Heidfeld, Rosberg, Kubica and Trulli were, indeed, running practically line-astern in fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh as the race entered its final ten laps, and Hamilton's only hope was that they would run into each other. It nearly happened into turn one, as Rosberg went for it only to run wide and take Heidfeld with him, allowing the opportunistic Kubica to grab two positions in one fell swoop.
Coulthard spun whilst attempting to take Nakajima for ninth place, but more importantly, with nine laps to go the title was Raikkonen's for the taking, with Hamilton down in third. Trulli unexpectedly pitting from seventh with as many laps to go promoted Hamilton up one more place, but it still was not quite enough as his chances continued to ebb away. He was lapping quickly, yes, but ultimately not quite quickly enough.
With four laps remaining Rosberg and Kubica continued to battle away for fourth place, the young German locking his wheels as he desperately tried to find a way past to end
Williams' 2007 campaign on a high. Two laps later and Rosberg was through, but up front all eyes were on Raikkonen, who laid his Brazilian jinx to rest by claiming the greatest honour of them all.
Almost unable to believe just what he had accomplished on the slowing-down lap, Raikkonen toured in alongside team-mate
Felipe Massa, with a subdued Alonso relinquishing his crown in a distant third place, the feisty Rosberg an excellent fourth and Heidfeld almost catching team-mate Kubica on the line for fifth. A crestfallen Hamilton wound up a lap down in seventh on a bad weekend for British sport, with Trulli deservedly taking the final point of 2007 in eighth.
