Race details | |||
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Race 5 of 17 in the 2007 Formula One season | |||
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 |
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Pole position | |||
Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
Time | 1:15.726 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Mercedes | |
Time | 1:15.284 on lap 44 | ||
Podium | |||
First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
Third | Ferrari | ||
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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.