Turkey 2007
FORTUNATELY, MORE RACING THAN AGGRO WHEN COMPARED WITH THE LAST GRAND PRIX! THE RESULTS OF THE 2 F.I.A. ENQUIRIES/APPEALS WILL BE KNOWN BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER BUT THE RACE HERE BROUGHT ALL PARTICIPANTS MUCH, MUCH CLOSER TOGETHER AND THIS SHOULD MAKE FOR AN INTERESTING, IF NERVE-WRACKING FOR THE PARTICIPANTS, FINISH TO THE SEASON. FERRARI CAME OUT ON TOP WITH A 1-2 FINISH, FELIPE MASSA TAKING POLE ON SATURDAY AND WAS NEVER HEADED ON SUNDAY. KIMI RAIKKONEN MADE AN ERROR AT TURN 13 DURING FINAL QUALIFYING AND ONLY QUALIFIED 3RD BUT GOT A BETTER START, FROM THE CLEAN SIDE OF THE GRID, TO OVERTAKE LEWIS HAMILTON WELL BEFORE THE FIRST CORNER. FERNANDO ALONSO ALSO GOT A BAD START FROM THE DIRTY SIDE OF THE GRID AND WAS OVERTAKEN BY BOTH BMW'S AND WAS 6TH BY TURN 1! HAMILTON SUFFERED A PUNCTURE LATE IN THE RACE, WHICH ALLOWED ALONSO AND HEIDFELD THROUGH, FERNANDO TAKING THE FINAL SPOT ON THE PODIUM.
UNFORTUNATELY, FROM EVERYONE'S POINT OF VIEW, KIMI WAS NEVER ABLE TO GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO FELIPE TO EVEN ATTEMPT AN OVERTAKING MOVE BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF DOWNFORCE WHEN FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND THE TURBULENT AIR COMING OFF THE BACK OF THE SISTER FERRARI. THIS IS NOW SUCH A PROBLEM THAT THE F.I.A. HAVE FORMED AN 'OVERTAKING WORKING GROUP' TO LOOK AT WAYS TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION. THE CARS ARE NOW TOO SOPHISTICATED FOR ANY EXCITEMENT - BRAKING ZONES, WHERE MOST OPPORTUNITIES OCCUR, ARE NOW SO SMALL THAT OVERTAKING IS NOW ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE SO THE RACE IS DECIDED IN QUALIFYING! LETS GO BACK 15/20 YEARS TO STEEL BRAKES AND THUS RE-INSTATE LONGER BRAKE ZONES.
STARTING GRID
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| 1.
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Felipe Massa
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| 2.
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Lewis Hamilton
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| 3.
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Kimi Raikkonen
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| 4.
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Fernando Alonso
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| 5.
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Robert Kubica
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| 6.
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Nick Heidfeld
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| 7.
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Heikki Kovalainen
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| 8.
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Nico Rosberg
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| 9.
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Jarno Trulli
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| 10.
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Giancarlo Fisichella
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| 11.
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Anthony Davidson
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| 12.
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Mark Webber
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| 13.
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David Coulthard
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| 14.
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Alexander Wurz
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| 15.
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Vitantonio Liuzzi
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| 16.
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Ralph Schumacher
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| 17.
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Takuma Sato
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| 18.
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Sebastian Vettel
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| 19.
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Aidrian Sutil
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| 20.
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Sakon Yamamoto
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| 21.
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Jenson Button
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| 22.
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Rubens Barrichello
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RESULT
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| 1.
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Felipe Massa
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| 2.
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Kimi Raikkonen
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| 3.
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Fernando Alonso
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| 4.
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Nick Heidfeld
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| 5.
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Lewis Hamilton
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| 6.
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Heikki Kovalainen
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| 7.
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Nico Rosberg
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| 8.
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Robert Kubica
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CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
Drivers :
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| Lewis Hamilton
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84
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| Fernando Alonso
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79
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| Felipe Massa
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69
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| Kimi Raikkonen
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68
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| Nick Heidfeld
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47
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| Robert Kubica
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29
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| Heikki Kovalainen
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19
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| Giancarlo Fisichella
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17
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Constructors :
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| McLaren
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148
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| Ferrari
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137
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| BMW
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77
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| Renault
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36
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| Williams
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22
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| Red Bull Racing
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16
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| Toyota
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12
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| Super Aguri
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4
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| Honda
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1
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| Scuderia Toro Rosso
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0
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| Spyker
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0
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Race Results posted by
David Little
27th August 2007
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