2007 Belgian Grand Prix

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The 2007 Belgian Grand Prix was the fourteenth race of the 2007 Formula One season, returning to the F1 calendar after a year's absence. It was held on 14 September–16 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium.

The Driver's Championship is led by McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton from team-mate Fernando Alonso by 3 points. Ferrari leads the constructors championship by 57 points from BMW Sauber after McLaren were thrown out of the Constructors' Championship in the spy saga. Otherwise they would lead the Championship.

Kimi Räikkönen won the 2007 Belgian Grand Prix with a convincing lead of 4.6 seconds over second placed Felipe Massa. Fernando Alonso came third while Lewis Hamilton finished fourth.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	Name	Team/Engine	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3
1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:46.242	1:45.070	1:45.994
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:46.060	1:45.173	1:46.011
3	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Mercedes	1:46.058	1:45.442	1:46.091
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:46.437	1:45.132	1:46.406
5	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:46.950	1:46.469	1:47.334
6	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:46.923	1:45.994	1:47.409
7	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:47.084	1:46.426	1:47.524
8	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:47.143	1:46.480	1:47.798
9	Heikki Kovalainen	Renault	1:46.971	1:46.240	1:48.505
10	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	1:47.300	1:46.618
11	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:47.340	1:46.800
12	Jenson Button	Honda	1:47.474	1:46.955
13	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:47.576	1:47.115
14	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:46.707	1:45.885	1:46.996*
15	Alexander Wurz	Williams-Toyota	1:47.522	1:47.394
16	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:47.581
17	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:47.954
18	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	1:47.980
19	Adrian Sutil	Spyker-Ferrari	1:48.044
20	Anthony Davidson	Super Aguri-Honda	1:48.199
21	Sakon Yamamoto	Spyker-Ferrari	1:49.557
22	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:47.143	1:46.603*

* Robert Kubica dropped ten places for engine change.^[1] Giancarlo Fisichella started at the back of the grid for an engine change after qualifying.^[2]

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	44	1:20:39.066	1	10
2	5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	44	+4.6 secs	2	8
3	1	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Mercedes	44	+14.3 secs	3	6
4	2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	44	+23.6 secs	4	5
5	9	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	44	+51.8 secs	6	4
6	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	44	+76.8 secs	5	3
7	15	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	44	+80.6 secs	7	2
8	4	Heikki Kovalainen	Renault	44	+85.1 secs	9	1
9	10	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	44	+85.6 secs	14
10	11	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	44	+88.5 secs	10
11	12	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	44	+103.5 secs	8
12	18	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	43	+ 1 lap	13
13	8	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	43	+ 1 lap	17
14	20	Adrian Sutil	Spyker-Ferrari	43	+ 1 lap	19
15	22	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	43	+ 1 lap	18
16	23	Anthony Davidson	Super Aguri-Honda	43	+ 1 lap	20
17	21	Sakon Yamamoto	Spyker-Ferrari	43	+ 1 lap	21
Ret	7	Jenson Button	Honda	36		12
Ret	17	Alexander Wurz	Williams-Toyota	34		15
Ret	14	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	29		11
Ret	19	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	8		16
Ret	3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1		22

External links

Detailed Belgian Grand Prix results

References

^ "Kubica to drop 10 grid places". ITV-f1. 2007-09-15. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
^ "Engine change puts Fisi to the back". ITV-f1. 2007-09-15. Retrieved 2007-09-15.

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[1] "Kubica to drop 10 grid places". ITV-f1. 2007-09-15. Retrieved 2007-09-15.

[2] "Engine change puts Fisi to the back". ITV-f1. 2007-09-15. Retrieved 2007-09-15.

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