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2007 French Grand Prix

2007 French Grand Prix

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The 2007 French Grand Prix (formally the XCIII Grand Prix de France) was a Formula One
Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1, and currently officially referred to as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants...

 motor race held on July 1, 2007 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours is a motor racing circuit located in France, near the towns of Magny-Cours and Nevers. It is most famous for staging the Formula One French Grand Prix, which has been held here between 1991 and 2008...

, Magny-Cours
Magny-Cours
Magny-Cours is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.It is best known for being the home of the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, a famous motor racing circuit . It formerly hosted the Formula One French Grand Prix.-References:* -External links:*...

, France
France
France , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...

. It was the 8th race of the 2007 Formula One season
2007 Formula One season
The 2007 Formula One season was the 58th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It began on 18 March and ended on 21 October after seventeen Grands Prix. The Drivers' Championship was won by Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen by one point at the final race of the season, making Räikkönen the third...

. The race, contested over 70 laps, was won by Kimi Räikkönen
Kimi Räikkönen
Kimi-Matias Räikkönen , nicknamed Iceman, is a Finnish Formula One race car driver, currently driving for Scuderia Ferrari. He was the 2007 Formula One World Drivers' Champion....

 for the Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

 team after starting from third position. Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. He finished a close second in the 2008 Drivers' World Championship, and is under contract to race for Scuderia Ferrari until the end of the season...

, who started the race from pole position
Pole position
The term "pole position" comes from the horse racing term where the number one starter starts on the inside next to the inside pole.The term made its way, along with several other customs, to auto racing. In circuit motorsport, a driver has pole position when he or she starts a race at the front of...

, finished second in the latter Ferrari, with Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE is a British Formula One racing driver from England, currently racing for the McLaren Mercedes team and is the youngest ever Formula One World Champion...

 third in a McLaren car.

Massa controlled most of the race from the front, but Räikkönen overtook him during the second round of pit stop
Pit stop
In motorsports, a pit stop is where a racing vehicle stops in the pits during a race for refuelling, new tires, repairs, mechanical adjustments, a driver change, or any combination of the above....

s to take the lead.

Following the United States Grand Prix
2007 United States Grand Prix
The 2007 United States Grand Prix was the seventh race of the 2007 Formula One season. It was also the last Formula 1 race held in the United States. It was held on 15–17 June at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway...

, the Formula One
Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1, and currently officially referred to as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants...

 teams headed to Silverstone
Silverstone Circuit
The Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England, named after the village in the former. It is best known as the home of the British Grand Prix, which it first hosted in 1948 and which has been held on the circuit every year since 1987...

 for a three-day test.
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The 2007 French Grand Prix (formally the XCIII Grand Prix de France) was a Formula One
Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1, and currently officially referred to as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants...

 motor race held on July 1, 2007 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours
Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours is a motor racing circuit located in France, near the towns of Magny-Cours and Nevers. It is most famous for staging the Formula One French Grand Prix, which has been held here between 1991 and 2008...

, Magny-Cours
Magny-Cours
Magny-Cours is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.It is best known for being the home of the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, a famous motor racing circuit . It formerly hosted the Formula One French Grand Prix.-References:* -External links:*...

, France
France
France , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...

. It was the 8th race of the 2007 Formula One season
2007 Formula One season
The 2007 Formula One season was the 58th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It began on 18 March and ended on 21 October after seventeen Grands Prix. The Drivers' Championship was won by Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen by one point at the final race of the season, making Räikkönen the third...

. The race, contested over 70 laps, was won by Kimi Räikkönen
Kimi Räikkönen
Kimi-Matias Räikkönen , nicknamed Iceman, is a Finnish Formula One race car driver, currently driving for Scuderia Ferrari. He was the 2007 Formula One World Drivers' Champion....

 for the Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

 team after starting from third position. Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. He finished a close second in the 2008 Drivers' World Championship, and is under contract to race for Scuderia Ferrari until the end of the season...

, who started the race from pole position
Pole position
The term "pole position" comes from the horse racing term where the number one starter starts on the inside next to the inside pole.The term made its way, along with several other customs, to auto racing. In circuit motorsport, a driver has pole position when he or she starts a race at the front of...

, finished second in the latter Ferrari, with Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE is a British Formula One racing driver from England, currently racing for the McLaren Mercedes team and is the youngest ever Formula One World Champion...

 third in a McLaren car.

Massa controlled most of the race from the front, but Räikkönen overtook him during the second round of pit stop
Pit stop
In motorsports, a pit stop is where a racing vehicle stops in the pits during a race for refuelling, new tires, repairs, mechanical adjustments, a driver change, or any combination of the above....

s to take the lead.

Background


Following the United States Grand Prix
2007 United States Grand Prix
The 2007 United States Grand Prix was the seventh race of the 2007 Formula One season. It was also the last Formula 1 race held in the United States. It was held on 15–17 June at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway...

, the Formula One
Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1, and currently officially referred to as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants...

 teams headed to Silverstone
Silverstone Circuit
The Silverstone Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England, named after the village in the former. It is best known as the home of the British Grand Prix, which it first hosted in 1948 and which has been held on the circuit every year since 1987...

 for a three-day test. Nine teams participated with the exception of Honda and Super Aguri
Super Aguri F1
Super Aguri F1 was a Formula One team that competed from to . The team, founded by former F1 driver Aguri Suzuki, was based in Tokyo, Japan but operated from the former Arrows factory in Leafield, UK. The cars were referred to as Super Aguri Hondas, with the team functioning to some degree as an...

 who opted to test at the Jerez circuit
Circuito Permanente de Jerez
Circuito de Jerez , formerly known as Circuito Permanente de Jerez, is a 4,428 m racing circuit located in the city of Jerez de la Frontera, deep within the sherry-producing south of Spain...

