Official 2007 Formula 1 Season Thread

[Steel Dragon]

Thankee very much, another McLaren 1-2, and the right bloke at 1. :woot:

Jason

[Steelers]

Best race of the year without doubt... not only did MW finish the race, HE FINISHED IN THE POINTS! :woot: :woot: :woot:

Sato got very harshly penalised for a simple overtake during yellow flags. Usually a drive through penalty is sufficient, but because he spun out and DNF'ed, he has to cop 10 grid positions next race, which effectively puts him at the back of the pack next race. And it was nice to see Williams back to their old ways of blowing up towards the back end of a good points opportunity. Keep it up boys!

[SuperCliffy#01]

Lewis Hamilton a prospective legend in the making.

Mark Webber, Imagine him in a Ferrari or a Mc Laren/Mercedes, great to see him finish a race and get points.

Tekumo Sato, that was a very harsh penalty.

[Steel Dragon]

Docked 10 positions on the startlien for the next race because he spun out and couldn't complete a drive-through? I wonder would they have done the same thing had it been Michael Schumacher?

Jason

[Steelers]

Docked 10 positions on the startlien for the next race because he spun out and couldn't complete a drive-through? I wonder would they have done the same thing had it been Michael Schumacher?

Jason

Of course they wouldn't have. MS wouldn't ever have been under investigation in the first place. According to the FIA, MS and Ferrari never do anything wrong...

[Titanium_BD1103]

Well, after a week off testing and a return to Europe.. there is a change in the air with Ferrari winning last nights Grand Prix of France at Magny Cours... showing some very good speed and showing up Mclaren as well.

Congrats to Kimi Raikkonen for the win, using faster in and out laps on the 2nd pitstop and avoiding traffic to beat home his teammate Felipe Massa.. with McLaren and World Championship leader Lewis Hamilton 3rd.

The race wasn't very much of spectacle, however it was good fun watching Fernando Alonso driving to the limit after having to start in 10th due to gearbox failure in qualifying. BMW Sauber also had a great weekend, with Nick Heidfield in 5th and the recently returned from injury Robert Kubica grabbing his best result in 4th.

Mark Webber did finish, however he finished in 12th and there is some work to be done for Silverstone next week.

In what is supposdly the final race at Magny Cours, with French Racing wanting to move the event somewhere closer to the main towns... the most eventful moment was when Spkyer driver Christian Albers drove off with the fuel rig still attached after a pit stop, luckily no one was injured.

But yes, it was Ferrari's day in France, and judging by the new found speed and pace, they will be a force to be reckoned with for the rest of the year and have made what looked like a one horse race, suddenly a bit more interesting..

From: www.speedtv.com

2007 French Grand Prix Race Results

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6 Kimi R?ikk?nen Ferrari 70 Winner 3 10
2 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 70 +2.4 secs 1 8
3 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 70 +32.1 secs 2 6
4 10 Robert Kubica BMW 70 +41.7 secs 4 5
5 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 70 +48.8 secs 7 4
6 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 70 +52.2 secs 5 3
7 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 70 +56.5 secs 10 2
8 7 Jenson Button Honda 70 +58.8 secs 12 1
9 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 70 +68.5 secs 9 -
10 11 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 69 +1 Lap 11 -
11 8 Rubens Barrichello Honda 69 +1 Lap 13 -
12 15 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 69 +1 Lap 14 -
13 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 69 +1 Lap 16 -
14 17 Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 69 +1 Lap 18 -
15 4 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 69 +1 Lap 6 -
16 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 68 +2 Laps 22 -
17 20 Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 68 +2 Laps 21 -
DNF 19 Scott Speed STR-Ferrari 55 +15 Laps 15 -
DNF 21 Christijan Albers Spyker-Ferrari 28 +42 Laps 20 -
DNF 23 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 1 +69 Laps 19 -
DNF 12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1 +69 Laps 7 -
DNF 18 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Ferrari 0 Accident 17 -

