2007 United States Grand Prix

February 2021 F1 United States United States 2007 Canadian Grand Prix 2007 French Grand Prix June 17 2007 Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway_-_road_course.svg The Indianapolis circuit, designed in 2000 7 17 2007 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix Indianapolis Motor SpeedwaySpeedway, Indiana2007 United States Grand Prix https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2006_United_States_Grand_Prix/F/ Racing-Reference February 4, 2022 Permanent racing facility 2.605 4.192 73 190.150 306.016 Warm (33C/91F) and clear Lewis Hamilton UK McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.331 Kimi Räikkönen Finland Ferrari 1:13.117 49 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes UK Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes Spain Felipe Massa Ferrari Brazil USA The 2007 United States Grand Prix (formally the 2007 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix)http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/776/circuit_diagram.html United States Formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20070627001721/http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/776/circuit_diagram.html 29 December 2020 27 June 2007 was a Formula One motor race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, in the United States on June 17, 2007.Race page on Formula1.com Formula1.com http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/776/ 15 February 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090221091555/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/776/ 21 February 2009 The 73-lap race was the seventh race of the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship and was won by McLaren-Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton. His teammate, Fernando Alonso, finished the race in second position whilst Ferrari driver, Felipe Massa, completed the podium by finishing third. This was the debut race of the future four time world champion Sebastian Vettel with BMW Sauber F1 Team. The race was Formula One's final visit to Indianapolis, after an eight-season period. The event was removed from the 2008 calendar a few months later and Formula One did not return to the United States until November 2012, at the Circuit of the Americas. Report Background thumb|left|Sebastian Vettel made his debut with a one-off appearance for BMW Sauber. Robert Kubica's massive crash at the Canadian Grand Prix resulted in the season's first driver change. Although Kubica passed the medical examination and did not seem to show any ill effects, the FIA medical delegate decided it would be best to rest him for the weekend, and not risk another concussion so close to the previous one. He was replaced in the BMW Sauber team by Formula Renault 3.5 Series championship leader, 19-year-old German Sebastian Vettel, who made his Formula One debut at the Indianapolis circuit.http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=39621 Vettel to sub for Kubica at Indy ITV 14 June 2007 14 June 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070616123220/http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=39621 16 June 2007 dead Practice Friday's morning practice was dominated by McLaren and BMW Sauber, with Fernando Alonso putting in the fastest time.Friday Practice 1 Results http://www.formula1.com/race/result/776/28.html Formula1.com 15 June 2007 15 June 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070617211836/http://www.formula1.com/race/result/776/28.html 17 June 2007 live Sebastian Vettel started his first race weekend with a fourth fastest time. Ferrari, who expected that their pace would return at Indianapolis,Massa: Ferrari poised to strike back http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=39627 ITV 14 June 2007 15 June 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070617095704/http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=39627 17 June 2007 dead found themselves on either side of Williams driver Nico Rosberg with the fifth and seventh fastest times. Qualifying David Coulthard's Red Bull-Renault was the first car to leave the pit lane in part one of the qualifying session. His partner, Mark Webber, was close behind followed by the Spyker and Williams cars. With about six minutes left in the session, Coulthard spun out in turn eight. Fernando Alonso ran first, Nick Heidfeld second, and Lewis Hamilton closely behind in third. Although they struggled, both Ferraris made it, as well as Vettel. Scott Speed failed to make it out of Q1 in his native country, along with team-mate Vitantonio Liuzzi, Adrian Sutil, Takuma Sato, Alexander Wurz, and Christijan Albers. McLaren and Ferrari began part two of their battle with Hamilton taking the top spot early. However, his team-mate, Fernando Alonso took top spot midway through. Felipe Massa, Kimi Räikkönen, and Heidfeld along with the two McLarens made the top five again. Webber made it to the next session, although his team-mate Coulthard was relegated along with 2002 United States Grand Prix winner Rubens Barrichello. Barrichello's partner Jenson Button was also relegated, along with Nico Rosberg, Anthony Davidson, and Ralf Schumacher. thumb|Lewis Hamilton on his way to pole position In part three Hamilton was first out and set the quickest time with a 1:13:089. Alonso was about four tenths behind, followed by Heidfeld and the Ferraris. Giancarlo Fisichella and Heikki Kovalainen, both Renault drivers, also were near the top, but Jarno Trulli and Webber knocked Fisichella down the order. With about 5 minutes left, Massa took first spot and Räikkönen took second. Hamilton was bumped to third, Alonso fourth, and Heidfeld remained fifth. About one minute later, Hamilton took the top spot, and Alonso second. Alonso had one lap left, but could only get within about 2 tenths of a second of rookie teammate Lewis Hamilton. Massa and Räikkönen were dropped to third and fourth respectively. Heidfeld held on to fifth, with Kovalainen in sixth, bouncing back from his disappointing 22nd starting position in Canada. Vettel finished seventh, just two spots behind his temporary partner, Heidfeld. Trulli was 8th, with Red Bull-Renault's Mark Webber ninth and Fisichella tenth. Race thumb|right|Lewis Hamilton greets press and fans after winning his second race in a row from pole thumb|right|Hamilton on his way to victory in the McLaren MP4-22. Lewis Hamilton, on the pole, sped off the grid. Fernando Alonso stayed close behind, followed by the Ferraris. The drama in turn one was in the middle of the pack. Vettel ran wide and lost places, but escaped damage. Ralf Schumacher, who started in 12th, turned in late, and ended up crashing into David Coulthard, who he had started alongside. Jenson Button and Nico