2007 Formula One World Championship

The 2007 Formula One season was the 58th edition of the championship. Kimi Räikkönen won the championship by one point. Ferrari won the constructor's championship.

Teams and drivers

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers
Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes	McLaren	MP4-22	Mercedes FO 108T 2.4 L V8	B	1	Fernando Alonso
Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes	McLaren	MP4-22	Mercedes FO 108T 2.4 L V8	B	2	Lewis Hamilton
ING Renault F1 Team	Renault	R27	Renault RS27 2.4 L V8	B	3	Giancarlo Fisichella
ING Renault F1 Team	Renault	R27	Renault RS27 2.4 L V8	B	4	Heikki Kovalainen
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	F2007	Ferrari Type 056 2.4 L V8	B	5	Felipe Massa
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	F2007	Ferrari Type 056 2.4 L V8	B	6	Kimi Räikkönen
Honda Racing F1 Team	Honda	RA107	Honda RA807E 2.4 L V8	B	7	Jenson Button
Honda Racing F1 Team	Honda	RA107	Honda RA807E 2.4 L V8	B	8	Rubens Barrichello
BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW Sauber	F1.07	BMW P86/7 2.4 L V8	B	9	Nick Heidfeld
					10	Robert Kubica
					10	Sebastian Vettel
Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota	TF107	Toyota RVX-07 2.4 L V8	B	11	Ralf Schumacher
Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota	TF107	Toyota RVX-07 2.4 L V8	B	12	Jarno Trulli
Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB3	Renault RS27 2.4 L V8	B	14	David Coulthard
Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB3	Renault RS27 2.4 L V8	B	15	Mark Webber
AT&T Williams	Williams	FW29	Toyota RVX-07 2.4 L V8	B	16	Nico Rosberg
					17	Alexander Wurz
					17	Kazuki Nakajima
Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR2	Ferrari Type 056 2.4 L V8	B	18	Vitantonio Liuzzi
					19	Scott Speed
					19	Sebastian Vettel
Spyker F1 Team	Spyker	F8-VII F8-VIIB	Ferrari Type 056H 2.4 L V8	B	20	Adrian Sutil
					21	Christijan Albers
						Markus Winkelhock
						Sakon Yamamoto
Super Aguri F1	Super Aguri	SA07	Honda RA807E 2.4 L V8	B	22	Takuma Sato
Super Aguri F1	Super Aguri	SA07	Honda RA807E 2.4 L V8	B	23	Anthony Davidson

New car launches

The following teams launched their 2007 entries as below.

Constructor	Chassis	Launch Date	Launch Location
Toyota	TF107	January 12	Cologne, Germany
Ferrari	F2007	January 14	Fiorano Circuit, Maranello, Italy
McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-22	January 15	Circuit de Valencia, Spain
BMW Sauber	F1.07	January 16	Circuit de Valencia, Spain
Renault	R27	January 24	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Red Bull-Renault	RB3	January 26	Circuit de Catalunya, Spain
Williams-Toyota	FW29	February 2	Grove, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Spyker-Ferrari	F8-VII	February 5	Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom
Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR2	February 13	Circuit de Catalunya, Spain
Honda	RA107	February 26	London, United Kingdom
Super Aguri-Honda	SA07	March 14	Melbourne, Australia

Formula One 2007 race schedule

Round	Official Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	City / Location	Date	Time
Round	Official Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	City / Location	Date	Local	UTC
1	ING Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit	Melbourne	18 March	14:00	03:00
2	Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix	Malaysian GP	Sepang International Circuit	Kuala Lumpur	8 April	15:00	07:00
3	Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit	Sakhir	15 April	14:30	11:30
4	Gran Premio de España Telefónica	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya	Barcelona	13 May	14:00	12:00
5	Grand Prix de Monaco	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco	Monte Carlo	27 May	14:00	12:00
6	Grand Prix du Canada	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Montreal	10 June	13:00	17:00
7	United States Grand Prix	United States GP	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	Indianapolis	17 June	13:00	17:00
8	Grand Prix de France	French GP	Circuit de Nevers	Magny-Cours	1 July	14:00	12:00
9	Santander British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit	Silverstone	8 July	13:00	12:00
10	Grand Prix of Europe	European GP	Nürburgring	Nürburg	22 July	14:00	12:00
11	Magyar Nagydíj	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring	Budapest	5 August	14:00	12:00
12	Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park	Istanbul	26 August	15:00	12:00
13	Gran Premio d'Italia	Italian GP	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Monza	9 September	14:00	12:00
14	ING Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Spa	16 September	14:00	12:00
15	Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Fuji Speedway	Oyama	30 September	13:30	04:30
16	Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix	Chinese GP	Shanghai International Circuit	Shanghai	7 October	14:00	06:00
17	Grande Prêmio do Brasil	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	São Paulo	21 October	14:00	16:00

