China 2007: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Hamilton	McLaren	1:35.798	1:35.898	1:35.908
2	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:35.692	1:35.381	1:36.044	+0.136
3	Massa	Ferrari	1:35.792	1:35.796	1:36.221	+0.313
4	Alonso	McLaren	1:35.809	1:35.845	1:36.576	+0.668
5	Coulthard	Red Bull	1:36.930	1:36.252	1:37.619	+1.711
6	Schumacher	Toyota	1:37.135	1:36.709	1:38.013	+2.105
7	Webber	Red Bull	1:37.199	1:36.602	1:38.153	+2.245
8	Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:36.737	1:36.217	1:38.455	+2.547
9	Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:36.309	1:36.116	1:38.472	+2.564
10	Button	Honda	1:37.092	1:36.771	1:39.285	+3.377
11	Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	1:37.047	1:36.862		+1.481
12	Vettel	Toro Rosso	1:37.006	1:36.891		+1.510
13	Trulli	Toyota	1:37.209	1:36.959		+1.578
14	Kovalainen	Renault	1:37.225	1:36.991		+1.610
15	Davidson	Super Aguri	1:37.203	1:37.247		+1.866
16	Rosberg	Williams	1:37.144	1:37.483		+2.102
17	Barrichello	Honda	1:37.251			+1.559
18	Fisichella	Renault	1:37.290			+1.598
19	Wurz	Williams	1:37.456			+1.764
20	Sato	Super Aguri	1:38.218			+2.526
21	Sutil	Spyker	1:38.668			+2.976
22	Yamamoto	Spyker	1:39.336			+3.644

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	2	56	1:37:58.395	2	Ferrari
2	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	4	56	+9.806	2	Mercedes
3	Felipe MassaFastest lap	Ferrari	3	56	+12.891	2	Ferrari
4	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso	17	56	+53.509	1	Ferrari
5	Jenson Button	Honda	10	56	+1:08.666	2	Honda
6	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	11	56	+1:13.673	2	Ferrari
7	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	8	56	+1:14.224	2	BMW
8	David Coulthard	Red Bull	5	56	+1:20.750	2	Renault
9	Heikki Kovalainen	Renault	13	56	+1:21.186	1	Renault
10	Mark Webber	Red Bull	7	56	+1:24.685	3	Renault
11	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	18	56	+1:26.683	2	Renault
12	Alexander Wurz	Williams	19	55	+1 lap	2	Toyota
13	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	12	55	+1 lap	1	Toyota
14	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	20	55	+1 lap	1	Honda
15	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	16	55	+1 lap	3	Honda
16	Nico Rosberg	Williams	15	54	+2 laps	3	Toyota
17	Sakon Yamamoto	Spyker	22	53	+3 laps	4	Ferrari
DNF	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	9	33	Hydraulics	1	BMW
DNF	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1	30	Spun off	1	Mercedes
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	6	25	Spun off	1	Toyota
DNF	Adrian Sutil	Spyker	21	24	Accident	2	Ferrari
DNF	Anthony Davidson	Super Aguri	14	11	Brakes	1	Honda

Starting grid vs qualifying

Vettel Qualified 12, started 17 · 5-place penalty

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Vettel17→4+13
Fisichella18→11+7
Wurz19→12+7
Sato20→14+6
Button10→5+5
Liuzzi11→6+5
Yamamoto22→17+5
Kovalainen13→9+4
Alonso4→2+2
Räikkönen2→1+1
Heidfeld8→7+1
Barrichello16→15+1
Massa3→30
Trulli12→13-1
Rosberg15→16-1
Coulthard5→8-3
Webber7→10-3

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Fisichella25.693R45
2Webber26.469R27
3Liuzzi26.508R19
4Fisichella26.535R25
5Button26.716R42
6Kubica26.805R25
7Barrichello26.822R31
8Wurz27.117R37
9Webber27.199R31
10Rosberg27.257R31

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Räikkönen1913242 stops
Alonso1814242 stops
Massa179302 stops
Vettel26301 stop
Button2418142 stops
Liuzzi1912252 stops
Heidfeld284242 stops
Coulthard197302 stops
Kovalainen24321 stop
Webber2344253 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

This race in history

3 races here since 2004Won from pole: 2 of 3

Win from furthest back (P6): Michael Schumacher 2006

Previous winners here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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