Brazilian GRAND PRIX - Interlagos
HIGHLIGHTS
Lap 71 : The final championship standings are Raikkonen 110 points, Hamilton 109 points, Alonso 109 points. Stay with us for a race report and reaction. Thanks....
Lap 71 : Last lap and who'd have thought it. Well Bernie Ecclestone predicted it apparently...Kimi Raikkonen is the 2007 world champion! He's made up the seven-point gap on Hamilton to take his first title - and a rather overdue one perhaps. Massa finishes second, ahead of Alonso. Hamilton comes home seventh, with the dream of an English rookie world champ over...
Lap 70 : Rosberg passes Kubica for fourth place, the former enjoying quite an afternoon as attentions are focused elsewhere...
Lap 68 : Rosberg and Kubica are engaged in a ding-dong battle for fourth place. If they crashed, Hamilton would be world champion...
Lap 67 : Raikkonen's last lap was the fastest of the race so far - a 1:12.445s....
Lap 66 : Hamilton is 15 seconds behind the sixth-placed Heidfeld...
Lap 64 : Trulli pits from seventh place, pushing Hamilton up one position...
Lap 61 : There's quite a battle going on between Heidfeld and Rosberg. The Williams tries to take fourth into turn one, but both men run wide and Kubica nips by for the position. Hamilton really needed all three to collide...
Lap 60 : Hamilton sets a fastest lap but, well over half a minute behind Heidfeld in fifth place, you have to say he needs others to retire to make the places up...
Lap 59 : Well, he's got past Coulthard. Kubica stops from third place...
Lap 58 : Hamilton makes his - as predicted - third stop and he rejoins in 10th place behind Coulthard and ahead of Nakajima. So he'll have to make up five places over 13 laps...
Lap 56 : Rosberg pits from third place...
Lap 55 : Raikkonen has pitted and rejoined ahead of his team-mate Massa, therefore, as things stand, the Finn is on target to be world champion. Alonso is fifth after his second stop, with Hamilton still eighth...
Lap 52 : Heidfeld pits from fifth place...
Lap 51 : Race leader Massa pits and rejoins in second place. However, Raikkonen stays out...
Lap 49 : Hamilton is 6.1 seconds behind Trulli in seventh place but only lapping about 0.2 s per laps quicker...
Lap 48 : The gap now comes out to 1.3 seconds. Meanwhile, Alonso toils away in third place, a full 34 seconds behind Raikkonen. Hamilton is still eighth...
Lap 45 : Raikkonen is lapping 2s per lap quicker than Massa - the gap between them now is only 0.8 seconds...
Lap 43 : Coulthard pits from eighth place - meaning that Hamilton moves into the points. He needs to finish fifth remember - and the word on the street is that he needs to make a another stop...
Lap 42 : Lots of smoke on the start-finish straight as Barrichello retires his Honda - bringing to an end a dreadful season for the Brazilian...
Lap 41 : Massa leads Raikkonen by 2.5 seconds, with Alonso a further 27 seconds behind in third place. Hamilton stays ninth...
Lap 39 : Hamilton remains ninth after his second stop. Kubica pits from third place and Alonso moves back up to third...
Lap 38 : He rejoins a lap behind the Ferraris. Kovalainen goes off in a big way at turn three - suspension failure by the looks of it...
Lap 37 : Hamilton makes his second stop - a short second stint remember....
Lap 34 : Massa leads Raikkonen by 2.5 seconds, with Kubica 20.5 seconds behind in third. Alonso is definitely lacking pace - 0.6 secs per lap slower than a BMW Sauber is not normal. Nakajima's messed up pit stop means Hamilton is now ninth...
Lap 33 : Kubica passes Alonso for third place into turn one! And Hamilton passes Vettel for 10th...
Lap 32 : Hamilton is now closing on the Toro Rosso of Sebastian Vettel. Meanwhile, Nakajima pits and takes out two Williams mechanics. Ouch...
Lap 31 : Alonso is third but 15.9 seconds behind Raikkonen and only 0.6 seconds ahead of Kubica in fourth place...
Lap 29 : Hamilton passes Barrichello into turn one in a manner which has probably given half of the TV-viewing British public a collective heart attack. But he gets away with it and is now in 12th place...
Lap 28 : Hamilton is 1.2 seconds behind Rubens Barrichello in 12th. Chaos ensues in the Super Aguri pit as Davidson and Sato both elect to stop at the same time...