. Neither Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

 nor McLaren were fastest on the first two days at Silverstone, rather it was Toyota
Toyota F1
Panasonic Toyota Racing is a Formula One team owned by Japanese car manufacturer Toyota and based in Cologne, Germany. Toyota announced their plans to participate in F1 in 1999, and after extensive testing with their TF101 initial car, the team made their debut in 2002...

 that was fastest on both of the days. However, on the third and final day of testing Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. He finished a close second in the 2008 Drivers' World Championship, and is under contract to race for Scuderia Ferrari until the end of the season...

 put Ferrari on top with a time of 1:20.805. The nearest challenger, Nico Rosberg
Nico Rosberg
Nico Rosberg is a racing driver for the Williams Formula One team. He races under the German flag in Formula One, although he competed for Finland earlier in his career...

 was 0.469 behind, with Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and a two-time World Champion, racing for the Renault team....

 a further 0.010 behind. With Ferrari fastest on the third day, both of their drivers, Massa and Kimi Räikkönen
Kimi Räikkönen
Kimi-Matias Räikkönen , nicknamed Iceman, is a Finnish Formula One race car driver, currently driving for Scuderia Ferrari. He was the 2007 Formula One World Drivers' Champion....

 were very confident heading into the French round of the season
2007 Formula One season
The 2007 Formula One season was the 58th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It began on 18 March and ended on 21 October after seventeen Grands Prix. The Drivers' Championship was won by Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen by one point at the final race of the season, making Räikkönen the third...

.

Off track Ferrari launched a criminal investigation
2007 Formula One espionage controversy
The 2007 Formula One espionage controversy, also known as "Spygate," or "Stepneygate" involves allegations that the McLaren Formula One team was passed confidential technical information from the Ferrari team, and that the Renault F1 team was passed confidential technical information from the...

 in Modena
Modena
Modena is a city and a comune on the south side of the Po valley, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....

 against their own employee Nigel Stepney
Nigel Stepney
Nigel Stepney is an English born former Formula One mechanic.Stepney started in Formula One as a mechanic at Shadow in 1977, then followed Elio de Angelis to Lotus before moving to Benetton for the late 1980s and early 90s and then to Ferrari with Michael Schumacher, Rory Byrne and Ross Brawn...

. Stepney's lawyer ruled out sabotage claims, and Stepney said it was part of a "dirty tricks" campaign.

There was also controversy at the rear-end of the grid, as Spyker
Spyker F1
Spyker F1 was a Formula One team that competed in the 2007 Formula One World Championship, and was created by Spyker Cars after their buyout of the short-lived Midland F1 team...

 asked the FIA
Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, commonly referred to as the FIA, is a non-profit association established as the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Reconnus on June 20, 1904 to represent the interests of motoring organisations and motor car users...

 to look at the new updates that were put on the Super Aguri at Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race....

 to see whether the Aguri team are receiving current Honda parts. On Saturday, Super Aguri's managing director Daniel Audetto said "We have rules - they [Spyker] can just protest. Tell them to protest - if I have something to complain about, I will make a protest."

Robert Kubica
Robert Kubica
Robert Kubica is the first Polish racing driver to compete in Formula One. From 2006 he has driven for the BMW Sauber F1 team, promoted from test driver to race driver during 2006. In June 2008, Kubica took his maiden F1 victory in the chaotic Canadian Grand Prix, becoming the 99th driver to win a...

 was back in his BMW
BMW Sauber
BMW Sauber F1 is a Formula One team with bases in Hinwil, Switzerland and Munich, Germany. The team was formed at the end of 2005 as a result of a takeover of the existing Sauber Formula One team by German car manufacturer BMW after their partnership with Williams. The team scored two podium...

 after his crash at the Canadian Grand Prix
2007 Canadian Grand Prix
The 2007 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 10 June, 2007, at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada. It was the sixth race of the 2007 Formula One season...

. Early on Saturday, Nick Heidfeld
Nick Heidfeld
Nick Lars Heidfeld is a German Formula One racing driver, who is currently driving for the BMW Sauber team....

 was cleared to continue in his BMW after experiencing back pains during Friday practice.

Practice


Ferrari dominated both practice sessions on the Friday, with Räikkönen fastest in the first Practice Session and Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. He finished a close second in the 2008 Drivers' World Championship, and is under contract to race for Scuderia Ferrari until the end of the season...

 was fastest in the 2nd Practice Session. Behind the Ferraris, Alonso was third in his McLaren, but seven tenths behind, with his team-mate and World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE is a British Formula One racing driver from England, currently racing for the McLaren Mercedes team and is the youngest ever Formula One World Champion...

 sixth, but lost nearly an hour of the session due to car trouble. The two McLarens were split by David Coulthard
David Coulthard
David Marshall Coulthard, often called DC, is a British former Formula One racing driver from Scotland. By virtue of a long career he has amassed a notable points haul, and lies seventh on the all-time scorers list, being the top British scorer...

 and Nico Rosberg
Nico Rosberg
Nico Rosberg is a racing driver for the Williams Formula One team. He races under the German flag in Formula One, although he competed for Finland earlier in his career...

.

Hamilton managed to recover from his morning trouble to post the fourth fastest time in the 2nd Practice Session on Friday afternoon. The Ferraris were still leading, but Massa was fastest, just 0.035 seconds ahead of Räikkönen. However, one of the major surprises came from Scuderia Toro Rosso
Scuderia Toro Rosso
Scuderia Toro Rosso is one of two Formula One teams owned by Austrian beverage company Red Bull...

