2007 Turkish Grand Prix

F1 Turkey Turkish 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix 2007 Italian Grand Prix 26 August 2007 Istanbul park.svg 12 17 2007 Formula 1 Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix Istanbul Racing Circuit, Tuzla, Turkey Permanent racing facility 3.317 5.338 58 192.250 309.396 Sunny Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:27.329 Brazil Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:27.295 57 Finland Felipe Massa Ferrari Brazil Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari Finland Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes Spain TUR 65,000 The 2007 Turkish Grand Prix (officially the 2007 Formula 1 Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix)http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/781/circuit_diagram.html Turkish Formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20071104054420/http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/781/circuit_diagram.html 4 January 2021 2007-11-04 was the twelfth race of the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship. Won by Felipe Massa, it was held on 26 August 2007 at the Istanbul Park in Tuzla. It was the third time a Formula One race had been held here. The two previous winners of the race were Kimi Räikkönen in 2005 and Massa in 2006, both of whom race for Ferrari in 2007. It came following considerable controversy after the 2006 event, where the organisers were fined $5,000,000 for political bias, due to their choice of Mehmet Ali Talat to present the winner's trophy. Talat is President of the Turkish Cypriot state, which is not an internationally recognised government. This was seen by the governing body of Formula One as having compromised their neutrality. Lewis Hamilton came into the race with a 7-point lead over McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso after Hamilton's controversial victory in the 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix. McLaren led Ferrari in the constructors' championship by 19 points despite not being allowed to score points in Hungary. However, the Ferrari had looked strong in recent weeks, and their two cars ultimately dominated the race from start to finish, Massa and Räikkönen taking first and second places respectively. A late puncture dropped Hamilton to fifth place and cut his championship lead over Alonso to five points. During the press conference following the race, Massa commented that "the Istanbul Park was the track where he made his career turn-around, and finally began winning races." He also praised the track as well as the city.http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/8/6678.html Turkish Grand Prix - selected driver quotes Formula1.com Formula One Group 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20120314142811/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/8/6678.html 14 March 2012 Report Race Felipe Massa's Ferrari led from pole from teammate Kimi Räikkönen who had jumped McLaren's Lewis Hamilton off the grid to take second place. Reigning World Champion Fernando Alonso's start from fourth was even worse than teammate Hamilton's as he fell behind both BMW Saubers of Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld into sixth. However, BMW's early stopping strategy led to Alonso taking both places back after the first round of pit-stops. At the first round of stops it seemed that Räikkönen could pass Massa if he stopped later, as he did at the French Grand Prix. However, Massa stopped after Räikkönen to retain the lead. Hamilton stopped later than both Ferraris and caught several seconds up to them, but could not pass Räikkönen for second, as he gradually fell away. Meanwhile, Kubica's strategy had not only dropped him behind Heidfeld and Alonso, but Renault's Heikki Kovalainen too. Massa stopped later than Räikkönen again at the second pit stop, and therefore retained the lead as Ferrari called the race between teammates off at this point. Hamilton may have emerged ahead of Räikkönen, but a puncture in his front tyre dropped him to fifth behind Heidfeld and Alonso. Damage to his front wing led to Kovalainen catching him, but the Finn was unable to pass Hamilton. Kubica lost a place to Nico Rosberg through strategy finishing eighth. Massa eventually won his second consecutive Turkish Grand Prix, and his fifth Grand Prix win overall, all of which came from pole position. He had secured his eighth pole in qualifying. Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing was the only non-classified car, with a hydraulic failure. All the rest were classified including Adrian Sutil who retired with a fuel pressure problem. Scuderia Toro Rosso driver Vitantonio Liuzzi ended a run of 9 consecutive retirements stretching back to the Bahrain Grand Prix in April. Classification Qualifying Pos. Qualifying position No. Car number Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid Final grid position15Brazil Felipe MassaFerrari1:27.4881:27.0391:27.329122United Kingdom Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:27.5131:26.9361:27.373236Finland Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:27.2941:26.9021:27.546341Spain Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Mercedes1:27.3281:26.8411:27.5744510Poland Robert KubicaBMW