2007 Season - Overview



With Michelin's departure, all teams on the 2007 grid ran on Bridgestone tyres |  Double defending champion, Fernando Alonso moved from Renault to McLaren for the 2007 season |  For the first time in over 20 years, 2007 saw no teams running any Cosworth engines |  Kimi Raikkonen moved to Ferrari and won the first race of the 2007 season in his first race for the team |  Rookie British driver, Lewis Hamilton became the youngest driver to lead the World Championship in 2007 |  Lewis Hamilton registered his maiden Pole and victory at the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix |  Lewis Hamilton registered a rookie record of nine straight podiums in the first nine races of his career in 2007 |  The 2007 season finished with three drivers separated by one point for the World Championship |  Kimi Raikkonen won his first Drivers' title in 2007 and became the third Finnish champion in history after Keke Rosberg and Mika Hakkinen |  McLaren was disqualified from the 2007 Constructors' Championship following an espionage controversy; giving Ferrari their fifteenth Constructors' title

FACTFILE

No. of teams: 11
No. of Drivers: 27
No. of Races: 17
No. of Race Winners: 4
Most no. of Fastest Laps: Felipe Massa - 6 times

winning driver

winning constructor

1
Ferrari
   
 
204
2 BMW Sauber
101
3 Renault
51
4 Williams
33
5 Red Bull
24

2007 FORMULA ONE - Calendar

NO
DATE
GRAND PRIX
Winning Driver
Winning Constructor

2
Apr 08

3
Apr 15

4
May 13

5
May 27

6
Jun 10

7
Jun 17



10
Jul 22

11
Aug 05

12
Aug 26

13
Sep 09


15
Sep 30

16
Oct 07

17
Oct 21

TOP PERFORMERS IN 2007

According to stats...

  • With Michelin's departure, all teams on the 2007 grid ran on Bridgestone tyres
  • Double defending champion, Fernando Alonso moved from Renault to McLaren for the 2007 season
  • For the first time in over 20 years, 2007 saw no teams running any Cosworth engines
  • Kimi Raikkonen moved to Ferrari and won the first race of the 2007 season in his first race for the team
  • Rookie British driver, Lewis Hamilton became the youngest driver to lead the World Championship in 2007
  • Lewis Hamilton registered his maiden Pole and victory at the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix
  • Lewis Hamilton registered a rookie record of nine straight podiums in the first nine races of his career in 2007
  • The 2007 season finished with three drivers separated by one point for the World Championship
  • Kimi Raikkonen won his first Drivers' title in 2007 and became the third Finnish champion in history after Keke Rosberg and Mika Hakkinen
  • McLaren was disqualified from the 2007 Constructors' Championship following an espionage controversy; giving Ferrari their fifteenth Constructors' title



DRIVER TRIVIA

Drivers with most retirements in the 2007 season.