2007 Bahrain Grand Prix





































2007 Bahrain Grand Prix

Race 3 of 17 in the 2007 Formula One World Championship

The Bahrain Circuit in Sakhir
The Bahrain Circuit in Sakhir

Race details
Date
April 15, 2007
Official name
IV Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix
Location
Bahrain International Circuit
Sakhir, Bahrain
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
5.412 km (3.363 mi)
Distance
57 laps, 308.238 km (191.530 mi)
Weather
Sunny, dry, windy
Attendance
90,000 (Weekend)[1]
Pole position
Driver

  • Brazil Felipe Massa


Ferrari
Time
1:32.652
Fastest lap
Driver
Brazil Felipe Massa

Ferrari
Time
1:34.067 on lap 42
Podium
First

  • Brazil Felipe Massa


Ferrari
Second

  • United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton


McLaren-Mercedes
Third

  • Finland Kimi Räikkönen


Ferrari


The 2007 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race and was the third round of the 2007 Formula One season. It was held on 15 April at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain.


In practice 1 and 2, Kimi Räikkönen topped the charts. Lewis Hamilton also placed well. Vitantonio Liuzzi got a surprise 8th-place result in 1st practice. Felipe Massa won the Grand Prix from Lewis Hamilton, who made history to become the first driver ever to finish on the podium in all his first three races.




Contents





  • 1 Report

    • 1.1 Practice


    • 1.2 Qualifying


    • 1.3 Race



  • 2 Classification

    • 2.1 Qualifying


    • 2.2 Race



  • 3 Championship standings after the race


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links




Report



Practice


The Friday morning practice session saw both Ferraris top the time sheets with Kimi Räikkönen the fastest with a time of 1:33.162 with his teammate, Felipe Massa, just over half a second slower than the Finn in second. The Italian team's nearest competition was the two McLarens of Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso who were third and fourth respectively, Hamilton just under a second slower than Räikkönen's time.[2][3]


Räikkönen was fastest again in the afternoon session, clocking a time of 1:33.527, just under four tenths slower than his fastest time during the morning session. Unlike the morning session, however, Ferrari did not have both their cars occupying the top two as Massa's fastest time was fourth fastest, with Hamilton and BMW Sauber's Robert Kubica separating the two Ferraris.[4][5]


It was six thousandths of a second that prevented Räikkönen from being fastest in all three practice sessions, but his run was ended by Lewis Hamilton with the lead BMW Sauber of Nick Heidfeld in third; Kubica fourth; Anthony Davidson's Super Aguri in fifth and Massa completing the top six, four tenths down on Hamilton's time.[6][7]



Qualifying


Qualifying was played out in temperatures of over 34 °C and despite a small shower of rain just after the morning practice session was over, the track itself was dry. Williams' Alexander Wurz was the first out onto the circuit with former Williams drivers David Coulthard and Jenson Button following him. Like the first practice session on Friday, the two Ferraris set the early pace, both recording laps under 1:33.000, the only two cars to do so during Part One of Qualifying. The first six to be eliminated from qualifying were Takuma Sato, who was seventeen thousandths of a second slower than sixteenth place Jenson Button; both Toro Rossos of Liuzzi and Speed; both Spykers of Albers and Sutil and David Coulthard joined Albers at the back of grid after his Red Bull suffered a gearbox problem.[8][9]


The two Toyotas of Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli left the pits first for Part Two of qualifying. Like in the first session, Ferrari were setting the pace, this time however it was Massa who was leading the way, with both their drivers setting times under 1:32:000, only to be split to Hamilton's McLaren. Button, who only just made the cut for the second round of qualifying, was slowest in the session, over two seconds slower than Massa's time. Joining the Brit was fellow Honda driver Rubens Barrichello; Ralf Schumacher; Davidson; Heikki Kovalainen and Wurz.[8][9]


Hamilton and the two BMW Saubers were first out in the final Part of qualifying, with Massa setting the early pace. The final part of the session saw Massa improve his time, lapping with a time of 1:32.652. Hamilton came second, just under three tenths slower than Massa, putting him on the front row in his third Formula One race. Kimi Räikkönen and Fernando Alonso made up row two, both BMW Saubers of Heidfeld and Kubica were fifth and sixth respectively; Giancarlo Fisichella and Mark Webber made up row four and Jarno Trulli and Nico Rosberg completed the top ten ninth and tenth respectively.[8][9]



Race





Ralf Schumacher in the pits en route to 12th.


At the start, the two leaders maintained their positions with Alonso passing Räikkönen into the second corner to take third. Further back, Adrian Sutil, Jenson Button and Scott Speed were involved in a collision in turn four, with Button and Speed out on the spot, while Sutil managed to get back to the pits. The Safety Car was brought out to clear up the wreckage.




The podium ceremony (from left to right: Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa, Kimi Räikkönen and Luca Baldisserri.)


Vitantonio Liuzzi had a drive-through penalty on lap nine for overtaking under a safety car. On the same lap, Rosberg had an off-track excursion, losing a place to Coulthard in the process. The front two stayed in the same positions after the first round of stops, but Räikkönen got back past Alonso to take third.


Alonso began to lose ground, and was passed by Heidfeld. He stayed behind the BMW for the remainder of the race. The Renaults also began to struggle, with Coulthard managing to overtake Fisichella. However, both Red Bulls retired in quick succession, promoting Trulli and Fisichella to the points.


Massa won the Grand Prix, 2.3 seconds in front of rookie Hamilton.[10][11]


After the race, Alonso, Räikkönen and Hamilton were equal on points. The last time the top three were level on points was in 1950 after the Indianapolis 500. By finishing second, Hamilton became the first driver in Formula One history to finish on the podium in each of his first three World Championship Grands Prix; the previous record was two consecutive podium finishes, achieved by Peter Arundell in the 1964 season.



