2007 Hungarian Grand Prix

The 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix, formally known as the XXIII Agip Magyar Nagydíj was the eleventh round of the FIA Formula One World Championship, held at the Hungaroring near Budapest, Hungary, on 5 August 2007. The race was won by ' driver Lewis Hamilton, although it was the antics of himself and his teammate Fernando Alonso during qualifying that grabbed the headlines.
Indeed, with the relationship having deteriorated throughout the season the McLaren civil war came to a head in Q3 at Hungary, with Hamilton delivering the first blow, ignoring a team order to let Alonso past.'Hungarian GP, 2007', grandprix.com, (Inside F1 Inc, 2007), https://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr779.html, (Accessed 18/02/2020) Alonso overtook him on their cool down lap and then ignored a signal to leave the pitbox with Hamilton behind him as they stopped for a new set of tyres, causing Hamilton to missout on a final flying lap.
The ploy appeared to have worked for Alonso, for the Spanish ace secured pole position ahead of Hamilton by a tenth of a second. Nick Heidfeld and Kimi Räikkönen would share the second row, while Felipe Massa was a disappointed with fourteenth.
Nine hours after qualifying, however, the FIA would complete their investigation into Alonso's antics, and duly slapped the Spaniard with a five place grid penalty. Furthermore, McLaren would not be able to score Constructors Championship points as a result of their drive rebellion, and would not receive a winner's trophy.
With Hamilton on pole the race got underway, with the Brit easing off the grid to claim an early lead from Räikkönen, who surged past Heidfeld for second. Alonso, meanwhile, would fail to make progress from sixth, and after a lunge at Nico Rosberg was thwarted the #1 McLaren slipped behind Robert Kubica.
Alonso would also slip behind Mark Webber before the end of the opening lap, before setting about climbing back up the field, with early lunges past the Australian and Kubica left him trailing Ralf Schumacher. Up front, meanwhile, Hamilton was doing his best to escape Räikkönen, with the gap settling down at around four seconds.
Indeed, the race would become a procession from that moment on, with the only major on-track incident coming when Sakon Yamamoto smashed into the barriers in his . As such it was only when the first round of stops began that the order was shuffled, with Heidfeld, Rosberg and Alonso the first to dive in on lap eighteen.
The majority of the field were running on three-stop schedules, although McLaren opted to put Alonso onto a two-stop with a heavy fuel load. They would also switch Hamilton to a two-stop as a result of the Brit's healthy margin over third placed Heidfeld, with Räikkönen also switched to a two by .
The second stint for the leaders would see Räikkönen close the gap to Hamilton, while Alonso was throwing everything he had at Schumacher in a bid to pass the . Yet, the Spaniard would have to wait until the German veteran made his second stop, allowing the #1 McLaren to finally run in clear air.
Running long in the middle stint would allow Alonso to jump Schumacher, and when Rosberg and Kubica made their third stops the #1 McLaren was up to fourth. He duly began carving into Heidfeld's grip on third, as Hamilton managed to gain time on Räikkönen by running longer in their second stint.
With that the race was run, with Hamilton fending off a late charge from Räikkönen to claim victory, the McLaren having been hampered by a steering issue in the second half of the race. Heidfeld duly completed the podium as Alonso ran out of time to catch the , with Kubica trailing him in the sister car. Schumacher, Rosberg and Heikki Kovalainen secured the remaining points.
==Background==
Victory for Fernando Alonso had sent the Spanish ace streaking to the top of the Championship hunt in Germany, demolishing Lewis Hamilton's lead to just two points. Indeed, the Brit's first failure to score looked to have been a costly one, with Felipe Massa having also closed to within eleven of the rookie. Kimi Räikkönen, meanwhile, had effectively lost ground having also failed to score, with Nick Heidfeld a distant fifth.
In the Constructors Championship it had been a marginally better afternoon for , as they extended their lead by two points as they moved onto 138 for the campaign. retained their spot in second, moving onto 111, and hence opened out a 50 point gap to third placed . Elsewhere, had been the biggest winners at the Nürburgring, moving up to fifth ahead of .
