Fernando Alonso's victory cut Lewis Hamilton's championship lead to two points, tightening the 2007 Formula One title race.
Key Facts
- Race distance
- 60 laps
- Winner
- Fernando Alonso (McLaren)
- Starting position of winner
- 2nd
- Championship lead after race
- Hamilton over Alonso by 2 points
- McLaren Constructors' lead over Ferrari
- 27 points
- Race number in 2007 season
- 10th
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
The 2007 Formula One World Championship was closely contested, with Lewis Hamilton leading teammate Fernando Alonso in the Drivers' standings and McLaren ahead of Ferrari in the Constructors' Championship heading into the tenth round at Nürburgring.
On 22 July 2007, Fernando Alonso won the 60-lap European Grand Prix at Nürburgring from second on the grid. Felipe Massa finished second for Ferrari, and Mark Webber took third place for Red Bull Racing.
Alonso's victory narrowed Hamilton's World Drivers' Championship lead to just two points, intensifying the intra-team rivalry at McLaren. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren extended their advantage over Ferrari to twenty-seven points.