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| rowspan=2 align="left" | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Ricardo Zonta]]<br>{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Nelson Angelo Piquet|Nelson Piquet Jr.]] | | rowspan=2 align="left" | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Ricardo Zonta]]<br>{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Nelson Angelo Piquet|Nelson Piquet Jr.]] | ||
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| {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Kazuki Nakajima]]<ref name="Nakajima replaces Wurz">{{cite news | first =Jonathon | last =Noble | author = | coauthors = | url =http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/63167 | title =Nakajima set to replace Wurz in Brazil | work = | publisher =[[Autosport]] Official Website | pages = | page = | date =2007-10-09 | accessdate =2007-10-09 | language = }}</ref> | | {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Kazuki Nakajima]]<ref name="Nakajima replaces Wurz">{{cite news | first =Jonathon | last =Noble | author = | coauthors = | url =http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/63167 | title =Nakajima set to replace Wurz in Brazil | work = | publisher =[[Autosport]] Official Website | pages = | page = | date =2007-10-09 | accessdate =2007-10-09 | language = }}</ref> | ||
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| [[Ferrari F2007|F2007]] | | [[Ferrari F2007|F2007]] | ||
| [[January 14]] | | [[January 14]] | ||
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| [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] | | [[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]] | ||
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− | | | + | | [[Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Italy.png]] [[Italian Grand Prix|Gran Premio d'Italia]] |
| [[Italian Grand Prix|Italian GP]] | | [[Italian Grand Prix|Italian GP]] | ||
| [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza]] | | [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza]] | ||
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| [[Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Finland.png]] [[Kimi Räikkönen]] | | [[Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Finland.png]] [[Kimi Räikkönen]] | ||
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| [[2007 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[2007 Australian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
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| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Felipe Massa]] | | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Felipe Massa]] | ||
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| [[2007 Bahrain Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[2007 Bahrain Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
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| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Felipe Massa]] | | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Felipe Massa]] | ||
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| [[2007 Spanish Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[2007 Spanish Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
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| [[Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Finland.png]] [[Kimi Räikkönen]] | | [[Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Finland.png]] [[Kimi Räikkönen]] | ||
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| [[2007 French Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[2007 French Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
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| [[Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Finland.png]] [[Kimi Räikkönen]] | | [[Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Finland.png]] [[Kimi Räikkönen]] | ||
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| [[2007 British Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[2007 British Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
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| [[Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Finland.png]] [[Kimi Räikkönen]] | | [[Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Finland.png]] [[Kimi Räikkönen]] | ||
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Felipe Massa]] | | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Felipe Massa]] | ||
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| [[2007 Turkish Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[2007 Turkish Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
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| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Fernando Alonso]] | | {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Fernando Alonso]] | ||
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Fernando Alonso]] | | {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Fernando Alonso]] | ||
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| [[Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Finland.png]] [[Kimi Räikkönen]] | | [[Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Finland.png]] [[Kimi Räikkönen]] | ||
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| [[2007 Belgian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[2007 Belgian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
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| [[Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Finland.png]] [[Kimi Räikkönen]] | | [[Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Finland.png]] [[Kimi Räikkönen]] | ||
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| [[2007 Chinese Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[2007 Chinese Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
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| [[Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Finland.png]] [[Kimi Räikkönen]] | | [[Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Finland.png]] [[Kimi Räikkönen]] | ||
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| [[2007 Brazilian Grand Prix|Report]] | | [[2007 Brazilian Grand Prix|Report]] | ||
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!width="27"| [[2007 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]] {{flagicon|Hungary}} | !width="27"| [[2007 Hungarian Grand Prix|HUN]] {{flagicon|Hungary}} | ||
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!width="27"| [[2007 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]] {{flagicon|Belgium}} | !width="27"| [[2007 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]] {{flagicon|Belgium}} | ||
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! [[2007 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]] {{flagicon|Belgium}} | ! [[2007 Belgian Grand Prix|BEL]] {{flagicon|Belgium}} | ||
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|align="left"| [[Ferrari F2007|F2007]] | |align="left"| [[Ferrari F2007|F2007]] | ||
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Revision as of 22:07, 21 October 2007
{{F1 season |
Previous = 2006 | Current = 2007 | Next = 2008 |
The 2007 Formula One season was the 58th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It began on 18 March and ended on 21 October after seventeen Grands Prix. It was won by Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen by one point at the final race of the season, making Raikkonen the third Finnish driver to take the title.
