2007 Belgian Grand Prix

F1 Belgium Belgian 2007 Italian Grand Prix 2007 Japanese Grand Prix September 16 2007 Spa-Francorchamps of Belgium.svg Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 14 17 2007 Formula 1 ING Belgian Grand Prix Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium2007 Belgian Grand Prix https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2007-belgian-grand-prix/ Motor Sport 30 May 2022 Permanent racing facility 4.352 7.004 44 191.492 308.176 Partly cloudy, mild and dry Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:45.994 Finland Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:48.036 34 Brazil Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari Finland Felipe Massa Ferrari Brazil Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes Spain BEL 2007 Belgian GP https://chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=2007&gp=Belgian%20GP&r=1 ChicaneF1 30 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20230106231243/https://chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=2007&gp=Belgian%20GP&r=1 6 January 2023 dead thumb|upright=1.5|right|The race winner, Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen. The 2007 Belgian Grand Prix (officially the 2007 Formula 1 ING Belgian Grand Prix)http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/783/circuit_diagram.html Belgia Formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20071031101931/http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/783/circuit_diagram.html 21 December 2020 2007-10-31 was the fourteenth race of the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship, returning to the Formula One calendar after a year's absence. It was held on 16 September at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, near the village of Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium. Report Background Going into the race, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton led the Drivers' Championship by three points from teammate Fernando Alonso and Scuderia Ferrari led the Constructors' Championship by 57 points from BMW Sauber after the exclusion of McLaren from the Constructors' Championship following the Ferrari/McLaren spy saga. Otherwise McLaren would have been leading the Championship. The race also marked the 100th race start for Australian Red Bull Racing driver Mark Webber. Practice Ferrari tried the new traffic light system for the first time.https://us.motorsport.com/f1/photos/ferrari-trying-out-a-new-light-system-to-let-the-drivers-go-from-a-pit-2/21557314/ Ferrari trying out a new light system to let the drivers go from a pit stop Motorsport.com 12 January 2021 13 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210113155501/https://us.motorsport.com/f1/photos/ferrari-trying-out-a-new-light-system-to-let-the-drivers-go-from-a-pit-2/21557314/ dead Qualifying The usual drivers were eliminated in the first qualifying session—Adrian Sutil and Sakon Yamamoto went out in the Spykers along with Takuma Sato and Anthony Davidson in the Super Aguris, Rubens Barrichello in the Honda and Sebastian Vettel in the Toro Rosso. The second qualifying session was unusual as six drivers in six different cars were eliminated—Alexander Wurz of Williams, Vitantonio Liuzzi of Toro Rosso, Jenson Button of Honda, David Coulthard of Red Bull Racing. Giancarlo Fisichella of Renault and Ralf Schumacher of Toyota. Fisichella was later relegated right to the back of the grid after changing his engine after qualifying. This left seven different teams in the top 10. Heikki Kovalainen qualified tenth for Renault, just behind Jarno Trulli in the Toyota. Ahead of them were Mark Webber's Red Bull and Nick Heidfeld in the BMW Sauber. Nico Rosberg did very well in the Williams to qualify on row 3 alongside Robert Kubica in the second BMW Sauber. However, the Pole was given a ten place grid drop for an engine change. Once again, McLaren and Ferrari occupied the top four places. Fernando Alonso pipped McLaren teammate Lewis Hamilton to 3rd place, but Ferrari dominated, with Kimi Räikkönen beating Felipe Massa to get his 14th career pole and lock out the front row for the Italian team. Due to FIA rules about the order in which penalties are applied, Kubica's penalty was applied first. This left him 15th and behind Fisichella. Then the Italian's penalty was applied, so Kubica ended up 14th. This meant Coulthard, Button and Liuzzi all gained two places as both drivers had been ahead of them. Race The order from the start remained fairly unchanged with the Ferraris of Kimi Räikkönen and Felipe Massa led away from Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton, although there was a lot of pushing between the McLarens as Hamilton attempted to pass around the outside of turn one, but Alonso pushed him wide onto the tarmac on the outside of the corner. Giancarlo Fisichella's Renault suffered a suspension failure on lap 2, making him the first retirement of the race. He had been running last. Also on lap 2, Alexander Wurz spun in the Williams, slipping to the back of the field. Sebastian Vettel soon suffered a handling problem, probably caused by a collision, which eliminated his Toro Rosso from the race on lap 9. Massa briefly took the lead on lap 16, but Räikkönen reclaimed it a lap later after his pitstop. David Coulthard suffered a hydraulic failure in his Red Bull on lap 30. He was quickly followed with a fuel pressure problem for Wurz, who was still last, on lap 35, and the Honda of Jenson Button, which dropped out on lap 37 with another hydraulic failure. Massa once again led for just one lap during Räikkönen's second stop, but he retook it the following lap. Räikkönen finally came home to win from Massa, clinching the World Constructors Championship for Ferrari. Alonso, Hamilton, Nick Heidfeld in the BMW Sauber, Nico Rosberg's Williams, Mark Webber in the Red Bull and Heikki Kovalainen's Renault rounded up the top eight. The only changes from the starting top eight were Heidfeld and Rosberg swapping places and Kovalainen passing Jarno Trulli's Toyota to take eighth. The race was overshadowed by the death of former World Rally Champion Colin McRae in a