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Constructor
1	Australian Grand Prix	Kimi Räikkönen	Kimi Räikkönen	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
2	Malaysian Grand Prix	Felipe Massa	Lewis Hamilton	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Mercedes
3	Bahrain Grand Prix	Felipe Massa	Felipe Massa	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
4	Spanish Grand Prix	Felipe Massa	Felipe Massa	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
5	Monaco Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Mercedes
6	Canadian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Fernando Alonso	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
7	United States Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Kimi Räikkönen	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
8	French Grand Prix	Felipe Massa	Felipe Massa	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
9	British Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Kimi Räikkönen	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
10	European Grand Prix	Kimi Räikkönen	Felipe Massa	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Mercedes
11	Hungarian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton†	Kimi Räikkönen	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes‡*
12	Turkish Grand Prix	Felipe Massa	Kimi Räikkönen	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
13	Italian Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Mercedes
14	Belgian Grand Prix	Kimi Räikkönen	Felipe Massa	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
15	Japanese Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes‡
16	Chinese Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Felipe Massa	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari
17	Brazilian Grand Prix	Felipe Massa	Kimi Räikkönen	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari

† Fernando Alonso qualified in pole position but was demoted 5 places due to blocking Lewis Hamilton in the pit lane.^[1]
‡ McLaren were not awarded a trophy on the podium.
‡* McLaren were not awarded constructors points or a trophy on the podium.^[1]

Drivers

Pos	Driver	AUS	MAL	BHR	ESP	MON	CAN	USA	FRA	GBR	EUR	HUN	TUR	ITA	BEL	JPN	CHN	BRA	Pts
1	Kimi Räikkönen	1	3	3	Ret	8	5	4	1	1	Ret	2	2	3	1	3	1	1	110
2	Lewis Hamilton	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	3	9	1	5	2	4	1	Ret	7	109
3	Fernando Alonso	2	1	5	3	1	7	2	7	2	1	4	3	1	3	Ret	2	3	109
4	Felipe Massa	6	5	1	1	3	DSQ	3	2	5	2	13	1	Ret	2	6	3	2	94
5	Nick Heidfeld	4	4	4	Ret	6	2	Ret	5	6	6	3	4	4	5	14†	7	6	61
6	Robert Kubica	Ret	18	6	4	5	Ret	INJ	4	4	7	5	8	5	9	7	Ret	5	39
7	Heikki Kovalainen	10	8	9	7	13†	4	5	15	7	8	8	6	7	8	2	9	Ret	30
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	5	6	8	9	4	DSQ	9	6	8	10	12	9	12	Ret	5	11	Ret	21
9	Nico Rosberg	7	Ret	10	6	12	10	16†	9	12	Ret	7	7	6	6	Ret	16	4	20
10	David Coulthard	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	14	Ret	Ret	13	11	5	11	10	Ret	Ret	4	8	9	14
11	Alexander Wurz	Ret	9	11	Ret	7	3	10	14	13	4	14	11	13	Ret	Ret	12		13
12	Mark Webber	13	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	7	12	Ret	3	9	Ret	9	7	Ret	10	Ret	10
13	Jarno Trulli	9	7	7	Ret	15	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	13	10	16	11	11	13	13	8	8
14	Sebastian Vettel							8				16	19	18	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	6
15	Jenson Button	15	12	Ret	12	11	Ret	12	8	10	Ret	Ret	13	8	Ret	11†	5	Ret	6
16	Ralf Schumacher	8	15	12	Ret	16	8	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	6	12	15	10	Ret	Ret	11	5
17	Takuma Sato	12	13	Ret	8	17	6	Ret	16	14	Ret	15	18	16	15	15†	14	12	4
18	Vitantonio Liuzzi	14	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	17†	Ret	16†	Ret	Ret	15	17	12	9	6	13	3
19	Adrian Sutil	17	Ret	15	13	Ret	Ret	14	17	Ret	Ret	17	21†	19	14	8	Ret	Ret	1
20	Rubens Barrichello	11	11	13	10	10	12	Ret	11	9	11	18	17	10	13	10	15	Ret	0
21	Scott Speed	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	Ret								0
22	Kazuki Nakajima																	10	0
23	Anthony Davidson	16	16	16†	11	18	11	11	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	14	14	16	Ret	Ret	14	0
24	Sakon Yamamoto											Ret	20	20	17	12	17	Ret	0
25	Christijan Albers	Ret	Ret	14	14	19†	Ret	15	Ret	15									0
—	Markus Winkelhock										Ret								0
Pos	Driver	AUS	MAL	BHR	ESP	MON	CAN	USA	FRA	GBR	EUR	HUN	TUR	ITA	BEL	JPN	CHN	BRA	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Finished, in points
Blue	Finished, no points
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Purple	Not classified (NC)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate
	Injured (INJ)
	Excluded (EX)