===Entry list===
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
1 	Fernando Alonso 	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 	 	MP4-22 	 	FO 108T 2.4 V8 	
2 	Lewis Hamilton 	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 	 	MP4-22 	 	FO 108T 2.4 V8 	
3 	Giancarlo Fisichella 	ING Renault F1 Team 	 	R27 	 	RS27 2.4 V8 	
4 	Heikki Kovalainen 	ING Renault F1 Team 	 	R27 	 	RS27 2.4 V8 	
5 	Felipe Massa 	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 	 	F2007 	 	056 2007 2.4 V8 	
6 	Kimi Räikkönen 	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 	 	F2007 	 	056 2007 2.4 V8 	
7 	Jenson Button 	Honda Racing F1 Team 	 	RA107 	 	RA807E 2.4 V8 	
8 	Rubens Barrichello 	Honda Racing F1 Team 	 	RA107 	 	RA807E 2.4 V8 	
9 	Nick Heidfeld 	BMW Sauber F1 Team 	 	F1.07 	 	P86/7 2.4 V8 	
10 	Robert Kubica 	BMW Sauber F1 Team 	 	F1.07 	 	P86/7 2.4 V8 	
11 	Ralf Schumacher 	Panasonic Toyota Racing 	 	TF107 	 	RVX-07 2.4 V8 	
12 	Jarno Trulli 	Panasonic Toyota Racing 	 	TF107 	 	RVX-07 2.4 V8 	
14 	David Coulthard 	Red Bull Racing 	 	RB3 	 	RS27 2.4 V8 	
15 	Mark Webber 	Red Bull Racing 	 	RB3 	 	RS27 2.4 V8 	
16 	Nico Rosberg 	AT&T Williams 	 	FW29 	 	RVX-07 2.4 V8 	
17 	Alexander Wurz 	AT&T Williams 	 	FW29 	 	RVX-07 2.4 V8 	
18 	Vitantonio Liuzzi 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR2 	 	056 2006 2.4 V8 	
19 	Sebastian Vettel 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR2 	 	056 2006 2.4 V8 	
20 	Adrian Sutil 	Etihad Alder Spyker F1 Team 	 	F8-VII 	 	056 2006 2.4 V8 	
21 	Sakon Yamamoto 	Etihad Alder Spyker F1 Team 	 	F8-VII 	 	056 2006 2.4 V8 	
22 	Takuma Sato 	Super Aguri F1 Team 	 	SA07 	 	RA807E 2.4 V8 	
23 	Anthony Davidson 	Super Aguri F1 Team 	 	SA07 	 	RA807E 2.4 V8 	
Source:'Hungary 2007: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/hongrie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 18/02/2020)	Source:'Hungary 2007: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/hongrie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 18/02/2020)	Source:'Hungary 2007: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/hongrie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 18/02/2020)	Source:'Hungary 2007: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/hongrie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 18/02/2020)	Source:'Hungary 2007: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/hongrie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 18/02/2020)	Source:'Hungary 2007: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/hongrie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 18/02/2020)	Source:'Hungary 2007: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/hongrie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 18/02/2020)	Source:'Hungary 2007: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/hongrie/engages.aspx, (Accessed 18/02/2020)
==Practice Overview==
==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===Qualifying Results===
The full qualifying results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Q1 	Q1 	 	Q2 	Q2 	 	Q3 	Q3 	Grid
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Pos. 	Time 	 	Pos. 	Time 	 	Pos. 	Time 	Grid
1* 	1 	Fernando Alonso 	 	 	5 	1:20.425 	 	2 	1:19.661 	 	1 	1:19.674 	6
2 	2 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	1 	1:19.570 	 	1 	1:19.301 	 	2 	1:19.781 	1
