2007 Canadian Grand Prix

2007 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 6 of 17 in the 2007 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 10 June 2007
Official name Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2007
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course Street circuit
Course length 4.361 km (2.710 miles)
Distance 70 laps, 305.270 km (189.686 miles)
Weather Warm with temperatures approaching 26 °C (79 °F); wind speeds up to 5.8 kilometres per hour (3.6 mph)[1]
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:15.707
Fastest lap
Driver Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:16.367 on lap 46
Podium
First McLaren-Mercedes
Second BMW Sauber
Third Williams-Toyota
Lap leaders

The 2007 Canadian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2007)[2] was a Formula One motor race held on 10 June 2007 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[3] It was the sixth race of the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship. The race was won by Lewis Hamilton, starting from pole position, in his first season in the top formula. It was Hamilton's first of an eventual record breaking 103 victories in Formula One. Nick Heidfeld finished second and Alexander Wurz was third, making it the first Grand Prix of the 2007 season that drivers from teams other than Ferrari and McLaren achieved podium positions.

The safety car was deployed an unprecedented four times during the course of the race.[4] One of these periods was due to Robert Kubica's crash, which resulted in him suffering a sprained ankle and concussion. During the race Felipe Massa and Giancarlo Fisichella were disqualified for exiting the pit lane when the red light was on.

  1. ^ "Weather information for the "2007 Canadian Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  2. ^ "Canada". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2007. Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  3. ^ "Race page on Formula1.com". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2007. Retrieved June 5, 2007.
  4. ^ "Wurz's anniversary podium 'a dream'". ITV. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved August 14, 2007.