F1 News
- September 16, 2007
Spa not really all that good
Well, ok it was a good race, for a number of reasons, however it was for the most part quite dull.
Kimi took an easy win, with his team mate Filipe coming in second.
The Ferrari’s were completely dominant throughout the race, with the McLaren’s just not capable of keeping pace.
The revised circuit showed that they have not damaged it, and only the pit lane entrance is disliked by the drivers.
Among the notable happenings in the race were Kubica having a great drive for 9th spot after having an engine change relegate him to starting 14th.
There was a little rucas at turn one between the two McLaren drivers, it looked quite a hard move from Alonso at first, but after seeing replays it was a fair move. What was most impressive was that both of the drivers kept there foot in until the last moment going up the hill at Eu Rouge, where Hamilton on the outside backed off and let his team mate through.
Webber got a run on the Renault of Kovalainen, and managed to overtake him into Les Combes.
The cars all pitted for their first stops at around the same point, with Lewis running the furthest, the middle stint of the race was pretty feature free, and status quo was maintained.
After the switch to soft tyres on the last stint, Lewis tried to make up time on his team mate, but just could not manage it, with the car eventualy loosing grip at Pouhon corner and the young Brit loosing 3 seconds in the chase.
Nick Heidfeld drove another good race to get the fifth spot, keeping his head down, and out of trouble all race. Another good race from Rosberg in the Williams, coming home in sixth, with Webber keeping the Red Bull running to get seventh spot. Kovalainen only stopped once in the race, and because of this managed to get the last points spot.
A worthy mention must go out to the Spyker team, especially Adrian Sutil, who managed to run up in 12th spot for a good amount of time, on race pace in the much improved B Spec car.
Results
1. RAIKKONEN Ferrari 1h20m39.066s
2. MASSA Ferrari +4.7s
3. ALONSO McLaren +14.3s
4. HAMILTON McLaren +23.6s
5. HEIDFELD BMW +51.9s
6. ROSBERG Williams +1m16.9s
7. WEBBER Red Bull +1m20.6s
8. KOVALAINEN Renault +1m25.1s
9. KUBICA BMW +1m25.7s
10. SCHUMACHER Toyota +1m28.6s
11. TRULLI Toyota +1m43.7s
12. LIUZZI Toro Rosso +1 lap
13. BARRICHELLO Honda +1 lap
14. SUTIL Spyker +1 lap
15. SATO Super Aguri +1 lap
16. DAVIDSON Super Aguri +1 lap
17. YAMAMOTO Spyker +1 lap
R. BUTTON Honda +8 laps
R. WURZ Williams +10 laps
R. COULTHARD Red Bull +15 laps
R. VETTEL Toro Rosso +36 laps
R. FISICHELLA Renault +43 laps
Fastest lap: MASSA 1m48.036s (lap 34)