After the French Grand Prix - Sun, 07/01/07
2007 Formula One Points Standings

Pos Driver Nationality Team Points
1 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 64
2 Fernando Alonso Spanish McLaren-Mercedes 50
3 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 47
4 Kimi R?ikk?nen Finnish Ferrari 42
5 Nick Heidfeld German BMW 30
6 Robert Kubica Polish BMW 17
7 Giancarlo Fisichella Italian Renault 16
8 Heikki Kovalainen Finnish Renault 12
9 Alexander Wurz Austrian Williams-Toyota 8
10 Jarno Trulli Italian Toyota 7
11 Nico Rosberg German Williams-Toyota 5
12 David Coulthard British Red Bull-Renault 4
= Takuma Sato Japanese Super Aguri-Honda 4
14 Mark Webber Australian Red Bull-Renault 2
= Ralf Schumacher German Toyota 2
16 Jenson Button British Honda 1
= Sebastian Vettel German BMW 1
18 Scott Speed USA STR-Ferrari 0
= Rubens Barrichello Brazilian Honda 0
= Anthony Davidson British Super Aguri-Honda 0
= Adrian Sutil German Spyker-Ferrari 0
= Christijan Albers Dutch Spyker-Ferrari 0
= Vitantonio Liuzzi Italian STR-Ferrari 0

[Titanium_BD1103]

Off to the Nurbergring went F1 for the European Grand Prix last night, and everyone thought we'd see McLaren and Ferrari having a battle royale once more... however no one could have expected 2 things... Lewis Hamilton going off in qualifying in a heavy crash, and extreme rain.

Yep, Lewis Hamilton was involved in a heavy crash in qualifying after the right front wheel of his car was not secured and he lost control and went into the tyre wall at turn 4... it had all gasping... but in the end, to everyones relief, he was alright and the car had no engine damage, so he started 10th.

But that was only the start of the interest... with the start of the race filled with Rosberg getting involved with Coulthard, Heidfield and teammate Kubica colliding and that was only on the opening lap.

What was to follow though was pure mayhem... when as predicted on the weather charts... we saw rain... and lots of it... and it caused all sorts of chaos:

- Kimi Raikonnen, who was leading the race at the time, on slicks tried to get into the pits, but due to the rain slid off the track and out of the pit lane, forcing him to go around again in almost crawl mode to get out.

- Everyone went into the pits for intermediate tyres.. however they were caught out as the rain got heavier and without any traction, and a lack of knowledge of how slow to go, they aquaplaned off the track, rather spectacularly and in some case rather scary too...

* First Jenson Button went off, followed by Lewis Hamilton who was lucky not to stall the engine and to not hit Button, then Sutil who was lucky not to completely destroy Hamilton's car after he went flying into the same turn 4 sandtrap that Button and Hamilton were in.

* Meanwhile on the otherside of the track as the safety car came out and then had to suddenly speed up... no one not really knowing why, until they saw the replay and saw Liuzzi's Toro Rosso aquaplane at high speed off turn 1 and almost take out the safety car. His team mate Scott Speed and Takuma Sato were to follow as the Formula 1 cars became Canoes and struggled to get onto the track.

* During all this, the other Spkyer car of Marcus Winklehofer, who had started in the pits and gambled on intermediates from the start of the race, had capitalised big time and his debut race and one step ahead of the rest of the pack, was first on track when the race was finally red flagged.

- The race restarted and sadly soon afterwards Winklehofer ended up out of the race... along with Raikonnen.

The rest of the race, was rather normal from all that carnage... with pit strategy and good racing the key to a successful day... and in the end.. Fernando Alonso won the race.

THE BIG NEWS THOUGH FOR ALL AUSSIES IS MARK WEBBER FINISHED ON THE PODIUM... :woot: :woot:

Yes finally Mark had some luck with retirements, good pit strategy, good qualifying in 6th and a reliable car, and all the way looked in control of a top 5 finish before getting 3rd behind Massa and Alonso, who had quite a battle and ended up exchanging some heated words post race... of which Alonso apologised to Massa for later on.

