2007 Monaco Grand Prix

June 2021 F1 Monaco 2007 Spanish Grand Prix 2007 Canadian Grand Prix Monaco Monte Carlo Formula 1 track map.svg 27 May 2007 5 17 Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2007 Street circuit Circuit de Monaco 2.08 3.34 78 162.24 260.52 Cloudy, air temp 24 - 27 C, track temp 33 - 42 C Fernando Alonso Spain McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.726 Fernando Alonso Spain McLaren-Mercedes 1:15.284 44 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes Spain Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes UK Felipe Massa Ferrari Brazil MON The 2007 Monaco Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2007)http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/774/circuit_diagram.html Monaco Formula1.com https://web.archive.org/web/20070627023844/http://www.formula1.com/races/in_detail/774/circuit_diagram.html 21 December 2020 27 June 2007 was a Formula One motor race held on 27 May 2007 at the Circuit de Monaco. It was the fifth race of the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship. The 78-lap race was won from pole position by Spanish driver Fernando Alonso, driving a McLaren-Mercedes. Alonso took his second consecutive Monaco win by four seconds from English teammate Lewis Hamilton, with Brazilian Felipe Massa third in a Ferrari. Report Background The Grand Prix was contested by 22 drivers, in eleven teams of two. The teams, also known as "constructors", were Renault, McLaren-Mercedes, Ferrari, Honda, Spyker-Ferrari, BMW Sauber, Toyota, Red Bull-Renault, Williams-Toyota, Toro Rosso-Ferrari and Super Aguri. Before the race, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton led the Drivers' Championship, with 30 points, ahead of team-mate Fernando Alonso on 28 and Ferrari driver Felipe Massa on 27 points. Massa's team-mate Kimi Räikkönen was fourth, ahead of BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld in fifth. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren were leading with 58 points, nine points ahead of Ferrari with 49 points; BMW Sauber were a further 26 points in third. Testing started a week and a half before the race at Circuit Paul Ricard using the circuit's 2D SC configuration to replicate the Circuit de Monaco.Paul Ricard day one – Hamilton fastest in France http://www.formula1.com/news/6104.html Official Formula One website 16 May 2007 18 May 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070602153513/http://www.formula1.com/news/6104.html 2 June 2007 Lewis Hamilton went on to score the fastest times on the days of testing whilst the circuit was in the Monaco configuration. Hamilton, who had never lost a race on the Monte Carlo track (having won there in both GP2 and F3)Hamilton Plays Down Chances. http://www.formula1.com/race/news/6124/774.html Official Formula One website 22 May 2007 22 May 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070524092232/http://www.formula1.com/race/news/6124/774.html 24 May 2007 live played down his chances of winning the race, although he still remained "realistic" and optimistic, looking to fight for a win as is "the case with everything (he) competes in." Six days before the race, Ferrari employee Nigel Stepney tried to sabotage Kimi Räikkönen's and Felipe Massa's cars, when a mysterious powder was found in the fuel tank of Räikkönen's and Massa's car. The parts were replaced before the race and the powder was sent to the police to be examined. Stepney was reportedly angry with Ferrari for not being promoted to technical director after Ross Brawn, left the team after last season.https://www.thestar.com/sports/2007/06/22/ferrari_team_member_accused_of_sabotage.html Ferrari team member accused of sabotage Toronto Star 22 June 2007 12 January 2021 Ferrari changed the colour of their car dark red which was changed to approximate the color scheme used by Marlboro.https://www.grandprix.com/news/new-ferrari-livery.html New Ferrari livery Grandprix.com 12 January 2021 Practice The final practice session on Saturday morning was heavily affected by rain. Adrian Sutil of Spyker topped the timesheets for this session due to the conditions. Qualifying thumb|left|300px|Heikki Kovalainen in Monaco Qualifying was dominated throughout by the two McLarens of Hamilton and Fernando Alonso. Despite Hamilton setting fastest times for the first session, Alonso outpaced him in the final stages to take pole position, with Hamilton being held up slightly by Mark Webber. Felipe Massa of Ferrari qualified third fastest, posting a time after the clock stopped. Kimi Räikkönen made a mistake and hit the barriers