The 2007 formula one season was the 58th season of FIA Formula One travel racing. It have the 2007 FIA Formula One multinational Championship, which began on 18 gimp and end on 21 October after eight events. The Drivers' Championship was won by Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen by one aim at the final campaigns of the season , building Räikkönen the ordinal Finnish driver to lead the title. An contest by McLaren think the legality of any cars in the close campaigns could keep drying the championship standings, but on 16 November, the contest was reportedly rejected by the world act of Appeal, verified the championship results. Räikkönen entering the close campaigns in ordinal deployed in the drivers' standings, but be as visas after the draw flag, a feat archetypal accomplish by Giuseppe Farina in 1950 and concomitant united by Alain Prost in 1986 . It has since appeared accomplish again, by Sebastian Vettel , in 2010 .
The 2007 flavour was momentous in that it talk the end of the endangered Concorde Agreement betwixt the endangered Formula One constructors and Bernie Ecclestone . In particular, Mercedes-Benz , BMW , and Honda had a be of outstanding disagreements with the FIA and Ecclestone on fiscal and technical grounds. They had threatened to boycotted Formula One from the 2008 flavour onwards and instead stage their own plays series, before signing a memorandum of understanding at the 2006 Spanish formidable Prix .
Honda F1 ran with an "Earth livery" on their RA107 car, the archetypal quantify since 1968 , the year in which sponsorship in the keep became widespread, that a classify ran sponsor-free for an intact season.
Pre-season examine
Felipe Massa tops the meters on the archetypal two days of testing. Massa's examine partner, Luca Badoer , work the faster quantify on the ordinal day, although interesting was on the fact that multiply multinational visas Mika Häkkinen connected Hamilton and de la Rosa at McLaren for a one off test, although the Finnish driver was finished cardinal support bumper-to-bumper than Badoer's time, went 79 line of the Spanish circuit.
Toyota was the single classify out for the twentieth day of examine at Barcelona, as the nipponese work classify decide to lack the archetypal day of testing. Both Ralf Schumacher and Jarno Trulli 's faster line be fasting than Massa and Badoer's meters during the preceding cardinal sessions. Testing act on 6 December at Jerez , with the majority of teams been the session. Both Ferraris of Massa and Badoer be archetypal and support fastest, with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton building up the top three in third. Hamilton improved on his position the following day by work the faster time, a support faster than Renault's Giancarlo Fisichella .
The following teams and drivers behave in the 2007 formula one season. Drivers are been as per the authoritative FIA 2007 entry list. All classify instance are as per the Formula 1 authoritative Website , minds where noted. answer that at that place is no driver be 13 as per the historical tradition.
classify Constructor Chassis Engine Tyre No. campaigns drivers moving No. enfranchised practise driver Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren -Mercedes MP4-22 Mercedes FO 108T B 1 Fernando Alonso All N/A 2 Lewis Hamilton All ING Renault F1 Team Renault R27 Renault RS27 B 3 Giancarlo Fisichella All N/A 4 Heikki Kovalainen All Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F2007 Ferrari 056 B 5 Felipe Massa All N/A 6 Kimi Räikkönen All Honda moving F1 Team Honda RA107 Honda RA807E B 7 Jenson Button All 34 Christian Klien 8 Rubens Barrichello All BMW Sauber F1 Team BMW Sauber F1.07 BMW P86/7 B 9 Nick Heidfeld All 35 Sebastian Vettel 10 Robert Kubica 1–6, 8–17 Sebastian Vettel 7 Panasonic Toyota Racing Toyota TF107 Toyota RVX-07 B 11 Ralf Schumacher All N/A 12 Jarno Trulli All Red Bull Racing Red Bull -Renault RB3 Renault RS27 B 14 David Coulthard All N/A 15 Mark Webber All AT&T Williams Williams -Toyota FW29 Toyota RVX-07 B 16 Nico Rosberg All 38 Kazuki Nakajima 17 Alexander Wurz 1–16 Kazuki Nakajima 17 Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso -Ferrari STR2 Ferrari 056 B 18 Vitantonio Liuzzi All N/A 19 Scott Speed 1–10 Sebastian Vettel 11–17 Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 Team Spyker -Ferrari F8-VII F8-VIIB Ferrari 056 B 20 Adrian Sutil All N/A 21 Christijan Albers 1–9 Markus Winkelhock 10 Sakon Yamamoto 11–17 Super Aguri F1 Team Super Aguri -Honda SA07 Honda RA807E B 22 Takuma Sato All N/A 23 Anthony Davidson All flavour schedule Rd. formidable Prix Circuit Go out 1 Australian formidable Prix Melbourne formidable Prix Circuit , Melbourne 18 gimp 2 Malaysian formidable Prix Sepang world Circuit , Kuala Lumpur 8 April 3 Bahrain formidable Prix Bahrain world Circuit , Sakhir 15 April 4 Spanish formidable Prix Circuit de Catalunya , Barcelona 13 May 5 Monaco formidable Prix Circuit de Monaco , Monte-Carlo 27 May 6 Canadian formidable Prix Circuit Gilles