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2007 Formula One World Championship

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The 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 61st season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship, which began on 18 March and ended on 21 October after seventeen events. The Drivers' Championship was won by Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen by one point at the final race of the season, making Räikkönen the third Finnish driver to take the title. An appeal by McLaren regarding the legality of some cars in the final race could have altered the championship standings,[1] but on 16 November, the appeal was rejected by the International Court of Appeal, confirming the championship results.[2] Räikkönen entered the final race in third position in the drivers' standings, but emerged as champion after the chequered flag, a feat first accomplished by Giuseppe Farina in 1950.

Kimi Räikkönen (pictured in 2008), the 2007 World Drivers' Champion with 110 points, won the title in his first year with Ferrari. He remains the last Ferrari driver to win a championship.
a young Lewis Hamilton wearing a silver fleece
Lewis Hamilton (pictured in 2008), runner-up with 109 points. Hamilton recorded nine consecutive podium finishes in his debut season, more than any other rookie in Formula One history. He also became the youngest runner-up until Sebastian Vettel in 2009.
Fernando Alonso wearing white fireproof overalls as he stands on a podium with a bottle of champagne
Fernando Alonso, the defending double World Champion, also recorded 109 points but was placed 3rd through count-back.

A major talking point of the season had been an espionage controversy involving Ferrari and McLaren, which led to McLaren being excluded from the Constructors' Championship. As a result, Ferrari clinched the championship at the Belgian Grand Prix.[3] Defending double Constructors' Champions Renault proved to be uncompetitive with their R27 car taking them to third in the constructors' standings (after McLaren's disqualification from the standings) and ended up win-less for the first time since the 2002 season.[4] Renault achieved one podium during the season, with Heikki Kovalainen finishing second at the rain affected 2007 Japanese Grand Prix.

The 2007 season 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) had 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.[5]

2007 also marked the seventh and final season, since its reintroduction in 2001, in which the use of traction control was permitted in Formula One. Standardised electronic control units (ECUs) were mandated by the FIA from the 2008 season onwards, which prohibited teams from using this kind of technology.[6][7] The season also saw the debuts of future world champions Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel.

Honda ran with an "Earth livery" on their RA107 car. It was the first time since 1968, the year in which sponsorship in the sport became widespread,[8] that a team ran sponsor-free for an entire season. Michelin's withdrawal from F1 at the end of 2006 meant that Bridgestone was the sole tyre supplier for 2007.

As of 2024, this is the last Drivers' Championship won by a Ferrari driver and the last drivers' title won by a Finnish driver to date in Formula One.

Teams and drivers

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The following teams and drivers participated in the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship. Drivers' cars are numbered as per the official FIA 2007 entry list.[9] All team details are as per the Formula 1 official website, except where noted. Note that there is no car number 13, as is the historical tradition. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Bridgestone.

Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine No. Race drivers Rounds
  Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren-Mercedes MP4-22 Mercedes FO 108T 1   Fernando Alonso All
2   Lewis Hamilton All
  ING Renault F1 Team Renault R27 Renault RS27 3   Giancarlo Fisichella All
4   Heikki Kovalainen All
  Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F2007 Ferrari 056 2007 5   Felipe Massa All
6   Kimi Räikkönen All
  Honda Racing F1 Team Honda RA107 Honda RA807E 7   Jenson Button All
8   Rubens Barrichello All
  BMW Sauber F1 Team BMW Sauber F1.07 BMW P86/7 9   Nick Heidfeld All
10   Robert Kubica 1–6, 8–17
  Sebastian Vettel 7
  Panasonic Toyota Racing Toyota TF107 Toyota RVX-07 11   Ralf Schumacher All
12   Jarno Trulli All
  Red Bull Racing Red Bull-Renault RB3 Renault RS27 14   David Coulthard All
15   Mark Webber All
  AT&T Williams Williams-Toyota FW29 Toyota RVX-07 16   Nico Rosberg All
17   Alexander Wurz 1–16
  Kazuki Nakajima 17
  Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso-Ferrari STR2 Ferrari 056 2006 18   Vitantonio Liuzzi All
19   Scott Speed 1–10
  Sebastian Vettel 11–17
  Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 Team Spyker-Ferrari F8-VII
F8-VIIB 		Ferrari 056 2006 20   Adrian Sutil All
21   Christijan Albers 1–9
  Markus Winkelhock 10
  Sakon Yamamoto 11–17
  Super Aguri F1 Team Super Aguri-Honda SA07 Honda RA807E 22   Takuma Sato All
23   Anthony Davidson All
Source:[10][11][12]
  • † All engines were 2.4-litre V8 configuration.