coming out of the Swimming Pool Complex during the second qualifying stage, breaking his front-right suspension. The damage inflicted could not be repaired and he qualified sixteenth. Despite provisionally making the top ten, David Coulthard was penalised for impeding Heikki Kovalainen and demoted to thirteenth.Coulthard penalised for blocking Kovalainen http://www.formula1.com/race/news/6152/774.html The Official Formula 1 Website 26 May 2007 26 May 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070528065151/http://www.formula1.com/race/news/6152/774.html 28 May 2007 live Coulthard's demotion allowed Jenson Button to participate in the final qualifying stage, but he failed to move up the field and finished the qualifying session in 10th place. Of those whose qualifying went well, former Monaco resident Giancarlo Fisichella fared best, putting his Renault on the second row in fourth place. Nico Rosberg's performance marked a return to form for his Williams team; his fifth place was the British constructor's best qualifying position since Mark Webber's second place at the same track one year before in 2006. Webber himself also fared well, filling the second slot on row three, alongside Rosberg, in sixth place. Race The race started at 14:00 CET. From the starting line everyone got away for the first laps, with Hamilton diving in behind Alonso to defend any of the Ferrari's advances. After the race, FIA launched an investigation of the McLaren team for giving out team orders, to the effect of asking Hamilton not to attempt to race or overtake Alonso.FIA to investigate McLaren team orders http://www.formula1.com/race/news/6170/774.html Official Formula One website 28 May 2007 28 May 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070601173345/http://www.formula1.com/race/news/6170/774.html 1 June 2007 McLaren were later cleared of any wrongdoing by the FIA.McLaren cleared over Monaco win http://www.formula1.com/race/news/6176/774.html Official Formula 1 website 30 May 2007 30 May 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20070601172008/http://www.formula1.com/race/news/6176/774.html 1 June 2007 No other car in the field could keep up with the sheer pace of both of the McLaren-Mercedes, with Massa, after a competitive first stint in third place, dropping to sixty seconds behind Hamilton. Notably, he was the only car the two McLaren drivers did not lap during the afternoon. Kimi Räikkönen came back up the field to eighth place to gain one championship point after his poor qualifying performance. Vitantonio Liuzzi crashed out of the race on the second lap, a fate that befell Spyker driver Adrian Sutil in the second half of the Grand Prix. The other Spyker car, driven by Christijan Albers failed to finish the race due to a mechanical problem. The only other retirement was Mark Webber, whose Red Bull's gearbox failed in the early stages of the race. Classification Qualifying Pos. Qualifying position No. Car number Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid Final grid position11Spain Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Mercedes1:16.0591:15.4311:15.726122United Kingdom Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:15.6851:15.4791:15.905235Brazil Felipe MassaFerrari1:16.7861:16.0341:15.967343Italy Giancarlo FisichellaRenault1:17.5961:16.0541:16.2854516Germany Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota1:16.8701:16.1001:16.4395615Australia Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:17.8161:16.4201:16.784679Germany Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber1:17.3851:15.7331:16.8327810Poland Robert KubicaBMW Sauber1:17.5841:15.5761:16.955898Brazil Rubens BarrichelloHonda1:17.2441:16.4541:17.4989107United Kingdom Jenson ButtonHonda1:17.2971:16.4573 31:17.939103 31114United Kingdom David CoulthardRed Bull-Renault1:17.2041:16.3193 3133 31217Austria Alexander WurzWilliams-Toyota1:17.8741:16.662111318Italy Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Ferrari1:16.7201:16.703121412Italy Jarno TrulliToyota1:17.6861:16.98814154Finland Heikki KovalainenRenault1:17.8361:17.12515166Finland Kimi RäikkönenFerrari1:16.251No time1 1161723United Kingdom Anthony DavidsonSuper Aguri-Honda1:18.250171819USA Scott SpeedToro Rosso-Ferrari1:18.390181920Germany Adrian SutilSpyker-Ferrari1:18.418192011Germany Ralf SchumacherToyota1:18.539202122Japan Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda1:18.554212221Netherlands Christijan AlbersSpyker-FerrariNo time1 122Source:FORMULA 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2007 - Qualifying