Rosberg, 13th and 14th respectively, escaped but Rubens Barrichello got caught up. Schumacher was out on the spot, while Coulthard and Barrichello limped back to the pits and retired. Later, Kimi Räikkönen was caught by Nick Heidfeld and Heikki Kovalainen. Up front, the top four were running strongly until the pit stops came around. The top four all went in early, soon followed by Heidfeld in the BMW Sauber, leaving sixth place qualifier Kovalainen in first. He led five laps, and Hamilton then regained the lead (Alonso and Massa led one lap each). Despite a mid-race challenge from team-mate Fernando Alonso, in which the two McLaren drivers were racing side-by-side for the lead down the main straight, Hamilton maintained the lead to win his second-ever Formula One Grand Prix race, the other victory being in the previous event at Montreal. This marked McLaren's first 1-2 finish at the circuit and their first win at Indianapolis since Mika Häkkinen's final Grand Prix win in 2001. Takuma Sato spun off at turn 3 after managing to pass Adrian Sutil. Sato had been due a drive-through penalty for overtaking under yellow flags, but this was changed to a 10-place grid penalty for the next race. There were also three mechanical retirements – Nico Rosberg in the Williams suffered an engine failure with only five laps to go, while BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld and Toro Rosso's Vitantonio Liuzzi also retired from the race due to mechanical failure. Classification Qualifying Pos. Qualifying position No. Car number Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid Final grid position12United Kingdom Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:12.5631:12.0651:12.331121Spain Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Mercedes1:12.4161:11.9261:12.500235Brazil Felipe MassaFerrari1:12.7311:12.1801:12.703346Finland Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:12.7321:12.1111:12.839459Germany Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber1:12.5431:12.1881:12.847564Finland Heikki KovalainenRenault1:12.9981:12.5991:13.3086710Germany Sebastian VettelBMW Sauber1:12.7111:12.6441:13.5137812Italy Jarno TrulliToyota1:13.1861:12.8281:13.7898915Australia Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:13.4251:12.7881:13.8719103Italy Giancarlo FisichellaRenault1:13.1681:12.6031:13.953101114United Kingdom David CoulthardRed Bull-Renault1:13.4241:12.873111211Germany Ralf SchumacherToyota1:12.8511:12.92012137United Kingdom Jenson ButtonHonda1:13.3061:12.998131416Germany Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota1:13.1281:13.06014158Brazil Rubens BarrichelloHonda1:13.2031:13.201151623United Kingdom Anthony DavidsonSuper Aguri-Honda1:13.1641:13.259161717Austria Alexander WurzWilliams-Toyota1:13.441171822Japan Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda1:13.477181918Italy Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Ferrari1:13.484192019USA Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Ferrari1:13.712202120Germany Adrian SutilSpyker-Ferrari1:14.122212221Netherlands Christijan AlbersSpyker-Ferrari1:14.59722Source:2007 FORMULA 1 United States Grand Prix - Qualifying http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/776/ Formula1.com 16 July 2007 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20131031133244/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/776/6410/ 31 October 2013 thumb | 300 px |Podium for the 2007 United States Grand Prix thumb|right|Sebastian Vettel became the then-youngest driver to score a point, aged 19 years and 349 days. Race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 UK Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 73 1:31:09.965 1 10 2 1 Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 73 +1.518 2 8 3 5 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 73 +12.836 3 6 4 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 73 +15.422 4 5 5 4 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Renault 73 +41.402 6 4 6 12 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 73 +1:06.703 8 3 7 15 Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 73 +1:07.331 9 2 8 10 Germany Sebastian Vettel BMW Sauber 73 +1:07.783 7 1 9 3 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 72 +1 lap 10 10 17 Austria Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 72 +1 lap 17 11 23 UK Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 72 +1 lap 16 12 7 UK Jenson Button Honda 72 +1 lap 13 13 19 USA Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Ferrari 71 +2 laps 20 14 20 Germany Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 71 +2 laps 21 15 21 Netherlands Christijan Albers Spyker-Ferrari 70 +3 laps 22 16 16 Germany Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 68 Engine 14 17 18 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 68 Water pressure 19 Ret Retired 9 Germany Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 55 Hydraulics 5 Ret Retired 22 Japan Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 13 Spun off 18 Ret Retired 14 UK David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 0 Collision damage 11 Ret Retired 8 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Honda 0 Collision damage 15 Ret Retired 11 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota 0 Collision 12Source:2007 FORMULA 1 United States Grand Prix - Race http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/776/ Formula1.com 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141228113629/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/776/ 28 December 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings +/– Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 GBR Lewis Hamilton 58 10px 2 ESP Fernando Alonso 48 10px 3 BRA Felipe Massa 39 10px 4 FIN Kimi Räikkönen 32 10px 5 GER Nick Heidfeld 26Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/etats-unis/championnat.aspx United States 2007 - Championship • STATS F1 statsf1.com 21 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings +/– Pos. Position Constructor Points 10px 1 GBR McLaren-Mercedes 106 10px 2 ITA Ferrari 71 10px 3 GER BMW Sauber 39 10px 4 FRA Renault 25 10px 5 GBR Williams-Toyota 13Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References External links Lewis Hamilton wins 2007 United States Grand Prix Official website Official Formula1.com page Detailed United States Grand Prix results United States Grand Prix 2007 2007 Canadian Grand Prix 2007 French Grand Prix 2006 United States Grand Prix 2012 United States Grand Prix 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix 2008 Singapore Grand Prix 39 47 42 N 86 14 05 W source:kolossus-nowiki title United States Grand Prix 2007 United States Grand Prix, 2007 Grand Prix Category:2007 in sports in Indiana Grand Prix