exact=on&sh_year=on&sh_gp=on&sh_carno=on&sh_driver=on&sh_entrant=on&sh_car=on&sh_eng=on&sh_qualpos=on&sh_racepos=on&sh_dpts=on&sh_cpts=on&action=Display 10 August 2025 ChicaneF1 https://web.archive.org/web/20250815154732/https://chicanef1.com/query.pl?nc=0&car=Super+Aguri&exact=on&sh_year=on&sh_gp=on&sh_carno=on&sh_driver=on&sh_entrant=on&sh_car=on&sh_eng=on&sh_qualpos=on&sh_racepos=on&sh_dpts=on&sh_cpts=on&action=Display August 15, 2025 dead Post-race Reaction to the race was mainly focused on Hamilton and the fact that it was his first Grand Prix victory, making him the first black driver to ever win a Formula One race. It was also thought impressive that it had taken only six races for him to win and, in the process, take the lead in the drivers' championship at the age of 22. Three-time world champion Niki Lauda said he was "stunned" by the victory and former world champion Damon Hill believed "People should not underestimate what he had achieved in a short space of time". Speculation began about the possibility of him winning the drivers championship.Hill applauds Hamilton's first win http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/59686 autosport June 10, 2007 July 13, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070714084616/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/59686 July 14, 2007 liveSky's the limit for Hamilton https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/6739559.stm BBC June 10, 2007 July 13, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070617223530/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/6739559.stm June 17, 2007 live Alonso and the Ferrari team were disappointed with the outcome of the race. Alonso was now eight points behind Hamilton in the drivers championship, as a result of finishing 7th. Ferrari lost ground in both the constructors and driver championship, after gaining a total of just four points from the race. Alonso believed Hamilton to have been "very lucky" to have won the race and did not congratulate his teammate after the race. Hamilton's performance was felt to have been faultless and all the more impressive due to four separate deployments of the Safety Car.Ten Conclusions From The Canadian GP http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,18954,3265_2199840,00.html planet-f1.com June 11, 2007 July 13, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070714205125/http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0%2C18954%2C3265_2199840%2C00.html July 14, 2007 dead mdy-all As a result of his crash Kubica was unable to race at the next Grand Prix in the United States. The decision to not allow him to race was made by the sport's governing body the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as they believed it was a too much of a risk for him to race in case of another crash so soon after this one, despite Kubica stating that he was "ready to race". He was replaced by Sebastian Vettel for the next Grand Prix.Vettel to debut after Kubica ruled out https://www.reuters.com/article/us-motor-racing-prix-kubica-idUSL1474955420070614 Reuters June 14, 2007 2020-09-01 Classification Qualifying Pos. Qualifying position No. Car number Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid Final grid position12United Kingdom Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:16.5761:15.4861:15.707121Spain Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Mercedes1:16.5621:15.5221:16.163239Germany Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber1:17.0061:15.9601:16.266346Finland Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:16.4681:16.5921:16.411455Brazil Felipe MassaFerrari1:16.7561:16.1381:16.5705615Australia Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:17.3151:16.2571:16.9136716Germany Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota1:17.0161:16.1901:16.9197810Poland Robert KubicaBMW Sauber1:17.2671:16.3681:16.993893Italy Giancarlo FisichellaRenault1:16.8051:16.2881:17.22991012Italy Jarno TrulliToyota1:17.3241:16.6001:17.747101122Japan Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda1:17.4901:16.743111218Italy Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Ferrari1:17.5411:16.76012138Brazil Rubens BarrichelloHonda1:17.0111:17.116131414United Kingdom David CoulthardRed Bull-Renault1:17.4361:17.30414157United Kingdom Jenson ButtonHonda1:17.5221:17.541151619USA Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Ferrari1:17.4331:17.571161723United Kingdom Anthony DavidsonSuper Aguri-Honda1:17.542171811Germany Ralf SchumacherToyota1:17.63418194Finland Heikki KovalainenRenault1:17.806221 12017Austria Alexander WurzWilliams-Toyota1:18.089192120Germany Adrian SutilSpyker-Ferrari1:18.536202221Netherlands Christijan AlbersSpyker-Ferrari1:19.19621Source:FORMULA 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2007 - Qualifying http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/775/6405/ Formula1.com June 9, 2007 December 27, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141228114547/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/775/6405/ December 28, 2014 Notes 1 1 – Heikki Kovalainen was given a ten-place grid penalty after he made an unscheduled engine change. This was due to an engine failure during the Saturday practice session (P3).Engine penalty for Kovalainen http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/6/6248.html Formula1.com June 9, 2007 December 27, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141228094838/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/6/6248.html December 28, 2014 thumb|right|Hamilton celebrates his win on his victory lap. thumb|right|Nick Heidfeld scored his best result of 2007 with a second-place finish. thumb|right|Alexander Wurz took the final podium position, ten years after his first F1 race. Race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 UK Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 70 1:44:11.292 1 10 2 9 Germany Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 70 +4.343 3 8 3 17 Austria Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 70 +5.325 19 6 4 4 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Renault 70 +6.729 22 5 5 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 70 +13.007 4 4 6 22 Japan Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 70 +16.698 11 3 7 1 Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 70 +21.936 2 2 8 11 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota 70 +22.888 18 1 9 15 Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 70 +22.960 6 10 16 Germany Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 70 +23.984 7 11 23 UK Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 70 +24.318 17 12 8 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Honda 70 +30.439 13 Ret Retired 12 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 58 Accident 10 Ret Retired 18 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 54 Accident 12 Ret Retired 21 Netherlands Christijan Albers Spyker-Ferrari 47 Collision damage PL2 2 Ret Retired 14 UK David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 36 Gearbox 14 Ret Retired 10 Poland Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 26 Accident 8 Ret Retired 20 Germany Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 21 Accident 20 Ret Retired 19 USA Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Ferrari 8 Collision 16 Ret Retired 7 UK Jenson Button Honda 0 Gearbox 15 DSQ Disqualified 5 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 51 Exited pits under red light3 3 5 DSQ Disqualified 3 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 51 Exited pits under red light3 3 9Source:FORMULA 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2007 - Race http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/775/ Formula1.com 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150117075538/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/775/ January 17, 2015 Notes 2 2 – Christijan Albers began from the pit lane. 3 3 – Felipe Massa and Giancarlo Fisichella were disqualified for exiting the pit lane when the red light was on. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings +/– Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 1 GBR Lewis Hamilton 48 10px 1 2 ESP Fernando Alonso 40 10px 3 BRA Felipe Massa 33 10px 4 FIN Kimi Räikkönen 27 10px 5 GER Nick Heidfeld 26Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/canada/championnat.aspx Canada 2007 - Championship • STATS F1 statsf1.com 14 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings +/– Pos. Position Constructor Points 10px 1 GBR McLaren-Mercedes 88 10px 2 ITA Ferrari 60 10px 3 GER BMW Sauber 38 10px 4 FRA Renault 21 10px 5 GBR Williams-Toyota 13Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References 2 External links Lewis Hamilton on his first pole for McLaren Lewis Hamilton wins 2007 Canadian Grand Prix Official Formula1.com page Detailed Canadian Grand Prix results Canadian Grand Prix 2007 2007 Monaco Grand Prix 2007 United States Grand Prix 2006 Canadian Grand Prix 2008 Canadian Grand Prix 45 30 00 N 73 31 22 W source:kolossus-nowiki title Canadian Grand Prix Category:Canadian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:2007 in Montreal Canadian Grand Prix Grand Prix