2007 Japanese Grand Prix
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| Race 15 of 17 in the 2007 Formula One season | |||
Fuji Speedway
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| Date | September 30, 2007 | ||
| Official name | XXXIII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Sunto District, Shizuoka, Japan | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.563 km (2.835 mi) | ||
| Distance | 67 laps, 305.721 km (189.945 mi) | ||
| Weather | Very heavy rain | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:25.368 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Lewis Hamilton
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McLaren-Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:28.193 on lap 27 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Second | Renault | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
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The 2007 Japanese Grand Prix (formally the XXXIII Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 30 September 2007 at the Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Shizuoka. The 67-lap race was the fifteenth round of the 2007 Formula One season. It was held at the recently revised track in very heavy rain and misty conditions. For the previous 20 years, the Japanese Grand Prix had been held at Suzuka Circuit, but at this race it returned to Fuji for the first time since 1977. The race was won by McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton, who also took pole position and the fastest lap of the race. Heikki Kovalainen achieved his first podium, by finishing second for the Renault team, whilst Kimi Räikkönen finished in third for Ferrari. Adrian Sutil scored Spyker's first and only point by finishing 9th and being promoted to 8th after the race.
As a consequence of the race, Hamilton extended his lead in the World Drivers' Championship to twelve points over McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso. Alonso had only been two points behind Hamilton in the standings before he crashed during the race. Räikkönen's third-place finish ensured he remained in mathematical contention to clinch the drivers' title in the remaining two rounds. His Ferrari teammate, Felipe Massa, dropped out of championship contention after finishing the race in sixth position. Massa was now ten points behind Räikkönen. As far as the World Constructors' Championship was concerned, Ferrari were leading the standings on 170 points. McLaren would have been leading the table on 202 points had they not been given a penalty in the Turkish Grand Prix and their eventual disqualification from the championship due to the espionage controversy that year. BMW Sauber remained second in the standings, 78 points behind Ferrari, after scoring just two points in the race. Renault ensured that they would finish the year in third, (like BMW Sauber on a total unassailable to any other team), and were 41 points behind.
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