Belgian Grand Prix – Spa-Francorchamps, 16th September
2007
Kimi Raikkonen: 1st 1:20.39.066 44 laps chassis 262
Felipe Massa: 2nd + 4.695 44 laps chassis 263
Weather: air temperature 21 °C, track temperature 26/27
°C, clear skies.
Seventh victory of the season, the fourth for Kimi Raikkonen.
Today’s is the fourteenth Ferrari win in the Belgian
Grand Prix, number 199 out of 755 Grands Prix entered by the
Scuderia. Kimi took his 13th win from 119 Formula 1 races:
three of these wins, consecutively have come at Spa-Francorchamps.
It is the second one-two of the season for Ferrari, the seventy
fifth in its history.
Jean Todt: "Seventh win, the fourth
with Kimi and the second one-two of the year. These are the
numbers after a fantastic weekend and they come courtesy of
all the work of a great team, which is working as one, united
and motivated, while the drivers also did a great job. Also
playing a key role as ever was the support of our technical
and partners, such as Shell. Of course, with hindsight it
is easy to say we should have more points to our name at this
stage of the season. It is down to us to correct our mistakes
and improve our strong points. This is the key, if we want
to have a chance of winning the championships. There are three
races to go and we will tackle them in the same spirit with
the same approach as always, which means to say, with determination,
passion and team spirit.”
Kimi Raikkonen: “A great day! I had
some doubts about the car’s handling after yesterday’s
qualifying, but everything went well. The car worked very
well for the whole race: I was quick enough in the first part
to control the race after that. It is nice to win here on
my favourite track for the third time in a row. Now we must
continue to push. We are still a long way off in the championship
but we are not giving up and we will keep going right to the
very end of the championship.”
Felipe Massa: “It was a good race.
I just had a bit of oversteer in the first stint but, at the
stop we made a change to the front wing. The soft tyres worked
very well and it might have been better to use them even for
the first stint but you can only see things like that after
the race. I am very happy for the team as we really wanted
this one-two! Now, the situation in the championship is a
bit better and we will continue to fight to the end, believe
it!”
Luca Baldisserri: “It was a great
weekend. After a very close qualifying which saw us get both
our cars on the front row, today we dominated the race. The
F2007s worked really well, also thanks to the help of our
technical partners, first and foremost Shell. The start was
very important and then Kimi built up the gap in the first
stint. Both drivers were exceptional, as was the whole team,
both on the track and at home. Now we prepare for the last
three races, starting with the Japanese Grand Prix, which
takes place at a new venue. We will have to be as well prepared
as possible to give it our utmost to try and repeat a day
like today.”
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