3 	9 	Nick Heidfeld 	 	 	10 	1:20.751 	 	6 	1:20.322 	 	3 	1:20.259 	2
4 	6 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	 	6 	1:20.435 	 	4 	1:20.107 	 	4 	1:20.410 	3
5 	16 	Nico Rosberg 	 	 	9 	1:20.547 	 	5 	1:20.188 	 	5 	1:20.632 	4
6 	11 	Ralf Schumacher 	 	 	7 	1:20.449 	 	8 	1:20.455 	 	6 	1:20.714 	5
7 	10 	Robert Kubica 	 	 	3 	1:20.366 	 	10 	1:20.703 	 	7 	1:20.876 	7
8† 	3 	Giancarlo Fisichella 	 	 	15 	1:21.645 	 	9 	1:20.590 	 	8 	1:21.079 	13
9 	12 	Jarno Trulli 	 	 	8 	1:20.481 	 	3 	1:19.951 	 	9 	1:21.206 	8
10 	15 	Mark Webber 	 	 	11 	1:20.794 	 	7 	1:20.439 	 	10 	1:21.256 	9
11 	14 	David Coulthard 	 	 	14 	1:21.291 	 	11 	1:20.718 	 	 	 	10
12 	4 	Heikki Kovalainen 	 	 	2 	1:20.285 	 	12 	1:20.779 	 	 	 	11
13 	17 	Alexander Wurz 	 	 	13 	1:21.243 	 	13 	1:20.865 	 	 	 	12
14 	5 	Felipe Massa 	 	 	4 	1:20.408 	 	14 	1:21.021 	 	 	 	14
15 	23 	Anthony Davidson 	 	 	12 	1:21.018 	 	15 	1:21.127 	 	 	 	15
16 	18 	Vitantonio Liuzzi 	 	 	16 	1:21.730 	 	16 	1:21.993 	 	 	 	16
17 	7 	Jenson Button 	 	 	17 	1:21.737 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17
18 	8 	Rubens Barrichello 	 	 	18 	1:21.877 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18
19 	22 	Takuma Sato 	 	 	19 	1:22.143 	 	 	 	 	 	 	19
20 	19 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	20 	1:22.117 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20
21 	20 	Adrian Sutil 	 	 	21 	1:22.737 	 	 	 	 	 	 	21
22 	21 	Sakon Yamamoto 	 	 	22 	1:23.774 	 	 	 	 	 	 	22
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*T Indicates a driver used their test/spare car to set their best time in that session.
*Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
** Alonso handed a five place grid penalty for impeding Hamilton during Q3.
*† Fisichella handed a five place grid penalty for impeding Yamamoto during Q1.
===Grid===
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
The full results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	2 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	70 	1:35:52.991 	1 	10
2 	6 	Kimi Räikkönen 	 	70 	+0.715s 	3 	8
3 	9 	Nick Heidfeld 	 	70 	+43.129s 	2 	6
4 	1 	Fernando Alonso 	 	70 	+44.858s 	6 	5
5 	10 	Robert Kubica 	 	70 	+47.616s 	7 	4
6 	11 	Ralf Schumacher 	 	70 	+50.669s 	5 	3
7 	16 	Nico Rosberg 	 	70 	+59.139s 	4 	2
8 	4 	Heikki Kovalainen 	 	70 	+1:08.104 	11 	1
9 	15 	Mark Webber 	 	70 	+1:16.331 	9 	
10 	12 	Jarno Trulli 	 	69 	+1 Lap 	8 	
11 	14 	David Coulthard 	 	69 	+1 Lap 	10 	
12 	3 	Giancarlo Fisichella 	 	69 	+1 Lap 	13 	
13 	5 	Felipe Massa 	 	69 	+1 Lap 	14 	
14 	17 	Alexander Wurz 	 	69 	+1 Lap 	12 	
15 	22 	Takuma Sato 	 	69 	+1 Lap 	19 	
16 	19 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	69 	+1 Lap 	20 	
17 	20 	Adrian Sutil 	 	68 	+2 Laps 	21 	
18 	8 	Rubens Barrichello 	 	68 	+2 Laps 	18 	
Ret 	18 	Vitantonio Liuzzi 	 	42 	Electrical 	16 	
Ret 	23 	Anthony Davidson 	 	41 	Collision 	15 	
Ret 	7 	Jenson Button 	 	35 	Throttle 	17 	
Ret 	21 	Sakon Yamamoto 	 	4 	Accident 	22 	
