Bahrain Grand Prix 2007

Bahrain Grand Prix 2007
Bahrain Grand Prix 2007
	English IV Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix
date	April 15, 2007
A place	Bahrain , Sahir
Track	Sahir (5412 m)
Distance	57 laps , 308.238 km
Weather	Dry.; Air +28 ° C, route +34 ° C
Pole
1: 32,652	Felipe Massa; Ferrari
Fast lap
1: 34,067	Felipe Massa
42 circle	Ferrari
Podium
Winner	Felipe Massa ; Ferrari
2nd place	Lewis Hamilton; Mclaren
3rd place	Kimi Raikkonen; Ferrari

Bahrain Grand Prix Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix , arab. جائزة البحرين الكبرى) is the third Formula 1 Grand Prix in the 2007 season. Held from April 13 to 15, 2007 on the Sahir highway in Bahrain .

Race

Felipe Massa ( Ferrari ) won the Bahrain Grand Prix, starting from the pole, and losing the lead only during pit stops. Having also shown a fast lap in the race, Felipe Massa won his first hat-trick (pole, victory, fast lap in one race), and 43 for the Ferrari team.

The second place was taken by the championship debutant Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren ), the third - Kimi Raikkonen ( Ferrari ) - according to the places at the start of the race. Fernando Alonso ( McLaren ), starting fourth, missed the race ahead and Nick Heidfeld ( BMW Sauber ). For the BMW team, taking into account the sixth place of Robert Kubica, the Grand Prix was the best in history.

After the third stage of the championship, 3 pilots Alonso, Raikkonen and Hamilton immediately lead the championship with 22 points.

A place	WITH	No.	Pilot	Constructor	W	Circles	Time / reason for departure	ABOUT
one	one	five	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	B	57	1: 33.27.515	ten
2	2	2	Lewis Hamilton	Mclaren	B	57	+2,360	eight
3	3	6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	B	57	+10.839	6
four	five	9	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	B	57	+ 13,831	five
five	four	one	Fernando Alonso	Mclaren	B	57	+14,426	four
6	6	ten	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	B	57	+45,529	3
7	9	12	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	B	57	+1: 21,371	2
eight	7	3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	B	57	+1: 21,701	one
9	12	four	Heikki Kovalainen	Renault	B	57	+1: 29,411
ten	ten	sixteen	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	B	57	+1: 29,916
eleven	eleven	17	Alexander Wurz	Williams-Toyota	B	56	+1 circle
12	14	eleven	Ralph Schumacher	Toyota	B	56	+1 circle
13	15	eight	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	B	56	+1 circle
14	22	21	Christian Albers	Spyker-ferrari	B	55	+2 laps
15	20	20	Adrian Sutil	Spyker-ferrari	B	53	+4 laps
sixteen	13	23	Anthony Davidson	Super Aguri-Honda	B	51	+6 laps / engine
Gathering	eight	15	Mark Webber	Red bull renault	B	41	Transmission
Gathering	21	14	David Coulthard	Red bull renault	B	36	Drive shaft
Gathering	17	22	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	B	34	Engine
Gathering	18	18	Vitantonio Luzzi	Toro roso-ferrari	B	26	Hydraulics
Gathering	sixteen	7	Jenson button	Honda	B	0	Crash
Gathering	nineteen	nineteen	Scott Speed	Toro roso-ferrari	B	0	Crash

* Vitantonio Luzzi is punished with a fine "travel through the pit lane" for overtaking while the safety car is on the highway.

Leadership Circles

#	Pilot	Team	Circles	Total
one	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1-21, 24-40, 45-57	51
2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	22-23	2
3	Lewis Hamilton	Mclaren	41-44	four

Safety Car

#	Circles	Cause
one	1-3	Button and Speed crashes

Qualification

Felipe Massa won the second consecutive qualification, earning a second consecutive and fifth in his career pole position for himself and third in a season (of 3 stages) for the Ferrari team. Massa showed the best time in all three sessions.

283 thousandths of a second behind, Lewis Hamilton from McLaren got second place on the grid. For the first time this season, he was ahead of his teammate Fernando Alonso , who remained fourth. Third place at the start of Kimi Raikkonen . The second race in a row, the first two rows at the start are completely occupied by racers Ferrari and McLaren .