, as Scott Speed
Scott Speed
Scott Andrew Speed is an American race car driver. Formerly a driver for the Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 team, he made his Formula One race debut at the 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix, becoming the first American to race in F1 since Michael Andretti in 1993...

 posted the third quickest time, with Vitantonio Liuzzi
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Vitantonio "Tonio" Liuzzi is an Italian race driver who currently drives for the Force India Formula One team. He lives in Pescara, Italy.-Karting:...

 posting the fifth quickest time. During the session, Liuzzi was involved in a bizarre incident with Anthony Davidson
Anthony Davidson
Anthony Denis Davidson is a British Formula One racing driver from England, born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. He has raced for Minardi, Super Aguri and been a test driver for the British American Racing and Honda teams...

; Davidson exited his garage, and smashed his Super Aguri into the side of Liuzzi's Toro Rosso; knocking his front wing off in the accident. Alonso finished the second practice session eighth.

In the final practice session on Saturday morning, Hamilton managed to beat Ferrari, with the Englishman ahead of second-placed Massa by 0.063 seconds. Hamilton and the two Ferraris completed the top three, but Alonso was again down in eighth, having missed nearly the whole of the session with a faulty brake sensor. The Renaults
Renault F1
Renault F1 is the Renault company's Formula One racing team. Renault has a long though intermittent history of involvement in motor racing, including Ferenc Szisz winning the first French Grand Prix, usually regarded as marking the birth of Grand Prix motor racing...

 sparked a return to form with Heikki Kovalainen
Heikki Kovalainen
Heikki Johannes Kovalainen is a Finnish Formula One racing driver currently racing for the McLaren Mercedes team....

 and Giancarlo Fisichella
Giancarlo Fisichella
Giancarlo Fisichella , also known as Fisico, Giano or Fisi, is an Italian racing driver. He has driven in Formula One for Minardi, Jordan, Benetton, Sauber, Renault, Force India and is currently driving for Ferrari in place of the injured Felipe Massa...

 fourth and fifth, both ahead of rivals BMW, who were sixth and fifteenth respectively.

Qualifying


Both Spykers
Spyker F1
Spyker F1 was a Formula One team that competed in the 2007 Formula One World Championship, and was created by Spyker Cars after their buyout of the short-lived Midland F1 team...

 and both Super Aguris
Super Aguri F1
Super Aguri F1 was a Formula One team that competed from to . The team, founded by former F1 driver Aguri Suzuki, was based in Tokyo, Japan but operated from the former Arrows factory in Leafield, UK. The cars were referred to as Super Aguri Hondas, with the team functioning to some degree as an...

 were knocked out of the first phase of qualifying, along with Alexander Wurz
Alexander Wurz
Alexander Wurz is an Austrian racing driver. Hecompeted in Formula One from 1997 until 2007, and is also a two-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours....

s Williams and Vitantonio Liuzzi
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Vitantonio "Tonio" Liuzzi is an Italian race driver who currently drives for the Force India Formula One team. He lives in Pescara, Italy.-Karting:...

s Toro Rosso. For Super Aguris Takuma Sato
Takuma Sato
is a Japanese former Formula One automobile racing driver.-Junior Years:Sato is unusual among Japanese drivers in having relatively little motor racing experience in his native country...

, it did not matter where he qualified, as he was docked ten places, due to overtaking Jenson Button
Jenson Button
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button is a British Formula One driver from England, currently driving for the Brawn GP team; he is the Formula One World Driver's Champion....

 under yellow flags at the last Grand Prix. Spykers Adrian Sutil
Adrian Sutil
Adrian Sutil is a German Formula One racing driver.-Biography:Sutil is the son of professional musicians Monika, a German, and Jorge, a Uruguayan. He has two brothers named Daniel and Raphael. He weighs 75kg and is 183cm tall. A talented pianist, Sutil started karting at 14 before moving up to...

 was hoping for a wet race after an unspectacular qualifying. At the front end of the grid, the McLarens were first and fourth, with Hamilton on top, and the Ferraris splitting them in third and fourth. Heikki Kovalainen
Heikki Kovalainen
Heikki Johannes Kovalainen is a Finnish Formula One racing driver currently racing for the McLaren Mercedes team....

 rounded out the top five.

David Coulthard
David Coulthard
David Marshall Coulthard, often called DC, is a British former Formula One racing driver from Scotland. By virtue of a long career he has amassed a notable points haul, and lies seventh on the all-time scorers list, being the top British scorer...

 failed to complete a single timed lap in the second part of qualifying due to a gearbox problem, and started 16th. Both Hondas
Honda F1
Honda Racing F1 Team was a Formula One team run by Japanese car manufacturer Honda, from 1964 to 1968 and from 2006 to 2008. Honda's involvement in F1 began with the 1964 season; their withdrawal in 1968 was precipitated by the death of Honda driver Jo Schlesser during the 1968 French Grand Prix. ...

 were knocked out also, along with Mark Webber
Mark Webber
Mark Alan Webber is an Australian Formula One driver. In 2002 he became the first Australian to race in Formula One since David Brabham in 1994...

, Scott Speed
Scott Speed
Scott Andrew Speed is an American race car driver. Formerly a driver for the Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 team, he made his Formula One race debut at the 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix, becoming the first American to race in F1 since Michael Andretti in 1993...

 and Ralf Schumacher
Ralf Schumacher
Ralf Schumacher is a German racing driver, and the younger brother of seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher...

. Both Button
Jenson Button
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button is a British Formula One driver from England, currently driving for the Brawn GP team; he is the Formula One World Driver's Champion....

 and Barrichello
Rubens Barrichello
Rubens Gonçalves "Rubinho" Barrichello is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. Following the management buy-out of the Honda racing team, with whom Barrichello competed during the 2008 season, he was confirmed for 2009 as Jenson Button's team mate in the new Brawn GP team.Barrichello has scored...

 were happier with the upgraded Honda, with Button saying "the car is certainly better than the last race in Indianapolis, although the positions don't reflect that". Hamilton was again fastest in Part 2, with team-mate Alonso down in 5th. Massa, Räikkönen and Kubica
Robert Kubica
Robert Kubica is the first Polish racing driver to compete in Formula One. From 2006 he has driven for the BMW Sauber F1 team, promoted from test driver to race driver during 2006. In June 2008, Kubica took his maiden F1 victory in the chaotic Canadian Grand Prix, becoming the 99th driver to win a...

 rounded out the top four.

