| 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix | ||||
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Race 17 of 17 in the 2007 Formula One World Championship
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| Race details | ||||
| Date | 21 October 2007 | |||
| Official name | Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2007 | |||
| Location | Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil | |||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | |||
| Course length | 4.309 km (2.677 miles) | |||
| Distance | 71 laps, 305.909 km (190.083 miles) | |||
| Weather | 37 °C (Air), 63 °C (Track) | |||
| Pole position | ||||
| Driver | Ferrari | |||
| Time | 1:11.931 | |||
| Fastest lap | ||||
| Driver |
 Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 1:12.445 on lap 66 | |||
| Podium | ||||
| First | Ferrari | |||
| Second | Ferrari | |||
| Third | McLaren-Mercedes | |||
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Lap leaders | ||||
The 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2007)[1] was a Formula One motor race held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil on 21 October 2007. The 71-lap race was the seventeenth and final race of the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship.
The race was won by Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen, who consequently won the 2007 World Drivers' Championship. His teammate Felipe Massa finished the race second, whilst McLaren driver Fernando Alonso completed the podium by finishing in third position. Lewis Hamilton, who had held a four-point advantage over Fernando Alonso, and a seven-point lead over Räikkönen, prior to the race was slowed by a gearbox problem early in the race. He recovered to finish seventh, losing the championship to Räikkönen by a single point; teammate Alonso also ended up finishing just a single point behind. This was also the last race for Ralf Schumacher before he moved on to Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters the following year.
This was the first time since the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix that Rubens Barrichello failed to finish his home Grand Prix. It was also the first double retirement for both Honda since the 2006 French Grand Prix and Renault since the 2006 Hungarian Grand Prix, and Heikki Kovalainen's first retirement in his Formula One career.
This event also marked the last race for cars with traction control. Traction control had previously been used in Formula 1 for the past seven seasons, and was officially made legal and reintroduced by the FIA at the 2001 Spanish Grand Prix. An effort to ban traction control finally led to the FIA banning the use of it for the 2008 season, with a standardized ECU being introduced, which removed these kinds of electronic driver aid systems, and prevented teams from using this kind of technology.