Free practice drivers

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Three constructors entered free practice only drivers over the course of the season: Sebastian Vettel for BMW Sauber at the opening two rounds, Christian Klien for Honda at the British Grand Prix and Kazuki Nakajima for Williams at five Grands Prix.

Drivers that took part in free practice sessions
Constructor Practice drivers
No. Driver name Rounds
Honda 34   Christian Klien 9
BMW Sauber 35   Sebastian Vettel 1–2
Williams–Toyota 38   Kazuki Nakajima 1–2, 6–7, 16

Driver changes

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Kimi Räikkönen (pictured in 2002) left McLaren at the end of the 2006 season to join Ferrari before the season.

The 2005 and 2006 World Champion Fernando Alonso switched to McLaren after five years at Renault. Following the retirement of Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve, Alonso was the only driver on the grid in this season who had previously won a drivers' championship.

Juan Pablo Montoya, who was a McLaren driver until the aftermath of the 2006 United States Grand Prix moved to the NASCAR Cup Series for 2007, effectively ending his Formula One career, as announced on 9 July 2006.

On 2 August 2006, Williams announced that test and reserve driver Alexander Wurz would step up to a race seat for 2007, replacing Australian Mark Webber. On 7 August 2006, Red Bull Racing announced their 2007 driver line-up of David Coulthard and Mark Webber, displacing Christian Klien. On 7 August 2006, BMW Sauber announced that Jacques Villeneuve's contract had been terminated immediately and for the rest of the season would be replaced by test driver Robert Kubica. Kubica was later announced on 19 October 2006 to retain the race seat for the 2007 season, with Sebastian Vettel remaining as the team's test driver. On 21 December 2006 BMW Sauber announced former Jordan F1 and GP2 driver Timo Glock as their second test driver.

On 6 September 2006, Renault confirmed Heikki Kovalainen as the team's replacement for Fernando Alonso. On 10 September 2006, Scuderia Ferrari announced Kimi Räikkönen to replace for the retiring Michael Schumacher.

On 15 November 2006, Super Aguri confirmed Anthony Davidson as Sakon Yamamoto's replacement. On 24 November 2006, McLaren confirmed Lewis Hamilton, their junior program driver who won the GP2 Series title that year as their second driver.

On 21 December 2006, Spyker confirmed Adrian Sutil as their first driver, replacing WTCC-bound Tiago Monteiro.

On 10 July 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 raced Spyker's second car at the European Grand Prix. On 25 July 2007 Spyker confirmed that the Japanese driver Sakon Yamamoto would compete in the remaining seven Grands Prix for them.[10] On 31 July 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.[13]

On 8 October 2007, Williams driver Alexander Wurz announced his immediate retirement from Formula One racing.[14] Williams test driver Kazuki Nakajima replaced Wurz for the Brazilian Grand Prix.[15]

Team changes

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Ferrari technical director, Ross Brawn, was to take a sabbatical year for 2007, after ten seasons at the Italian team since 1997. However, it was later announced that he would leave the team.[16] In 2008, Ross Brawn became Team Principal of the Honda team.

McLaren signed a title sponsorship deal with the telecommunications company Vodafone late in 2005. With the loss of Vodafone, Scuderia Ferrari began a sponsorship deal with Alice, a brand of Telecom Italia.

Mild Seven confirmed that they would not renew their contract with Renault following its conclusion at the end of 2006 due to current European tobacco laws.[17]

British American Tobacco's Lucky Strike and 555 brands ceased to sponsor the Honda team, following which the team ran a sponsorless livery in 2007.

