2007 Formula One Season

2007 Formula One Season
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Kimi Räikkönen, the 2007 Drivers' World Champion
Season Information
Number of races	17
Season opener	Australian Grand Prix
Season finale	Brazilian Grand Prix
Engine suppliers	Renault, Ferrari, BMW, Mercedes, Toyota
Tyre suppliers	B
Points system	8 places 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1
Drivers' World Championship
Champion	Kimi Räikkönen 110 points
Runner-Up	Lewis Hamilton 109 points
3rd	Fernando Alonso 109 points
Constructors' World Championship
Champion	Ferrari 204 points
Runner-Up	BMW Sauber 101 points
3rd	Renault 51 points

The 2007 Formula One season is the 61st season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 58th FIA Formula One World Championship. It started in Melbourne on March 18, to Brazil, October 21. Kimi Räikkönen became the World Champion with Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso runner-up by one point. Scuderia Ferrari won the constructor championship after McLaren was disqualified.

Teams and Drivers

Entry List

Constructor	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Driver	Rounds	Test/Reserve Drivers
Team	Engine
McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-22	B	1	Fernando Alonso	All	Pedro de la Rosa Gary Paffett Paul di Resta
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	Mercedes FO 108T		2	Lewis Hamilton	All
Renault	R27	B	3	Giancarlo Fisichella	All	Ricardo Zonta Nelson Piquet, Jr. Jonathan Cochet Sebastien Loeb
ING Renault F1 Team	Renault RS27		4	Heikki Kovalainen	All
Ferrari	F2007	B	5	Felipe Massa	All	Luca Badoer Marc Gené Michael Schumacher
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari 056		6	Kimi Räikkönen	All
Honda	RA107	B	7	Jenson Button	All	Christian Klien James Rossiter Mike Conway Andreas Zuber Marco Andretti Luca Filippi
Honda Racing F1 Team	Honda RA807E		8	Rubens Barrichello	All
			34	Christian Klien*
BMW Sauber	F1.07	B	9	Nick Heidfeld	All	Sebastian Vettel Timo Glock Ho-Pin Tung Marko Asmer
BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW P86/7		10	Robert Kubica	1-6, 8-17
			10 35	Sebastian Vettel*	7
Toyota	TF107	B	11	Ralf Schumacher	All	Franck Montagny Kohei Hirate Kamui Kobayashi André Lotterer
Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota RVX-07		12	Jarno Trulli	All
Red Bull-Renault	RB3	B	14	David Coulthard	All	Robert Doornbos Michael Ammermüller Filipe Albuquerque Karun Chandhok Sebastian Vettel Sebastien Buemi
Red Bull Racing	Renault RS27		15	Mark Webber	All
Williams-Toyota	FW29	B	16	Nico Rosberg	All	Narain Karthikeyan Kazuki Nakajima José María López Nico Hülkenberg Sam Bird
AT&T Williams	Toyota RVX-07		17	Alexander Wurz	1-16
			17 38	Kazuki Nakajima*	17
Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR2	B	18	Vitantonio Liuzzi	All	Neel Jani Sebastien Bourdais
Scuderia Toro Rosso	Ferrari 056		19	Scott Speed	1-10
			19	Sebastian Vettel	11-17
Spyker-Ferrari	F8-VII F8-VIIB	B	20	Adrian Sutil	All	Fairuz Fauzy Adrián Vallés Markus Winkelhock Giedo van der Garde
Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 Team	Ferrari 056		21	Christijan Albers	1-9
			21	Markus Winkelhock	10
			21	Sakon Yamamoto	11-17
Super Aguri-Honda	SA07	B	22	Takuma Sato	All	Sakon Yamamoto James Rossiter Mike Conway
Super Aguri F1 Team	Honda RA807E		23	Anthony Davidson	All

* Driver took part in at least one Friday practice session.

Dates Drivers Confirmed

Driver	Date Confirmed	Team
Jarno Trulli	July 28, 2006	Toyota
Nico Rosberg	August 2, 2006	Williams-Toyota
Alexander Wurz	August 2, 2006	Williams-Toyota
David Coulthard	August 7, 2006	Red Bull-Renault
Mark Webber	August 7, 2006	Red Bull-Renault
Giancarlo Fisichella	September 6, 2006	Renault
Heikki Kovalainen	September 6, 2006	Renault
Felipe Massa	September 10, 2006	Ferrari
Kimi Räikkönen	September 10, 2006	Ferrari
Nick Heidfeld	October 19, 2006	BMW Sauber
Robert Kubica	October 19, 2006	BMW Sauber
Anthony Davidson	November 15, 2006	Super Aguri-Honda
Lewis Hamilton	November 24, 2006	McLaren-Mercedes
Adrian Sutil	December 21, 2006	Spyker-Ferrari

