2007 Italian Grand Prix

The 2007 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held from 7 to 9 September 2007 at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy. It was the thirteenth race of the 2007 Formula One season.

Going into the race, McLaren's Lewis Hamilton held a 5-point lead over team-mate Fernando Alonso in the Drivers' Championship, whilst McLaren held an 11-point lead over Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship. Ferrari were expected to do well at home after a one-two finish in the Turkish GP and Michael Schumacher's victory at Monza the previous year. However, McLaren dominated the traditional test session prior to the Grand Prix, with Alonso topping the time sheets on two of the four days and Hamilton and Pedro de la Rosa fastest on the other days.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	Name	Team/Engine	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3
1	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Mercedes	1:21.718	1:21.356	1:21.997
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:21.956	1:21.746	1:22.034
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:22.309	1:21.993	1:22.549
4	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:23.107	1:22.466	1:23.174
5	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:22.673	1:22.369	1:23.183
6	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	1:23.088	1:22.400	1:23.446
7	Heikki Kovalainen	Renault	1:23.505	1:23.134	1:24.102
8	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	1:23.333	1:22.748	1:24.382
9	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:23.724	1:23.107	1:24.555
10	Jenson Button	Honda	1:23.639	1:23.021	1:25.165
11	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:23.575	1:23.166
12	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:23.474	1:23.176
13	Alexander Wurz	Williams-Toyota	1:23.739	1:23.209
14	Anthony Davidson	Super Aguri-Honda	1:23.646	1:23.274
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:23.559	1:23.325
16	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:23.578	1:23.351
17	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	1:23.749
18	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	1:23.787
19	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:23.886
20	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1:24.019
21	Adrian Sutil	Spyker-Ferrari	1:24.699
22	Sakon Yamamoto	Spyker-Ferrari	1:25.084

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Mercedes	53	1:18:37.806	1	10
2	2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+6.062	2	8
3	6	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	53	+27.325	5	6
4	9	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	53	+56.562	4	5
5	10	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	53	+1:00.558	6	4
6	16	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	53	+1:05.810	8	3
7	4	Heikki Kovalainen	Renault	53	+1:06.751	7	2
8	7	Jenson Button	Honda	53	+1:02.168	10	1
9	15	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	53	+1:05.879	11
10	8	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	53	+1:06.958	12
11	12	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	53	+1:07.736	9
12	3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	52	+1 lap	15
13	17	Alexander Wurz	Williams-Toyota	52	+1 lap	13
14	23	Anthony Davidson	Super Aguri-Honda	52	+1 lap	14
15	11	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	52	+1 lap	18
16	22	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	52	+1 lap	17
17	18	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	52	+1 lap	19
18	19	Sebastian Vettel	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	52	+1 lap	16
19	20	Adrian Sutil	Spyker-Ferrari	52	+1 lap	21
20	21	Sakon Yamamoto	Spyker-Ferrari	52	+1 lap	22
Ret	5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	10	Suspension	3
Ret	14	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	1	Accident	20

Notes

Fastest lap: Fernando Alonso, 1:22.871 (Lap 15, 251.653km/h)
Lap Leaders: Fernando Alonso: 48 (1-20, 26-53); Kimi Räikkönen: 5 (21-25).
Fernando Alonso's fourth win of the season and the fourth one-two finish of the season for McLaren.
Alonso becomes only the second person in the 21st Century to win the Italian Grand Prix in anything but a Ferrari, following Juan Pablo Montoya's victories for BMW-Williams and McLaren in 2001 and 2005 respectively.
McLaren's 8th victory at Monza and Mercedes' fourth
Alonso becomes the 1st Spaniard to win the Italian Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton's 11th podium of the season, from 13 races.
Red Bull Racing's 50th race entry.
It was Fernando Alonso's last win for McLaren.

External links

Detailed Italian Grand Prix results

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