After topping the first two parts of qualifying, Hamilton dropped to second in the third and final part, with Massa taking pole position, just 0.070 ahead of the Englishman. Massa stated in the post-Qualifying press conference that "it looks like we [Ferrari] are back and fighting", with Hamilton believing pole was possible had he not made a mistake at Turn 15. Räikkönen qualified third as he lost time on one corner, which he called "all my fault". Alonso was unable to complete a single lap in the session due to a gearbox problem. He was classified tenth and stated that he'd "prefer a wet race". Behind Räikkönen was Kubica in fourth, but despite qualifying fifth, Giancarlo Fisichella
Giancarlo Fisichella
Giancarlo Fisichella , also known as Fisico, Giano or Fisi, is an Italian racing driver. He has driven in Formula One for Minardi, Jordan, Benetton, Sauber, Renault, Force India and is currently driving for Ferrari in place of the injured Felipe Massa...

 believed there was "potential for more" from the Renault. Fisichella's team-mate Kovalainen was sixth, with Nick Heidfeld
Nick Heidfeld
Nick Lars Heidfeld is a German Formula One racing driver, who is currently driving for the BMW Sauber team....

 seventh. Jarno Trulli
Jarno Trulli
Jarno Trulli is an Italian Formula One auto racing driver currently driving for the Toyota team.-Early days:...

, Nico Rosberg
Nico Rosberg
Nico Rosberg is a racing driver for the Williams Formula One team. He races under the German flag in Formula One, although he competed for Finland earlier in his career...

 and Alonso rounded out the top ten. Rosberg also had a slight gearbox problem in the final part of qualifying, which he believed cost him a few tenths coming into the final few corners.

Race


Three people were killed in a helicopter crash at the circuit on Saturday night. They were Emmanuel Longobardi, a PR operative; the pilot Pierre Bennehard; and Simon MacGill, a New Zealand national. A Bridgestone employee and his niece were injured. Longobardi was a popular member of the Formula One
Formula One
Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1, and currently officially referred to as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . The "formula" in the name refers to a set of rules to which all participants...

 Paddock.

Adrian Sutil
Adrian Sutil
Adrian Sutil is a German Formula One racing driver.-Biography:Sutil is the son of professional musicians Monika, a German, and Jorge, a Uruguayan. He has two brothers named Daniel and Raphael. He weighs 75kg and is 183cm tall. A talented pianist, Sutil started karting at 14 before moving up to...

 in the Spyker opted to start from the pitlane. Massa got off to the best possible start and retained his lead, but Räikkönen passed Hamilton into Turn One. At the back of the field, Anthony Davidson
Anthony Davidson
Anthony Denis Davidson is a British Formula One racing driver from England, born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. He has raced for Minardi, Super Aguri and been a test driver for the British American Racing and Honda teams...

 hit the back of Vitantonio Liuzzi
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Vitantonio "Tonio" Liuzzi is an Italian race driver who currently drives for the Force India Formula One team. He lives in Pescara, Italy.-Karting:...

's Toro Rosso
Scuderia Toro Rosso
Scuderia Toro Rosso is one of two Formula One teams owned by Austrian beverage company Red Bull...

. The Toro Rosso came back onto the track and smashed into the side of the Super Aguri
Super Aguri F1
Super Aguri F1 was a Formula One team that competed from to . The team, founded by former F1 driver Aguri Suzuki, was based in Tokyo, Japan but operated from the former Arrows factory in Leafield, UK. The cars were referred to as Super Aguri Hondas, with the team functioning to some degree as an...

. Liuzzi said afterwards that "all we can do is wait for Silverstone and hope that the definite improvement we have made with the car pays off". At the Adelaide hairpin, Jarno Trulli
Jarno Trulli
Jarno Trulli is an Italian Formula One auto racing driver currently driving for the Toyota team.-Early days:...

 rammed into the back of Heikki Kovalainen
Heikki Kovalainen
Heikki Johannes Kovalainen is a Finnish Formula One racing driver currently racing for the McLaren Mercedes team....

. Trulli was out, but Kovalainen continued at the back of the field. Trulli apologised to Kovalainen after the race, and declared it "a racing accident". The tangle promoted Alonso up to 8th.

Robert Kubica
Robert Kubica
Robert Kubica is the first Polish racing driver to compete in Formula One. From 2006 he has driven for the BMW Sauber F1 team, promoted from test driver to race driver during 2006. In June 2008, Kubica took his maiden F1 victory in the chaotic Canadian Grand Prix, becoming the 99th driver to win a...

 was quickly losing ground on the two Ferraris
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

 and Hamilton. Alonso passed Rosberg
Nico Rosberg
Nico Rosberg is a racing driver for the Williams Formula One team. He races under the German flag in Formula One, although he competed for Finland earlier in his career...

 for 7th, and quickly closed in on Heidfeld
Nick Heidfeld
Nick Lars Heidfeld is a German Formula One racing driver, who is currently driving for the BMW Sauber team....

, but stayed behind him until he pitted on Lap 16. Alonso attempted to get past on Lap 5, but ran wide, giving the position back to the German. Hamilton also pitted on Lap 16, with Massa pitting on Lap 19 and Räikkönen on Lap 21.

