The Australian Grand Prix 2007 was the 1st round of the 2007 F1 season, and took place at the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne, Australia, on March 18th.

Kimi Räikkönen won the race from the pole, followed by Fernando Alonso, and Lewis Hamilton completing the podium.

Final results

1
-
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
1:25:28.770
Finished
2
-
ALO
Fernando Alonso
McLaren
+7.242
Finished
3
1
HAM
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
+18.595
Finished
4
1
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
+38.763
Finished
5
1
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Renault
+1:06.469
Finished
6
16
MAS
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
+1:06.805
Finished
7
5
ROS
Nico Rosberg
Williams
+1 Lap
8
1
SCH
Ralf Schumacher
Toyota
+1 Lap
9
1
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
+1 Lap
10
3
KOV
Heikki Kovalainen
Renault
+1 Lap
11
5
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Honda
+1 Lap
12
2
SAT
Takuma Sato
Super Aguri
+1 Lap
13
6
WEB
Mark Webber
Red Bull
+1 Lap
14
5
LIU
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
15
1
BUT
Jenson Button
Honda
+1 Lap
16
5
DAV
Anthony Davidson
Super Aguri
+2 Laps
17
3
SUT
Adrian Sutil
Spyker
+2 Laps
18
3
WUR
Alexander Wurz
Williams
Collision
19
1
COU
David Coulthard
Red Bull
Collision
20
15
KUB
Robert Kubica
BMW Sauber
Gearbox
21
4
SPE
Scott Speed
Toro Rosso
Puncture
22
1
ALB
Christijan Albers
Spyker
Accident
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Race evolution

Pit Stops

Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

There were some incidents during the race, with 5 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.

These included, Alexander Wurz, and David Coulthard, both retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars, Robert Kubica, who experienced issues with the gearbox on lap 36, Scott Speed, who had a puncture that could not be repaired on lap 28, and Christijan Albers, who had to retire due to an accident on lap 10.

Collision

  • Alexander Wurz
    Lap 48
  • David Coulthard
    Lap 48

Gearbox

  • Robert Kubica
    Lap 36

Puncture

  • Scott Speed
    Lap 28

Accident

  • Christijan Albers
    Lap 10

Qualifying

#1
RAI
#2
ALO
#3
HEI
#4
HAM
#5
KUB
#6
FIS
#7
WEB
#8
TRU
#9
SCH
#10
SAT
#11
DAV
#12
ROS
#13
KOV
#14
BUT
#15
WUR
#16
MAS
#17
BAR
#18
SPE
#19
COU
#20
LIU
#21
SUT
#22
ALB

Kimi Räikkönen managed to get the pole position by 0.421 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:26.072. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Fernando Alonso.

Q1

  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:26.644
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:26.674
  • Robert Kubica
    1:26.696
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:26.697
  • Felipe Massa
    1:26.712
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:26.895
  • Mark Webber
    1:26.978
  • Anthony Davidson
    1:26.986
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:27.014
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:27.270
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:27.328
  • Takuma Sato
    1:27.365
  • Alexander Wurz
    1:27.479
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:27.529
  • Jenson Button
    1:27.540
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:27.596
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:27.679
  • Scott Speed
    1:28.305
  • David Coulthard
    1:28.579
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    1:29.267
  • Adrian Sutil
    1:29.339
  • Christijan Albers
    1:31.932

Q2

  • Fernando Alonso
    1:25.326
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:25.358
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:25.577
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:25.644
  • Robert Kubica
    1:25.882
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:25.944
  • Mark Webber
    1:26.623
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:26.688
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:26.739
  • Takuma Sato
    1:26.758
  • Anthony Davidson
    1:26.909
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:26.914
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:26.964
  • Jenson Button
    1:27.264
  • Alexander Wurz
    1:27.393

Q3

  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:26.072
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:26.493
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:26.556
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:26.755
  • Robert Kubica
    1:27.347
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:27.634
  • Mark Webber
    1:27.934
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:28.404
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:28.692
  • Takuma Sato
    1:28.871

Track evolution

Q1
-0.714
seconds faster
Q2
1.422
seconds slower
Q3

As the qualifying session went on, with the track rubbering in, and the drivers testing the limits of the grip of their cars, the times per lap dropped, and all of the drivers that took place in Q2 improved their times in this second session.

The Q3 is the time were all the remaining drivers put all their cards on the table, even those with a superior car who might have been managing their times in Q1 and Q2 push their cars to the limit in Q3. However, the conditions of the track worsened from Q2 to Q3, and none of the drivers were able to improve their Q2 times.