Results, Standings and Statistics

Results

Round	Event				Report
	Grid		Result

Standings

Drivers

Outlined below are the full standings for the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship for Drivers:

World Championship for Drivers
Pos.	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Points
1st	Räikkönen	1stP	3rd	3rd	Ret	8th	5th	4th	1st	1st	RetP	2nd	2nd	3rd	1stP	3rd	1st	1st	110
2nd	Hamilton	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1stP	1stP	3rd	3rdP	9th	1stP	5th	2nd	4th	1stP	RetP	7th	109
3rd	Alonso	2nd	1st	5th	3rd	1stP	7th	2nd	7th	2nd	1st	4th	3rd	1stP	3rd	Ret	2nd	3rd	109
4th	Massa	6th	5thP	1stP	1stP	3rd	DSQ	3rd	2ndP	5th	2nd	13th	1stP	Ret	2nd	6th	3rd	2ndP	94
5th	Heidfeld	4th	4th	4th	Ret	6th	2nd	Ret	5th	6th	6th	3rd	4th	4th	5th	14th†	7th	6th	61
6th	Kubica	Ret	18th	6th	4th	5th	Ret	INJ	4th	4th	7th	5th	8th	5th	9th	7th	Ret	5th	39
7th	Kovalainen	10th	8th	9th	7th	13th†	4th	5th	15th	7th	8th	8th	6th	7th	8th	2nd	9th	Ret	30
8th	Fisichella	5th	6th	8th	9th	4th	DSQ	9th	6th	8th	10th	12th	9th	12th	Ret	5th	11th	Ret	21
9th	Rosberg	7th	Ret	10th	6th	12th	10th	16th†	9th	12th	Ret	7th	7th	6th	6th	Ret	16th	4th	20
10th	Coulthard	Ret	Ret	Ret	5th	14th	Ret	Ret	13th	11th	5th	11th	10th	Ret	Ret	4th	8th	9th	14
11th	Wurz	Ret	9th	11th	Ret	7th	3rd	10th	14th	13th	4th	14th	11th	13th	Ret	Ret	12th		13
12th	Webber	13th	10th	Ret	Ret	Ret	9th	7th	12th	Ret	3rd	9th	Ret	9th	7th	Ret	10th	Ret	10
13th	Trulli	9th	7th	7th	Ret	15th	Ret	6th	Ret	Ret	13th	10th	16th	11th	11th	13th	13th	8th	8
14th	Vettel							8th				16th	19th	18th	Ret	Ret	4th	Ret	6
15th	Button	15th	12th	Ret	12th	11th	Ret	12th	8th	10th	Ret	Ret	13th	8th	Ret	11th†	5th	Ret	6
16th	Schumacher	8th	15th	12th	Ret	16th	8th	Ret	10th	Ret	Ret	6th	12th	15th	10th	Ret	Ret	11th	5
17th	Sato	12th	13th	Ret	8th	17th	6th	Ret	16th	14th	Ret	15th	18th	16th	15th	15th†	14th	12th	4
18th	Liuzzi	14th	17th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	17th†	Ret	16th†	Ret	Ret	15th	17th	12th	9th	6th	13th	3
19th	Sutil	17th	Ret	15th	13th	Ret	Ret	14th	17th	Ret	Ret	17th	21st†	19th	14th	8th	Ret	Ret	1
20th	Barrichello	11th	11th	13th	10th	10th	12th	Ret	11th	9th	11th	18th	17th	10th	13th	10th	15th	Ret	0
21st	Speed	Ret	14th	Ret	Ret	9th	Ret	13th	Ret	Ret	Ret								0
22nd	Nakajima																	10th	0
23rd	Davidson	16th	16th	16th†	11th	18th	11th	11th	Ret	Ret	12th	Ret	14th	14th	16th	Ret	Ret	14th	0
24th	Yamamoto											Ret	20th	20th	17th	12th	17th	Ret	0
25th	Albers	Ret	Ret	14th	14th	19th†	Ret	15th	Ret	15th									0
—	Winkelhock										Ret								0
Pos.	Driver																		Points
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17

Key
Symbol	Meaning		Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner		Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish		DSQ	Disqualified
3rd			DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish		DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish		TD	Test driver
Italics	Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap		DNS	Did not start
18th†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)		NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4thP	Qualified for pole position		[+] More Symbols

Constructors

Outlined below are the full standings for the 2008 FIA Formula One International Cup for Manufacturers:

International Cup for Manufacturers
Pos.	Team	No.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Points
1st	Ferrari	5	6th	5thP	1stP	1stP	3rd	DSQ	3rd	2ndP	5th	2nd	13th	1stP	Ret	2nd	6th	3rd	2ndP	204
		6	1stP	3rd	3rd	Ret	8th	5th	4th	1st	1st	RetP	2nd	2nd	3rd	1stP	3rd	1st	1st
2nd	BMW Sauber	9	4th	4th	4th	Ret	6th	2nd	Ret	5th	6th	6th	3rd	4th	4th	5th	14th†	7th	6th	101
		10	Ret	18th	6th	4th	5th	Ret	8th	4th	4th	7th	5th	8th	5th	9th	7th	Ret	5th
3rd	Renault	3	5th	6th	8th	9th	4th	DSQ	9th	6th	8th	10th	12th	9th	12th	Ret	5th	11th	Ret	51
		4	10th	8th	9th	7th	13th†	4th	5th	15th	7th	8th	8th	6th	7th	8th	2nd	9th	Ret
4th	Williams-Toyota	16	7th	Ret	10th	6th	12th	10th	16th†	9th	12th	Ret	7th	7th	6th	6th	Ret	16th	4th	33
		17	Ret	9th	11th	Ret	7th	3rd	10th	14th	13th	4th	14th	11th	13th	Ret	Ret	12th	10th
5th	Red Bull-Renault	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	5th	14th	Ret	Ret	13th	11th	5th	11th	10th	Ret	Ret	4th	8th	9th	24
		15	13th	10th	Ret	Ret	Ret	9th	7th	12th	Ret	3rd	9th	Ret	9th	7th	Ret	10th	Ret
6th	Toyota	11	8th	15th	12th	Ret	16th	8th	Ret	10th	Ret	Ret	6th	12th	15th	10th	Ret	Ret	11th	13
		12	9th	7th	7th	Ret	15th	Ret	6th	Ret	Ret	13th	10th	16th	11th	11th	13th	13th	8th
7th	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	18	14th	17th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	17th†	Ret	16th†	Ret	Ret	15th	17th	12th	9th	6th	13th	8
		19	Ret	14th	Ret	Ret	9th	Ret	13th	Ret	Ret	Ret	16th	19th	18th	Ret	Ret	4th	Ret
8th	Honda	7	15th	12th	Ret	12th	11th	Ret	12th	8th	10th	Ret	Ret	13th	8th	Ret	11th†	5th	Ret	6
		8	11th	11th	13th	10th	10th	12th	Ret	11th	9th	11th	18th	17th	10th	13th	10th	15th	Ret
9th	Super Aguri-Honda	22	12th	13th	Ret	8th	17th	6th	Ret	16th	14th	Ret	15th	18th	16th	15th	15th†	14th	12th	4
		23	16th	16th	16th†	11th	18th	11th	11th	Ret	Ret	12th	Ret	14th	14th	16th	Ret	Ret	14th
10th	Spyker-Ferrari	20	17th	Ret	15th	13th	Ret	Ret	14th	17th	Ret	Ret	17th	21st†	19th	14th	8th	Ret	Ret	1
		21	Ret	Ret	14th	14th	19th†	Ret	15th	Ret	15th	Ret	Ret	20th	20th	17th	12th	17th	Ret
EXC	McLaren-Mercedes	1	2nd	1st	5th	3rd	1stP	7th	2nd	7th	2nd	1st	4th*	3rd	1stP	3rd	Ret	2nd	3rd	DSQ‡
		2	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1stP	1stP	3rd	3rdP	9th	1stP*	5th	2nd	4th	1stP	RetP	7th
Pos.	Team	No.																		Points
			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17

Key
Symbol	Meaning		Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner		Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish		DSQ	Disqualified
3rd			DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish		DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish		TD	Test driver
Italics	Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap		DNS	Did not start
18th†	Classified finish (retired with >90% race distance)		NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)
4thP	Qualified for pole position		[+] More Symbols

• * After the incident at the end of Q3 at the Hungarian Grand Prix, an FIA decision was made that, due to team infringements during qualifying, McLaren would not be rewarded points. The drivers, however, would reatin the points won for the Drivers' Championship. This punishment was appealed by the team, but they decided to retract it following a greater punishment later in the year.
• ^‡ The McLaren drivers scored 218 points between them, but in addition to the penalty at the Hungarian Grand Prix, McLaren lost all their points in the Constructors' Championship as a result of a World Motor Sport Council decision over the espionage controversy before the Belgian Grand Prix.

See also

	See the related event on the F2 Wiki
	2007 GP2 Series

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