2007 Spanish Grand Prix

March 2012 F1 Spain Spanish 2007 Bahrain Grand Prix 2007 Monaco Grand Prix Formula1 Circuit Catalunya.svg Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona 13 May 2007 Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Telefónica 2007 4 17 Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain2007 Spanish Grand Prix https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2007-spanish-grand-prix/ Motor Sport 31 May 2022 Permanent racing facility 2.892 4.655 65 187.934 302.449 66 190.938 307.164 Sunny and warm 140,700 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:21.421 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:22.680 14 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari Brazil Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes UK Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes Spain ESP The 2007 Spanish Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Gran Premio de España Telefónica 2007)http://www.formula1.com:80/races/in_detail/773/ Spanish Formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20070701090329/http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/773/ 20 December 2020 July 1, 2007 live was a Formula One motor race, the fourth race of the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship, won by Felipe Massa. It was held on 13 May 2007 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. Report Background Prior to the Spanish Grand Prix, the Circuit de Catalunya went through some circuit revisions to encourage overtaking and make the racing more exciting and also to improve safety standards.Spanish track changes to aid overtaking http://www.formula1.com/race/news/6030/773.html Official Formula One website May 4, 2007 May 4, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070508090857/http://www.formula1.com/race/news/6030/773.html May 8, 2007 live mdy The revisions included a chicane placed at the final two corners. "Although I have always really enjoyed the final two corners and their speed, the new chicane at the end of the track will hopefully lead to more overtaking during the race, which is great for the spectators," Fernando Alonso commented. Because of the revisions, the fastest lap of the race, recorded by Massa, was fractionally over six seconds longer than the fastest lap of the race in 2006, also recorded by Massa. Just over a week before the weekend of the grand prix, there was an organised test session at the trackThree day testing after five week break http://www.formula1.com/news/6012.html Official Formula One website April 30, 2007 May 4, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070502024807/http://www.formula1.com/news/6012.html May 2, 2007 live mdy for four days, with primary focus on aerodynamic set-ups. However, due to heavy rain on the Tuesday,Rain hits test http://www.formula1.com/news/6021.html Official Formula One website May 2, 2007 May 4, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070520010818/http://www.formula1.com/news/6021.html May 20, 2007 live mdy many teams abandoned their initial test schedule and instead looked to focus on wet-weather set-ups. Both Ferrari and Red Bull took advantage of these conditions and scored first and second fastest times respectively on both Tuesday and Wednesday.Ferrari fastest http://www.formula1.com/news/6025.html Official Formula One website May 3, 2007 May 4, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070505051718/http://www.formula1.com/news/6025.html May 5, 2007 live mdy The wet weather eventually led to a fourth day of testing, in which Red Bull driver David Coulthard broke Ferrari's run and set the fastest time by 0.2 seconds.Coulthard sets fastest test time. http://www.formula1.com/news/6028.html Official Formula One website May 4, 2007 May 4, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070508085005/http://www.formula1.com/news/6028.html May 8, 2007 live mdy The aerodynamic focus was evident in the unveiling of two new and radical front aero designs by both the HondaHonda grows elephant ears. http://www.formula1.com/news/6027.html Official Formula One website May 3, 2007 May 4, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070505051532/http://www.formula1.com/news/6027.html May 5, 2007 live mdy and McLarenMcLaren debut radical front wing. http://www.formula1.com/news/6016.html Official Formula One website April 30, 2007 May 4, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070502024743/http://www.formula1.com/news/6016.html May 2, 2007 live mdy teams. Both teams would be understandably reluctant to release figures to support their reasoning for using such radical winglets, although McLaren's consistent speed throughout the testing is noted by only having out-paced championship rivals Ferrari once. Honda, however, ended up half a second down on the nearest car on the final day of testing where