Williams changed their engines from Cosworth to Toyota in a three-year deal until 2009. Contrary to speculation at the time, the engines were not rebadged as Lexus.[18]

Red Bull officially became an Austrian constructor by receiving an Austrian licence, though continued to operate from the same base in Britain.[19]

On 9 September 2006, MF1 Racing was officially sold to a Dutch-Arab consortium owned by Michiel Mol, along with the aid of Spyker Cars. The team was officially renamed Spyker MF1 Team, keeping the MF1 for the rest of the season due to Concorde Agreement rules.[20] On 30 September 2006, Spyker announced that their engine supplier would be Ferrari.[21]

On 16 October 2006, Renault confirmed that the Dutch banking company ING would become their main sponsor to replace Mild Seven, which has sponsored the Enstone-based team during the 13 years since 1994.[22] On 20 October 2006, Williams announced AT&T as their new main sponsor.[23] On 24 October 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.[24][25] On 31 October 2006, Red Bull confirmed their engine situation for 2007. Renault engines were used by Red Bull Racing, while Scuderia Toro Rosso used 2006-spec Ferrari engines. As a result of Red Bull Racing switching to Renault engines, this marked the first time Renault had supplied more than one team in the sport since the 1997 season (when it supplied Williams and Benetton) as a fully-fledged engine manufacturer (although from 1998-2000 Renault had supplied more than one team but under Mecachrome, Playlife and Supertec brandings respectively).[26]

On 15 March 2007, Spyker announced their new title sponsor for the 2007 season: United Arab Emirates airline company Etihad Airways.[27]

Other changes

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On 30 September 2006, Cosworth announced that they would temporarily withdraw from Formula One as an engine supplier, citing lack of room for supplying engines for private teams after Williams switched to Toyota engines and Spyker opted for Ferrari engines from 2007 season onwards and thus for the first time since 1962 a Formula One season did not feature Cosworth-powered cars.[28] However the company would return to the sport from 2010 season onwards.[29]

Calendar

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Round Grand Prix Circuit Date
1 Australian Grand Prix   Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne 18 March
2 Malaysian Grand Prix   Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur 8 April
3 Bahrain Grand Prix   Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 15 April
4 Spanish Grand Prix   Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló 13 May
5 Monaco Grand Prix   Circuit de Monaco, Monte-Carlo 27 May
6 Canadian Grand Prix   Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal 10 June
7 United States Grand Prix   Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway 17 June
8 French Grand Prix   Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, Magny-Cours 1 July
9 British Grand Prix   Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 8 July
10 European Grand Prix   Nürburgring, Nürburg 22 July
11 Hungarian Grand Prix   Hungaroring, Mogyoród 5 August
12 Turkish Grand Prix   Istanbul Park, Istanbul 26 August
13 Italian Grand Prix   Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza 9 September
14 Belgian Grand Prix   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 16 September
15 Japanese Grand Prix   Fuji Speedway, Oyama, Shizuoka 30 September
16 Chinese Grand Prix   Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 7 October
17 Brazilian Grand Prix   Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 21 October
Sources:[30][31]

On 29 August 2006, The FIA published a provisional calendar for the 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship. The San Marino and European Grands Prix were excluded, although the European round would later make a comeback (see below).[32] The final calendar (above), which confirmed that the San Marino Grand Prix would not return, was released on 18 October 2006.[33]

For the first time in nearly half a century, no German Grand Prix was held as a result of the circuits previously hosting a Grand Prix in Germany beginning to alternate in organizing the German Grand Prix. However, the promoter for the Hockenheim race controlled the rights to the descriptor "German Grand Prix" and an agreement could not be reached between them and the Nürburgring circuits for the naming rights. The Nürburgring event therefore retained its usual European Grand Prix title.[34]

After twenty years of being hosted at the Honda-owned Suzuka Circuit since 1987, the Japanese Grand Prix moved to Toyota's rebuilt Fuji Speedway, a circuit that F1 had not raced at since 1977.

The Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps returned after a one-year absence in 2006 due to track maintenance.

For the first time since 1975, no country hosted more than one Grand Prix.

