The Chinese Grand Prix 2007 was the 16th round of the 2007 F1 season, and took place at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China, on October 7th.

Kimi Räikkönen won the race after starting in the 2nd position, followed by Fernando Alonso, and Felipe Massa completing the podium.

Lewis Hamilton started from the pole position, but didn't manage to cross the finish line, as he lost control and spun off the track, and had to retire on lap 30th.

Final results

1
1
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
1:37:58.395
Finished
2
2
ALO
Fernando Alonso
McLaren
+9.806
Finished
3
-
MAS
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
+12.891
Finished
4
13
VET
Sebastian Vettel
Toro Rosso
+53.509
Finished
5
5
BUT
Jenson Button
Honda
+1:08.666
Finished
6
5
LIU
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toro Rosso
+1:13.673
Finished
7
1
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
+1:14.224
Finished
8
3
COU
David Coulthard
Red Bull
+1:20.750
Finished
9
4
KOV
Heikki Kovalainen
Renault
+1:21.186
Finished
10
3
WEB
Mark Webber
Red Bull
+1:24.685
Finished
11
7
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Renault
+1:26.683
Finished
12
7
WUR
Alexander Wurz
Williams
+1 Lap
13
1
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
+1 Lap
14
6
SAT
Takuma Sato
Super Aguri
+1 Lap
15
1
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Honda
+1 Lap
16
1
ROS
Nico Rosberg
Williams
+2 Laps
17
5
YAM
Sakon Yamamoto
Spyker
+3 Laps
18
9
KUB
Robert Kubica
BMW Sauber
Hydraulics
19
18
HAM
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
Spun off
20
14
SCH
Ralf Schumacher
Toyota
Spun off
21
-
SUT
Adrian Sutil
Spyker
Accident
22
8
DAV
Anthony Davidson
Super Aguri
Brakes
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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, Robert Kubica, who experienced an hydraulic malfunction on lap 33, Lewis Hamilton, and Ralf Schumacher, both lost control and spun off the track, Adrian Sutil, who had to retire due to an accident on lap 24, and Anthony Davidson, who saw the breaks of the car give up on lap 11.

Hydraulics

  • Robert Kubica
    Lap 33

Spun off

  • Lewis Hamilton
    Lap 30
  • Ralf Schumacher
    Lap 25

Accident

  • Adrian Sutil
    Lap 24

Brakes

  • Anthony Davidson
    Lap 11

Qualifying

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

Lewis Hamilton managed to get the pole position by 0.136 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:35.908. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Kimi Räikkönen.

Q1

  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:35.692
  • Felipe Massa
    1:35.792
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:35.798
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:35.809
  • Robert Kubica
    1:36.309
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:36.737
  • David Coulthard
    1:36.930
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:37.006
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    1:37.047
  • Jenson Button
    1:37.092
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:37.135
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:37.144
  • Mark Webber
    1:37.199
  • Anthony Davidson
    1:37.203
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:37.209
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:37.225
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:37.251
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:37.290
  • Alexander Wurz
    1:37.456
  • Takuma Sato
    1:38.218
  • Adrian Sutil
    1:38.668
  • Sakon Yamamoto
    1:39.336

Q2

  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:35.381
  • Felipe Massa
    1:35.796
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:35.845
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:35.898
  • Robert Kubica
    1:36.116
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:36.217
  • David Coulthard
    1:36.252
  • Mark Webber
    1:36.602
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:36.709
  • Jenson Button
    1:36.771
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    1:36.862
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:36.891
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:36.959
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:36.991
  • Anthony Davidson
    1:37.247
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:37.483

Q3

  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:35.908
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:36.044
  • Felipe Massa
    1:36.221
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:36.576
  • David Coulthard
    1:37.619
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:38.013
  • Mark Webber
    1:38.153
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:38.455
  • Robert Kubica
    1:38.472
  • Jenson Button
    1:39.285

Track evolution

Q1
-0.207
seconds faster
Q2
1.316
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 11 out of the 16 drivers that took place in Q2 were able to improve their times.

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.