So yes, that was the European Grand Prix... very enjoyable to watch,highly exciting and a great victory for Webber, who finally got to show what he is capable of...


From: Planet F1.com

European Grand Prix Results

01 F. Alonso McLaren 2:06:26.358
02 F. Massa Ferrari + 8.155
03 M. Webber Red Bull + 1:05.674
04 A. Wurz Williams + 1:05.937
05 D. Coulthard Red Bull + 1:13.656
06 N. Heidfeld BMW + 1:20.298
07 R. Kubica BMW + 1:22.415
08 H. Kovalainen Renault + 1 laps
09 L. Hamilton McLaren + 1 laps
10 G. Fisichella Renault + 1 laps
11 R. Barrichello Honda + 1 laps
12 A. Davidson Super Aguri + 1 laps
13 J. Trulli Toyota + 1 laps

Did not finish

14 K. R?ikk?nen Ferrari + 24 laps
15 T. Sato Super Aguri + 40 laps
16 R. Schumacher Toyota + 41 laps
17 M. Winkelhock Spyker F1 + 46 laps
18 N. Rosberg Williams + 58 laps
19 V. Liuzzi Scuderia Toro Rosso + 58 laps
20 S. Speed Scuderia Toro Rosso + 58 laps
21 A. Sutil Spyker F1 + 58 laps
22 J. Button Honda + 58 laps

Points Table after European Grand Prix

Pos Driver Nationality Team Points

1 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 70
2 Fernando Alonso Spanish McLaren-Mercedes 68
3 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 59
4 Kimi R?ikk?nen Finnish Ferrari 52
5 Nick Heidfeld German BMW 36
6 Robert Kubica Polish BMW 24
7 Giancarlo Fisichella Italian Renault 17
8 Heikki Kovalainen Finnish Renault 15
9 Alexander Wurz Austrian Williams-Toyota 13
10 Mark Webber Australian Red Bull-Renault 8
= David Coulthard British Red Bull-Renault 8
12 Jarno Trulli Italian Toyota 7
13 Nico Rosberg German Williams-Toyota 5
14 Takuma Sato Japanese Super Aguri-Honda 4
15 Ralf Schumacher German Toyota 2
16 Jenson Button British Honda 1
= Sebastian Vettel German BMW 1
18 Rubens Barrichello Brazilian Honda 0
= Scott Speed USA STR-Ferrari 0
= Anthony Davidson British Super Aguri-Honda 0
= Adrian Sutil German Spyker-Ferrari 0
= Christijan Albers Dutch Spyker-Ferrari 0
= Vitantonio Liuzzi Italian STR-Ferrari 0
= Markus Winkelhock German Spyker-Ferrari 0

[Titanium_BD1103]

From:http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,189...608362,00.html

European GP: Alonso wins as chaos rains
Sunday 22nd July 2007

Fernando Alonso emerged victorious from a European GP that veered between the farcical and brilliant as Lewis Hamilton suffered a luckless afternoon to finish out of the points.

Alonso took full advantage of a late rain shower to oust Felipe Massa and claim his third victory of the season. Yet the race will largely be remembered for the extraordinary scenes almost two hours earlier when six drivers - including Hamilton, whose World Championship lead has been cut to a paltry two points - crashed out within thirty seconds when the Nurburgring was hit by a virtual monsoon.

Incredibly, the race then re-started twenty minutes later in near perfect conditions before a late shower produced a final twist and enabled Alonso to pass Massa with the McLaren and Ferrari cars banging wheels.

Grand Prix Report

With the drivers about to set off on the parade lap an ominous warning said that rain was expected in three minutes. The sky darkened as Kimi Raikkonen led the cars round to start. When the lights went out there was already spots of rain on the cameras.

Felipe Massa got a great start from P3 and was soon ahead of Alonso and challenging Raikkonen into Turn 1. Further back everyone looked to make up places just as the rain began to fall and there were cars sliding.

