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2007 Japanese Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitFuji, 67 laps
Round15 of 17
Race numbers

The 2007 Japanese Grand Prix was the:

  • 783rd World Championship race
  • 23rd World Championship Japanese Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Fuji (first since 1977)
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes672hr 00m 34.579s10
2+9(FIN) Heikki KovalainenRenault67+8.377s8
3 (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari67+9.478s6
4+8(GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Renault67+20.297s5
5+5(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault67+38.864s4
6-2(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari67+49.042s3
7+2(POL) Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW67+49.285s2
8+12(DEU) Adrian SutilSpyker-Ferrari67+1m 00.129s1
9PL(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Ferrari67+1m 20.622s (25.000s) 
10+7(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloHonda67+1m 28.342s 
11-5(GBR) Jenson ButtonHonda66DNF 
12+10(JPN) Sakon YamamotoSpyker-Ferrari66+1 lap 
13 (ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota66+1 lap 
14-9(DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW65DNF 
15+6(JPN) Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda65DNF 
R (DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota55DNF 
R (GBR) Anthony DavidsonSuper Aguri-Honda54DNF 
R (DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota49DNF 
R (DEU) Sebastian VettelToro Rosso-Ferrari46DNF 
R (AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault45DNF 
R (ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Mercedes41DNF 
R (AUT) Alexander WurzWilliams-Toyota19DNF 

Notes

  • Vitantonio Liuzzi received a 25-second time penalty for overtaking under yellow flag. He originally finished P8.
  • Jenson Button ended lap 53 in P10 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Nick Heidfeld ended lap 53 in P8 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Takuma Sato ended lap 53 in P15 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
2(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Mercedes
3(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari
4(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari
5(DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW
6(GBR) Jenson ButtonHonda
7(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
8(DEU) Sebastian VettelToro Rosso-Ferrari
9(POL) Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW
10(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault
11(FIN) Heikki KovalainenRenault
12(GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Renault
13(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota
14  
15(DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota
16(DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota
17(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloHonda
18(AUT) Alexander WurzWilliams-Toyota
19(GBR) Anthony DavidsonSuper Aguri-Honda
20(DEU) Adrian SutilSpyker-Ferrari
21(JPN) Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda
22(JPN) Sakon YamamotoSpyker-Ferrari
Started from the pit lane
 (ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Ferrari

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:25.368 
2(ESP) Fernando AlonsoMcLaren-Mercedes1:25.4380.070
3(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenFerrari1:25.5160.148
4(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari1:25.7650.397
5(DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-BMW1:26.5051.137
6(DEU) Nico RosbergWilliams-Toyota1:26.7281.360
7(GBR) Jenson ButtonHonda1:26.9131.545
8(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:26.9141.546
9(DEU) Sebastian VettelToro Rosso-Ferrari1:26.9731.605
10(POL) Robert KubicaBMW Sauber-BMW1:27.2251.857
Q2
11(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault1:26.033 
12(FIN) Heikki KovalainenRenault1:26.232 
13(GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Renault1:26.247 
14(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota1:26.253 
15(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziToro Rosso-Ferrari1:26.948 
16(DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota– 
Q1
17(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloHonda1:27.323 
18(AUT) Alexander WurzWilliams-Toyota1:27.454 
19(GBR) Anthony DavidsonSuper Aguri-Honda1:27.564 
20(DEU) Adrian SutilSpyker-Ferrari1:28.628 
21(JPN) Takuma SatoSuper Aguri-Honda1:28.792 
22(JPN) Sakon YamamotoSpyker-Ferrari1:29.668 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Lewis Hamilton107
2(ESP) Fernando Alonso95
3(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen90
4(BRA) Felipe Massa80
5(DEU) Nick Heidfeld56
6(POL) Robert Kubica35
7(FIN) Heikki Kovalainen30
8(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella21
9(DEU) Nico Rosberg15
10(AUT) Alexander Wurz13
11(GBR) David Coulthard13
12(AUS) Mark Webber10
13(ITA) Jarno Trulli7
14(DEU) Ralf Schumacher5
15(JPN) Takuma Sato4
16(GBR) Jenson Button2
17(DEU) Adrian Sutil1
18(DEU) Sebastian Vettel1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari170
2BMW Sauber-BMW92
3Renault51
4Williams-Toyota28
5Red Bull-Renault23
6Toyota12
7Super Aguri-Honda4
8Honda2
9Spyker-Ferrari1

Stats & milestones

Wins
4th for Lewis Hamilton
156th for McLaren
Podiums
46th for Kimi Raikkonen
12th for Lewis Hamilton
1st for Heikki Kovalainen (193rd different podium finisher, 6th Finnish driver; only podium for Renault)
599th for Ferrari
416th for McLaren
90th for Renault (7th constructor to score 90 podiums)
Poles
5th for Lewis Hamilton
132nd for McLaren
1-2 start
57th for McLaren
Fastest laps
2nd for Lewis Hamilton
134th for McLaren
Front row starts
27th for Fernando Alonso (last for McLaren)
10th for Lewis Hamilton (54th driver to achieve ten front row starts, 14th British driver)
Points finishes
1st for Adrian Sutil (306th different point scorer, 19th German driver)
Pole & win
4th for Lewis Hamilton
Win & fastest lap
1st for Lewis Hamilton (62nd different driver to win and set the fastest lap, 13th British driver; first British driver to win and set the fastest lap since 2001)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
1st for Lewis Hamilton (41st different driver to complete a hat-trick, 12th British driver; first British driver to complete a hat-trick since 1996)