The Bahrain Grand Prix 2007 was the 3rd round of the 2007 F1 season, and took place at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, on April 15th.

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

Final results

1
-
MAS
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
1:33:27.515
Finished
2
-
HAM
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
+2.360
Finished
3
-
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
+10.839
Finished
4
1
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
+13.831
Finished
5
1
ALO
Fernando Alonso
McLaren
+14.426
Finished
6
-
KUB
Robert Kubica
BMW Sauber
+45.529
Finished
7
2
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
+1:21.371
Finished
8
1
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Renault
+1:21.701
Finished
9
3
KOV
Heikki Kovalainen
Renault
+1:29.411
Finished
10
-
ROS
Nico Rosberg
Williams
+1:29.916
Finished
11
-
WUR
Alexander Wurz
Williams
+1 Lap
12
2
SCH
Ralf Schumacher
Toyota
+1 Lap
13
2
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Honda
+1 Lap
14
8
ALB
Christijan Albers
Spyker
+2 Laps
15
5
SUT
Adrian Sutil
Spyker
+4 Laps
16
3
DAV
Anthony Davidson
Super Aguri
Engine
17
9
WEB
Mark Webber
Red Bull
Gearbox
18
3
COU
David Coulthard
Red Bull
Driveshaft
19
2
SAT
Takuma Sato
Super Aguri
Engine
20
2
LIU
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toro Rosso
Hydraulics
21
5
BUT
Jenson Button
Honda
Collision
22
3
SPE
Scott Speed
Toro Rosso
Collision
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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

The reace did not end without incidents... 8 drivers out of the original 22 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Anthony Davidson, and Takuma Sato, both suffered an engine malfunction, Mark Webber, who experienced issues with the gearbox on lap 41, David Coulthard, who suffered a driveshaft problem on lap 36, Vitantonio Liuzzi, who experienced an hydraulic malfunction on lap 26, and Jenson Button, and Scott Speed, both retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars.

Engine

  • Anthony Davidson
    Lap 51
  • Takuma Sato
    Lap 34

Gearbox

  • Mark Webber
    Lap 41

Driveshaft

  • David Coulthard
    Lap 36

Hydraulics

  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    Lap 26

Collision

  • Jenson Button
    Lap 0
  • Scott Speed
    Lap 0

Qualifying

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

Felipe Massa dominated all the qualifying sessions and took the pole by 0.283 seconds, with a final lap time of 1:32.652. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Lewis Hamilton.

Q1

  • Felipe Massa
    1:32.443
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:32.580
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:33.049
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:33.161
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:33.164
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:33.218
  • Anthony Davidson
    1:33.299
  • Robert Kubica
    1:33.348
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:33.349
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:33.467
  • Mark Webber
    1:33.496
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:33.556
  • Alexander Wurz
    1:33.759
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:33.776
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:33.923
  • Jenson Button
    1:33.967
  • Takuma Sato
    1:33.984
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    1:34.024
  • Scott Speed
    1:34.333
  • Adrian Sutil
    1:35.280
  • David Coulthard
    1:35.341
  • Christijan Albers
    1:35.533

Q2

  • Felipe Massa
    1:31.359
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:31.752
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:31.812
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:32.154
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:32.214
  • Robert Kubica
    1:32.292
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:32.429
  • Mark Webber
    1:32.808
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:32.815
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:32.889
  • Alexander Wurz
    1:32.915
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:32.935
  • Anthony Davidson
    1:33.082
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:33.294
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:33.624
  • Jenson Button
    1:33.731

Q3

  • Felipe Massa
    1:32.652
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:32.935
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:33.131
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:33.192
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:33.404
  • Robert Kubica
    1:33.710
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:34.056
  • Mark Webber
    1:34.106
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:34.154
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:34.399

Track evolution

Q1
-0.716
seconds faster
Q2
1.322
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.