The two BMWs contrived to have an accident in Turn 2, Heidfeld hitting his team-mate on his rear tyre sending both of the white-livered cars spinning and breaking his front wing. From the on-board camera it looked a pretty blatant shove. However replays showed that Kubica had tried to muscle him off the track at the exit of Turn 1 and Heidfeld reacted.

One of them tagged Lewis Hamilton who had an almighty start and was already into P4 at the first turn after an almost serene cruise up the inside. The thump damaged a the rear tyre which punctured. He was immediately swallowed up by the rest of the field as they sped away on the greasy track.

At the end of Lap 1 Raikonen had already taken to an escape road at the Schumacher-S and dived for the pitlane, followed by Massa who would have to wait behind his team-mate. Fortunately for him Raikkonen steamed into the pitlane too quickly and skidded across the road and back onto the track.

It meant the Finn would have to go round one more time before taking wet weather tyres. The beneficiary of this piece of luck was Felipe Massa, who instead of being double stacked behind Raikkonen and coming out behind a lot of cars, managed to get to the Ferrari box first.

So Massa emerged ahead of Alonso, but neither were in the lead because Spyker had taken a remarkable gamble and started Markus Winkelhock on intermediate tyres and he led the race - by a mile.

As the rain lashed down the order was chaotic and the track conditions were getting worse.

Jenson Button had overtaken his team-mate on the opening tour and was first in to get his rain tyres. He found himself up to P4 from 17th on the grid. But as the leaders went into Turn 1 on Lap 3, Button aquaplaned straight on and into the barriers.

"Most of the first sector was like a lake," said a rueful Jenson afterwards.

He was immediately joined by Lewis Hamilton (who kept his engine running and hit nothing) and then a very fast Adrian Sutil in the second Spyker. At this point with three cars in the run-off area it was time to bring out the red flag. Instead Race Director Charlie Whiting put out the Safety Car. Rosberg spun off at Turn 1 joined by a Toro Rosso to make it five cars there.

To show what a potentially dangerous decision a Safety Car was, as the Mercedes sportscar turned in at Turn 1 it was almost collected at 100mph by another out-of-control Toro Rosso.

The cars continued to lap behind the SC, but with the rain getting heavier and with huge quantities of surface water on the track, the red flag was finally shown on Lap 4 and everyone returned to the grid for a re-start.

Out in the opening chaos had gone Button, Sutil, Rosberg, Speed and Liuzzi.

The positions on Lap 4 were Winkelhock leading by 33.5 seconds from Massa, Alonso, Webber, Coulthard (who'd spun and recovered on the opening lap!) Kovalainen and Kimi Raikkonen up to 7th.

Lewis Hamilton had kept his engine going despite being stuck in the gravel and was given a handy tow out by a recovery truck. His car was deemed to be in a dangerous position (similar to Michael Schumacher's spin at the Nurburgring where he ran off the road on the outside of the Dunlop Curve and got a handy push from a marshal he beckoned over).

However Hamilton was a lap down and it would take a massive effort to get into the points.

The race re-started behind the Safety Car to establish a dry line and get excess surface water off the track. Under the 2007 rules, lapped cars can unlap themselves in this situation and after 90 seconds, Hamilton was released to overtake the entire field and get his lap back - much to the bemusement of other drivers who hadn't realised he was a lap down. He got himself into clear air and was accelerating to join the back of the pack...

However if the aquaplaning into Turn 1 had been his first big mistake of 2007, he was about to make his second. He decided to gamble and switch to dry tyres before the track was properly dry - he spun on his outlap - and the second that the field were released from behind the Safety Car they put that lap back on him.

As the Safety Car came in on Lap 7 Markus Winkelhock (equipped with extreme wets just in case of another downpour) was swamped by Massa and Alonso and the rest of the field steamed through soon after.

The positions on Lap 8 were: Massa, Alonso, Coulthard, Webber, Kovalainen, Raikkonen, Wurz, Winkelhock, Barrichello and Fisichella.

