2007 F1 Monaco Grand Final Results
McLaren won the championship and runner-up in F1 Monaco, Alonso defeated Hamilton
On the evening of May 27th, Beijing time, the F1 Monaco Grand Prix ended at the Monte Carlo circuit. McLaren dominated this race with an undisputed advantage, and Alonso also relied on his more mature driving experience to defeat his teammate Hamilton to win his second race of the season. Massa finished third, but the Ferrari was nearly a minute behind McLaren. Raikkonen, another Ferrari driver, finished eighth and scored 1 point. Alonso and Hamilton are tied for first place in the driver standings with 38 points, while Massa is third with 33 points. McLaren remains at the top of the constructors' standings with 76 points, 20 points ahead of Ferrari.
The weather forecast shows there is still a chance of rain during the game. The air temperature before the race was 24 degrees and the track surface temperature was 34 degrees. There are occasional gusts of wind on some parts of the track near the sea. It is worth noting that the first set of tires chosen by most drivers are medium-soft tires, including Alonso, Hamilton, Massa and Raikkonen. The former driver Heidfield used super-soft tires.
Start: The top three positions remain unchanged, Raikkonen overtook four cars in a row
The two McLaren cars started quickly, and Hamilton, who was second, also used a tangent to block the fourth car. Massa, who is in third place, remains in the same order after passing the first corner. Heidfeld, who started seventh, rushed to fifth place, behind Fisichella. Behind them are Rosberg, Barrichello and Webber. Raikkonen overtook Trulli, Kovalainen and Coulthard at the start, and passed Liuzzi when passing through Turn 1. Raikkonen rose from 16th at the start to 12th, following Behind Barton. After only one lap of the race, Liuzzi hit the guardrail and retired, but there was no safety car.
After a few laps, Alonso was already 3 seconds ahead of his teammates, and the Spaniard set the fastest lap of 1 minute 16 seconds 515 on lap 5. Although Hamilton was carrying a slightly heavier fuel load, Massa was still unable to keep up with his opponent. The top three cars were obviously faster than the other cars. Raikkonen, who was still ranked 12th at this time, was nearly 30 seconds behind the leader.
After 15 laps, Alonso's lead expanded to 6.6 seconds, and he had already started lapping the slower car. Hamilton did not further distance himself from Massa. Taking Alonso as an example, after he set the fastest lap on lap 5, instead of improving, his speed dropped to about 1 minute and 17 seconds. It seems that the tires degrade very quickly at the Monaco circuit. However, as the fuel capacity of the car decreases, the speed may still increase again. On lap 18, Hamilton set the fastest lap of 1 minute 16 seconds 374. Hamilton, who was 8 seconds behind his teammate, has narrowed the gap to 6 seconds, and his advantage over Massa is gradually expanding. Webber, who was ranked 8th, retired due to a car problem. Slow cars still have a great impact on the battle for the lead driver. If blocked, the difference in lap time may be more than 3 seconds.
On lap 21, Alonso set a time of 1 minute 15 seconds 721, which greatly improved his lap speed. Hamilton's lap time through this lap was 1 minute 16 seconds 085. Hamilton made his fastest lap time of 1 minute 15 seconds 917 on the next lap. Rosberg and Fisichella completed their first pit stop, with Fisichella still in fifth place after exiting the pits. At this time Raikkonen caught up to 10th place.
First pit stop: McLaren has obvious advantage, Massa falls behind.
Alonso pitted after 24 laps. He was only 4.2 seconds ahead of his teammate. Alonso pitted for refueling at 7:05. Massa also made his first pit stop on the same lap and changed to supersoft tires. Hamilton became the leader, with a 15-second advantage over Alonso. Hamilton made 1 minute 15 seconds 372 on lap 28. For him, his chance of winning probably depends on whether he can accumulate enough lead before this pit stop. Hamilton pitted on lap 27, with a refueling time of 6.8 seconds. But after exiting the station, Hamilton was still behind Alonso, and the gap was widened to 5 seconds. It can be seen that Alonso's speed is also quite impressive when he puts on super soft tires. Massa was already 20 seconds behind the McLaren and basically lost his competitiveness.
The schedule is not even halfway through, and the championship battle seems to have evolved into a civil war for McLaren. It can be found that Alonso's lap speed is more stable, while Hamilton's lap speed fluctuates up and down. Overall, the lap speeds of the two drivers are basically the same, around 1 minute and 16 seconds. Although Massa used super-soft tires, his lap time was still significantly behind the McLaren driver. Even compared to Fisichella and Kubica, there is no advantage.
Teams including Renault, BMW, Williams and other teams have chosen to design different fuel loading strategies for the two drivers. Drivers at the front of the queue basically use two pit stops, and drivers at the back use one pit stop. The strategy of one of the pit stops showed advantages during the race, and Kubica, Wurz and other drivers were the beneficiaries; while Heidfeld and Rosberg, who had been very strong before, suffered serious losses. Raikkonen pitted from sixth place on lap 47 and returned to the track in 11th place. Among the drivers who still need to pit on the same lap as Raikkonen are Button, Barrichello and Rosberg.
Second pit stop: Alonso defeated Hamilton, Raikkonen scored points
At this time, the battle between Alonso and Hamilton was gradually coming to an end. After the halfway point of the race, Alonso was already 9 seconds ahead of his teammates, and the distance was still growing. He also set the fastest lap of 1 minute 15 seconds 284 on lap 44.
Alonso made his second pit stop on lap 50, with his teammate Hamilton pitting two laps later. Alonso's accumulated 10-second lead allowed him to continue to lead. At this point it can be said that Alonso has basically secured the victory.
Hamilton once approached Alonso on lap 58, which once made the situation on the field tense again, but that was because Alonso encountered the obstruction of the slower car. After overtaking the slower car, Alonso could re-establish his position. Advantages. Hamilton seemed a little irritable in the direct dialogue with Alonso. The rookie did have a fast lap, but he made small mistakes on almost every lap as he chased Alonso. This also caused the gap between Hamilton and Alonso to widen again.
As all drivers completed their pit stops, Raikkonen rose from 11th to 8th place and entered the points area. There were only four drivers who retired from the race at this station, but starting from fourth place Fisichella, they were all lapped.
The McLaren team dominated Monaco with an undisputed advantage, and Alonso also relied on his more mature driving experience to defeat his teammate Hamilton and win the second race of the season. The two McLaren drivers shared the first and second place in this race. Although Massa finished third in the race, the Ferrari was nearly 1 minute behind McLaren! Raikkonen, another Ferrari driver, finally ranked 8th and scored 1 point.
After this race, Alonso and Hamilton tied for first place in the driver standings with 38 points, while Massa ranked third with 33 points. McLaren remains at the top of the constructors' standings with 76 points, 20 points ahead of Ferrari. The next race will be held in Montreal, Canada on June 11.