The following is an overview of the events of 2007 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Annual events

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The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date Event Ref
6–21 January 29th Dakar Rally [1]
27–28 January 45th 24 Hours of Daytona [2]
18 February 49th Daytona 500 [3]
27 May 65th Monaco Grand Prix [4]
27 May 91st Indianapolis 500 [5]
26 May-8 June 89th Isle of Man TT [6]
9–10 June 35th 24 Hours of Nurburgring [7]
16–17 June 75th 24 Hours of Le Mans [8]
28–29 July 59th 24 Hours of Spa [9]
29 July 30th Suzuka 8 Hours [10]
5 August 17th Masters of Formula 3 [11]
7 October 50th Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 [12]
18 November 54th Macau Grand Prix [13]
16 December 20th Race of Champions [14]

Disestablished championships/events

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Last race Championship Ref
25 November Formula Toyota [15]

Deaths

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Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
22 January Toulo de Graffenried 92 Swiss Racing driver The first Swiss Formula One driver. [16]
15 September Colin McRae 39 British Rally driver World Rally champion (1995). [17]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2007 Dakar Rally" (PDF). rssp.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. ^ "2007 Rolex 24 at Daytona". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ "2007 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ^ "2007 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. ^ "2007 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ^ "TT 2007". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ^ "7. – 10. Juni 2007: 35. ADAC Zurich 24h-Rennen". veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  8. ^ "Le Mans Register - 2007". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Spa 24 Hours 2007 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. ^ "Suzuka 8 Hours 2007 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  11. ^ "MASTERS OF FORMULA 3" (PDF). formel3guide.com (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  12. ^ "2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  13. ^ "2007 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  14. ^ "2007 Wembley". roc.com. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  15. ^ "三つ巴のタイトル争いは、まさかまさかの結末に 3連勝飾って、ケイ・コッツォリーノが王者に輝く!". Toyota Motor Sports. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  16. ^ "Toulo de Graffenried". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Colin McRae". juwra.com. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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