Changes

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Regulation changes

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  • Although the FIA had planned to mandate a single regulation tyre manufacturer from 2008, Bridgestone was the sole supplier in 2007, after Michelin ended their participation in Formula One at the end of the 2006 season. Revised Sporting Regulations meant a total of 14 sets of dry weather tyres per driver would be available over each race weekend: four sets for Friday only, and 10 for the rest of the weekend. During the race both compounds of tyre (hard and soft) had to be used at least once. At the first round in Australia soft tyres were marked with a white spot. However, this was difficult to see when the car was in motion and from the second round in Malaysia onwards one of the four grooves in the soft compound tyre was painted white.[35]
 
Top: harder tyre (officially named the 'prime' tyre).
Bottom: softer tyre (the 'option' tyre), at the Malaysian Grand Prix.
  • The teams finishing 5th–11th in the previous season's Constructors' Championship were no longer allowed to run a third car on Friday following a rule change.[36] The teams that finish 1st–4th were already banned from doing so.
  • Engine development was frozen from the 2006 Japanese Grand Prix, with these engines being used for the whole of 2007 and 2008. This was described as engine "homologation" by the FIA. It was previously set to be introduced in 2008.[37]
  • All cars were fitted with red, blue and yellow cockpit lights. The purpose was to give drivers information concerning track signals or conditions. The lights had to be LEDs each with a minimum diameter of 5 mm and which were fitted so as to be directly in the driver's normal line of sight.[38]
  • In order to give rescue crews an immediate indication of accident severity, each car had to be fitted with a warning light which was connected to the FIA data logger. The light had to 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.[38]
  • The two Friday practice sessions were expanded from 60 minutes to 90 minutes. All teams were allowed to use two cars, which could be driven by either the two race drivers or a nominated third driver.[39]
  • The engine penalty was only applied in the second day of the Grand Prix weekend. Any engine change in the first day was not penalised.[39]
  • No car was allowed to enter the pits to refuel during a safety car period until all cars were in the group following the safety car and they were advised that the pit lane was open. This prevented drivers from racing to the pits immediately after a safety car was deployed. In addition, any lapped cars in front of a car on the lead lap were required to pass the safety car and restart at the end of the line-up instead of maintaining their physical position.[39]
  • The Formula One teams unanimously agreed to the voluntary early introduction of the testing agreement scheduled for 2008. This limited each team to an annual limit of 30,000 kilometres (19,000 mi).
  • The team's second car had to run with a yellow coloured roll bar instead of a black one. The first cars continued running with a red/orange roll bar. This was intended to help spectators distinguish between first and second cars at further distances.
  • As Scuderia Toro Rosso switched to Ferrari 056 engines, all Formula One entrants began using the mandated 2.4-litre V8 naturally-aspirated engines for the first time after one year the V10 engine was an option in 2006.

Television coverage

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Circuits

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  • A new chicane was inserted into the straight between Europcar and New Holland (final corner) at the Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona. It was installed in order to slow the cars down before the long main straight, and with the intent that it would provide more overtaking opportunities into turn 1.[44]
  • Spa underwent track changes as well, with a new paddock area, a reprofiled Bus Stop Chicane, an extension of the start-finish straight and a change to La Source hairpin.[45]
  • The largest-scale repair in the last 35 years was done to Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil, to fundamentally solve the problem of the asphalt.[46][47] All present asphalt was removed and replaced with new asphalt.[48] At the same time, the pit lane entrance was enhanced to improve safety.[49] The circuit was closed and no event was held for five months to allow work, from June to October, until immediately before the event.[50]

Pre-season

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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 teammate 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 than Badoer's time, completing 79 laps of the Spanish circuit.

The other big story of 2007 was the return to a single tyre supplier (Bridgestone). It was perceived that this accounted for some of the reason why Ferrari led the early tests, although it was 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 6 December 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 31 December).

Season report

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Sebastian Vettel (pictured in 2008) made his Formula One debut for BMW Sauber before completing the season with Toro Rosso.