† 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
1	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	17	6	12	3	6	110
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	17	4	12	6	2	109
3	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Mercedes	17	4	12	2	3	109
4	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	17	3	10	6	6	94
5	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	17	0	2	0	0	61
6	Robert Kubica	BMW Sauber	16	0	0	0	0	39
7	Heikki Kovalainen	Renault	17	0	1	0	0	30
8	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	17	0	0	0	0	21
9	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Toyota	17	0	0	0	0	20
10	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Renault	17	0	0	0	0	14
11	Alexander Wurz	Williams-Toyota	16	0	1	0	0	13
12	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	17	0	1	0	0	10
13	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	17	0	0	0	0	8
14	Sebastian Vettel	BMW Sauber Toro Rosso-Ferrari	8	0	0	0	0	6
15	Jenson Button	Honda	17	0	0	0	0	6
16	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	17	0	0	0	0	5
17	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	17	0	0	0	0	4
18	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	17	0	0	0	0	3
19	Adrian Sutil	Spyker-Ferrari	17	0	0	0	0	1
20	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	17	0	0	0	0	0
21	Scott Speed	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	10	0	0	0	0	0
22	Kazuki Nakajima	Williams-Toyota	1	0	0	0	0	0
23	Anthony Davidson	Super Aguri-Honda	17	0	0	0	0	0
24	Sakon Yamamoto	Spyker-Ferrari	7	0	0	0	0	0
25	Christijan Albers	Spyker-Ferrari	9	0	0	0	0	0
—	Markus Winkelhock	Spyker-Ferrari	1	0	0	0	0	0