they unveiled their "elephant ear" winglets. McLaren punctuated their need for aero testing over rain testing by withdrawing on the rained-out Tuesday. Practice Lewis Hamilton headed the first practice session in his McLaren, just 0.4seconds ahead of team-mate Fernando Alonso, who was in front of his home crowd. Kimi Räikkönen was third in his Ferrari, but his team-mate Felipe Massa was demoted to fifth in the closing moments, as Robert Kubica took fourth in his BMW. Anthony Davidson finished sixth in his Super Aguri,"Davidson pleased with Aguri pace" ITV-F1. Retrieved May 11, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070929115320/http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=39185 September 29, 2007 with the Toyotas of Jarno Trulli and Ralf Schumacher in 7th and 8th. Nico Rosberg and Jenson Button rounded out the top ten."Practice 1: Lewis heads McLaren 1–2" ITV-F1. Retrieved May 11, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023550/http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=39175 May 13, 2007 Alonso turned the tables on Hamilton in the second practice session, with Alonso three tenths ahead of the rest of the field, but Hamilton was back in fifth. McLaren team boss Ron Dennis said that they had made the "best possible start to the weekend"."Renault plays down practice speed" ITV-F1. Retrieved May 11, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070513030234/http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=39184 May 13, 2007 The Renaults of Giancarlo Fisichella and Heikki Kovalainen produced a late surge to finish 2nd and 3rd, ahead of both Ferraris, who were down in 4th and 6th. However, Renault's engineering director Pat Symonds played down the times, saying they were "done with a lower fuel load" and "are therefore unrepresentatively high in the timesheets"."McLaren happy with perfect Friday" ITV-F1. Retrieved May 11, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070927000848/http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=39186 September 27, 2007 Behind the top three teams, Nico Rosberg was again in the top ten in his Williams, with engineering director Patrick Head saying they've been "playing catch up today","Williams makes up for lost time" ITV-F1. Retrieved May 11, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103331/http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=39188 September 29, 2007 after a high-speed crash by Rosberg during the Barcelona test."Second crash at Spanish GP track" BBC Sport. Retrieved May 11, 2007 Although out of the top six, Nick Heidfeld said his eighth place "doesn't reflect how competitive we are","Heidfeld: There's more pace to come" ITV-F1. Retrieved May 11, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070514044139/http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=39189 May 14, 2007 with Webber and Scott Speed rounding out the top ten."Practice 2: Alonso thrills home fans" ITV-F1. Retrieved May 11, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070513023446/http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=39179 May 13, 2007 It was the second McLaren one-two of the weekend as Hamilton took first ahead of Alonso in Saturday practice. Behind them, both BMWs were in front of both Ferraris. They were split by David Coulthard in the Red Bull. Anthony Davidson put in another good practice performance with eighth in his Super Aguri, with Nico Rosberg and Heikki Kovalainen rounding out the top ten."Sat practice: Lewis gears up for pole bid" ITV-F1. Retrieved May 12, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070514040526/http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=39198 May 14, 2007 Qualifying Fernando Alonso looked likely to take pole at his home Grand Prix. Alonso crossed the line at the end of Q3 to take pole, unaware that Felipe Massa still had one lap in hand. The Brazilian pipped pole from the home hero by three-one hundredths of a second. Race thumb|300px|right|Lewis Hamilton's second place put him into the lead of the championship without any race wins at the time. The first start was aborted when Toyota driver Jarno Trulli stalled on the grid, forcing another formation lap and decreasing the race length to 65 laps. The race got underway shortly thereafter with both Felipe Massa and World Champion Fernando Alonso going into the corner ahead of their team-mates Kimi Räikkönen and Lewis Hamilton respectively. This order was short-lived as Alonso and Massa touched briefly going into the first corner, sending Alonso over the gravel with him returning to the track behind Räikkönen's Ferrari in fourth.Massa takes dominant win in Spain. http://www.formula1.com/race/news/6086/773.html Official Formula One website May 13, 2007 May 14, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070515064159/http://www.formula1.com/race/news/6086/773.html May 15, 