Räikkönen decreased Massa's lead back down from 4 seconds to 2 seconds. Alonso passed both Heidfeld and Fisichella
Giancarlo Fisichella
Giancarlo Fisichella , also known as Fisico, Giano or Fisi, is an Italian racing driver. He has driven in Formula One for Minardi, Jordan, Benetton, Sauber, Renault, Force India and is currently driving for Ferrari in place of the injured Felipe Massa...

 in the middle section of the race. In the second round of stops, Räikkönen pitted two laps after Massa. These two laps extra gave Räikkönen the lead after his second stop, with Massa now second. Alonso pitted for the 2nd time on lap 35. Heidfeld and Fisichella pitted several laps later, and both of them got out in front of Alonso. Christijan Albers
Christijan Albers
Christijan Albers is a Dutch racing driver. After success in the DTM he drove in Formula One from until the 2007 British Grand Prix, shortly after which he was dropped by his Spyker F1 team...

 had an unusual accident, his car left the pit lane with the fuel rig attached without being detached by the pit crews. Eventually, he drove to the side of the track and retired.

Räikkönen won the race from team-mate Massa, with Hamilton third. This marked Ferrari's first one-two of the season. Massa stated that the race win was lost "because of traffic", while team-mate Räikkönen stated he was "much happier with the car". Kubica was a lonely fourth, with Fisichella, Heidfeld, Alonso and Button
Jenson Button
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button is a British Formula One driver from England, currently driving for the Brawn GP team; he is the Formula One World Driver's Champion....

 rounding out the points. Despite it being Button's first points of 2007, he said that he's "not getting too excited about it". Despite finishing seventh, Alonso was still confident about his title chances saying that he hopes the "two points are important at the end of the season".

Qualifying

Pos Name Constructor Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
1 Brazil Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. He finished a close second in the 2008 Drivers' World Championship, and is under contract to race for Scuderia Ferrari until the end of the season...

Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

1:15.303 1:14.822 1:15.034
2 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE is a British Formula One racing driver from England, currently racing for the McLaren Mercedes team and is the youngest ever Formula One World Champion...

McLaren-Mercedes
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. It is currently a division of the parent company, Daimler AG , after previously being owned by Daimler-Benz...

1:14.805 1:14.795 1:15.104
3 Finland Kimi Räikkönen
Kimi Räikkönen
Kimi-Matias Räikkönen , nicknamed Iceman, is a Finnish Formula One race car driver, currently driving for Scuderia Ferrari. He was the 2007 Formula One World Drivers' Champion....

Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

1:14.872 1:14.828 1:15.257
4 Poland Robert Kubica
Robert Kubica
Robert Kubica is the first Polish racing driver to compete in Formula One. From 2006 he has driven for the BMW Sauber F1 team, promoted from test driver to race driver during 2006. In June 2008, Kubica took his maiden F1 victory in the chaotic Canadian Grand Prix, becoming the 99th driver to win a...

BMW Sauber
BMW Sauber
BMW Sauber F1 is a Formula One team with bases in Hinwil, Switzerland and Munich, Germany. The team was formed at the end of 2005 as a result of a takeover of the existing Sauber Formula One team by German car manufacturer BMW after their partnership with Williams. The team scored two podium...

1:15.778 1:15.066 1:15.493
5 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
Giancarlo Fisichella
Giancarlo Fisichella , also known as Fisico, Giano or Fisi, is an Italian racing driver. He has driven in Formula One for Minardi, Jordan, Benetton, Sauber, Renault, Force India and is currently driving for Ferrari in place of the injured Felipe Massa...

Renault
Renault F1
Renault F1 is the Renault company's Formula One racing team. Renault has a long though intermittent history of involvement in motor racing, including Ferenc Szisz winning the first French Grand Prix, usually regarded as marking the birth of Grand Prix motor racing...

1:16.047 1:15.227 1:15.674
6 Finland Heikki Kovalainen
Heikki Kovalainen
Heikki Johannes Kovalainen is a Finnish Formula One racing driver currently racing for the McLaren Mercedes team....

Renault
Renault F1
Renault F1 is the Renault company's Formula One racing team. Renault has a long though intermittent history of involvement in motor racing, including Ferenc Szisz winning the first French Grand Prix, usually regarded as marking the birth of Grand Prix motor racing...

1:15.524 1:15.272 1:15.826
7 Germany Nick Heidfeld
Nick Heidfeld
Nick Lars Heidfeld is a German Formula One racing driver, who is currently driving for the BMW Sauber team....

BMW Sauber
BMW Sauber
BMW Sauber F1 is a Formula One team with bases in Hinwil, Switzerland and Munich, Germany. The team was formed at the end of 2005 as a result of a takeover of the existing Sauber Formula One team by German car manufacturer BMW after their partnership with Williams. The team scored two podium...

1:15.783 1:15.149 1:15.900
8 Italy Jarno Trulli
Jarno Trulli
Jarno Trulli is an Italian Formula One auto racing driver currently driving for the Toyota team.-Early days:...

Toyota
Toyota F1
Panasonic Toyota Racing is a Formula One team owned by Japanese car manufacturer Toyota and based in Cologne, Germany. Toyota announced their plans to participate in F1 in 1999, and after extensive testing with their TF101 initial car, the team made their debut in 2002...

1:16.118 1:15.379 1:15.935
9 Germany Nico Rosberg
Nico Rosberg
Nico Rosberg is a racing driver for the Williams Formula One team. He races under the German flag in Formula One, although he competed for Finland earlier in his career...

Williams
WilliamsF1
WilliamsF1, the trading name of Williams Grand Prix Engineering Ltd., is a Formula One motor racing team and constructor. It was founded and run by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head. The team was formed in 1977 after two earlier and, compared with WilliamsF1's achievements, unsuccessful F1...

-Toyota
Toyota F1
Panasonic Toyota Racing is a Formula One team owned by Japanese car manufacturer Toyota and based in Cologne, Germany. Toyota announced their plans to participate in F1 in 1999, and after extensive testing with their TF101 initial car, the team made their debut in 2002...