Constructors


Pos	Constructor	Car No.	AUS	MAL	BHR	ESP	MON	CAN	USA	FRA	GBR	EUR	HUN	TUR	ITA	BEL	JPN	CHN	BRA	Pts
2	Ferrari	5	6	5	1	1	3	DSQ	3	2	5	2	13	1	Ret	2	6	3	2	204
2	Ferrari	6	1	3	3	Ret	8	5	4	1	1	Ret	2	2	3	1	3	1	1	204
3	BMW Sauber	9	4	4	4	Ret	6	2	Ret	5	6	6	3	4	4	5	14	7	6	101
3	BMW Sauber	10	Ret	18	6	4	5	Ret	8	4	4	7	5	8	5	9	7	Ret	5	101
4	Renault	3	5	6	8	9	4	DSQ	9	6	8	10	12	9	12	Ret	5	11	Ret	51
4	Renault	4	10	8	9	7	13	4	5	15	7	8	8	6	7	8	2	9	Ret	51
5	Williams-Toyota	16	7	Ret	10	6	12	10	Ret	9	12	Ret	7	7	6	6	Ret	16	4	33
5	Williams-Toyota	17	Ret	9	11	Ret	7	3	10	14	13	4	14	11	13	Ret	Ret	12	10	33
6	Red Bull-Renault	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	14	Ret	Ret	13	11	5	11	10	Ret	Ret	4	8	9	24
6	Red Bull-Renault	15	13	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	7	12	Ret	3	9	Ret	9	7	Ret	10	Ret	24
7	Toyota	11	8	15	12	Ret	16	8	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	6	12	15	10	Ret	Ret	11	13
7	Toyota	12	9	7	7	Ret	15	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	13	10	16	11	11	13	13	8	13
8	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	18	14	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	15	17	12	9	6	13	8
8	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	19	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	19	18	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	8
9	Honda	7	15	12	Ret	12	11	Ret	12	8	10	Ret	Ret	13	8	Ret	11	5	Ret	6
9	Honda	8	11	11	13	10	10	12	Ret	11	9	11	18	17	10	13	10	15	Ret	6
10	Super Aguri-Honda	22	12	13	Ret	8	17	6	Ret	16	14	Ret	15	18	16	15	15	14	12	4
10	Super Aguri-Honda	23	16	16	16	11	18	11	11	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	14	14	16	Ret	Ret	14	4
11	Spyker-Ferrari	20	17	Ret	15	13	Ret	Ret	15	17	Ret	Ret	17	21	19	14	8	Ret	Ret	1
11	Spyker-Ferrari	21	Ret	Ret	14	14	19	Ret	14	Ret	15	Ret	Ret	20	20	17	12	17	Ret	1
1	McLaren-Mercedes	1	2‡	1‡	5‡	3‡	1‡	7‡	2‡	7‡	2‡	1‡	4†	3‡	1‡	3‡	Ret	2‡	3‡	218
	McLaren-Mercedes	2	3‡	2‡	2‡	2‡	2‡	1‡	1‡	3‡	3‡	9	1†	5‡	2‡	4‡	1‡	Ret	7‡	218
Pos	Constructor	Car No.	AUS	MAL	BHR	ESP	MON	CAN	USA	FRA	GBR	EUR	HUN	TUR	ITA	BEL	JPN	CHN	BRA	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Finished, in points
Blue	Finished, no points
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Purple	Not classified (NC)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Withdrew (WD)
Blank	Did not participate
	Injured (INJ)
	Excluded (EX)

† After an incident at the end of Qualifying Session 3 at the Hungarian Grand Prix, 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 excluded 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 punishment later.
‡ McLaren lost all their points in the Constructors Championship as a result of a World Motorsport Council decision over the espionage controversy.^[2]

Constructors statistics

Pos	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Starts	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F.Laps	Points
2	Ferrari	F2007	Ferrari	B	17	9	22	9	12	204
3	BMW Sauber	F1.07	BMW	B	17	0	2	0	0	101
4	Renault	R27	Renault	B	17	0	1	0	0	51
5	Williams -Toyota	FW29	Toyota	B	17	0	1	0	0	33
6	Red Bull -Renault	RB3	Renault	B	17	0	1	0	0	24
7	Toyota	TF107	Toyota	B	17	0	0	0	0	13
8	Toro Rosso -Ferrari	STR2	Ferrari	B	17	0	0	0	0	8
9	Honda	RA107	Honda	B	17	0	0	0	0	6
10	Super Aguri -Honda	SA07	Honda	B	17	0	0	0	0	4
11	Spyker -Ferrari	F8-VII	Ferrari	B	17	0	0	0	0	1
1	McLaren -Mercedes	MP4-22	Mercedes	B	17	8	24	8	5	218

† After an incident at the end of Qualifying Session 3 at the Hungarian Grand Prix, 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 excluded 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 punishment later.
‡ McLaren lost all their points in the Constructors Championship as a result of a World Motorsport Council decision over the espionage controversy.^[2]

2007 Formula One World Championship Media

Kimi Räikkönen, the 2007 World Drivers' Champion with 110 points, winning the title in his first year with Ferrari. He remains the last Ferrari driver to win a championship.
Fernando Alonso, the defending double World Champion, also recorded 109 points but was placed 3rd through count-back.
Kimi Räikkönen (pictured in 2002) left McLaren at the end of the 2006 season to join Ferrari before the season.
Top: harder tyre (officially named the 'prime' tyre).Bottom: softer tyre (the 'option' tyre), at the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Sebastian Vettel made his Formula One debut for BMW Sauber before completing the season with Toro Rosso.
Hamilton and Alonso variously led the championship from the second until the final race of the season, when Räikkönen claimed the crown
Scuderia Ferrari won the Constructors' Championship with the Ferrari F2007
BMW Sauber F1 Team placed second in the Constructors' Championship with the BMW Sauber F1.07
Renault, the defending Constructors' Champion, placed third in the Constructors' Championship with the Renault R27