2007 Formula One World Championship
61st season of Formula One motor racing
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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
changeNew car launches
changeThe following teams launched their 2007 entries as below.
Constructor | Chassis | Launch Date | Launch Location |
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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
changeResults and standings
changeGrands Prix
change- † 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
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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
changePos | Constructor | Chassis | Engine | Tyre | Starts | Wins | Podiums | Poles | F.Laps | Points |
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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]
References
change- ↑ 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