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| 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Race 11 of 17 in the 2007 Formula One World Championship
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 Hungaroring (GP track) | |||||
| Race details[1][2] | |||||
| Date | 5 August 2007 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Magyar Nagydíj 2007 | ||||
| Location | Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary[3] | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 4.381 km (2.722 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 70 laps, 306.663 km (190.552 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Sunny, temperatures reaching up to 27 °C (81 °F)[4] | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:19.781 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver |
 Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | |||
| Time | 1:20.047 on lap 70 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Second | Ferrari | ||||
| Third | BMW Sauber | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Magyar Nagydíj 2007)[5] was the eleventh race of the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship and was held on 5 August 2007 at the Hungaroring racing track in Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary. It was also memorable for an incident in the Saturday qualifying session, between McLaren teammates Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso.
Hamilton went into the race with a 2-point advantage in World Championship points over Alonso and was 11 points ahead of 3rd place man Felipe Massa after a chaotic European Grand Prix, whilst McLaren held a 27-point lead in the Constructors' Championship over their main rivals Ferrari. Ralf Schumacher scored his last World Championship points at this race.
Japanese former Super Aguri driver Sakon Yamamoto filled the second Spyker car, replacing European GP leader, German Markus Winkelhock. Sebastian Vettel, the youngest Grand Prix point scorer made his second Grand Prix start replacing Scott Speed at Scuderia Toro Rosso.[6]
Controversy hit the qualifying sessions when Hamilton failed to honour an agreement to let Alonso past on track; this denied Alonso a competitive advantage when setting his lap time.[7] Alonso then retaliated by holding Hamilton up in the pit lane, to in turn deny Hamilton a chance to record a final lap time. Stewards later dropped Alonso five places down the starting grid of the race, putting him in sixth while Hamilton started in pole position. McLaren were also told they would not score any Constructor's Championship points in the race and wouldn't be presented with a winning constructor's trophy on the podium if one of their drivers were to win the race. The team stated Hamilton's hold-up was not Alonso's fault (although Alonso gave the stewards a different explanation, that he was inquiring about his tyres),[8] and that Hamilton had disobeyed team orders to let Alonso pass him, which put the two drivers out of sequence for their pit stops.[9] McLaren had initially expressed their intent to appeal the Constructor's points penalty but ultimately withdrew their appeal after subsequently losing all their Constructor's points as penalty for the espionage scandal.
- ^ "2007 Hungarian GP". ChicaneF1. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "2007 Hungarian Grand Prix". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "2007 Hungarian Grand Prix". Motor Sport. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ Weather info for the 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix at Weather Underground
- ^ "Hungary". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on 26 October 2007. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "Sebastian Vettel replaces Speed at Toro Rosso". F1Fanatic.co.uk. 2007. Retrieved 31 July 2007.
- ^ "The F1 great who couldn't catch a break". BBC. 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ "The full decision by the race stewards". Autosport. 4 August 2007. Retrieved 4 August 2007.
- ^ "Hamilton inherits pole as Alonso and McLaren penalized". Formula1.com. Formula One Group. 5 August 2007. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
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