2007 live mdy The first lap saw the first of eight retirements, that being Austrian Alexander Wurz as he was caught unaware by Toyota driver Ralf Schumacher braking suddenly to avoid Giancarlo Fisichella, as the Italian returned to the track after a minor off. Six laps later, as Massa was building a lead over Hamilton, Australian Red Bull driver Mark Webber retired when the hydraulic problems that plagued him during qualifying returned. A lap later, Trulli, who had started from the pit lane after stalling on the grid, also pulled into the pits and retired due to a failing fuel line. On lap nine the electrics on Kimi Räikkönen's Ferrari failed, leaving him to coast to the pits from halfway around the track. Scott Speed's tyre failed spectacularly on the main straight shortly afterwards, leaving debris that remained there for the rest of the race. As the first round of pit-stops took place, a fire briefly lit into full blaze on the back the remaining Ferrari of race leader Felipe Massa. The car was undamaged and after all the cars had stopped he was still some ten seconds ahead of Briton Lewis Hamilton. The remaining Toro Rosso of Vitantonio Liuzzi suffered similar hydraulic problems to those befell him in qualifying. Italian Renault driver, Giancarlo Fisichella, battled with the Honda of Rubens Barrichello, passing the Brazilian after the second stops. While most drivers negotiated their second stops smoothly, BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld lost a probable fourth position, which would have been his fourth in as many races, when his right front wheel was not properly secured during the pit stop. He coasted around the circuit for another stop and returned to the track more than a lap down. More drama followed the Hondas as drivers Barrichello and Jenson Button touched as the latter exited the pits. Button was forced to return to the pits for a new front wing whilst Barrichello raced on, futilely attempting to catch Fisichella's Renault. Through all the retirements and bungled pit-stops, Red Bull driver David Coulthard raced to what became a strong fifth position despite losing third gear in the team's new quick shift gearbox. Despite Williams driver Rosberg's best attempts, he was unable to pass the Scot. This was Red Bull's strongest result so far this season and highlighted the improving performance of the Adrian Newey designed RB3 chassis. Renault's day went sour after problems with the refuelling rig meant that both Fisichella and Kovalainen had to pit again forcing Heikki down to 7th of what would have been a probable 5th and pushed Giancarlo out of the points altogether. He still remained ahead of the Hondas of Button and Barrichello and the Super Aguri for Anthony Davidson. Ralf Schumacher retired with 20 laps remaining in the race. On American SPEED Channel coverage, commentator Bob Varsha joked that Schumacher was pitting from "somewhere around Andorra" alluding to the German's very slow pace all day. Massa went on to win the race by almost seven seconds2007 Spanish Grand Prix. http://www.formula1.com/race/result/773/8.html Official Formula One website May 13, 2007 May 14, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070517144009/http://www.formula1.com/race/result/773/8.html May 17, 2007 live mdy over the McLaren pair of Hamilton and Alonso, respectively second and third. This result meant that Hamilton, after a Formula One career of only four races, led the championship despite never previously taking a race victory. He is the youngest driver to do so, taking the record from McLaren team founder, Bruce McLaren. Pole Robert Kubica made up for his team-mate's gearbox induced retirement by continuing the team's run of fourth-place finishes, while Aguri Suzuki's Japanese Super Aguri team notched up their first ever points with an eighth place by Takuma Sato. "I just cannot describe how happy we are and a point means much more than anything else for us and this is an absolutely fantastic result" Sato went on to say.Historic First Point for Super Aguri. http://www.formula1.com/race/news/6090/773.html Official Formula One website May 13, 2007 May 14, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070515064111/http://www.formula1.com/race/news/6090/773.html May 15, 2007 live mdy Classification Qualifying Pos. Qualifying position No. Car number Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid Final grid position15Brazil Felipe MassaFerrari1:21.3751:20.5971:21.421121Spain Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Mercedes1:21.6091:20.7971:21.451236Finland Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:21.8021:20.7411:21.723342United Kingdom Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:21.1201:20.7131:21.7854510Poland Robert KubicaBMW Sauber1:21.9411:21.3811:22.2535612Italy Jarno TrulliToyota1:22.5011:21.5541:22.324679Germany Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber1:21.6251:21.1131:22.389784Finland