Classification



Qualifying



























































































































































































Pos.

No.
Driver
Constructor
Q1
Q2
Q3

Grid
1
5

Brazil Felipe Massa

Ferrari

1:32.443

1:31.359

1:32.652
1
2
2

United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton

McLaren-Mercedes
1:32.580
1:31.752
1:32.935
2
3
6

Finland Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari
1:33.161
1:31.812
1:33.131
3
4
1

Spain Fernando Alonso

McLaren-Mercedes
1:33.049
1:32.214
1:33.192
4
5
9

Germany Nick Heidfeld

BMW Sauber
1:33.164
1:32.154
1:33.404
5
6
10

Poland Robert Kubica

BMW Sauber
1:33.348
1:32.292
1:33.710
6
7
3

Italy Giancarlo Fisichella

Renault
1:33.556
1:32.889
1:34.056
7
8
15

Australia Mark Webber

Red Bull-Renault
1:33.496
1:32.808
1:34.106
8
9
12

Italy Jarno Trulli

Toyota
1:33.218
1:32.429
1:34.154
9
10
16

Germany Nico Rosberg

Williams-Toyota
1:33.349
1:32.815
1:34.399
10
11
17

Austria Alexander Wurz

Williams-Toyota
1:33.759
1:32.915

11
12
4

Finland Heikki Kovalainen

Renault
1:33.467
1:32.935

12
13
23

United Kingdom Anthony Davidson

Super Aguri-Honda
1:33.299
1:33.082

13
14
11

Germany Ralf Schumacher

Toyota
1:33.923
1:33.294

14
15
8

Brazil Rubens Barrichello

Honda
1:33.776
1:33.624

15
16
7

United Kingdom Jenson Button

Honda
1:33.967
1:33.731

16
17
22

Japan Takuma Sato

Super Aguri-Honda
1:33.984


17
18
18

Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi

Toro Rosso-Ferrari
1:34.024


18
19
19

United States Scott Speed

Toro Rosso-Ferrari
1:34.333


19
20
20

Germany Adrian Sutil

Spyker-Ferrari
1:35.280


20
21
14

United Kingdom David Coulthard

Red Bull-Renault
1:35.341


21
22
21

Netherlands Christijan Albers

Spyker-Ferrari
1:35.533


22

Source:[12]


Race


























































































































































































Pos.No.DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1
5
Brazil Felipe Massa

Ferrari
57
1:33.27.515
1

10
2
2
United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton

McLaren-Mercedes
57
+2.360
2

8
3
6
Finland Kimi Räikkönen

Ferrari
57
+10.839
3

6
4
9
Germany Nick Heidfeld

BMW Sauber
57
+13.831
5

5
5
1
Spain Fernando Alonso

McLaren-Mercedes
57
+14.426
4

4
6
10
Poland Robert Kubica

BMW Sauber
57
+45.529
6

3
7
12
Italy Jarno Trulli

Toyota
57
+1:21.371
9

2
8
3
Italy Giancarlo Fisichella

Renault
57
+1:21.701
7

1
9
4
Finland Heikki Kovalainen

Renault
57
+1:29.411
12

10
16
Germany Nico Rosberg

Williams-Toyota
57
+1:29.916
10

11
17
Austria Alexander Wurz

Williams-Toyota
56
+1 Lap
11

12
11
Germany Ralf Schumacher

Toyota
56
+1 Lap
14

13
8
Brazil Rubens Barrichello

Honda
56
+1 Lap
15

14
21
Netherlands Christijan Albers

Spyker-Ferrari
55
+2 Laps
22

15
20
Germany Adrian Sutil

Spyker-Ferrari
53
+4 Laps
20

16
23
United Kingdom Anthony Davidson

Super Aguri-Honda
51
Engine
13

Ret
15
Australia Mark Webber

Red Bull-Renault
41
Gearbox
8

Ret
14
United Kingdom David Coulthard

Red Bull-Renault
36
Driveshaft
21

Ret
22
Japan Takuma Sato

Super Aguri-Honda
34
Engine
17

Ret
18
Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi

Toro Rosso-Ferrari
26
Hydraulics
18

Ret
7
United Kingdom Jenson Button

Honda
0
Collision
16

Ret
19
United States Scott Speed

Toro Rosso-Ferrari
0
Collision
19


Source:[13]


Championship standings after the race








  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.


References




  1. ^ https://joesaward.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/trends-in-bahrain/


  2. ^ "Practice 1 - Report" GrandPrix. Retrieved 29 April 2007


  3. ^ "Practice 1 - Results" GrandPrix. Retrieved 29 April 2007


  4. ^ "Practice 2 - Report" GrandPrix. Retrieved 29 April 2007


  5. ^ "Practice 2 - Results" GrandPrix. Retrieved 29 April 2007


  6. ^ "Practice 3 - Report" GrandPrix. Retrieved 29 April 2007


  7. ^ "Practice 3 - Results" GrandPrix. Retrieved 29 April 2007


  8. ^ abc "Qualifying - Report" GrandPrix. Retrieved 29 April 2007


  9. ^ abc "Qualifying - Results" GrandPrix. Retrieved 29 April 2007


  10. ^ "Race Report" GrandPrix. Retrieved 29 April 2007


  11. ^ "Race Results" GrandPrix. Retrieved 29 April 2007


  12. ^ "2007 FORMULA 1™ Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix - Qualifying". Official Formula One website. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  13. ^ "2007 FORMULA 1™ Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix - Race". Official Formula One website. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.


  14. ^ ab "Bahrain 2007 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 8 March 2019.




External links






  • Bahrain Grand Prix results (fia.com)

  • Detailed Bahrain Grand Prix results









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