Kimi Räikkönen won the 2007 British Grand Prix while Lewis Hamilton set a debut-season record with nine consecutive podium finishes.
Key Facts
- Race winner
- Kimi Räikkönen
- Championship round
- 9th race of 2007 F1 season
- Pole position driver
- Lewis Hamilton
- Consecutive podiums (Hamilton)
- 9 straight podiums in debut season
- Circuit
- Silverstone Circuit
- Race date
- 8 July 2007
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Lewis Hamilton's victory at the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix sparked enormous public interest in the British Grand Prix, with circuit director Richard Phillips reporting ticket sales had surged to levels not seen since Nigel Mansell's popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Held on 8 July 2007 at Silverstone, the race saw pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton lead until the first round of pit stops, when Kimi Räikkönen overtook him to claim victory. Fernando Alonso finished second and Hamilton third, completing the podium.
Hamilton's third-place finish gave him his ninth consecutive podium in his debut Formula One season, breaking the record for most consecutive podium finishes by a rookie driver, underlining his rapid emergence as a title contender.