Lap 26 : Heidfeld now makes his opening stop. Sato pits - allowing Hamilton up to 13th place...
Lap 25 : Sutil and Davidson collide at turn one. Hamilton is now 14th after his opening stop. Massa leads Raikkonen by 2.4 seconds, with Heidfeld - who has yet to make his opening stop - third...
Lap 23 : Alonso now pits from the lead and it's Hamilton's turn to stop. Apparently he's been fuelled for a very short second stint and is also on the softer compound tyre - the tactic being to pass as many cars as possible!
Lap 22 : Raikkonen rejoins in third behind Massa and current race leader Alonso. Jenson Button retires pushing Hamilton up to 10th....
Lap 21 : Massa also pits, handing the lead to Raikkonen but the Finn only stays out one lap longer...
Lap 19 : Robert Kubica pits from fourth place. Hamilton is still 11th and is currently bearing down on Jenson Button's Honda...
Lap 17 : By my calculations, Hamilton needs to finish fifth; that's assuming Massa lets Raikkonen through for the win...
Lap 16 : Aided by Webber's retirement, Hamilton is now up to 12th place - actually 11th now as he slices past Kazuki Nakajima's Williams...
Lap 14 : He's actually behind a train of cars - 4 of them - and has now passed Schumacher. Mark Webber has retired from fifth place....
Lap 13 : Hamilton was having gear selection problems apparently. He's now up to 16th place and bearing down on Ralf Schumacher's Toyota....
Lap 11 : Well I guess we should cast our memories back to Hamilton's GP2 season in 2006 and those races - Silverstone and Istanbul spring to mind - where his overtaking prowess was something to behold. He's going to need something like that. Michael Schumacher did something similar at Interlagos last season, can Hamilton do the same?
Lap 10 : Massa leads Raikkonen by 1.5 seconds with Alonso 6 seconds behind in third. Hamilton is now back up to pace, but he's 18th and 40.6 seconds behind the race leader...
Lap 9 : But his engine is cutting out and Hamilton has lost loads of ground - he is now in 18th place! As things stand, Alonso will take his third successive title...
Lap 7 : Alonso is now 4.2 seconds behind Raikkonen, with both Ferraris disappearing into the distance at Interlagos. Hamilton has passed Heidfeld and is up into sixth place....
Lap 4 : Hamilton has another moment as sixth-placed Heidfeld exits a corner slowly and the McLaren almost runs into the back of the BMW Sauber...
Lap 3 : Massa leads Raikkonen by 0.6 seconds with Alonso a further 1.7 seconds back. Hamilton is 7th - five seconds behind the leader....
Lap 2 : Hamilton tried to pass Alonso around the outside of turn four, thus running wide. Sakon Yamamoto is out after slamming into the back of Fisichella's Renault...
Lap 1 : Well they're away but it's not exactly a good start for the boy wonder; Hamilton's passed by Raikkonen into turn one, Alonso by turn three, then he runs wide (!) and he ends the opening lap in eighth place....
Lap 0 : The cars form on the grid, with Adrian Sutil starting from the pit lane...
Lap 0 : The track temperature is 63 degrees so tyre wear will likely prove a major factor this afternoon. Massa leads the cars on their formation lap...
Lap 0 : A potential banana skin for Lewis, perhaps? Then there's the first corner - well three corners really - at Interlagos, which present quite an overtaking opportunity in the race, but also the opportunity for trouble on lap one...
Lap 0 : There's certainly no repeat of the rain seen in Friday practice, with conditions seemingly similar to those witnessed in qualifying yesterday. Saturday afternoon saw cars generally experiencing a high degree of tyre wear - Bridgestone have brought 'supersoft' tyres to Brazil and they were deteriorating quite badly on the newly-resurfaced track...
Lap 0 : And he's done himself quite a favour by qualifying ahead of both Raikkonen and Alonso at Interlagos. They line up second, third and fourth on the grid, with the Finn's Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa on pole position...
Lap 0 : Then again, if you're just returning from a holiday to Neptune you'll need to know that, ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton respectively leads Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen by four and seven points in the drivers' championship standings. So, a first or second place finish will guarantee that Hamilton becomes the first rookie to clinch the title...
Lap 0 : Okay it's the last race of the season and, as far as I'm concerned, the permutations regarding the destination of the world championship are way, way, way too numerous to discuss here. So let's just see how the race unfolds, shall we?