For the first time, the race began to fall into a pattern.

With the rest of the field on intermediates and Hamilton at the back on dry weather tyres all the teams looked to see how soon Lewis's times improved on a drying track.

Hamilton carved the lap time down from 1:44.057 (Lap11) to 1:41.501 (Lap 12) and 1:38.594 (Lap 13).

At the end of Lap 12 the tipping point came and most of the field flooded into the pitlane for dry tyres, while Coulthard continued for a lap in the lead.

Positions moved round yet again and on Lap 14 the order was: Massa, Alonso, Raikkonen, Webber, Wurz, Kovalainen, Coulthard, Kubica, Ralf Schumacher and Heidfeld.

As the track thoroughly dried out the Fastest Lap was shared out between Massa, Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton, who was 28 seconds behind Jarno Trulli in 16th place.

Massa edged out a gap to Alonso, while Raikkonen closed up on the McLaren driver and began to look threatening.

On Lap 19, Nick Heidfeld tried to capitalise on a small mistake by Ralf Schumacher going into the Schumacher-S and got one wheel inside him going into the final Turn. Ralf failed to notice him in his mirrors despite the error and turned in on the BMW as it made a vain attempt to get alongside.

An angry Ralf was punted off into the gravel and Heidfeld continued, though it was a poor attempt at an overtaking move, and two laps later the stewards announced they were reviewing it at the end of the race.

By Lap 23 Massa had established a 4.0 second lead and Raikkonen was just 0.6 seconds back with Mark Webber 15 seconds down in P4 and Kovalianen on his gearbox in P5.

Hamilton was still putting in fastest laps, a 1:33.643 on Lap 23 and a 1:33.607 on Lap 24 yet was still nowhere near Jarno Trulli the man in front of him. By lap 29 he was still 10 seconds behind.

Incredibly the BMWs were back up to 8th and 9th with Kubica leading Heidfeld, and with Heidfeld having had four pit-stops compared to Kubica's two.

At the front, Massa really had the bit between his teeth and by Lap 32 had a 7.4 second gap to Alonso. He was putting in fastest laps and looked to have a decisive edge over Alonso. On the other hand Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, had dropped to 2.1 seconds behind Alonso despite them having no traffic to pass.

Three laps later it became clear why, cameras switched to a touring Kimi Raikkonen who had an engine which was intermittently cutting out. Kimi crawled back to the pits on Lap 35, the Ferrari finally coming to rest at the side of the pitlane.

The positions were now: Massa, Alonso, Webber, Wurz, Coulthard, Kubica, Heidfeld, Kovalainen, Barrichello and Davidson in P10.

Hamilton was still at the back, though on Lap 33 he'd finally got to overtake Giancarlo Fisichella for 13th place with a fantastically brave move into the Schumacher-S where he'd come off at speed in Qualifying. He then pitted and gave the position back.

With almost all drivers taking on fuel in the switch between intermediates and dry tyres, there was just one stop left. Alonso came in on Lap 37 and Massa followed him in a lap later.

The positions on Lap 42 were:

Massa, 6.8 seconds in front of Alonso, who was 7.1 in front of Webber (not stopped for final time), Coulthard (not stopped), Wurz, Kovalainen. Kubica, Heidfeld, Fisichella and Hamilton in P10. Lewis was 31 seconds away from a World Championship point with only 18 laps to do it.

In the final stint Alonso began to close the gap to Massa very slightly and on Lap 48 the gap was down to just 4.7 seconds, though he was gaining a few tenths a lap and not the amounts he needed to force a win.

Then we got a prediction on screen that we would be having rain in seven minutes (there had been a false alarm after the first downpour, but this time the rain came).

Taking a massive gamble, Renault had called Kovalainen in for intermediate tyres on Lap 49 before it started to fall. As his race engineer admitted on team radio "This is one hell of a gamble..."

On Lap 52 the rain duly arrived but Kovalainen had already lost too much time to gain any advantage of switching early. The majority of teams came in on Lap 53 with Massa and Alonso running very close together.