The 2007 season was significant in that it heralded the end of the existing Concorde Agreement between the existing Formula One constructors and Bernie Ecclestone. In particular, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Honda (collectively the Grand Prix Manufacturers' Association) have a number of outstanding disagreements with the FIA and Ecclestone on financial and technical grounds. They had threatened to boycott Formula One from the 2008 season onwards and instead stage their own rival series, before signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the 2006 Spanish Grand Prix.[1]
The 2007 Australian Grand Prix was the first time since the 1986 Spanish Grand Prix that there was a Formula One field without a Cosworth engine, as well as the first Grand Prix to have a driver of Afro-Caribbean ancestry in the field.
On 26 February Honda F1 announced that they would run with a new "Earth livery" on their RA107 car, the first time since 1968, when sponsorship in the sport became widespread,[2] that a team might run sponsor-free for an entire season.
A major talking point of the season has been an espionage controversy involving Ferrari and McLaren, which led to McLaren being excluded from the World Constructors' Championship. As a result, Ferrari clinched the championship at the Belgian Grand Prix.
Pre-season testing
Pre-season testing began in November 2006 at the Circuit de Catalunya, with ten of the eleven teams participating in the test sessions. The most notable absentees were Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen, who were still under contract at Renault and McLaren respectively. Jenson Button was also absent as he had suffered a hairline fracture on his ribs after a go-karting accident in preparations for the November tests. Lewis Hamilton made his first appearance in a McLaren since being confirmed as Alonso's team-mate for 2007.
Felipe Massa topped the times on the first two days of testing. Massa's testing partner, Luca Badoer, took the fastest time on the third day, although interest was on the fact that double World Champion Mika Häkkinen joined Hamilton and de la Rosa at McLaren for a one off test, although the Finnish driver was over three seconds slower then Badoer's time, completing 79 laps of the Spanish circuit. He hopes to be of continued benefit to McLaren over the coming winter.
The other big story of 2007 is the return to a single tyre formula (Bridgestone). It is possible that this accounts for some of the reason why Ferrari led the most recent test, although it has been claimed by Bridgestone that the 2007 tyre is of a completely new build, thus minimising any real benefit for the 2006 Bridgestone teams (Ferrari, Toyota, Williams, Midland/Spyker and Super Aguri).
Toyota was the only team out for the fourth day of testing at Barcelona, as the Japanese works team chose to miss the first day of testing. Both Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli's fastest laps were quicker than Massa and Badoer's times during the previous three sessions. Testing resumed on December 6 at Jerez, with the majority of teams attending the session. Both Ferraris of Massa and Badoer were first and second fastest, with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton making up the top three in third. Hamilton improved on his position the following day by taking the fastest time, a second faster than Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella.
Japanese works teams Honda and Toyota topped the times for the next two days of testing: Honda's Rubens Barrichello and Toyota's Franck Montagny were fastest, although Toyota had the Jerez track to themselves when Montagny took the fastest time. Heikki Kovalainen and Pedro de la Rosa took the fastest times on the fourth and fifth day of testing at Jerez. Also of note, on the last day of testing Fernando Alonso made his Mclaren testing debut after an agreement with manager Flavio Briatore. This did not call for an end to his agreement (which ended on the 31st of December).
Teams and drivers
The following teams and drivers participated in the 2007 Formula One season. Drivers are numbered as per the official FIA 2007 entry list.[3] All team details are as per the Formula 1 Official Website, except where noted. Note that there is no driver number 13 as per the historical tradition.
1 All engines conform to the Formula One 2.4L V8 specifications introduced in 2006.
² Test drivers in bold have taken part in Friday practices during Grand Prix weekends
New car launches
The following teams launched their 2007 entries as below.