Sauber1:27.9971:27.2531:27.722569Germany Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber1:28.0991:27.2531:28.037674Finland Heikki KovalainenRenault1:28.1271:27.0391:28.4917816Germany Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota1:28.2751:27.7501:28.5018912Italy Jarno TrulliToyota1:28.3181:27.8011:28.7409103Italy Giancarlo FisichellaRenault1:28.3131:27.8801:29.322101123United Kingdom Anthony DavidsonSuper Aguri-Honda1:28.3041:28.002111215Australia Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:28.5001:28.013121314United Kingdom David CoulthardRed Bull-Renault1:28.3951:28.10013148Brazil Rubens BarrichelloHonda1:28.7921:28.18822qual1 1157United Kingdom Jenson ButtonHonda1:28.3731:28.22021qual2 21617Austria Alexander WurzWilliams-Toyota1:28.3601:28.390141718Italy Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Ferrari1:28.798151811Germany Ralf SchumacherToyota1:28.809161922Japan Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda1:28.953172019Germany Sebastian VettelToro Rosso-Ferrari1:29.408182120Germany Adrian SutilSpyker-Ferrari1:29.861192221Japan Sakon YamamotoSpyker-Ferrari1:31.47920Source:2007 FORMULA 1 Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix - Qualifying http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/781/6435/ Formula1.com Formula One Group 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20131031162013/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/781/6435/ 31 October 2013 Notes qual1 1 – Rubens Barrichello was given a ten-place grid penalty for an engine change before the race.Barrichello also changes engine autosport.com 2007-08-26 http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/61799 2007-08-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181736/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/61799 30 September 2007 live qual2 2 – Jenson Button was given a ten-place grid penalty for an engine change after qualifying.Button to start last after engine change ITV F1 2007-08-25 http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=40438 2007-08-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20070827150749/http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=40438 2007-08-27 dead Race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 58 1:26:42.161 1 10 2 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 58 +2.275 3 8 3 1 Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 58 +26.181 4 6 4 9 Germany Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 58 +39.674 6 5 5 2 UK Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 58 +45.085 2 4 6 4 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Renault 58 +46.169 7 3 7 16 Germany Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 58 +55.778 8 2 8 10 Poland Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 58 +56.707 5 1 9 3 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 58 +59.491 10 10 14 UK David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 58 +1:11.009 13 11 17 Austria Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 58 +1:19.628 14 12 11 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota 57 +1 Lap 16 13 7 UK Jenson Button Honda 57 +1 Lap 21 14 23 UK Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 57 +1 Lap 11 15 18 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 57 +1 Lap 15 16 12 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 57 +1 Lap 9 17 8 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Honda 57 +1 Lap 22 18 22 Japan Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 57 +1 Lap 17 19 19 Germany Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari 57 +1 Lap 18 20 21 Japan Sakon Yamamoto Spyker-Ferrari 56 +2 Laps 20 21 20 Germany Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 53 Fuel pressure 19 Ret Retired 15 Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 9 Hydraulics 12Source:2007 FORMULA 1 Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix - Race http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/781/ Formula1.com Formula One Group 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141228113626/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/781/ 28 December 2014 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings +/– Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 GBR Lewis Hamilton* 84 10px 2 ESP Fernando Alonso* 79 10px 1 3 BRA Felipe Massa* 69 10px 1 4 FIN Kimi Räikkönen* 68 10px 5 GER Nick Heidfeld* 47Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/turquie/championnat.aspx Turkey 2007 - Championship • STATS F1 statsf1.com 21 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings +/– Pos. Position Constructor Points 10px 1 GBR McLaren-Mercedes* 148 10px 2 ITA Ferrari* 137 10px 3 GER BMW Sauber* 77 10px 4 FRA Renault 36 10px 5 GBR Williams-Toyota 22Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Bold text and an asterisk indicates competitors who still had a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion. See also 2007 Istanbul Park GP2 Series round References External links Felipe Massa wins 2007 Turkish Grand Prix Detailed Turkish Grand Prix results Turkish Grand Prix 2007 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix 2007 Italian Grand Prix 2006 Turkish Grand Prix 2008 Turkish Grand Prix 40 57 20.5 N 29 24 29.7 E title Turkish Grand Prix Category:Turkish Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:August 2007 sports events in Turkey