Sunday, July 22, 2007

Alonso won the European GP at Nürburgring

Fernando Alonso won the European GP at Nürburgring, Germany, for most of the race leaded by Felipe Massa finish second before Mark Webber that drove his Red Bull-Renault to the third place. A nice day for Red Bull-Renault the better team in the 2007 European GP.

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Eavy rain broke out the race in first lap, the track quickly became flooded causing all drivers to slow down, only Marcus Winkelhock, a rookie Spyker-Ferrari driver on his first ever Formula One race, rose to become race leader despite having started the race in last position with wet weather tyres.

By lap five multiple drivers had aquaplaned off the track at the same position and the race officials were forced to red-flag the race, bringing it to a complete stop until the rain cleared up, and drivers once again gathered on the starting grid.

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Lewis Hamilton, who had suffered a crash in the third qualifying session, got clearance for this race and started 10th on his repaired car. His start was perfect gaining 6 places, but was one of the drivers who left the track in the heavy rain conditions.

After two laps of constant pressure and overtaking attempts, Alonso passed Massa, and held him off until the finish. The aggressive attack style chosen by Spaniard caused a slight contact between their cars and some Latin explanation after the race.

Kimi Raikkonen had been close after Alonso, but his car suffered a breakdown and he had to park it alongside the track. The two BMW Saubers driver spend time fight each other and ended 6th and 7th.

1 Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari +8.1 secs
3 Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault +65.6 secs
4 Alexander Wurz Williams-Toyota +65.9 secs
5 David Coulthard Red Bull-Renault +73.6 secs
6 Nick Heidfeld BMW +80.2 secs
7 Robert Kubica BMW +82.4 secs
4 Heikki Kovalainen Renault +1 Lap

DRIVER STANDINGS

1 Lewis Hamilton 70
2 Fernando Alonso 68
3 Felipe Massa 59
4 Kimi Räikkönen 52