The season started at Albert Park in Australia on 18 March. Kimi Räikkönen led the whole race, and became the fourth driver to win on their debut for Ferrari. Fernando Alonso came second and debutant Lewis Hamilton finished 3rd. Felipe Massa took his first pole of the season in Malaysia but Alonso won his first race with McLaren while Hamilton finished second. Massa led the entire race to win in both Bahrain and Spain, and in both races Hamilton finished second, becoming the first rookie to finish on the podium in more than his first two outings. McLaren dominated Monaco with Alonso winning from Hamilton after the pair had lapped everybody apart from themselves and Felipe Massa, who was not too far from being lapped.[51]

The Canadian GP included four safety car periods and one of the biggest crashes of Formula One in that era.[52] The race started off with the second all-McLaren front row with Hamilton taking his first pole position followed by Alonso. Alonso made a mistake in turn 1, losing several places while Hamilton was opening a gap between himself and Nick Heidfeld. On lap 22 the first safety car period began after Adrian Sutil hit the concrete wall. The safety car went into the pits on lap 28 but before the lap could be completed Robert Kubica had a massive accident. He had lost his front wing after hitting Jarno Trulli. He then went wide and hit a bump on the grass that launched him into the air and into a violent impact with the retaining barrier at a peak deceleration of 75G. The safety car was once again deployed and went in on lap 35. Hamilton once again opened up a gap to second-placed Heidfeld until lap 50 when Christijan Albers left a lot of debris on the track after a crash forcing the deployment of the safety car. The race restarted on lap 55 and the safety car was deployed again on lap 56 after Vitantonio Liuzzi hit the so-called 'Wall of Champions'. The safety car period was extended after Jarno Trulli hit the tyre barrier at the exit of the pitlane after trying to catch up with the field. On the restart Hamilton led to the finish to claim his maiden win in his sixth race. The next race at Indianapolis saw Hamilton lead from the start until victory after a 300 km/h side by side battle with Alonso for the lead. Ferrari took their first 1–2 finish of the season in France with Kimi Räikkönen winning from polesitter, Felipe Massa.

In Britain Hamilton took his third pole position, going on to finish a distant third behind winner Kimi Räikkönen and Fernando Alonso. Europe (Germany) would see Hamilton's run of nine consecutive podiums come to an end. After a large crash in qualifying he started in 10th in the race. On lap 4 he aquaplaned off the circuit in a torrential rainstorm but the race was stopped. He restarted after his car was pulled out of the gravel but after taking a gamble to change early to dry tyres on a drying track, he spun off several times but recovered to finish 9th, just missing out on the final point.

 
Hamilton and Alonso variously led the championship from the second until the final race of the season, when Räikkönen claimed the crown

After a qualifying incident between Alonso and Hamilton in which Alonso prevented Hamilton from completing his final flying lap, Alonso was demoted to 6th on the grid at the Hungarian Grand Prix while McLaren was made ineligible for points for the constructors' championship for that race. Hamilton then took victory with Räikkönen coming second. In Turkey Felipe Massa took a dominant victory followed by Räikkönen and Alonso. Hamilton finished fifth after he suffered a tyre failure while running in 3rd. In Italy Alonso won from Hamilton followed by Räikkönen. Following that Grand Prix McLaren was excluded from the constructors' championship after having been found guilty of theft and illegal usage of confidentional technical information of Ferrari. The team did not receive any constructors' points from subsequent races.[53] In Belgium Räikkönen won from Massa and Alonso, thus allowing Ferrari to clinch the world constructors' championship from BMW Sauber following McLaren's exclusion.

The Japanese Grand Prix moved to Fuji Speedway. The event was marked by treacherous weather and was started behind the safety car. Lewis Hamilton survived a brush with Robert Kubica to win from Heikki Kovalainen and Kimi Räikkönen. At the last three corners Kubica and Felipe Massa ran side by side in a battle for 6th, while Fernando Alonso aquaplaned and crashed on lap 41 of 67. In China, Hamilton won his 6th pole of the season and led up to lap 28 when he was overtaken by Räikkönen and he then spun off entering the pitlane. The season finale marked the first time since 1986 that three drivers had a chance of becoming World Champion at the season finale, and the first time since the inaugural season in 1950 that the man who stood in third before the final race went on to win the championship (the driver in 1950 being Giuseppe Farina). Hamilton was the favourite with 107 points followed by Alonso with 103 points and Räikkönen with 100 points. Hamilton started 2nd but dropped to the back of the pack after a gearbox problem. He recovered to 7th but Räikkönen won the race and the championship. The final standings were Räikkönen with 110 points followed by Hamilton and Alonso each with 109 points. Räikkönen's late charge, following worse luck at the start of the season, would narrowly give him the World Drivers' Championship. With Hamilton and Alonso level on points their positions were determined by countback. Each driver had won four races, but Hamilton had five second-place finishes to Alonso's four, so he was awarded second place in the Championship, with Alonso third.