Lap 0 : Live updates from the 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix start at 5pm BST.
Back to Race CentreLap 71 : Last lap and who'd have thought it. Well Bernie Ecclestone predicted it apparently...Kimi Raikkonen is the 2007 world champion! He's made up the seven-point gap on Hamilton to take his first title - and a rather overdue one perhaps. Massa finishes second, ahead of Alonso. Hamilton comes home seventh, with the dream of an English rookie world champ over...
Lap 70 : Rosberg passes Kubica for fourth place, the former enjoying quite an afternoon as attentions are focused elsewhere...
Lap 68 : Rosberg and Kubica are engaged in a ding-dong battle for fourth place. If they crashed, Hamilton would be world champion...
Lap 67 : Raikkonen's last lap was the fastest of the race so far - a 1:12.445s....
Lap 66 : Hamilton is 15 seconds behind the sixth-placed Heidfeld...
Lap 64 : Trulli pits from seventh place, pushing Hamilton up one position...
Lap 61 : There's quite a battle going on between Heidfeld and Rosberg. The Williams tries to take fourth into turn one, but both men run wide and Kubica nips by for the position. Hamilton really needed all three to collide...
Lap 60 : Hamilton sets a fastest lap but, well over half a minute behind Heidfeld in fifth place, you have to say he needs others to retire to make the places up...
Lap 59 : Well, he's got past Coulthard. Kubica stops from third place...
Lap 58 : Hamilton makes his - as predicted - third stop and he rejoins in 10th place behind Coulthard and ahead of Nakajima. So he'll have to make up five places over 13 laps...
Lap 56 : Rosberg pits from third place...
Lap 55 : Raikkonen has pitted and rejoined ahead of his team-mate Massa, therefore, as things stand, the Finn is on target to be world champion. Alonso is fifth after his second stop, with Hamilton still eighth...
Lap 52 : Heidfeld pits from fifth place...
Lap 51 : Race leader Massa pits and rejoins in second place. However, Raikkonen stays out...
Lap 49 : Hamilton is 6.1 seconds behind Trulli in seventh place but only lapping about 0.2 s per laps quicker...
Lap 48 : The gap now comes out to 1.3 seconds. Meanwhile, Alonso toils away in third place, a full 34 seconds behind Raikkonen. Hamilton is still eighth...
Lap 45 : Raikkonen is lapping 2s per lap quicker than Massa - the gap between them now is only 0.8 seconds...
Lap 43 : Coulthard pits from eighth place - meaning that Hamilton moves into the points. He needs to finish fifth remember - and the word on the street is that he needs to make a another stop...
Lap 42 : Lots of smoke on the start-finish straight as Barrichello retires his Honda - bringing to an end a dreadful season for the Brazilian...
Lap 41 : Massa leads Raikkonen by 2.5 seconds, with Alonso a further 27 seconds behind in third place. Hamilton stays ninth...
Lap 39 : Hamilton remains ninth after his second stop. Kubica pits from third place and Alonso moves back up to third...
Lap 38 : He rejoins a lap behind the Ferraris. Kovalainen goes off in a big way at turn three - suspension failure by the looks of it...
Lap 37 : Hamilton makes his second stop - a short second stint remember....
Lap 34 : Massa leads Raikkonen by 2.5 seconds, with Kubica 20.5 seconds behind in third. Alonso is definitely lacking pace - 0.6 secs per lap slower than a BMW Sauber is not normal. Nakajima's messed up pit stop means Hamilton is now ninth...
Lap 33 : Kubica passes Alonso for third place into turn one! And Hamilton passes Vettel for 10th...
Lap 32 : Hamilton is now closing on the Toro Rosso of Sebastian Vettel. Meanwhile, Nakajima pits and takes out two Williams mechanics. Ouch...
Lap 31 : Alonso is third but 15.9 seconds behind Raikkonen and only 0.6 seconds ahead of Kubica in fourth place...
Lap 29 : Hamilton passes Barrichello into turn one in a manner which has probably given half of the TV-viewing British public a collective heart attack. But he gets away with it and is now in 12th place...
Lap 28 : Hamilton is 1.2 seconds behind Rubens Barrichello in 12th. Chaos ensues in the Super Aguri pit as Davidson and Sato both elect to stop at the same time...
Lap 26 : Heidfeld now makes his opening stop. Sato pits - allowing Hamilton up to 13th place...