Formula One 2007 race schedule
- On 29 August 2006, The FIA published a provisional calendar for the 2007 Formula One season. The San Marino and European Grands Prix were excluded, although the European round would later make a comeback (see below).[11] The final calendar (above), which confirmed that the San Marino Grand Prix would not return, was released on October 18, 2006.[12]
- For the first time in nearly half a century, there will not be a German Grand Prix in 2007 after the 2 Grands Prix previously held in Germany begin to alternate between Hockenheim and Nürburgring. Hockenheim controls the descriptor "German Grand Prix" and an agreement could not be reached between the two circuits for the naming rights. The Nürburgring event will therefore retain its usual Grand Prix of Europe title.[13]
- It had been suggested that the Italian Grand Prix might do the same, swapping between Monza and Imola, but this now appears to have been rejected with the possibility that Imola could again host the San Marino Grand Prix in 2008.Template:Fact
- After twenty years, the Japanese Grand Prix will move from the Honda-owned Suzuka Circuit to Toyota's rebuilt Fuji Speedway, a circuit that F1 has not raced at since 1977.
- For the first time since 1975, all races are held in different countries (only one race for any one nation).
Changes
Rule changes
- Although the FIA had planned to introduce a regulation single tyre manufacturer from 2008, there will be a sole supplier (Bridgestone) from 2007 to 2010, since Bridgestone's only rival, Michelin, ended their participation in Formula One after the 2006 season.
- Tyres are supplied in accordance with the revised Sporting Regulations, which provide for a total of 14 sets of dry weather tyres per driver over the race weekend: four sets for Friday only, and 10 for the rest of the weekend.
- Also, during the race, both compounds of tyre (hard and soft) have to be used at least once during the race. Initially, in the Australian Grand Prix, soft tyres were marked with a white spot. However, this was difficult to see when the car was in motion and, as of the Malaysian Grand Prix, one of the four grooves in the soft compound tyre is painted white.[14]
- The teams finishing 5th–11th in the previous seasons' Constructors' Championship are no longer allowed to run a third car on Friday following a rule change.[15] The teams that finish 1st–4th are already banned from doing so.
- Engine development is frozen from the 2006 Japanese Grand Prix, with these engines being used for the whole of 2007 and 2008. This is described as engine "homologation" by the FIA. It was previously set to be introduced in 2008.[16]
- All cars are fitted with red, blue and yellow cockpit lights. The purpose is to give drivers information concerning track signals or conditions. The lights must be LEDs each with a minimum diameter of 5 mm and which are fitted in order that they are directly in the driver’s normal line of sight.[17]
- In order to give rescue crews an immediate indication of accident severity each car must be fitted with a warning light which is connected to the FIA data logger. The light must face upwards and be recessed into the top of the survival cell no more than 150 mm from the car centre line and the front of the cockpit opening and as near to the marshal neutral switch as is practical.[17]
- The two Friday practice sessions expanded from 60 minutes to 90 minutes. All teams are allowed to use two cars, which may be driven by either the two race drivers or a nominated third driver.[18]
- The engine penalty is now only applied in the second day of the grand prix weekend. Any engine change in the first day is not penalised.[18]
- No car is allowed to enter the pits to refuel during a safety car period until all cars are in the group following the safety car and they have been advised that the pit lane is now open. This prevents drivers from racing to the pits immediately after a safety car is deployed. In addition, any lapped cars in front of a car on the lead lap are required to pass the safety car and restart at the end of the line-up instead of maintaining their physical position.[18]
- The Formula One teams have unanimously agreed to the voluntary early introduction of the testing agreement scheduled for 2008. This limits each team to an annual limit of 30,000 km.
- The team's second car now has to run with a yellow coloured roll bar instead of a black one. The first cars will still run with a red/orange roll bar. This is intended to help spectators distinguish between first and second cars at further distances.
Driver changes
- 2005 and 2006 World Champion Fernando Alonso will drive for McLaren starting in 2007 after 5 years at Renault.
