France 2007: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Massa	Ferrari	1:15.303	1:14.822	1:15.034
2	Hamilton	McLaren	1:14.805	1:14.795	1:15.104	+0.070
3	Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:14.872	1:14.828	1:15.257	+0.223
4	Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:15.778	1:15.066	1:15.493	+0.459
5	Fisichella	Renault	1:16.047	1:15.227	1:15.674	+0.640
6	Kovalainen	Renault	1:15.524	1:15.272	1:15.826	+0.792
7	Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:15.783	1:15.149	1:15.900	+0.866
8	Trulli	Toyota	1:16.118	1:15.379	1:15.935	+0.901
9	Rosberg	Williams	1:16.092	1:15.331	1:16.328	+1.294
10	Alonso	McLaren	1:15.322	1:15.084		+0.289
11	Schumacher	Toyota	1:15.760	1:15.534		+0.739
12	Button	Honda	1:16.113	1:15.584		+0.789
13	Barrichello	Honda	1:16.140	1:15.761		+0.966
14	Webber	Red Bull	1:15.746	1:15.806		+1.011
15	Speed	Toro Rosso	1:15.980	1:16.049		+1.254
16	Coulthard	Red Bull	1:15.915			+1.110
17	Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	1:16.142			+1.337
18	Wurz	Williams	1:16.241			+1.436
19	Sato	Super Aguri	1:16.244			+1.439
20	Davidson	Super Aguri	1:16.366			+1.561
21	Albers	Spyker	1:17.826			+3.021
22	Sutil	Spyker	1:17.915			+3.110

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	3	70	1:30:54.200	2	Ferrari
2	Felipe MassaFastest lap	Ferrari	1	70	+2.414	2	Ferrari
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	2	70	+32.153	3	Mercedes
4	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	4	70	+41.727	2	BMW
5	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	7	70	+48.801	2	BMW
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	5	70	+52.210	2	Renault
7	Fernando Alonso	McLaren	10	70	+56.516	2	Mercedes
8	Jenson Button	Honda	12	70	+58.885	2	Honda
9	Nico Rosberg	Williams	9	70	+1:08.505	2	Toyota
10	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	11	69	+1 lap	2	Toyota
11	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	13	69	+1 lap	2	Honda
12	Mark Webber	Red Bull	14	69	+1 lap	2	Renault
13	David Coulthard	Red Bull	16	69	+1 lap	2	Renault
14	Alexander Wurz	Williams	18	69	+1 lap	2	Toyota
15	Heikki Kovalainen	Renault	6	69	+1 lap	3	Renault
16	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri	22	68	+2 laps	2	Honda
17	Adrian Sutil	Spyker	21	68	+2 laps	3	Ferrari
DNF	Scott Speed	Toro Rosso	15	55	Gearbox	2	Ferrari
DNF	Christijan Albers	Spyker	20	28	Fuel rig	1	Ferrari
DNF	Anthony Davidson	Super Aguri	19	1	Collision	0	Honda
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	8	1	Collision	0	Toyota
DNF	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	17	0	Collision	0	Ferrari

Starting grid vs qualifying

Sato Qualified 19, started 22 · 10-place penalty

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

Race

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Places gained

Sato22→16+6
Button12→8+4
Wurz18→14+4
Sutil21→17+4
Alonso10→7+3
Coulthard16→13+3
Räikkönen3→1+2
Heidfeld7→5+2
Barrichello13→11+2
Webber14→12+2
Schumacher11→10+1
Kubica4→40
Rosberg9→90
Massa1→2-1
Hamilton2→3-1
Fisichella5→6-1
Kovalainen6→15-9

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

Fastest pit stops

1Sutil14.635R34
2Kovalainen22.684R54
3Schumacher22.783R52
4Hamilton22.788R51
5Hamilton22.822R37
6Fisichella22.862R50
7Barrichello22.869R51
8Button23.239R32
9Barrichello23.328R33
10Speed23.584R52

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

Stints of the top 10

Räikkönen2224242 stops
Massa1924272 stops
Hamilton162114193 stops
Kubica1926252 stops
Heidfeld2225232 stops
Fisichella1931202 stops
Alonso1621332 stops
Button3218202 stops
Rosberg2026242 stops
Schumacher2725172 stops · +1 lap

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

16 races here since 1991Won from pole: 5 of 16

Win from furthest back (P5): Heinz-Harald Frentzen 1999

Most wins 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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