As the cars were released back into the pitlane, the McLaren of Alonso came perilously close to the Renault of the lapped Fisichella and also the Honda mechanics in the next-door garage, as it attempted to keep close to Massa.

Felipe regained the track first, but it became immediately clear that the McLaren had far more grip in the slow corners than the Ferrari. Massa drove some defensive lines in order to keep him behind, but Alonso couldn't get far enough inside of him to make a pass and Massa (quite legitimately) was leaving no gaps.

Hamilton stayed out in the vain hope that it might get dry very quickly, but was forced to come in at the end of Lap 54 to take on intermediates again. Another gamble that didn't pay off.

Alonso was supremely confident in the mixed conditions and was forcing Massa into driving lines that would keep the McLaren behind him; third placed Mark Webber was fifty seconds back and himself under pressure from Alex Wurz.

On Lap 56 he blocked Alonso into Turn 1 and washed out wide to prevent him coming up the inside into Turn 2, Alonso tried the outside round Turn 3 but didn't quite have the grip. Swooping into the downhill section between Sachs Kurve and the Ford Kurve Alonso launched himself up the inside and Massa tried to turn in on him.

The two cars touched wheels, but the McLaren was in front and both managed to continue. It would be the source of great irritation afterwards as Alonso felt the Brazilian could have had both of them off and before the podium ceremony the drivers exchanged angry words.

The positions were now:

Alonso, Massa, Webber, Wurz, Coulthard, Kubica, Heidfeld, Kovalainen, Fisichella, Hamilton.

Alonso immediately drove away from Massa and in two laps established a five second gap. Wurz closed on Webber and though Hamilton had seemed down and out, was finishing at speed. He was lapping three seconds a lap quicker than the Renaults and managed to grab 9th on the final lap off Fisichella, but couldn't quite get past Heiki Kovalainen before the line.

Mark Webber was heading for Red Bull's second podium but lost control going into the Schumacher-S on the final lap of the race, under extreme pressure from Alex Wurz. He just about managed to get it back together again and scrambled through the final corner with Wurz on his gearbox to receive an ecstatic welcome from his mechanics on the pitwall.

Alonso had won a race that looked in the bag for Massa, and if not for Felipe, then for Raikkonen. Instead of a likely Ferrari 1-2 it had become a McLaren win. What was even better for the Spaniard was Hamilton's no points finish in 9th.

Michael Schumacher disappeared off the Ferrari pitwall with three laps to go to change into his rodeo shirt. It all became clear why when he re-appeared on the podium to hand the constructor's trophy to Ron Dennis. He seemed reluctant to let it go - and given the Ferrari race dominance you could see why.

It had been an extraordinary race with good fortune and bad fortune for many of the front runners, but finally Fernando Alonso had got some good fortune. Kimi Raikkonen's 80-year-old grandmother had come to see her grandson race for Ferrari for the first time. She probably won't be coming back in a hurry.

[SuperCliffy#01]

It is about time Red Bull had a competative car, Mark Webber is a legend.

[Steelers]

I was praying for Alonso to take Massa out towards the end when he passed him. That would have given Mark victory Although I thought Mark's luck had caught up with him on the 2nd last corner of the race when he almost let Wurz through :|

Oh and the start of the race was insane, but the most exciting thing to happen all year IMO. The safety car almost got taken out, a crane almost got taken out, a Spyker driver on debut was leading by 30 seconds after 2 laps... crazy!

[SuperCliffy#01]

I love motor sports. Oh Will Powers in Team Australia had rotten luck earlier this morning in his Champ Car in Edmonton Alberta, Canada his steering broke.

[Titanium_BD1103]

Ok apologies I got a bit lazy with this... but yes last night was the Turkish Grand Prix..

It was pretty sub-standard.... Ferrari and McLaren taking on each other at the front, Mark Webber retiring with Hydralics failure on Lap 3... and BMW and Renault scrapping it out in the mid-field.