- Juan Pablo Montoya, who was a McLaren driver until aftermath of the 2006 United States Grand Prix will be driving in the NASCAR Nextel Cup series for 2007, effectively ending his Formula One career, as announced on July 9, 2006.
- On August 2, 2006 Williams announced that test and reserve driver Alexander Wurz would step up to a race seat for 2007, replacing Australian Mark Webber.
- On August 7, 2006, Red Bull Racing announced their 2007 driver line-up of David Coulthard and Mark Webber, displacing Christian Klien.
- On August 7, 2006, BMW Sauber announced that Jacques Villeneuve's contract has been terminated immediately and for the rest of the season would be replaced by test driver Robert Kubica. Kubica was later announced on October 19, 2006 to retain the race seat for the 2007 season, with Sebastian Vettel remaining as the team's test driver. On December 21, 2006 BMW announced GP2 driver Timo Glock as their second test driver.
- On September 6, 2006, Renault confirmed Heikki Kovalainen as the team's replacement for Fernando Alonso.
- On September 10, 2006, Scuderia Ferrari confirmed Kimi Räikkönen as a replacement for the retiring Michael Schumacher.
- On November 15, 2006, Super Aguri confirmed Anthony Davidson as Sakon Yamamoto's replacement.
- On November 24, 2006, McLaren confirmed Lewis Hamilton as their second driver.
- On December 21, 2006, Spyker confirmed Adrian Sutil as their first driver.
- On July 10, 2007, Spyker announced that Christijan Albers would no longer be driving for the team. The given reason was a failure to pay sponsorship monies due. Markus Winkelhock will race Spyker's second car at the European Grand Prix.
- On July 25, 2007 Spyker confirmed Japanese driver Sakon Yamamoto would compete in the remaining seven Grand Prix for them.[9]
- On July 31, 2007 Scuderia Toro Rosso replaced Scott Speed with BMW test driver Sebastian Vettel following an alleged physical altercation between Speed and STR Team Principal Franz Tost.[19]
- On October 8, 2007 Williams driver Alexander Wurz announced his immediate retirement from Formula One racing.[20] Williams test driver Kazuki Nakajima replaced Wurz for the Brazilian Grand Prix[8].
Team changes
- Ferrari technical director, Ross Brawn, was to take a sabbatical year for 2007, after 10 seasons at the Italian team. However, it was later announced that he is to leave the team,[21] although he has stated he wishes to work with the team in future.
- McLaren will change their name to Vodafone McLaren Mercedes after signing a primary sponsorship deal with the telecommunications company late in 2005.
- With the loss of Vodafone, Scuderia Ferrari will begin work with Alice, a brand of Telecom Italia who will join the team next year.
- Mild Seven confirmed that they would not renew their contract with Renault following its conclusion at the end of 2006 and current European tobacco laws.[22]
- British American Tobacco's Lucky Strike and 555 brands ceased to sponsor the Honda F1 team, leaving them to seek another primary sponsor.
- Williams changed their engines from Cosworth to Toyota in a three-year deal.[23] Contrary to recent speculation, the engines will not be rebadged as Lexus.[24]
- On September 9, 2006, MF1 Racing was officially sold to a Dutch-Arab consortium owned by Michiel Mol, along with the aid of Spyker Cars. The team has officially been renamed Spyker MF1 Team, keeping the MF1 for the rest of the season due to Concorde Agreement rules.[25]
- On September 30, 2006, Spyker announced that their engines supplier would be Ferrari.[26]
- On October 16, 2006, Renault confirmed that the Dutch banking company, ING, would become their main sponsor to replace Mild Seven.[27]
- On October 20, 2006, Williams announced AT&T as their new main sponsor.[28]
- On October 24, 2006, Spyker announced they would change their name from Spyker MF1 Team to Spyker F1 from 2007 onwards, subject to all other teams giving their agreement.[29][30]
- On October 31, 2006, Red Bull confirmed their engine situation for 2007. Renault engines will be used for Red Bull Racing, while Scuderia Toro Rosso will use Ferrari engines.[31]
- On March 15, 2007, Spyker announced their new title sponsor for the 2007 season: United Arab Emirates airline company Etihad Airways.[32]
Television coverage
- Formula One Management became the sole host broadcaster for all but three of the 17 Grands Prix in 2007. All coverage was produced in anamorphic 16:9 widescreen for the first time.[33][34][35]
- ITV Sport, Premiere, OBN, TF1 and TV3[36] were among the first broadcasters to provide a standard 16:9 widescreen programme at the opening race in Australia.