1:16.092 1:15.331 1:16.328
10 Spain Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and a two-time World Champion, racing for the Renault team....

McLaren-Mercedes
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. It is currently a division of the parent company, Daimler AG , after previously being owned by Daimler-Benz...

1:15.322 1:15.084 Gearbox
11 Germany Ralf Schumacher
Ralf Schumacher
Ralf Schumacher is a German racing driver, and the younger brother of seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher...

Toyota
Toyota F1
Panasonic Toyota Racing is a Formula One team owned by Japanese car manufacturer Toyota and based in Cologne, Germany. Toyota announced their plans to participate in F1 in 1999, and after extensive testing with their TF101 initial car, the team made their debut in 2002...

1:15.760 1:15.534
12 United Kingdom Jenson Button
Jenson Button
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button is a British Formula One driver from England, currently driving for the Brawn GP team; he is the Formula One World Driver's Champion....

Honda 1:16.113 1:15.584
13 Brazil Rubens Barrichello
Rubens Barrichello
Rubens Gonçalves "Rubinho" Barrichello is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. Following the management buy-out of the Honda racing team, with whom Barrichello competed during the 2008 season, he was confirmed for 2009 as Jenson Button's team mate in the new Brawn GP team.Barrichello has scored...

Honda 1:16.140 1:15.761
14 Australia Mark Webber
Mark Webber
Mark Alan Webber is an Australian Formula One driver. In 2002 he became the first Australian to race in Formula One since David Brabham in 1994...

Red Bull
Red Bull Racing
Red Bull Racing is one of two Formula One teams owned by Austrian beverage company Red Bull . The team is based in Milton Keynes in the UK but holds an Austrian licence...

-Renault
Renault
Renault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, buses, tractors, and trucks. Due to its alliance with Nissan, it is currently the world's fourth largest automaker. Headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, Renault owns the Romanian automaker Automobile Dacia and the Korean automaker Renault...

1:15.746 1:15.806
15 USA Scott Speed
Scott Speed
Scott Andrew Speed is an American race car driver. Formerly a driver for the Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 team, he made his Formula One race debut at the 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix, becoming the first American to race in F1 since Michael Andretti in 1993...

Toro Rosso
Scuderia Toro Rosso
Scuderia Toro Rosso is one of two Formula One teams owned by Austrian beverage company Red Bull...

-Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

1:15.980 1:16.049
16 United Kingdom David Coulthard
David Coulthard
David Marshall Coulthard, often called DC, is a British former Formula One racing driver from Scotland. By virtue of a long career he has amassed a notable points haul, and lies seventh on the all-time scorers list, being the top British scorer...

Red Bull
Red Bull Racing
Red Bull Racing is one of two Formula One teams owned by Austrian beverage company Red Bull . The team is based in Milton Keynes in the UK but holds an Austrian licence...

-Renault
Renault
Renault S.A. is a French automaker producing cars, vans, buses, tractors, and trucks. Due to its alliance with Nissan, it is currently the world's fourth largest automaker. Headquartered in Boulogne-Billancourt, Renault owns the Romanian automaker Automobile Dacia and the Korean automaker Renault...

1:15.915 Gearbox
17 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Vitantonio "Tonio" Liuzzi is an Italian race driver who currently drives for the Force India Formula One team. He lives in Pescara, Italy.-Karting:...

Toro Rosso
Scuderia Toro Rosso
Scuderia Toro Rosso is one of two Formula One teams owned by Austrian beverage company Red Bull...

-Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

1:16.142
18 Austria Alexander Wurz
Alexander Wurz
Alexander Wurz is an Austrian racing driver. Hecompeted in Formula One from 1997 until 2007, and is also a two-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours....

Williams
WilliamsF1
WilliamsF1, the trading name of Williams Grand Prix Engineering Ltd., is a Formula One motor racing team and constructor. It was founded and run by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head. The team was formed in 1977 after two earlier and, compared with WilliamsF1's achievements, unsuccessful F1...

-Toyota
Toyota F1
Panasonic Toyota Racing is a Formula One team owned by Japanese car manufacturer Toyota and based in Cologne, Germany. Toyota announced their plans to participate in F1 in 1999, and after extensive testing with their TF101 initial car, the team made their debut in 2002...

1:16.241
19 United Kingdom Anthony Davidson
Anthony Davidson
Anthony Denis Davidson is a British Formula One racing driver from England, born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. He has raced for Minardi, Super Aguri and been a test driver for the British American Racing and Honda teams...

Super Aguri-Honda
Honda
is a Japanese multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. Honda is the world's largest manufacturer of motorcycles as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume. Honda surpassed Nissan in 2001 to become...

1:16.366
20 Netherlands Christijan Albers
Christijan Albers
Christijan Albers is a Dutch racing driver. After success in the DTM he drove in Formula One from until the 2007 British Grand Prix, shortly after which he was dropped by his Spyker F1 team...

Spyker
Spyker F1
Spyker F1 was a Formula One team that competed in the 2007 Formula One World Championship, and was created by Spyker Cars after their buyout of the short-lived Midland F1 team...

-Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

1:17.826
21 Germany Adrian Sutil
Adrian Sutil
Adrian Sutil is a German Formula One racing driver.-Biography:Sutil is the son of professional musicians Monika, a German, and Jorge, a Uruguayan. He has two brothers named Daniel and Raphael. He weighs 75kg and is 183cm tall. A talented pianist, Sutil started karting at 14 before moving up to...

Spyker
Spyker F1
Spyker F1 was a Formula One team that competed in the 2007 Formula One World Championship, and was created by Spyker Cars after their buyout of the short-lived Midland F1 team...

-Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

1:17.915
22 Japan Takuma Sato
Takuma Sato
is a Japanese former Formula One automobile racing driver.-Junior Years:Sato is unusual among Japanese drivers in having relatively little motor racing experience in his native country...

Super Aguri-Honda
Honda
is a Japanese multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. Honda is the world's largest manufacturer of motorcycles as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume. Honda surpassed Nissan in 2001 to become...

1:16.244

  • Takuma Sato
    Takuma Sato
    is a Japanese former Formula One automobile racing driver.-Junior Years:Sato is unusual among Japanese drivers in having relatively little motor racing experience in his native country...

     demoted to 22nd place due to penalty imposed after US Grand Prix

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6 Finland Kimi Räikkönen
Kimi Räikkönen
Kimi-Matias Räikkönen , nicknamed Iceman, is a Finnish Formula One race car driver, currently driving for Scuderia Ferrari. He was the 2007 Formula One World Drivers' Champion....

Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

70 1:30:54.200 3 10
2 5 Brazil Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. He finished a close second in the 2008 Drivers' World Championship, and is under contract to race for Scuderia Ferrari until the end of the season...

Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

70 +2.414 1 8
3 2 UK Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE is a British Formula One racing driver from England, currently racing for the McLaren Mercedes team and is the youngest ever Formula One World Champion...

McLaren-Mercedes
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. It is currently a division of the parent company, Daimler AG , after previously being owned by Daimler-Benz...

70 +32.153 2 6
4 10 Poland Robert Kubica
Robert Kubica
Robert Kubica is the first Polish racing driver to compete in Formula One. From 2006 he has driven for the BMW Sauber F1 team, promoted from test driver to race driver during 2006. In June 2008, Kubica took his maiden F1 victory in the chaotic Canadian Grand Prix, becoming the 99th driver to win a...

BMW Sauber
BMW Sauber
BMW Sauber F1 is a Formula One team with bases in Hinwil, Switzerland and Munich, Germany. The team was formed at the end of 2005 as a result of a takeover of the existing Sauber Formula One team by German car manufacturer BMW after their partnership with Williams. The team scored two podium...

70 +41.727 4 5
5 9 Germany Nick Heidfeld
Nick Heidfeld
Nick Lars Heidfeld is a German Formula One racing driver, who is currently driving for the BMW Sauber team....

BMW Sauber
BMW Sauber
BMW Sauber F1 is a Formula One team with bases in Hinwil, Switzerland and Munich, Germany. The team was formed at the end of 2005 as a result of a takeover of the existing Sauber Formula One team by German car manufacturer BMW after their partnership with Williams. The team scored two podium...

70 +48.801 7 4
6 3 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella
Giancarlo Fisichella
Giancarlo Fisichella , also known as Fisico, Giano or Fisi, is an Italian racing driver. He has driven in Formula One for Minardi, Jordan, Benetton, Sauber, Renault, Force India and is currently driving for Ferrari in place of the injured Felipe Massa...

Renault
Renault F1
Renault F1 is the Renault company's Formula One racing team. Renault has a long though intermittent history of involvement in motor racing, including Ferenc Szisz winning the first French Grand Prix, usually regarded as marking the birth of Grand Prix motor racing...

70 +51.940 5 3
7 1 Spain Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and a two-time World Champion, racing for the Renault team....

McLaren-Mercedes
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. It is currently a division of the parent company, Daimler AG , after previously being owned by Daimler-Benz...

70 +56.516 10 2
8 7 UK Jenson Button
Jenson Button
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button is a British Formula One driver from England, currently driving for the Brawn GP team; he is the Formula One World Driver's Champion....

Honda 70 +58.885 12 1
9 16 Germany Nico Rosberg
Nico Rosberg
Nico Rosberg is a racing driver for the Williams Formula One team. He races under the German flag in Formula One, although he competed for Finland earlier in his career...

 
Williams
WilliamsF1
WilliamsF1, the trading name of Williams Grand Prix Engineering Ltd., is a Formula One motor racing team and constructor. It was founded and run by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head. The team was formed in 1977 after two earlier and, compared with WilliamsF1's achievements, unsuccessful F1...

-Toyota
Toyota F1
Panasonic Toyota Racing is a Formula One team owned by Japanese car manufacturer Toyota and based in Cologne, Germany. Toyota announced their plans to participate in F1 in 1999, and after extensive testing with their TF101 initial car, the team made their debut in 2002...

70 +1:08.505 9
10 11 Germany Ralf Schumacher
Ralf Schumacher
Ralf Schumacher is a German racing driver, and the younger brother of seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher...

 
Toyota
Toyota F1
Panasonic Toyota Racing is a Formula One team owned by Japanese car manufacturer Toyota and based in Cologne, Germany. Toyota announced their plans to participate in F1 in 1999, and after extensive testing with their TF101 initial car, the team made their debut in 2002...

69 +1 Lap 11
11 8 Brazil Rubens Barrichello
Rubens Barrichello
Rubens Gonçalves "Rubinho" Barrichello is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. Following the management buy-out of the Honda racing team, with whom Barrichello competed during the 2008 season, he was confirmed for 2009 as Jenson Button's team mate in the new Brawn GP team.Barrichello has scored...

 
Honda 69 +1 Lap 13
12 15 Australia Mark Webber
Mark Webber
Mark Alan Webber is an Australian Formula One driver. In 2002 he became the first Australian to race in Formula One since David Brabham in 1994...

 
Red Bull
Red Bull Racing
Red Bull Racing is one of two Formula One teams owned by Austrian beverage company Red Bull . The team is based in Milton Keynes in the UK but holds an Austrian licence...

-Renault
Renault F1
Renault F1 is the Renault company's Formula One racing team. Renault has a long though intermittent history of involvement in motor racing, including Ferenc Szisz winning the first French Grand Prix, usually regarded as marking the birth of Grand Prix motor racing...

