Kimi Räikkönen wins 2007 French Grand Prix

July 1, 2007

driver won the  Formula-1 2007  on the  at, France.

His teammate, starting from pole, was unable to hold back Kimi and finished second.

The promising - driver showed fastest times in the first and second qualification sessions, but lost the pole to Massa in the third. He also dropped to the third podium place in the race.

His teammate, who started in the 10th position, suffered a gearbox problem in Q3 but managed to climb to 7th place on the back of his former teammate. Giancarlo himself lost one position to,.

Both BMWs classified 4th and 5th,, who fully recovered from , and Nick Heidfeld respectively.