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
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New car launches
The following teams launched their 2007 entries as below.
| Constructor | Chassis | Launch Date | Launch Location |
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| Toyota | TF107 | January 12 | File:Flag of Germany.svg Cologne, Germany |
| Ferrari | F2007 | January 14 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Fiorano Circuit, Maranello, Italy |
| McLaren-Mercedes | MP4-22 | January 15 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Circuit de Valencia, Spain |
| BMW Sauber | F1.07 | January 16 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Circuit de Valencia, Spain |
| Renault | R27 | January 24 | 22px Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Red Bull-Renault | RB3 | January 26 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Circuit de Catalunya, Spain |
| Williams-Toyota | FW29 | February 2 | 22px Grove, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom |
| Spyker-Ferrari | F8-VII | February 5 | 22px Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom |
| Toro Rosso-Ferrari | STR2 | February 13 | File:Flag of Spain.svg Circuit de Catalunya, Spain |
| Honda | RA107 | February 26 | 22px London, United Kingdom |
| Super Aguri-Honda | SA07 | March 14 |  Melbourne, Australia
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Formula One 2007 race schedule
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.[1]
- ‡ McLaren were not awarded a trophy on the podium.
- ‡* McLaren were not awarded constructors points or a trophy on the podium.[1]
Drivers
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- † Driver did not finish but was classified, having completed more than 90% of race distance.
Drivers statistics
Constructors
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- † 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 |
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| 2 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Ferrari | F2007 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Ferrari | B | 17 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 12 | 204 |
| 3 | File:Flag of Germany.svg BMW Sauber | F1.07 | File:Flag of Germany.svg BMW | B | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 101 |
| 4 |  Renault
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R27 | Renault
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B | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| 5 | 22px Williams-Toyota | FW29 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Toyota | B | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| 6 | File:Flag of Austria.svg Red Bull-Renault | RB3 | Renault
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B | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 7 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Toyota | TF107 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Toyota | B | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Toro Rosso-Ferrari | STR2 | File:Flag of Italy.svg Ferrari | B | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 9 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Honda | RA107 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Honda | B | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Super Aguri-Honda | SA07 | File:Flag of Japan.svg Honda | B | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | 22px Spyker-Ferrari | F8-VII | File:Flag of Italy.svg Ferrari | B | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 22px McLaren-Mercedes | MP4-22 | File:Flag of Germany.svg 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 (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 2008.jpg
Sebastian Vettel (pictured in 2008) made his Formula One debut for BMW Sauber before completing the season with Toro Rosso.
- Comp for 2007 F1 WC.svg
Hamilton and Alonso variously led the championship from the second until the final race of the season, when Räikkönen claimed the crown
- Kimi Raikkonen 2007 Britain 2.jpg
Scuderia Ferrari won the Constructors' Championship with the Ferrari F2007
- Nick Heidfeld 2007 Britain 2.jpg
BMW Sauber F1 Team placed second in the Constructors' Championship with the BMW Sauber F1.07
- Heikki Kovalainen 2007 Britain 2.jpg
Renault, the defending Constructors' Champion, placed third in the Constructors' Championship with the Renault R27
- Alonso Canada 2007.jpg
Although its drivers scored the most points combined, McLaren were excluded from the Constructors' Championship
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hamilton inherits pole as Alonso and McLaren penalized". Archived from the original on 2011-02-23. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 McLaren hit with constuctors' ban, BBC News article . Retrieved 13 September 2007. Archived 2010-12-02 at the Wayback Machine