2007 Canadian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 6 of 17 in the 2007 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 10 June 2007 | ||
| Official name | XLIV Grand Prix du Canada | ||
| Location | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 4.361 km (2.71 mi) | ||
| Distance | 70 laps, 305.27 km (189.7 mi) | ||
| Weather | Warm with temperatures approaching 26 °C (79 °F); wind speeds up to 5.8 kilometres per hour (3.6 mph) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:15.707 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Fernando Alonso
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McLaren-Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:16.367 on lap 46 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Second | BMW Sauber | ||
| Third | Williams-Toyota | ||
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The 2007 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 10 June 2007 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was the sixth race of the 2007 Formula One season. The race was won by Lewis Hamilton, starting from pole position, in his first season in the top formula. It was Hamilton's first win in Formula One and the first Formula One race won by a black driver. 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. 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 failing to stop at the end of the pit lane when the exit was closed.
A test session was held on May 17 and 18 at the Paul Ricard circuit in France, with the track configured to replicate the characteristics of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for the final two days after it had been in the style of the Monaco for the first two. Despite the fact that the McLaren team had dominated on the Monaco set up of the circuit, Ferrari were better on the Canadian set up.
Kimi Räikkönen had the fastest time on the first day, with a time of 1:28.833. Rain after lunch caused the test to be halted, when the test resumed Räikkönen was forced to finish early when his car experienced electronic problems. Scott Speed achieved the second fastest time, two tenths of a second behind Räikkönen, with Seven tenths separating the first eight drivers. The Red Bull team focused on testing their suspension. Rubens Barrichello and Christian Klien shared testing for the Honda team over the day, however Klien's engine failed on his first lap. James Rossiter in the Super Aguri completed the most laps with 115.
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