With the Williams drivers; Nico Rosberg and Alex Wurz , starting from twelfth and fifteenth the teams would line up on the grid for the 58 lap 2007 Australian Grand Prix. Massa had chosen to take an engine change an would start from the back of the grid. At the front of the grid it was Raikkonen in pole with Hamilton in second. Albers would start the race from the pit lane. The grid would move away with lots of smoke coming from the Toyota of Jarno Trulli. With the teams having two compounds to use in the race it would be interesting to see how the strategies played out. It was expected that a two stop strategy would be the norm.

With the cars on the grid the start lights would go out and the race was underway. Kimi was leading from Heidfeld and Alonso. Kubica was in fifth. Nico was in twelfth and Alex fourteenth. Davidson was down in twenty first after struggling to get away at the start. Nico was right behind Kovalainen. Alex was behind Coulthard and he was passed by Massa for sixteenth. Lap three and Kimi was still leading, with a fastest lap of 1m:28.185 on lap three. A 1m:27.502 for Kimi on lap four. Things had settled down at the front with Kimi
cracking out fastest laps, 1m:27.199 on lap five. Heidfeld was now 3.2 seconds behind the leader.

Nico was making no impressive on Kovalainen while Alex was now in seventeenth. Hamilton and Alonso were running third and fourth. Lap seven and Kimi was extending his lead, with another fastest lap 1m:27.075. Massa was right behind the Hondas of Button and Barrichello. Lap nine and Nico had set a personal best time, 1m:29.707. Lap ten and the top ten were running with reasonable gasp between them. Kimi had set another fastest lap, 1m:26.208, on lap eleven.

Albers would spin off the track and into the tyre barrier at Turn three. He just
understeered off the track and into the barrier. Alex would start to close up to
Coulthard in sixteenth. Nico was still in twelfth and some forty seconds behind the leader. Fisichella and Webber were running in sixth and seventh. Lap fifteen and Heidfeld would make the first pit stop. Nick had been using the softer tyres and took on hard ones. Rubens had passed Button and now Button came under attack from Massa.

Nico was now 1.1 seconds behind Kovalainen as Massa passed Button on lap seventeen. Lap sixteen and Nico had set another personal best, 1m:28.881. Alex was till trying to get past sixteenth placed Coulthard. Kimi was till leading with Hamilton and Alonso second and third. Kimi would pit on lap nineteen. He would still be on hard tyres, returning in fourth. Hamilton was leading the race. Rubens would pit. Alonso was closing in onto Hamilton. Fisichella would pit on lap twenty one.

Kubica would pit from third on lap twenty two. Alonso would pit the next lap. Webber would also pit. Lap twenty three Hamilton would pit from the lead allowing Kimi back into this position. Alonso was back behind Hamilton as Alex was able to pass Webber for fifteenth. Lap twenty five and Ralf and Sato would pit. On the previous lap Alex had set a personal best, 1m:28.303. Nico was now in ninth. This would become eighth as Trulli pitted.

Lap twenty eight and Kovalainen and Nico would pit. Nico had been able to pass Kovalainen. Button had also pitted. Alex was attacking twelfth placed Trulli, as Coulthard pitted. Alex had yet to pit. Massa would pit on lap thirty, taking on a lot of fuel. Button would get a drive through penalty for speeding in the pit lane. Speed would retire his Torro Rosso. Nico was in eighth and challenging Ralf as Button took his penalty on lap thirty two. Hamilton was now 17.1 seconds behind Kimi, with Alonso third. Kubica and Heidfeld were in fourth and fifth. Fisichella was in sixth.

Alex had still yet to stop. He would finally make his top on lap thirty four, well over half race distance. Nico was able to pass Ralf for seventh on lap thirty seven. A great performance from the Williams driver. Kubica was slowing and would coast into the pits to retire. Kimi has lapped Massa. Lap thirty eight and another fastest lap from Kimi, 1m:26.172. Heidfeld had pitted from fourth. Nico was now in sixth and Alex fifteenth. Kovalainen would do a 360 degree spin at Turn one. Lap forty and it was another fastest lap for Kimi, 1m:25.929. Lap forty one and a personal best from Nico, 1m:26.721. Alex was chasing Barrichello.

Kimi and Nico would pit on lap forty two, sixteen laps to go. Hamilton would pit on lap forty four. Alonso was leading from Kimi and Fisichella. On replay it showed Webber spinning on the pit lane as he made his pit stop. Lap forty five and Alonso would pit seeing Kimi back out in front but with Hamilton third after having been held up and making a slightly slower pit stop. Hamilton was 3.7 seconds behind Alonso. Nico was now in seventh and a lap down. Alex was in fourteenth.

Coulthard would pit while Alex was attacking Sato. But Alex's race would come to an end as he was involved in an accident with Coulthard. Coulthard had made a passing attempt that was not on. Coulthard's car flew over the top of Alex's car narrowly missing Alex's head. Coulthard's car was in the gravel and he would retire with too much damage. Alex was able to move his car into a safer position but he would retire. Nico was still in seventh.

Kimi was still leading by 12.2 seconds on lap fifty three. Kimi was easing off his pace. Alonso was in second with Hamilton third. He was followed by Heidfeld, Fisichella, Massa, Nico, and Schumacher. Coulthard did admit that he was at fault. Nico was 22 seconds behind Massa so seventh would be the best he could hope for. Schumacher was some 22 seconds behind Nico so the Williams driver simply would have to bring it home for some points.

Raikkonen would complete his last lap to win the 2007 Australian Grand Prix with Alonso second and Hamilton third. Nico came home in an excellent seventh. Two points for the Williams team. Heidfeld was in fourth followed by Fisichella, Massa, Nico, and Schumacher Only six cars were on the leaders lap. It was a great shame that Alex did not make it to the finish but the team should be encouraged by the performance of Nico.

Pos  Driver        Team                      Time  
1.  Raikkonen     Ferrari              (B)  1h25:28.770
 2.  Alonso        McLaren-Mercedes     (B)  +     7.242
 3.  Hamilton      McLaren-Mercedes     (B)  +    18.595
 4.  Heidfeld      BMW Sauber           (B)  +    38.763
 5.  Fisichella    Renault              (B)  +  1:06.469
 6.  M.Schumacher  Ferrari              (B)  +  1:06.805
 7.  Rosberg       Williams-Toyota      (B)  +     1 lap
 8.  Schumacher, R  Toyota               (B) +     1 lap
 9.  Trulli        Toyota               (B)  +     1 lap
10.  Kovalainen    Renault              (B)  +     1 lap
11.  Barrichello   Honda                (B)  +     1 lap
12.  Sato          Super Aguri-Honda    (B)  +     1 lap
13.  Webber        Red Bull-Renault     (B)  +     1 lap
14.  Liuzzi        Toro Rosso-Ferrari   (B)  +     1 lap
15.  R.Schumacher  Honda                (B)  +     1 lap
16.  Davidson      Super Aguri-Honda    (B)  +    2 laps
17.  Sutil         Spyker-Ferrari       (B)  +    2 laps

Fastest lap: Raikkonen, 1:25.235

Not classified/retirements:

Driver        Team                      On lap
Wurz          Williams-Toyota      (B)    49
Coulthard     Red Bull-Renault     (B)    49
Kubica        BMW Sauber           (B)    39
Speed         Toro Rosso-Ferrari   (B)    29
Albers        Spyker-Ferrari       (B)    11