2007 United States Grand Prix
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| Race 7 of 17 in the 2007 Formula One season | |||
The Indianapolis circuit, designed in 2000
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| Date | June 17, 2007 | ||
| Official name | XXXVI RBS United States Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis, Indiana |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.192 km (2.605 mi) | ||
| Distance | 73 laps, 306.016 km (190.150 mi) | ||
| Weather | Warm (33C/91F) and clear | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:12.331 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Kimi Räikkönen
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:13.117 on lap 49 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
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The 2007 United States Grand Prix (formally the XXXVI RBS United States Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, in the United States on 15 June 2007. The 73-lap race was the seventh round of the 2007 Formula One season and was won by McLaren-Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton. His teammate, Fernando Alonso, finished the race in second position whilst Ferrari driver, Felipe Massa, completed the podium by finishing third. This was the debut race of the future world champion Sebastian Vettel.
This race would be Formula One's final visit to Indianapolis, after an eight-year period. The race was removed from the 2008 calendar a few months later and Formula One did not return to the United States until November 2012, at the Circuit of the Americas.
Robert Kubica's large crash at the Canadian Grand Prix resulted in the season's first driver change. Although Kubica passed the medical examination and did not seem to show any ill effects, the FIA medical delegate decided it would be best to rest him for the weekend, and not risk a second impact at the circuit – so famous for its high speed crashes. This was a precautionary measure – another concussion so close to the previous one could be dangerous. He was replaced in the BMW Sauber team by Formula Renault 3.5 Series championship leader, 19-year-old German Sebastian Vettel, who made his Formula One debut at the Indianapolis circuit.
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