Results and standings

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Grands Prix

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Round Grand Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning constructor Report
1   Australian Grand Prix   Kimi Räikkönen   Kimi Räikkönen   Kimi Räikkönen   Ferrari Report
2   Malaysian Grand Prix   Felipe Massa   Lewis Hamilton   Fernando Alonso   McLaren-Mercedes Report
3   Bahrain Grand Prix   Felipe Massa   Felipe Massa   Felipe Massa   Ferrari Report
4   Spanish Grand Prix   Felipe Massa   Felipe Massa   Felipe Massa   Ferrari Report
5   Monaco Grand Prix   Fernando Alonso   Fernando Alonso   Fernando Alonso   McLaren-Mercedes Report
6   Canadian Grand Prix   Lewis Hamilton   Fernando Alonso   Lewis Hamilton   McLaren-Mercedes Report
7   United States Grand Prix   Lewis Hamilton   Kimi Räikkönen   Lewis Hamilton   McLaren-Mercedes Report
8   French Grand Prix   Felipe Massa   Felipe Massa   Kimi Räikkönen   Ferrari Report
9   British Grand Prix   Lewis Hamilton   Kimi Räikkönen   Kimi Räikkönen   Ferrari Report
10   European Grand Prix   Kimi Räikkönen   Felipe Massa   Fernando Alonso   McLaren-Mercedes Report
11   Hungarian Grand Prix   Lewis Hamilton[a]   Kimi Räikkönen   Lewis Hamilton   McLaren-Mercedes[b] Report
12   Turkish Grand Prix   Felipe Massa   Kimi Räikkönen   Felipe Massa   Ferrari Report
13   Italian Grand Prix   Fernando Alonso   Fernando Alonso   Fernando Alonso   McLaren-Mercedes[c] Report
14   Belgian Grand Prix   Kimi Räikkönen   Felipe Massa   Kimi Räikkönen   Ferrari Report
15   Japanese Grand Prix   Lewis Hamilton   Lewis Hamilton   Lewis Hamilton   McLaren-Mercedes[c] Report
16   Chinese Grand Prix   Lewis Hamilton   Felipe Massa   Kimi Räikkönen   Ferrari Report
17   Brazilian Grand Prix   Felipe Massa   Kimi Räikkönen   Kimi Räikkönen   Ferrari Report
Source:[55]

Scoring system

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Further information: List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems

Points were awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure:[56]

Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1

World Drivers' Championship standings

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Pos. Driver AUS
  		MAL
  		BHR
  		ESP
  		MON
  		CAN
  		USA
  		FRA
  		GBR
  		EUR
  		HUN
  		TUR
  		ITA
  		BEL
  		JPN
  		CHN
  		BRA
  		Points
1   Kimi Räikkönen 1PF 3 3 Ret 8 5 4F 1 1F RetP 2F 2F 3 1P 3 1 1F 110
2   Lewis Hamilton 3 2F 2 2 2 1P 1P 3 3P 9 1P 5 2 4 1PF RetP 7 109
3   Fernando Alonso 2 1 5 3 1PF 7F 2 7 2 1 4 3 1PF 3 Ret 2 3 109
4   Felipe Massa 6 5P 1PF 1PF 3 DSQ 3 2PF 5 2F 13 1P Ret 2F 6 3F 2P 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 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
  		Points
Source:[56]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (empty cell)
Annotation Meaning
P Pole position
F Fastest lap


Notes:

  • † – Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

World Constructors' Championship standings

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    Scuderia Ferrari won the Constructors' Championship with the Ferrari F2007
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    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
  •  
    Although its drivers scored the most points combined, McLaren were excluded from the Constructors' Championship
Pos. Constructor No. AUS
  		MAL
  		BHR
  		ESP
  		MON
  		CAN
  		USA
  		FRA
  		GBR
  		EUR
  		HUN
  		TUR
  		ITA
  		BEL
  		JPN
  		CHN
  		BRA
  		Points
1   Ferrari 5 6 5P 1PF 1PF 3 DSQ 3 2PF 5 2F 13 1P Ret 2F 6 3F 2P 204
6 1PF 3 3 Ret 8 5 4F 1 1F RetP 2F 2F 3 1P 3 1 1F
2   BMW Sauber 9 4 4 4 Ret 6 2 Ret 5 6 6 3 4 4 5 14† 7 6 101
10 Ret 18 6 4 5 Ret 8 4 4 7 5 8 5 9 7 Ret 5
3   Renault 3 5 6 8 9 4 DSQ 9 6 8 10 12 9 12 Ret 5 11 Ret 51
4 10 8 9 7 13† 4 5 15 7 8 8 6 7 8 2 9 Ret
4   Williams-Toyota 16 7 Ret 10 6 12 10 16† 9 12 Ret 7 7 6 6 Ret 16 4 33
17 Ret 9 11 Ret 7 3 10 14 13 4 14 11 13 Ret Ret 12 10
5   Red Bull-Renault 14 Ret Ret Ret 5 14 Ret Ret 13 11 5 11 10 Ret Ret 4 8 9 24
15 13 10 Ret Ret Ret 9 7 12 Ret 3 9 Ret 9 7 Ret 10 Ret
6   Toyota 11 8 15 12 Ret 16 8 Ret 10 Ret Ret 6 12 15 10 Ret Ret 11 13
12 9 7 7 Ret 15 Ret 6 Ret Ret 13 10 16 11 11 13 13 8
7   Toro Rosso-Ferrari 18 14 17 Ret Ret Ret Ret 17† Ret 16† Ret Ret 15 17 12 9 6 13 8
19 Ret 14 Ret Ret 9 Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret 16 19 18 Ret Ret 4 Ret
8   Honda 7 15 12 Ret 12 11 Ret 12 8 10 Ret Ret 13 8 Ret 11† 5 Ret 6
8 11 11 13 10 10 12 Ret 11 9 11 18 17 10 13 10 15 Ret
9   Super Aguri-Honda 22 12 13 Ret 8 17 6 Ret 16 14 Ret 15 18 16 15 15† 14 12 4
23 16 16 16† 11 18 11 11 Ret Ret 12 Ret 14 14 16 Ret Ret 14
10   Spyker-Ferrari 20 17 Ret 15 13 Ret Ret 14 17 Ret Ret 17 21† 19 14 8 Ret Ret 1
21 Ret Ret 14 14 19† Ret 15 Ret 15 Ret Ret 20 20 17 12 17 Ret
EX   McLaren-Mercedes 1 2 1 5 3 1PF 7F 2 7 2 1 4[d] 3 1PF 3 Ret 2 3 DSQ (218)[e]
2 3 2F 2 2 2 1P 1P 3 3P 9 1P[d] 5 2 4 1PF RetP 7
Pos. Constructor No. AUS
  		MAL
  		BHR
  		ESP
  		MON
  		CAN
  		USA
  		FRA
  		GBR
  		EUR
  		HUN
  		TUR
  		ITA
  		BEL
  		JPN
  		CHN
  		BRA
  		Points
Source:[56]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Did not enter (empty cell)
Annotation Meaning
P Pole position
F Fastest lap


Notes:

  • † – Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Notes

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  1. ^ Fernando Alonso qualified in pole position but was demoted 5 places due to blocking Lewis Hamilton in the pit lane. Lewis Hamilton was recognised as the pole-sitter for the race.[54]
  2. ^ McLaren were not awarded Constructors' Championship points nor a trophy on the podium.[54]
  3. ^ a b McLaren were not allowed to have a team representative on the podium other than a driver.
  4. ^ a b 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, would retain 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.[57]
  5. ^ 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.[53]

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