Heikki KovalainenRenault1:21.7901:21.6231:22.5688914United Kingdom David CoulthardRed Bull-Renault1:22.4911:21.4881:22.7499103Italy Giancarlo FisichellaRenault1:22.0641:21.6771:22.881101116Germany Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota1:21.9431:21.96811128Brazil Rubens BarrichelloHonda1:22.5021:22.097121322Japan Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda1:22.0901:22.11513147United Kingdom Jenson ButtonHonda1:22.5031:22.120141523United Kingdom Anthony DavidsonSuper Aguri-Honda1:22.295No time2 2151618Italy Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Ferrari1:22.508No time3 3161711Germany Ralf SchumacherToyota1:22.666171817Austria Alexander WurzWilliams-Toyota1:22.769181915Australia Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:23.398192020Germany Adrian SutilSpyker-Ferrari1:23.811202121Netherlands Christijan AlbersSpyker-Ferrari1:23.990212219USA Scott SpeedToro Rosso-FerrariNo time1 122Source:FORMULA 1 Gran Premio de España Telefónica 2007 - Qualifying http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/773/6395/ Official Formula One website 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20131031124140/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/773/6395// October 31, 2013 Notes 1 1 – Scott Speed failed to set a time in Q1 due to a gearbox problem.http://www.formula1.com/race/news/6079/773.html Massa pips Alonso for Spanish pole Formula1.com 19 May 2026 May 31, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070531184358/http://www.formula1.com/race/news/6079/773.html dead 2 2 – Anthony Davidson failed to set a time in Q2 because he went off-track turn 9. 3 3 – Vitantonio Liuzzi failed to set a time in Q2 due to a gearbox problem. Race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 65 1:31:36.230 1 10 2 2 UK Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 65 +6.790 4 8 3 1 Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 65 +17.456 2 6 4 10 Poland Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 65 +31.615 5 5 5 14 UK David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 65 +58.331 9 4 6 16 Germany Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 65 +59.538 11 3 7 4 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Renault 65 +1:02.128 8 2 8 22 Japan Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 64 +1 Lap 13 1 9 3 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 64 +1 Lap 10 10 8 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Honda 64 +1 Lap 12 11 23 UK Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 64 +1 Lap 15 12 7 UK Jenson Button Honda 64 +1 Lap 14 13 20 Germany Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 63 +2 Laps 20 14 21 Netherlands Christijan Albers Spyker-Ferrari 63 +2 Laps 21 Ret Retired 9 Germany Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 46 Gearbox 7 Ret Retired 11 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota 44 Mechanical 17 Ret Retired 18 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 19 Hydraulics 16 Ret Retired 19 USA Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Ferrari 9 Tyre 22 Ret Retired 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 9 Electrical 3 Ret Retired 12 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 8 Fuel Pressure PL4 4 Ret Retired 15 Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 7 Hydraulics 19 Ret Retired 17 Austria Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 1 Collision 18Source:FORMULA 1 Gran Premio de España Telefónica 2007 - Race http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/773/ Official Formula One website 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141228114441/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/773/ December 28, 2014 Notes 4 4 – Jarno Trulli started the race from the pitlane. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings +/– Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 2 1 GBR Lewis Hamilton 30 10px 1 2 ESP Fernando Alonso 28 10px 1 3 BRA Felipe Massa 27 10px 2 4 FIN Kimi Räikkönen 22 10px 5 GER Nick Heidfeld 15Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/espagne/championnat.aspx Spain 2007 - Championship • STATS F1 statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings +/– Pos. Position Constructor Points 10px 1 GBR McLaren-Mercedes 58 10px 2 ITA Ferrari 49 10px 3 GER BMW Sauber 23 10px 4 FRA Renault 11 10px 1 5 GBR Williams-Toyota 5Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2007 Catalunya GP2 Series round External links Detailed Spanish Grand Prix results References 30em Spanish Grand Prix 2007 2007 Bahrain Grand Prix 2007 Monaco Grand Prix 2006 Spanish Grand Prix 2008 Spanish Grand Prix 41 34 9.9 N 2 15 26.9 E title Spanish Grand Prix Category:Spanish Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:May 2007 sports events in Europe