Lap 25 : Sutil and Davidson collide at turn one. Hamilton is now 14th after his opening stop. Massa leads Raikkonen by 2.4 seconds, with Heidfeld - who has yet to make his opening stop - third...
Lap 23 : Alonso now pits from the lead and it's Hamilton's turn to stop. Apparently he's been fuelled for a very short second stint and is also on the softer compound tyre - the tactic being to pass as many cars as possible!
Lap 22 : Raikkonen rejoins in third behind Massa and current race leader Alonso. Jenson Button retires pushing Hamilton up to 10th....
Lap 21 : Massa also pits, handing the lead to Raikkonen but the Finn only stays out one lap longer...
Lap 19 : Robert Kubica pits from fourth place. Hamilton is still 11th and is currently bearing down on Jenson Button's Honda...
Lap 17 : By my calculations, Hamilton needs to finish fifth; that's assuming Massa lets Raikkonen through for the win...
Lap 16 : Aided by Webber's retirement, Hamilton is now up to 12th place - actually 11th now as he slices past Kazuki Nakajima's Williams...
Lap 14 : He's actually behind a train of cars - 4 of them - and has now passed Schumacher. Mark Webber has retired from fifth place....
Lap 13 : Hamilton was having gear selection problems apparently. He's now up to 16th place and bearing down on Ralf Schumacher's Toyota....
Lap 11 : Well I guess we should cast our memories back to Hamilton's GP2 season in 2006 and those races - Silverstone and Istanbul spring to mind - where his overtaking prowess was something to behold. He's going to need something like that. Michael Schumacher did something similar at Interlagos last season, can Hamilton do the same?
Lap 10 : Massa leads Raikkonen by 1.5 seconds with Alonso 6 seconds behind in third. Hamilton is now back up to pace, but he's 18th and 40.6 seconds behind the race leader...
Lap 9 : But his engine is cutting out and Hamilton has lost loads of ground - he is now in 18th place! As things stand, Alonso will take his third successive title...
Lap 7 : Alonso is now 4.2 seconds behind Raikkonen, with both Ferraris disappearing into the distance at Interlagos. Hamilton has passed Heidfeld and is up into sixth place....
Lap 4 : Hamilton has another moment as sixth-placed Heidfeld exits a corner slowly and the McLaren almost runs into the back of the BMW Sauber...
Lap 3 : Massa leads Raikkonen by 0.6 seconds with Alonso a further 1.7 seconds back. Hamilton is 7th - five seconds behind the leader....
Lap 2 : Hamilton tried to pass Alonso around the outside of turn four, thus running wide. Sakon Yamamoto is out after slamming into the back of Fisichella's Renault...
Lap 1 : Well they're away but it's not exactly a good start for the boy wonder; Hamilton's passed by Raikkonen into turn one, Alonso by turn three, then he runs wide (!) and he ends the opening lap in eighth place....
Lap 0 : The cars form on the grid, with Adrian Sutil starting from the pit lane...
Lap 0 : The track temperature is 63 degrees so tyre wear will likely prove a major factor this afternoon. Massa leads the cars on their formation lap...
Lap 0 : A potential banana skin for Lewis, perhaps? Then there's the first corner - well three corners really - at Interlagos, which present quite an overtaking opportunity in the race, but also the opportunity for trouble on lap one...
Lap 0 : There's certainly no repeat of the rain seen in Friday practice, with conditions seemingly similar to those witnessed in qualifying yesterday. Saturday afternoon saw cars generally experiencing a high degree of tyre wear - Bridgestone have brought 'supersoft' tyres to Brazil and they were deteriorating quite badly on the newly-resurfaced track...
Lap 0 : And he's done himself quite a favour by qualifying ahead of both Raikkonen and Alonso at Interlagos. They line up second, third and fourth on the grid, with the Finn's Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa on pole position...
Lap 0 : Then again, if you're just returning from a holiday to Neptune you'll need to know that, ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton respectively leads Fernando Alonso and Kimi Raikkonen by four and seven points in the drivers' championship standings. So, a first or second place finish will guarantee that Hamilton becomes the first rookie to clinch the title...
Lap 0 : Okay it's the last race of the season and, as far as I'm concerned, the permutations regarding the destination of the world championship are way, way, way too numerous to discuss here. So let's just see how the race unfolds, shall we?
Lap 0 : Live updates from the 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix start at 5pm BST.