2007 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas was the third edition of Desafio Internacional das Estrelas (International Challenge of the Stars) held on November 23 – November 25, 2007. It was won by Michael Schumacher.
In the qualification for the race Nelson Piquet Jr. took pole position. The event had two races with points gathered from both races, although the second race gave less points. The first eight finishers from the first race were then reversed for the start of the second race with the rest starting the second race as they were classified in the first race. Race one winner was Michael Schumacher and the second race was won by Lucas di Grassi. After the two races Michael Schumacher had gathered the most points (35) ahead of Luciano Burti (33 points) and Lucas di Grassi (31 points). Thus, he was declared the champion in his first participation of the event.
Qualifying PosNoNameLap timeGrid133 Nelson Piquet Jr.41.8561218 Lucas di Grassi41.9722319 Felipe Massa41.999341 Michael Schumacher42.0584514 Luciano Burti42.2455615 Felipe Giaffone42.3306711 Rubens Barrichello42.3617890 Xandinho Negrão42.4178980 Marcos Gomes42.77391021 Thiago Camilo43.12210113 Antônio Pizzonia41.630111227 Vítor Meira41.68312132 Ricardo Zonta41.742131416 Enrique Bernoldi41.80114156 Tony Kanaan41.84715164 Alexandre Barros41.874161725 Luca Badoer41.99117189 Ricardo Maurício42.006181920 Rodrigo Sperafico42.028192077 Tarso Marques42.190202174 Popó Bueno42.35721220 Cacá Bueno42.360222399 Roberto Moreno42.415232442 Gil de Ferran42.61224
Race 1 Pos No Driver Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Michael Schumacher 32 21:59.406 4 25 2 33 Nelson Piquet Jr. 32 +5.687 1 20 3 14 Luciano Burti 32 +5.737 5 16 4 11 Rubens Barrichello 32 +8.147 7 13 5 18 Lucas di Grassi 32 +8.218 2 11 6 80 Marcos Gomes 32 +9.090 9 10 7 19 Felipe Massa 32 +16.328 3 9 8 21 Thiago Camilo 32 +16.548 10 8 9 2 Ricardo Zonta 32 +18.736 13 7 10 6 Tony Kanaan 32 +19.107 15 6 11 16 Enrique Bernoldi 32 +22.220 14 5 12 27 Vítor Meira 32 +22.616 12 4 13 9 Ricardo Maurício 32 +29.499 18 3 14 0 Cacá Bueno 32 +34.065 22 2 15 74 Popó Bueno 32 +34.252 21 1 16 77 Tarso Marques 32 +36.523 20 17 99 Roberto Moreno 32 +36.703 23 18 90 Xandinho Negrão 31 +1 lap 8 19 42 Gil de Ferran 31 +1 lap 24 20 3 Antônio Pizzonia 22 +10 laps 11 21 15 Felipe Giaffone 22 +10 laps 6 22 20 Rodrigo Sperafico 20 +12 laps 19 23 4 Alexandre Barros 1 +31 laps 16 Race 1 winner Michael Schumacher's average speed was 90.62 km/h. Race 1 fastest lap was by Rubens Barrichello 40.681s
Race 2 Pos No Driver Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 18 Lucas di Grassi 32 22:12.328 4 20 2 14 Luciano Burti 32 +3.506 6 17 3 19 Felipe Massa 32 +4.579 2 15 4 11 Rubens Barrichello 32 +4.775 5 13 5 80 Marcos Gomes 32 +6.674 3 11 6 1 Michael Schumacher 32 +7.087 8 10 7 15 Felipe Giaffone 32 +7.273 21 9 8 3 Antônio Pizzonia 32 +11.157 20 8 9 6 Tony Kanaan 32 +16.198 10 7 10 27 Vítor Meira 32 +21.943 12 6 11 16 Enrique Bernoldi 32 +23.248 11 5 12 20 Rodrigo Sperafico 32 +24.042 22 4 13 2 Ricardo Zonta 32 +29.616 9 3 14 99 Roberto Moreno 32 +30.973 17 2 15 25 Luca Badoer 32 +31.273 24 1 16 74 Popó Bueno 32 +31.416 15 17 33 Nelson Piquet Jr. 31 +1 lap 2 18 9 Ricardo Maurício 31 +1 lap 13 19 77 Tarso Marques 31 +1 lap 16 20 21 Thiago Camilo 30 +2 laps 1 21 0 Cacá Bueno 20 +12 laps 14 22 4 Alexandre Barros 19 +13 laps 23 23 42 Gil de Ferran 18 +14 laps 19 24 90 Xandinho Negrão 9 +23 laps 18 Race 2 winner Lucas di Grassi's average speed was 89.75 km/h. Race 2 fastest lap was by Michael Schumacher 40.956s
Final classification Pos No Driver Race 1 points Race 2 points Total points 1 1 Michael Schumacher 25 10 35 2 14 Luciano Burti 16 17 33 3 18 Lucas di Grassi 11 20 31 4 11 Rubens Barrichello 13 13 26 5 19 Felipe Massa 9 15 24 6 80 Marcos Gomes 10 11 21 7 33 Nelson Piquet Jr. 20 0 20 8 6 Tony Kanaan 6 7 13 9 2 Ricardo Zonta 7 3 10 10 16 Enrique Bernoldi 5 5 10 11 27 Vítor Meira 4 6 10 12 15 Felipe Giaffone 9 9 13 21 Thiago Camilo 8 8 14 3 Antônio Pizzonia 8 8 15 20 Rodrigo Sperafico 4 4 16 9 Ricardo Maurício 3 3 17 0 Cacá Bueno 2 2 18 99 Roberto Moreno 2 2 19 74 Popó Bueno 1 1 20 25 Luca Badoer 1 1 21 77 Tarso Marques 0 22 90 Xandinho Negrão 0 23 42 Gil de Ferran 0 24 4 Alexandre Barros 0
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