2007 Turkish Grand Prix

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2007 Turkish Grand Prix
Race 12 of 17 in the 2007 Formula One World Championship
Istanbul park.svg
Race details
Date26 August 2007
Official name 2007 Formula 1 Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix
Location Istanbul Racing Circuit, Tuzla, Turkey
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.338 km (3.317 miles)
Distance 58 laps, 309.396 km (192.250 miles)
Weather Sunny
Attendance 65,000
Pole position
Driver Ferrari
Time 1:27.329
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari
Time 1:27.295 on lap 57
Podium
First Ferrari
Second Ferrari
Third McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders
  • 2007 Turkish Grand Prix

The 2007 Turkish Grand Prix (officially the 2007 Formula 1 Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix) [1] was the twelfth race of the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship. Won by Felipe Massa, it was held on 26 August 2007 at the Istanbul Park in Tuzla. It was the third time a Formula One race had been held here. The two previous winners of the race were Kimi Räikkönen in 2005 and Massa in 2006, both of whom race for Ferrari in 2007.

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It came following considerable controversy after the 2006 event, where the organisers were fined $5,000,000 for political bias, due to their choice of Mehmet Ali Talat to present the winner's trophy. Talat is President of the Turkish Cypriot state, which is not an internationally recognised government. This was seen by the governing body of Formula One as having compromised their neutrality.

Lewis Hamilton came into the race with a 7-point lead over McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso after Hamilton's controversial victory in the 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix. McLaren led Ferrari in the constructors' championship by 19 points despite not being allowed to score points in Hungary. However, the Ferrari had looked strong in recent weeks, and their two cars ultimately dominated the race from start to finish, Massa and Räikkönen taking first and second places respectively. A late puncture dropped Hamilton to fifth place and cut his championship lead over Alonso to five points.

During the press conference following the race, Massa commented that "the Istanbul Park was the track where he made his career turn-around, and finally began winning races." He also praised the track as well as the city. [2]

Report

Race

Felipe Massa's Ferrari led from pole from teammate Kimi Räikkönen who had jumped McLaren's Lewis Hamilton off the grid to take second place. Reigning World Champion Fernando Alonso's start from fourth was even worse than teammate Hamilton's as he fell behind both BMW Saubers of Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld into sixth. However, BMW's early stopping strategy led to Alonso taking both places back after the first round of pit-stops. At the first round of stops it seemed that Räikkönen could pass Massa if he stopped later, as he did at the French Grand Prix. However, Massa stopped after Räikkönen to retain the lead. Hamilton stopped later than both Ferraris and caught several seconds up to them, but could not pass Räikkönen for second, as he gradually fell away. Meanwhile, Kubica's strategy had not only dropped him behind Heidfeld and Alonso, but Renault's Heikki Kovalainen too. Massa stopped later than Räikkönen again at the second pit stop, and therefore retained the lead as Ferrari called the race between teammates off at this point. Hamilton may have emerged ahead of Räikkönen, but a puncture in his front tyre dropped him to fifth behind Heidfeld and Alonso. Damage to his front wing led to Kovalainen catching him, but the Finn was unable to pass Hamilton. Kubica lost a place to Nico Rosberg through strategy finishing eighth. Massa eventually won his second consecutive Turkish Grand Prix, and his fifth Grand Prix win overall, all of which came from pole position. He had secured his eighth pole in qualifying. Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing was the only non-classified car, with a hydraulic failure. All the rest were classified including Adrian Sutil who retired with a fuel pressure problem. Scuderia Toro Rosso driver Vitantonio Liuzzi ended a run of 9 consecutive retirements stretching back to the Bahrain Grand Prix in April.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.No.DriverConstructorQ1Q2Q3Grid
15 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:27.4881:27.0391:27.3291
22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.5131:26.9361:27.3732
36 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:27.2941:26.9021:27.5463
41 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.3281:26.8411:27.5744
510 Flag of Poland.svg Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 1:27.9971:27.2531:27.7225
69 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 1:28.0991:27.2531:28.0376
74 Flag of Finland.svg Heikki Kovalainen Renault 1:28.1271:27.0391:28.4917
816 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 1:28.2751:27.7501:28.5018
912 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:28.3181:27.8011:28.7409
103 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:28.3131:27.8801:29.32210
1123 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 1:28.3041:28.00211
1215 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1:28.5001:28.01312
1314 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 1:28.3951:28.10013
148 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:28.7921:28.18822 1
157 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button Honda 1:28.3731:28.22021 2
1617 Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 1:28.3601:28.39014
1718 Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:28.79815
1811 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:28.80916
1922 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 1:28.95317
2019 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1:29.40818
2120 Flag of Germany.svg Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 1:29.86119
2221 Flag of Japan.svg Sakon Yamamoto Spyker-Ferrari 1:31.47920
Source: [3]
Notes

Race

Pos.No.DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Ferrari 581:26:42.161110
26 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 58+2.27538
31 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 58+26.18146
49 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber 58+39.67465
52 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 58+45.08524
64 Flag of Finland.svg Heikki Kovalainen Renault 58+46.16973
716 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 58+55.77882
810 Flag of Poland.svg Robert Kubica BMW Sauber 58+56.70751
93 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 58+59.49110
1014 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 58+1:11.00913
1117 Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 58+1:19.62814
1211 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Toyota 57+1 Lap16
137 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button Honda 57+1 Lap21
1423 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 57+1 Lap11
1518 Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 57+1 Lap15
1612 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Toyota 57+1 Lap9
178 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Honda 57+1 Lap22
1822 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 57+1 Lap17
1919 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari 57+1 Lap18
2021 Flag of Japan.svg Sakon Yamamoto Spyker-Ferrari 56+2 Laps20
Ret20 Flag of Germany.svg Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 53Fuel pressure19
Ret15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 9Hydraulics12
Source: [6]

Championship standings after the race

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