helicopter crash during Saturday's qualifying. Classification Qualifying Pos. Qualifying position No. Car number Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid Final grid position16Finland Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:46.2421:45.0701:45.994125Brazil Felipe MassaFerrari1:46.0601:45.1731:46.011231Spain Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Mercedes1:46.0581:45.4421:46.091342United Kingdom Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:46.4371:45.1321:46.4064510Poland Robert KubicaBMW Sauber1:46.7071:45.8851:46.996141 1616Germany Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota1:46.9501:46.4691:47.334579Germany Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber1:46.9231:45.9941:47.4096815Australia Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:47.0841:46.4261:47.5247912Italy Jarno TrulliToyota1:47.1431:46.4801:47.7988104Finland Heikki KovalainenRenault1:46.9711:46.2401:48.5059113Italy Giancarlo FisichellaRenault1:47.1431:46.603221211Germany Ralf SchumacherToyota1:47.3001:46.618101314United Kingdom David CoulthardRed Bull-Renault1:47.3401:46.80011147United Kingdom Jenson ButtonHonda1:47.4741:46.955121518Italy Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Ferrari1:47.5761:47.115131617Austria Alexander WurzWilliams-Toyota1:47.5221:47.394151719Germany Sebastian VettelToro Rosso-Ferrari1:47.58116188Brazil Rubens BarrichelloHonda1:47.954171922Japan Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda1:47.980182020Germany Adrian SutilSpyker-Ferrari1:48.044192123United Kingdom Anthony DavidsonSuper Aguri-Honda1:48.199202221Japan Sakon YamamotoSpyker-Ferrari1:49.55721Source:2007 FORMULA 1 ING Belgian Grand Prix - Qualifying http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/783/6445/ Formula1.com Formula One Group 16 September 2007 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20131031115136/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/783/6445/ 31 October 2013 Notes 1 1 – Robert Kubica dropped ten places for engine change.http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=40678 Kubica to drop 10 grid places 2007-09-15 ITV-f1 2007-09-15 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070929092717/http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=40678 September 29, 2007 2 2 – Giancarlo Fisichella started at the back of the grid for an engine change after qualifying.http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=40704 Engine change puts Fisi to the back 2007-09-15 ITV-f1 2007-09-15 May 2016 Race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 44 1:20:39.066 1 10 2 5 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 44 +4.695 2 8 3 1 Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 44 +14.343 3 6 4 2 UK Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 44 +23.615 4 5 5 9 Germany Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 44 +51.879 6 4 6 16 Germany Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 44 +1:16.876 5 3 7 15 Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 44 +1:20.639 7 2 8 4 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Renault 44 +1:25.106 9 1 9 10 Poland Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 44 +1:25.661 14 10 11 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota 44 +1:28.574 10 11 12 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 44 +1:43.653 8 12 18 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 43 +1 Lap 13 13 8 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Honda 43 +1 Lap 17 14 20 Germany Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 43 +1 Lap 19 15 22 Japan Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 43 +1 Lap 18 16 23 UK Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 43 +1 Lap PL4 4 17 21 Japan Sakon Yamamoto Spyker-Ferrari 43 +1 Lap 21 Ret Retired 7 UK Jenson Button Honda 36 Hydraulics 12 Ret Retired 17 Austria Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 34 Fuel pressure 15 Ret Retired 14 UK David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 29 Hydraulics 11 Ret Retired 19 Germany Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari 8 Steering 16 Ret Retired 3 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1 Suspension PL3 3Source:2007 FORMULA 1 ING Belgian Grand Prix - Race http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/783/ Formula1.com Formula One Group 16 September 2007 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141228114541/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/783/ 28 December 2014 Notes 3 3 – Giancarlo Fisichella "...elected to start from the pits with a lower-downforce set-up to try and enhance his chance of making up places."2007 Autocourse, Belgian race report 4 4 – Anthony Davidson "...started from the pit lane after experiencing a front-end problem on the grid out-lap." Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings +/– Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 GBR Lewis Hamilton* 97 10px 2 ESP Fernando Alonso* 95 10px 3 FIN Kimi Räikkönen* 84 10px 4 BRA Felipe Massa* 77 10px 5 GER Nick Heidfeld 56Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/belgique/championnat.aspx Belgium 2007 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 13 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings +/– Pos. Position Constructor Points 10px 1 1 ITA Ferrari 161 10px 1 2 GER BMW Sauber 90 10px 1 3 FRA Renault 39 10px 1 4 GBR Williams-Toyota 28 10px 1 5 AUT Red Bull-Renault 18Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Bold text indicates the 2007 World Constructors' Champions. Bold text and an asterisk indicates competitors who still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion. See also 2007 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round References External links Kimi Räikkönen wins 2007 Belgian Grand Prix Detailed Belgian Grand Prix results Belgian Grand Prix 2007 2007 Italian Grand Prix 2007 Japanese Grand Prix 2005 Belgian Grand Prix 2008 Belgian Grand Prix 50 26 14 N 5 58 17 E source:kolossus-nowiki title Belgian Grand Prix Category:Belgian Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:September 2007 sports events in Europe