- For the United States TV coverage, except Speed Channel, FOX also broadcast 4 Formula One races. Those were the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix, 2007 United States Grand Prix, 2007 French Grand Prix and 2007 British Grand Prix. The 2007 Canadian Grand Prix and 2007 United States Grand Prix were televised live.
Circuits
- A new chicane has been inserted into the straight between Europcar and New Holland (final corner) at the Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona. This was installed in order to slow the cars down before the long main straight, and provide more overtaking opportunities into turn 1.[37]
- Spa has also undergone track changes, with a new paddock area, a reprofiled Bus Stop Chicane, an extension of the start-finish straight and a change to La Source hairpin.[38]
- The largest-scale repair in the last 35 years will be done to Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil, to fundamentally solve problem of the asphalt.[39][40] All present asphalt will be removed and replaced with new asphalt.[41] At the same time, the pit lane entrance will be enhanced to improve safety.[42] The circuit is closed and no event held for five months to work, from June to October, until immediately before the event.[43]
Results and standings
Grands Prix
- † Fernando Alonso qualified in pole position but was demoted 5 places due to blocking Lewis Hamilton in the pit lane.[44]
- ‡ McLaren were not awarded a trophy on the podium.
- ‡* McLaren were not awarded constructors points or a trophy on the podium.[44]
Drivers
- † Driver did not finish but was classified, having completed more than 90% of race distance.
Drivers statistics
Pos | Driver | Constructor(s) | Starts | Wins | Podiums | Poles | F.Laps | Points |
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1 | Kimi Räikkönen | Ferrari | 17 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 110 |
2 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren-Mercedes | 17 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 109 |
3 | Template:Country data Spain Fernando Alonso | McLaren-Mercedes | 17 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 109 |
4 | Template:Country data Brazil Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 17 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 94 |
5 | Template:Country data Germany Nick Heidfeld | Template:Country data Germany BMW Sauber | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 61 |
6 | Template:Country data Poland Robert Kubica | Template:Country data Germany BMW Sauber | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
7 | Heikki Kovalainen | Template:Country data France Renault | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
8 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Template:Country data France Renault | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
9 | Template:Country data Germany Nico Rosberg | Williams-Toyota | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
10 | David Coulthard | Template:Country data Austria Red Bull-Renault | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
11 | Template:Country data Austria Alexander Wurz | Williams-Toyota | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
12 | Template:Country data Australia Mark Webber | Template:Country data Austria Red Bull-Renault | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
13 | Jarno Trulli | Template:Country data Japan Toyota | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
14 | Template:Country data Germany Sebastian Vettel | Template:Country data Germany BMW Sauber Toro Rosso-Ferrari |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
15 | Jenson Button | Template:Country data Japan Honda | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
16 | Template:Country data Germany Ralf Schumacher | Template:Country data Japan Toyota | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
17 | Template:Country data Japan Takuma Sato | Template:Country data Japan Super Aguri-Honda | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
18 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
19 | Template:Country data Germany Adrian Sutil | Template:Country data Netherlands Spyker-Ferrari | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
20 | Template:Country data Brazil Rubens Barrichello | Template:Country data Japan Honda | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Template:Country data USA Scott Speed | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Template:Country data Japan Kazuki Nakajima | Williams-Toyota | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Anthony Davidson | Template:Country data Japan Super Aguri-Honda | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Template:Country data Japan Sakon Yamamoto | Template:Country data Netherlands Spyker-Ferrari | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | Template:Country data Netherlands Christijan Albers | Template:Country data Netherlands Spyker-Ferrari | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
— | Template:Country data Germany Markus Winkelhock | Template:Country data Netherlands Spyker-Ferrari | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Constructors
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- † After an incident at the end of Qualifying Session 3, and before the race in Hungary, an FIA decision was made that, due to team infringements during qualifying, McLaren would not be awarded any points. The drivers, however do retain the points won. (Alonso was demoted five places from pole on the start grid).
