2007 European Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 10 of 17 in the 2007 Formula One season | |||
The Nürburgring (GP track)
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| Date | 22 July 2007 | ||
| Official name | LI Grand Prix of Europe | ||
| Location | Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.148 km (3.199 mi) | ||
| Distance | 60 laps, 308.863 km (191.919 mi) | ||
| Weather | Heavy Rain on Lap 1. Drying track at restart. Light Rain before the finish. | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 1:31.450 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Felipe Massa
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:32.853 on lap 34 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Red Bull-Renault | ||
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The 2007 European Grand Prix (formally the LI Grand Prix of Europe) was a Formula One motor race held at Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany on 22 July 2007. It was the tenth race of the 2007 Formula One season. The 60-lap race was won by Fernando Alonso driving for the McLaren team after starting from second position. Felipe Massa finished second for Ferrari with Mark Webber third in a Red Bull Racing car.
As a consequence of the race, Alonso reduced the World Drivers' Championship lead of his team-mate Lewis Hamilton down to two points, in the constructors championship, McLaren extended their lead over Ferrari to twenty-seven points.
On August 29, 2006 it was announced that the European Grand Prix had been removed from the F1 calendar for the 2007 season. Since then there has only been one GP hosted in Germany each year, alternating between Hockenheimring and Nürburgring. However, the name for this Grand Prix was in doubt. While originally thought to be the German Grand Prix from 2007, the title was later changed to "Großer Preis von Europa" (European Grand Prix), because the Hockenheimring held the naming rights for "German Grand Prix" and they could not reach an agreement to share the naming rights. It was the first time since 1960 that a Formula One World Championship race had not been held under the name "German Grand Prix".
Lewis Hamilton entered the race as drivers' championship leader (and due to his 12-point lead over team-mate Fernando Alonso left for the following race as championship leader too).
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