Formula One - Belgian Grand Prix 
16/09/2007 @ Spa Francorchamps
44 laps  7.004 kms -  Race distance - 306.927 kms
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2nd Practice (Friday afternoon)
Kimi Raikkonen dominated the opening free practice this morning, Felipe Massa going straight on at Rivage, across the gravel and making contact with the tyre wall, leaving Lewis Hamilton half a second in arrears followed by Fernando Alonso.  This afternoon it was the Spaniard Fernando Alonso (1m46.654s) keeping his promise, to concentrate on the sport - not the politics, that set the fastest time and his team mate Lewis Hamilton (1m46.765s) was just over a tenth of a second behind leaving his best lap in the last 5 minutes having struggled to find a suitable set up during most of the 90 minute session, a late slip at the revised final chicane possibly robbing him of the number one spot.  Felipe Massa (1m46.953s) bounced back to take third fastest in front of Kimi Raikkonen (1m47.166s) unable to break the 1m47s barrier.  Today the Toyota's of Jarno Trulli (1m47.491s) and Ralf Schumacher (1m47.946s) on form this afternoon taking fifth and sixth, the Italian nearly half a second ahead of the German.  Giancarlo Fisichella (1m48.224s) Mark Webber (1m48.271s), and Robert Kubica (1m48.279s) and Heikki Kovalainen (1m48.567s) completed the top ten.

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Qualifying (3rd practice - black) - (2nd practice elimination's - dark blue) - (1st practice elimination's - light blue)
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1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:45.994
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari 1:46.011
3 Fernando Alonso McLaren Mercedes 1:46.091
4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren Mercedes 1:46.406
5 Robert Kubica * BMW 1:46.996
6 Nico Rosberg Williams Toyota 1:47.334
7 Nick Heidfeld BMW 1:47.409
8 Mark Webber Red Bull Renault 1:47.524
9 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:47.798 
10 Heikki Kovalainen Renault 1:48.505
11 Giancarlo Fisichella * Renault 1:46.603
12 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:46.618
13 David Coulthard Red Bull Renault 1:46.800
14 Jenson Button Honda 1:46.955
15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Scuderia Toro Rosso Ferrari 1:47.115
16 Alexander Wurz Williams Toyota 1:47.394
17 Sebastian Vettel Scuderia Toro Rosso Ferrari 1:47.581
18 Rubens Barrichello Honda 1:47.954
19 Takuma Sato Super Aguri Honda 1:47.980
20 Adrian Sutil Spyker Ferrari 1:48.044
21 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri Honda 1:48.199
22 Sakon Yamamoto Spyker Ferrari 1:49.577

* Engine Change - drops 10 places on the grid

Making up for last weekend Kimi Raikkonen took pole position confirming that this weekend Ferrari appeared to be the superior package.  Felipe Massa put in a very strong challenge at the end of Q3 and at the end had to settle for second place.  Lewis Hamilton briefly moved up to second place in the final shoot out demoting the Finn to third, such was the pace, but in the end the rookie had to settle for fourth place behind his team mate Fernando Alonso who had languished down in 10th place as he began his final attempt following a mistake a Rivage on his first shot at a quick lap following the fuel burn phase, but the World Champion kept calm, took on new rubber and took third place.  Robert Kubica put in a strong performance in the knowledge that because of the engine change he would have to drop ten places.  Rosberg put in another strong showing and will be on row three with Nick Heidfeld.  Mark Webber`s team mistimed his final Q2 run and he missed out on a final run but he still made it to seventh fastest, row four with Jarno Trulli once again showing his exceptional qualifying sequence.  Heikki Kovalainen and Giancarlo Fisichella make it an all Renault row five.
 

Race
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1 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1hr 20m:39.066s 229.174 km/hr
2 Felipe Massa Ferrari + 4.6 secs
3 Fernando Alonso McLaren Mercedes + 14.3 secs
4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren Mercedes + 23.6 secs
5 Nick Heidfeld BMW + 51.8 secs
6 Nico Rosberg Williams Toyota + 1:16.8 secs
7 Mark Webber Red Bull Renault + 1:20.6 secs
8 Heikki Kovalainen Renault + 1:25.1 secs
9 Robert Kubica BMW + 1:25.6 secs
10 Ralf Schumacher Toyota + 1:28.5 secs
11 Jarno Trulli Toyota + 1 lap
12 Vitantonio Liuzzi Scuderia Toro Rosso Ferrari + 1 lap
13 Rubens Barrichello Honda + 1 lap
14 Adrian Sutil Spyker Ferrari + 1 lap
15 Takuma Sato Super Aguri Honda + 1 lap
16 Anthony Davidson Super Aguri Honda + 1 lap
17 Sakon Yamamoto Spyker Ferrari + 1 lap

Kimi Räikkönen led from pole to take the chequered flag and his third victory at Spa., never putting a wheel wrong with Felipe Massa coming second, complaining of handling problems until the first pit stop, rectified by the change of tyres and a perfectly handling car on the soft tyres after the second stop. The result give the Italian team their 15th constructors' world championship title following the FIA´s Paris ruling in Paris on thursday.  Fernando Alonso despite the pressures of the last week, drove well, and after a first lap duel that ran all the way from the lights to the top of Eau Rouge with his team mate, held Lewis Hamilton behind him for the rest of the race, the British driver appearing to loose his cool towards the last few laps of the race.  Nick Heidfeld took his traditional place behind the top four after breaking clear of squabbling midfield pack early on.  The consistent Nico Rosberg took sixth ahead of Mark Webber who must be considers as one of the contenders for "Driver of the day" for his driving her this afternoon, ahead of Heikki Kovalainen who just managed to hold of Robert Kubica.  Other drivers of note were the performance of Adrian Sutil during the first part of the race, breathing down DC´s exhaust pipe and up to 12th,  Takumo Sato in last years Honda overtaking Jenson Button in this years car! 


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