http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/774/6400/ Formula1.com Formula One Group 26 May 2007 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140112010956/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/774/6400/ 12 January 2014 Notes 1 1 – Christijan Albers failed to set a time in Q1 due to a hydraulic problem.https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/alonso-leads-all-mclaren-front-row-4409018/4409018/ Alonso leads all-McLaren front row Autosport.com 19 May 2026 19 May 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260519100245/https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/alonso-leads-all-mclaren-front-row-4409018/4409018/ bot: unknown 2 2 – Kimi Räikkönen failed to set a time in Q2 driving out of the pool complex into a guardrail, breaking his right front suspension. 3 3 – David Coulthard was penalised for blocking Heikki Kovalainen and not allowed to take part in Q3 despite posting the 8th fastest time of Q2, he was then given a two place grid penalty and started the race in 13th place. Jenson Button, who had qualified 11th in Q2, therefore inherited the final place in Q3 from Coulthard.Coulthard penalised for blocking - updated http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/5/6152.html Formula1.com Formula One Group 26 May 2007 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20140112010910/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2007/5/6152.html 12 January 2014 Race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 78 1:40:29.329 1 10 2 2 UK Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 78 +4.095 2 8 3 5 Brazil Felipe Massa Ferrari 78 +1:09.114 3 6 4 3 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 77 +1 Lap 4 5 5 10 Poland Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 77 +1 Lap 8 4 6 9 Germany Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 77 +1 Lap 7 3 7 17 Austria Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 77 +1 Lap 11 2 8 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 77 +1 Lap 16 1 9 19 USA Scott Speed Toro Rosso-Ferrari 77 +1 Lap 18 10 8 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Honda 77 +1 Lap 9 11 7 UK Jenson Button Honda 77 +1 Lap 10 12 16 Germany Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 77 +1 Lap 5 134 4 4 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Renault 76 Engine 15 14 14 UK David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 76 +2 Laps 13 15 12 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 76 +2 Laps 14 16 11 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota 76 +2 Laps 20 17 22 Japan Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 76 +2 Laps 21 18 23 UK Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 76 +2 Laps 17 194 4 21 Netherlands Christijan Albers Spyker-Ferrari 70 Driveshaft 22 Ret Retired 20 Germany Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 53 Accident 19 Ret Retired 15 Australia Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 17 Gearbox 6 Ret Retired 18 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1 Accident 12Source:FORMULA 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2007 - Race http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/774/ Official Formula One website 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20141228114527/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2007/774/ 28 December 2014 Notes 4 4 – Heikki Kovalainen was classified as 13th and Christijan Albers was classified as 19th, because they completed 90% of the race winner's distance. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings +/– Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 1 ESP Fernando Alonso 38 10px 1 2 GBR Lewis Hamilton 38 10px 3 BRA Felipe Massa 33 10px 4 FIN Kimi Räikkönen 23 10px 5 GER Nick Heidfeld 18Source:Monaco 2007 - Championship • STATS F1 https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/monaco/championnat.aspx statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings +/– Pos. Position Constructor Points 10px 1 GBR McLaren-Mercedes 76 10px 2 ITA Ferrari 56 10px 3 GER BMW Sauber 30 10px 4 FRA Renault 16 10px 5 GBR Williams-Toyota 7Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. See also 2007 Monaco GP2 Series round References 30em External links Detailed Monaco Grand Prix results Monaco Grand Prix 2007 2007 Spanish Grand Prix 2007 Canadian Grand Prix 2006 Monaco Grand Prix 2008 Monaco Grand Prix 43 44 4.74 N 7 25 16.8 E scale:1563_type:landmark_region:MC title Monaco Grand Prix Category:Monaco Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:May 2007 sports events in Europe