In the end, well done to Felipe Massa for winning after Lewis Hamilton, who challenged for half the race, blew a tyre and had to limp back to the pits... finishing 5th... it helps Ferrari get a bit closer to McLaren, but TBH, this is really a two horse race between Alonso and Hamilton still... who finally patched things up after the controversy of stalling in pit lane in the qualifying for the previous round... and which had seen them not talking throughout the 3 week summer break.

From: www.speedtv.com

2007 Turkish Grand Prix Race Results

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Felipe Massa Ferrari 58 Winner 1 10
2 6 Kimi R?ikk?nen Ferrari 58 +2.2 secs 3 8
3 1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes 58 +26.1 secs 4 6
4 9 Nick Heidfeld BMW 58 +39.6 secs 6 5
5 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 58 +45.0 secs 2 4
6 4 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 58 +46.1 secs 7 3
7 16 Nico Rosberg Williams-Toyota 58 +55.7 secs 8 2
8 10 Robert Kubica BMW 58 +56.7 secs 5 1
9 3 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 58 +59.4 secs 10 -
10 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault 58 +71.0 secs 13 -
11 17 Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota 58 +79.6 secs 14 -
12 11 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 57 +1 Lap 16 -
13 7 Jenson Button Honda 57 +1 Lap 21 -
14 23 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri-Honda 57 +1 Lap 11 -
15 18 Vitantonio Liuzzi STR-Ferrari 57 +1 Lap 15 -
16 12 Jarno Trulli Toyota 57 +1 Lap 9 -
17 8 Rubens Barrichello Honda 57 +1 Lap 22 -
18 22 Takuma Sato Super Aguri-Honda 57 +1 Lap 17 -
19 19 Sebastian Vettel STR-Ferrari 57 +1 Lap 18 -
20 21 Sakon Yamamoto Spyker-Ferrari 56 +2 Laps 20 -
21 20 Adrian Sutil Spyker-Ferrari 53 +5 Laps 19 -
DNF 15 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 9 +49 Laps 12 -

2007 Formula One Points Standings
After the Turkish Grand Prix - Sun, 08/26/07

Pos Driver Nationality Team Points
1 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 84
2 Fernando Alonso Spanish McLaren-Mercedes 79
3 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 69
4 Kimi R?ikk?nen Finnish Ferrari 68
5 Nick Heidfeld German BMW 47
6 Robert Kubica Polish BMW 29
7 Heikki Kovalainen Finnish Renault 19
8 Giancarlo Fisichella Italian Renault 17
9 Alexander Wurz Austrian Williams-Toyota 13
10 Nico Rosberg German Williams-Toyota 9
11 Mark Webber Australian Red Bull-Renault 8
= David Coulthard British Red Bull-Renault 8
13 Jarno Trulli Italian Toyota 7
14 Ralf Schumacher German Toyota 5
15 Takuma Sato Japanese Super Aguri-Honda 4
16 Jenson Button British Honda 1
= Sebastian Vettel German STR-Ferrari 1
18 Rubens Barrichello Brazilian Honda 0
= Scott Speed USA STR-Ferrari 0
= Anthony Davidson British Super Aguri-Honda 0
= Adrian Sutil German Spyker-Ferrari 0
= Christijan Albers Dutch Spyker-Ferrari 0
= Vitantonio Liuzzi Italian STR-Ferrari 0
= Markus Winkelhock German Spyker-Ferrari 0
= Sakon Yamamoto Japanese Spyker-Ferrari 0

[Steel Dragon]

Notice how there was one retirement in this race - guess who: Webber. Do his teams deliberately sabotage his cars or something?

Jason

[Steelers]

Notice how there was one retirement in this race - guess who: Webber. Do his teams deliberately sabotage his cars or something?

Jason

One of the commentators noted that he is probably the unluckiest driver in modern F1... that just shows how bad he has had it.

[Steel Dragon]

By the way Steelers, -just why do you have a picture of Captain Charger as your avatar?