Race 1 of 17 in the 2007 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date
18 March 2007
Official name
2007 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix
Location
Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia
Course
Temporary street circuit
Course length
5.303 km (3.295 miles)
Distance
58 laps, 307.574 km (191.118 miles)
Weather
Clear with temperatures reaching up to 21 °C (70 °F)[1]
Attendance
105,000[2]
Pole position
Driver
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
Time
1:26.072
Fastest lap
Driver
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
Time
1:25.235 on lap 41
Podium
First
Kimi Räikkönen
Ferrari
Second
Fernando Alonso
McLaren-Mercedes
Third
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 2007 Australian Grand Prix (officially the 2007 Formula 1 ING Australian Grand Prix)[3] was a Formula One motor race held on 18 March 2007 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia. It was the first race of the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship. The 58 lap race was won by Kimi Räikkönen for the Ferrari team after starting from pole position. Fernando Alonso finished second in a McLaren car, with teammate and future 7-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton third on his Grand Prix debut.
Räikkönen started the race alongside Alonso, but in the start Alonso was passed by BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld and Hamilton, who started third and fourth. Räikkönen controlled the race from the front of the field, with Alonso regaining second place after overtaking Hamilton during the second round of pit stops.
The Grand Prix was also the first Grand Prix since 2000 Malaysian Grand Prix where all Formula One entrants utilized Bridgestone tyres as Michelin quit the sport after the 2006 season.
^Weather info for the 2007 Australian Grand Prix at Weather Underground
^"Rookie in spotlight with Ferrari ace". theage.com.au. The Age Company Ltd. 19 March 2007. Archived from the original on 23 May 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
^"Australia". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
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