Malaysian Grand Prix

Date & Time
Sun 8th April 2007 12:00am Local
Sun 8th April 2007 12:00am UTC

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League
Formula 1

Season
2007

Round
Round 2

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Location

Sepang International Circuit

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The 2007 Malaysian Grand Prix was won by McLaren's Fernando Alonso, who claimed his first victory for the team ahead of his rookie teammate Lewis Hamilton. Held on 8 April 2007 at the Sepang International Circuit, it was the second round of the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship.
Ferrari’s Felipe Massa started the race from pole position. However, both McLarens executed a blistering start, overtaking Massa into the very first corner.Alonso built a comfortable gap up front, while Hamilton drove a defensive masterpiece to hold off intense pressure from the Ferrari cars. Hamilton successfully defended against Massa—tricking him into overshooting a corner—and later resisted Kimi Räikkönen despite running out of drinking water mid-race in the grueling Malaysian heat.This victory secured McLaren's first 1-2 finish since the 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix. It also marked the debut of the tyre identification rule where Bridgestone painted one of the grooves white on the softer compound to help fans easily distinguish tyre strategies

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Result List

01	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Formula 1 Team	1:32:14.930
02	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:17.557
03	Kimi Raikkonen	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:18.339
04	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	+0:33.777
05	Felipe Massa	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+0:36.705
06	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault F1 Team	+1:05.638
07	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+1:10.132
08	Heikki Kovalainen	Renault F1 Team	+1:12.015
09	Alexander Wurz	Williams Racing	+1:29.924
10	Mark Webber	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+1:33.556
11	Rubens Barrichello	Honda F1	+1 Lap
12	Jenson Button	Honda F1	+1 Lap
13	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri F1	+1 Lap
14	Scott Speed	Toro Rosso	+1 Lap
15	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+1 Lap
16	Anthony Davidson	Super Aguri F1	+1 Lap
17	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso	+1 Lap
18	Robert Kubica	Sauber	+1 Lap
19	Nico Rosberg	Williams Racing	DNF
20	David Coulthard	Oracle Red Bull Racing	DNF
21	Christijan Albers	Spyker	DNF
22	Adrian Sutil	Spyker	DNF