The Malaysian Grand Prix 2007 was the 2nd round of the 2007 F1 season, and took place at the Sepang International Circuit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on April 8th.

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

Felipe Massa started from the pole position, but only managed to finish 5th.

Final results

1
1
ALO
Fernando Alonso
McLaren
1:32:14.930
Finished
2
2
HAM
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
+17.557
Finished
3
-
RAI
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
+18.339
Finished
4
1
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
BMW Sauber
+33.777
Finished
5
4
MAS
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
+36.705
Finished
6
6
FIS
Giancarlo Fisichella
Renault
+1:05.638
Finished
7
1
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
+1:10.132
Finished
8
3
KOV
Heikki Kovalainen
Renault
+1:12.015
Finished
9
10
WUR
Alexander Wurz
Williams
+1:29.924
Finished
10
-
WEB
Mark Webber
Red Bull
+1:33.556
Finished
11
11
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Honda
+1 Lap
12
3
BUT
Jenson Button
Honda
+1 Lap
13
1
SAT
Takuma Sato
Super Aguri
+1 Lap
14
3
SPE
Scott Speed
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
15
6
SCH
Ralf Schumacher
Toyota
+1 Lap
16
2
DAV
Anthony Davidson
Super Aguri
+1 Lap
17
1
LIU
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
18
11
KUB
Robert Kubica
BMW Sauber
+1 Lap
19
13
ROS
Nico Rosberg
Williams
Hydraulics
20
7
COU
David Coulthard
Red Bull
Brakes
21
1
ALB
Christijan Albers
Spyker
Engine
22
1
SUT
Adrian Sutil
Spyker
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

There race went on mostly with no incidents. Only 4 divers were involved in circumstances that were severe enough to prevented them from finishing the race.

These included, Nico Rosberg, who experienced an hydraulic malfunction on lap 42, David Coulthard, who saw the breaks of the car give up on lap 36, Christijan Albers, who suffered an engine malfunction on lap 7, and Adrian Sutil, who retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars on lap 0.

Hydraulics

  • Nico Rosberg
    Lap 42

Brakes

  • David Coulthard
    Lap 36

Engine

  • Christijan Albers
    Lap 7

Collision

  • Adrian Sutil
    Lap 0

Qualifying

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

Felipe Massa managed to get the pole position by 0.267 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:35.043. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Fernando Alonso.

Q1

  • Fernando Alonso
    1:34.942
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:35.028
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:35.138
  • Robert Kubica
    1:35.294
  • Felipe Massa
    1:35.340
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:35.617
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:35.666
  • Mark Webber
    1:35.727
  • David Coulthard
    1:35.730
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:35.736
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:35.755
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:35.879
  • Jenson Button
    1:35.913
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:36.092
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    1:36.140
  • Takuma Sato
    1:36.430
  • Scott Speed
    1:36.578
  • Anthony Davidson
    1:36.816
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:36.827
  • Alexander Wurz
    1:37.326
  • Christijan Albers
    1:38.279
  • Adrian Sutil
    1:38.415

Q2

  • Fernando Alonso
    1:34.057
  • Felipe Massa
    1:34.454
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:34.650
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:34.687
  • Robert Kubica
    1:34.739
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:35.203
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:35.255
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:35.380
  • Mark Webber
    1:35.579
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:35.595
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:35.630
  • Giancarlo Fisichella
    1:35.706
  • David Coulthard
    1:35.766
  • Takuma Sato
    1:35.945
  • Jenson Button
    1:36.088
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    1:36.145

Q3

  • Felipe Massa
    1:35.043
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:35.310
  • Kimi Räikkönen
    1:35.479
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:36.045
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:36.543
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:36.829
  • Robert Kubica
    1:36.839
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:36.902
  • Ralf Schumacher
    1:37.078
  • Mark Webber
    1:37.345

Track evolution

Q1
-0.347
seconds faster
Q2
1.381
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 13 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.