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2007 Monaco Grand Prix

Monaco  2007 Monaco Grand Prix
Race details
Race 5 of 17 in the 2007 Formula One season
Monte Carlo Formula 1 track map.svg
Date 27 May 2007
Official name LXV Grand Prix de Monaco
Location Circuit de Monaco
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.34 km (2.08 mi)
Distance 78 laps, 260.52 km (162.24 mi)
Weather

Cloudy Air Temp 24-27oC

Track Temp 33-42oC
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:15.726
Fastest lap
Driver Spain Fernando Alonso McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:15.284 on lap 44
Podium
First McLaren-Mercedes
Second McLaren-Mercedes
Third Ferrari

Cloudy Air Temp 24-27oC

The 2007 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 27 May 2007 at the Circuit de Monaco. It was the fifth round of the 2007 Formula One season. The 78-lap race was won by Fernando Alonso for the McLaren team, from a pole position start. Lewis Hamilton finished second in the other McLaren car, with Felipe Massa third in a Ferrari car.

The Grand Prix was contested by 22 drivers, in eleven teams of two. The teams, also known as "constructors", were Renault, McLaren-Mercedes, Ferrari, Honda, Spyker-Ferrari, BMW Sauber, Toyota, Red Bull-Renault, Williams-Toyota, Toro Rosso-Ferrari and Super Aguri

Before the race, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton led the Drivers' Championship, with 30 points, ahead of team-mate Fernando Alonso on 28 and Ferrari driver Felipe Massa on 27 points. Massa's team-mate Kimi Räikkönen was fourth, ahead of BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld in fifth. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren were leading with 58 points, nine points ahead of Ferrari with 49 points; BMW Sauber were a further 26 points in third.


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