69 +1 Lap 14
13 14 UK David Coulthard
David Coulthard
David Marshall Coulthard, often called DC, is a British former Formula One racing driver from Scotland. By virtue of a long career he has amassed a notable points haul, and lies seventh on the all-time scorers list, being the top British scorer...

 
Red Bull
Red Bull Racing
Red Bull Racing is one of two Formula One teams owned by Austrian beverage company Red Bull . The team is based in Milton Keynes in the UK but holds an Austrian licence...

-Renault
Renault F1
Renault F1 is the Renault company's Formula One racing team. Renault has a long though intermittent history of involvement in motor racing, including Ferenc Szisz winning the first French Grand Prix, usually regarded as marking the birth of Grand Prix motor racing...

69 +1 Lap 16
14 17 Austria Alexander Wurz
Alexander Wurz
Alexander Wurz is an Austrian racing driver. Hecompeted in Formula One from 1997 until 2007, and is also a two-time winner of the Le Mans 24 Hours....

 
Williams
WilliamsF1
WilliamsF1, the trading name of Williams Grand Prix Engineering Ltd., is a Formula One motor racing team and constructor. It was founded and run by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head. The team was formed in 1977 after two earlier and, compared with WilliamsF1's achievements, unsuccessful F1...

-Toyota
Toyota F1
Panasonic Toyota Racing is a Formula One team owned by Japanese car manufacturer Toyota and based in Cologne, Germany. Toyota announced their plans to participate in F1 in 1999, and after extensive testing with their TF101 initial car, the team made their debut in 2002...

69 +1 Lap 18
15 4 Finland Heikki Kovalainen
Heikki Kovalainen
Heikki Johannes Kovalainen is a Finnish Formula One racing driver currently racing for the McLaren Mercedes team....

 
Renault
Renault F1
Renault F1 is the Renault company's Formula One racing team. Renault has a long though intermittent history of involvement in motor racing, including Ferenc Szisz winning the first French Grand Prix, usually regarded as marking the birth of Grand Prix motor racing...

69 +1 Lap 6
16 22 Japan Takuma Sato
Takuma Sato
is a Japanese former Formula One automobile racing driver.-Junior Years:Sato is unusual among Japanese drivers in having relatively little motor racing experience in his native country...

 
Super Aguri
Super Aguri F1
Super Aguri F1 was a Formula One team that competed from to . The team, founded by former F1 driver Aguri Suzuki, was based in Tokyo, Japan but operated from the former Arrows factory in Leafield, UK. The cars were referred to as Super Aguri Hondas, with the team functioning to some degree as an...

-Honda
68 +2 Laps 22
17 20 Germany Adrian Sutil
Adrian Sutil
Adrian Sutil is a German Formula One racing driver.-Biography:Sutil is the son of professional musicians Monika, a German, and Jorge, a Uruguayan. He has two brothers named Daniel and Raphael. He weighs 75kg and is 183cm tall. A talented pianist, Sutil started karting at 14 before moving up to...

 
Spyker
Spyker F1
Spyker F1 was a Formula One team that competed in the 2007 Formula One World Championship, and was created by Spyker Cars after their buyout of the short-lived Midland F1 team...

-Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

68 +2 Laps 21
Ret 19 USA Scott Speed
Scott Speed
Scott Andrew Speed is an American race car driver. Formerly a driver for the Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 team, he made his Formula One race debut at the 2006 Bahrain Grand Prix, becoming the first American to race in F1 since Michael Andretti in 1993...

 
Toro Rosso
Scuderia Toro Rosso
Scuderia Toro Rosso is one of two Formula One teams owned by Austrian beverage company Red Bull...

-Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

55 Gearbox 15
Ret 21 Netherlands Christijan Albers
Christijan Albers
Christijan Albers is a Dutch racing driver. After success in the DTM he drove in Formula One from until the 2007 British Grand Prix, shortly after which he was dropped by his Spyker F1 team...

 
Spyker
Spyker F1
Spyker F1 was a Formula One team that competed in the 2007 Formula One World Championship, and was created by Spyker Cars after their buyout of the short-lived Midland F1 team...

-Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

28 Refuelling 20
Ret 23 UK Anthony Davidson
Anthony Davidson
Anthony Denis Davidson is a British Formula One racing driver from England, born in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire. He has raced for Minardi, Super Aguri and been a test driver for the British American Racing and Honda teams...

 
Super Aguri
Super Aguri F1
Super Aguri F1 was a Formula One team that competed from to . The team, founded by former F1 driver Aguri Suzuki, was based in Tokyo, Japan but operated from the former Arrows factory in Leafield, UK. The cars were referred to as Super Aguri Hondas, with the team functioning to some degree as an...

-Honda
1 Collision 19
Ret 12 Italy Jarno Trulli
Jarno Trulli
Jarno Trulli is an Italian Formula One auto racing driver currently driving for the Toyota team.-Early days:...

 
Toyota
Toyota F1
Panasonic Toyota Racing is a Formula One team owned by Japanese car manufacturer Toyota and based in Cologne, Germany. Toyota announced their plans to participate in F1 in 1999, and after extensive testing with their TF101 initial car, the team made their debut in 2002...

1 Collision 8
Ret 18 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Vitantonio "Tonio" Liuzzi is an Italian race driver who currently drives for the Force India Formula One team. He lives in Pescara, Italy.-Karting:...

 
Toro Rosso
Scuderia Toro Rosso
Scuderia Toro Rosso is one of two Formula One teams owned by Austrian beverage company Red Bull...

-Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the name for the Gestione Sportiva, the division of the Ferrari automobile company concerned with racing. The racing team has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929. Currently the team races in Formula One only, under the team name "Scuderia...

0 Collision 17

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