A place	#	Pilot	Team	1 session	2 session	3 session	Circles
one	five	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 32,443	1: 31,539	1: 32,652	sixteen
2	2	Lewis Hamilton	Mclaren	1: 32,580	1: 31,732	1: 32,935	sixteen
3	6	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 33,161	1: 31,812	1: 33,131	sixteen
four	one	Fernando Alonso	Mclaren	1: 33,049	1: 32,214	1: 33,192	sixteen
five	9	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1: 33,164	1: 32,154	1: 33,404	17
6	ten	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1: 33,348	1: 32,292	1: 33,710	17
7	3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1: 33,556	1: 32,889	1: 34,056	22
eight	15	Mark Webber	Red bull renault	1: 33,496	1: 32,808	1: 34,106	22
9	12	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1: 33,218	1: 32,429	1: 34,154	22
ten	sixteen	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1: 33,349	1: 32,815	1: 34,399	22
eleven	17	Alexander Wurz	Williams-Toyota	1: 33,759	1: 32,915		12
12	four	Heikki Kovalainen	Renault	1: 33,467	1: 32,935		12
13	23	Anthony Davidson	Super Aguri-Honda	1: 33,299	1: 33,082		12
14	eleven	Ralph Schumacher	Toyota	1: 33,923	1: 33,294		13
15	eight	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1: 33,776	1: 33,624		12
sixteen	7	Jenson button	Honda	1: 33,967	1: 33,731		14
17	22	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	1: 33,984			6
18	18	Vitantonio Luzzi	Toro roso-ferrari	1: 34,024			6
nineteen	nineteen	Scott Speed	Toro roso-ferrari	1: 34,333			6
20	20	Adrian Sutil	Spyker-ferrari	1: 35,280			eight
21	14	David Coulthard	Red bull renault	1: 35,341			four
22	21	Christian Albers	Spyker-ferrari	1: 35,533			7

The weather is dry, the air temperature is 34 ⁰ С, the tracks are 44 ⁰ С.

Bold indicates the best results in sessions. Red indicates the best result of all qualifications.

Free rides

Session	Weather	A place	The leaders	Team	Time	Lagging behind
one	Dry, +31 ⁰ С Route +46 ⁰ C	one	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 33,162
		2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 33,679	+0.517
		3	Lewis Hamilton	Mclaren	1: 34,110	+0.948
2	Dry, +34 ⁰ С Route +44 ⁰ C	one	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 33,527
		2	Lewis Hamilton	Mclaren	1: 33,540	+0.013
		3	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1: 33,732	+0.205
3	Dry, +30 ⁰ С Route +36 ⁰ C	one	Lewis Hamilton	Mclaren	1: 32,543
		2	Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	1: 32,549	+0.006
		3	Nick Heidfeld	BMW	1: 32,652	+0.109

Test Pilots

In free races at the Bahrain Grand Prix test pilots did not participate.

Key Events

After the first two Grand Prix of the season, most engines went through the cycle of two Grand Prix. Accordingly, pilots at the Bahrain Grand Prix have new engines, with the exception of Rubens Barrichello , who had a new engine installed at the Malaysian Grand Prix .
Tires - round numbers:
- 100 pole at Bridgestone tires
Teams - round numbers:
- Williams team - 500 start in the race at the 505 Grand Prix (if we consider the year of the team’s debut in 1974 - the year the first Williams chassis appeared);
- The BMW Sauber team exceeded the milestone of 50 points (54 in total).
Racers - round numbers:
- Mark Webber drove his _20,000th km in races (total - 20,153);
- Anthony Davidson drove his _1,000th km in races (total - 1,238);
- Felipe Massa was in the lead over 1,000 km (total - 1,003);
- Mass's first hat-trick;
- Fernando Alonso scored more than 400 points (total - 403).
Lewis Hamilton set a record for newcomers to the championship, taking places on the podium in his three debut races.

Post-Grand Prix

Set off pilots

#	Rev.	Pilot	Team	Points	one	2	3
one		Fernando Alonso	Mclaren	22	eight	ten	four
2		Kimi Raikkonen	Ferrari	22	ten	6	6
3		Lewis Hamilton	Mclaren	22	6	eight	eight
four	+2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	17	3	four	ten
five	-one	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	15	five	five	five
6	-one	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	eight	four	3	one
7		Jarno Trulli	Toyota	four		2	2
eight	+12	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	3			3
9	-one	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	2	2
ten	-one	Heikki Kovalainen	Renault	one		one
ten	-one	Ralph Schumacher	Toyota	one	one

Constructors Cup

#	Team	Points	one	2	3
one	Mclaren	44	14	18	12
2	Ferrari	39	13	ten	sixteen
3	BMW Sauber	18	five	five	eight
four	Renault	9	four	four	one
five	Toyota	five	one	2	2
6	Williams	2	2

Links

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