15 points were lost by the team in this event and if the team were to not be disqualified from all of the other events, the team would still be behind Ferrari. This punishment could have been appealed, but the team did not following the greater disqualification later.
- ‡ McLaren lost all their points in the Constructors Championship as a result of a World Motorsport Council decision over the espionage controversy.[45]
Constructors statistics
Pos | Constructor | Chassis | Engine | Tyre | Starts | Wins | Podiums | Poles | F.Laps | Points |
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1 | Ferrari | F2007 | Ferrari | B | 17 | 9 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 204 |
2 | Template:Country data Germany BMW Sauber | F1.07 | Template:Country data Germany BMW | B | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 101 |
3 | Template:Country data France Renault | R27 | Template:Country data France Renault | B | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
4 | Williams | FW29 | Template:Country data Japan Toyota | B | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
5 | Template:Country data Austria Red Bull | RB3 | Template:Country data France Renault | B | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
6 | Template:Country data Japan Toyota | TF107 | Template:Country data Japan Toyota | B | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
7 | Toro Rosso | STR2 | Ferrari | B | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
8 | Template:Country data Japan Honda | RA107 | Template:Country data Japan Honda | B | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
9 | Template:Country data Japan Super Aguri | SA07 | Template:Country data Japan Honda | B | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
10 | Template:Country data Netherlands Spyker | F8-VII | Ferrari | B | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
DSQ | McLaren | MP4-22 | Template:Country data Germany Mercedes | B | 17 | 8 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 0‡ (203†) (218‡) |
- † After an incident at the end of Qualifying Session 3, and before the race in Hungary, an FIA decision was made that, due to team infringements during qualifying, McLaren would not be awarded any points. The drivers, however do retain the points won. (Alonso was demoted five places from pole on the start grid).
15 points were lost by the team in this event and if the team were to not be disqualified from all of the other events, the team would still be behind Ferrari. This punishment could have been appealed, but the team did not following the greater disqualification later.
- ‡ McLaren lost all their points in the Constructors Championship as a result of a World Motorsport Council decision over the espionage controversy.[45]
Rumours and speculation
Driver rumours
- With his contract at BMW Sauber expiring at the end of the 2007 season, there was some talk that the team's lead driver Nick Heidfeld would be leaving to replace Ralf Schumacher at Toyota.[46] As of August 21, 2007, it has been confirmed that Heidfeld will be staying at BMW for the 2008 season.
- Three time Champ Car Series Champion Sébastien Bourdais was linked with a drive at the Toro Rosso team following confirmation that the Frenchman would be testing the STR2 for three sessions during the 2007 season. According to Bourdais' website, once his final test session at Spa-Francorchamps is complete, Toro Rosso "will have to make a decision" on their relationship with Bourdais.[47] He has been recently confirmed as joining Toro Rosso for the 2008 Formula One season.
- After the Hungarian Grand Prix and espionage controversies, it has been rumoured that Fernando Alonso wishes to leave McLaren at the end of the season, with it also being said that Ron Dennis would allow Alonso out of his contract if he does decide to leave. Renault is said to be looking into the possibility of resigning their former driver. [48]
Races
- Having lost the Japanese GP to the Fuji circuit, Suzuka negotiated with Bernie Ecclestone on staging a race at the circuit again, perhaps a revived Pacific Grand Prix, or an Asian Grand Prix. This appears to be a possibility for 2008. [49] From 2009 however, the Japanese GP will be held alternately at Suzuka and Fuji. [50]
External links
- FIA Formula One World Championship Season guide 2007
- 2007 season at Formula1.com
- All formula one races as iCal-calendar
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