Source:'Hungary 2007: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/hongrie/classement.aspx, (Accessed 18/02/2020)	Source:'Hungary 2007: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/hongrie/classement.aspx, (Accessed 18/02/2020)	Source:'Hungary 2007: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/hongrie/classement.aspx, (Accessed 18/02/2020)	Source:'Hungary 2007: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/hongrie/classement.aspx, (Accessed 18/02/2020)	Source:'Hungary 2007: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/hongrie/classement.aspx, (Accessed 18/02/2020)	Source:'Hungary 2007: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/hongrie/classement.aspx, (Accessed 18/02/2020)	Source:'Hungary 2007: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/hongrie/classement.aspx, (Accessed 18/02/2020)	Source:'Hungary 2007: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/hongrie/classement.aspx, (Accessed 18/02/2020)
*T Indicates a driver used their test/spare car.
==Milestones==
* 500th individual Grand Prix entry for a engine.[Archived] '2007 Hungarian GP', chicanef1.com, (Chicane F1, 2014), https://web.archive.org/web/20190410164930/http://chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=2007&gp=Hungarian%20GP&r=1, (Accessed 18/02/2020) - Original
* Lewis Hamilton secured the 130th pole position for a chassis.'11. Hungary 2007', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2007/hongrie.aspx, (Accessed 18/02/2020)
* Hamilton scored his third career victory.
** Also Hamilton's tenth podium finish.
* McLaren registered their 154th win as a constructor.
** Mercedes secured their 59th win as an engine supplier.
* Kimi Räikkönen recorded the 75th fastest lap for a driver using #6 as their race number.
==Standings==
Victory for Lewis Hamilton moved the British rookie seven points clear atop the Championship leaving Hungary, and left him with 80 points to his name. Fernando Alonso had hence lost ground in second, while Kimi Räikkönen had closed the gap to the Spaniard in third, having also overtaken his teammate Felipe Massa. Massa was, however, just a point behind the Finn leaving the Hungaroring, while Nick Heidfeld had maintained his top five status.
In the Constructors Championship had been unable to do the damage they needed with banned from scoring in Hungary, having only closed the gap by eight points. The Anglo-German alliance hence held a twelve point advantage leaving the Hungarian Grand Prix, and had a healthy advantage over third placed . The German-Swiss alliance was, however, in a very secure third place, with having been unable to close the gap to them once again in Hungary.
World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	Lewis Hamilton 	80 	
2 	Fernando Alonso 	73 	
3 	Kimi Räikkönen 	60 	1
4 	Felipe Massa 	59 	1
5 	Nick Heidfeld 	42 	
6 	Robert Kubica 	28 	
7 	Giancarlo Fisichella 	17 	
8 	Heikki Kovalainen 	16 	
9 	Alexander Wurz 	13 	
10 	Mark Webber 	8 	
11 	David Coulthard 	8 	
12 	Nico Rosberg 	7 	1
13 	Jarno Trulli 	7 	1
14 	Ralf Schumacher 	5 	
15 	Takuma Sato 	4 	1
16 	Jenson Button 	1 	
17 	Sebastian Vettel 	1 	
World Championship for Constructors*	World Championship for Constructors*	World Championship for Constructors*	World Championship for Constructors*
Pos. 	Team 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	 	138 	
2 	 	119 	
3 	 	71 	
4 	 	33 	
5 	 	20 	
6 	 	16 	
7 	 	12 	
8 	 	4 	
9 	 	1 	
Only points scoring drivers and constructors are shown.
** Includes points scored by before their exclusion prior to the 2007 Belgian Grand Prix.
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