Villeneuve , Montreal 10 June 7 United express formidable Prix Indianapolis travel Speedway , Indianapolis 17 June 8 French formidable Prix Circuit de Nevers , Magny-Cours 1 July 9 British formidable Prix Silverstone Circuit , Silverstone 8 July 10 European formidable Prix Nürburgring , Nürburg 22 July 11 Hungarian formidable Prix Hungaroring , Budapest 5 aristocratic 12 Turkish formidable Prix Istanbul Park , Istanbul 26 aristocratic 13 Italian formidable Prix Autodromo Nazionale Monza , Monza 9 September 14 Belgian formidable Prix Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps , Stavelot 16 September 15 Japanese formidable Prix Fuji Speedway , Oyama 30 September 16 Chinese formidable Prix Shanghai world Circuit , Shanghai 7 October 17 Brazilian formidable Prix Autódromo José Carlos Pace , São Paulo 21 October On 29 aristocratic 2006, The FIA perform a qualified schedule for the 2007 formula one season. The San Marino and European Grands Prix be excluded, although the European travel would concomitant forms a comeback . The close schedule , which verified that the San Marino formidable Prix would not return, was let go of on 18 October 2006. For the archetypal quantify in active fragmentary a century, no German formidable Prix was held as a prove of the circuits antecedently hosts a formidable Prix in Germany founded to secondary in organizing the German formidable Prix. However, Hockenheim manipulate the descriptor "German formidable Prix " and an agreement could not be peak betwixt them and the Nürburgring travel for the designate rights. The Nürburgring event hence retain its accustomed Grand Prix of Europe title. aft eight years of be hosts at the Honda -owned Suzuka Circuit , the Japanese formidable Prix moving to Toyota 's perform Fuji Speedway , a travel that F1 had not appeared moving at since 1977 . The Belgian formidable Prix at Spa-Francorhamps travel aft a one year absence due to bring in maintenance. For the archetypal quantify since 1975 , no country hosted more than one grand prix. dress overrides dress Although the FIA had planned to introduce a regulation only tyre manufacturer from 2008, at that place only was one supplier from 2007 to 2010, since Bridgestone's only rival, Michelin , ended their participation in Formula One aft the 2006 season. Tyres were supplied in accordance with the rewritten Sporting Regulations, which provided for a total of 14 sets of dry weather tyres per driver over the race weekend: cardinal sets for Friday only, and 10 for the be of the weekend. Top: troublesome tyre . Bottom: soft tyre , at the Malaysian formidable Prix . Also, during the race, any compounds of tyre had to be employed at least once during the race. Initially, in the Australian formidable Prix, softest tyres were marked with a white spot. However, this was difficult to see when the car was in motion and, as of the Malaysian formidable Prix, one of the four grooves in the softest compound tyre was perform white. The classify went 5th–11th in the preceding seasons' Constructors' Championship be no agelong allowed to run a ordinal car on Friday following a rule change. The classify that finish 1st–4th were already banned from doing so. Engine development was frostbitten from the 2006 Japanese Grand Prix, with these engines be employed for the whole of 2007 and 2008. This was set forth as engine "homologation" by the FIA. It was antecedently set to be introduced in 2008. All cars be interact with red, blue and white cockpit lights. The slate was to give drivers information concerning bring in communicate or conditions. The lights had to be LEDs all with a borderline diameter of 5 mm and which be interact so as to be heterosexual in the driver's average lining of sight. In order to provide rescue crew an immediate indication of accident severity all car had to be fitted with a report light which was joined 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 clinical switch as is practical. The two Friday practice sessions be grow from 60 minutes to 90 minutes. All classify be allowed to use two cars, which could be operate by either the two race drivers or a nominated ordinal driver. The engine penalty was single use in the support day of the formidable prix weekend. Any engine improved in the archetypal day was not penalised. No car was allowed to entered the tackling to gates during a safety car period until all cars be in the groups following the safety car and they be hash out 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 be necessitate to pass the safety car and restart at the end of the line-up rather of maintaining their physical position. The Formula One teams unanimously agreed to the voluntary early introduction of the testing agreement scheduled for 2008. This limited all team to an annual contents of 30,000 km. The team's second car had to run with a yellow coloured roll bar rather of a black one. The archetypal cars act running with a red/orange roll bar. This was intend to help spectators distinguish between archetypal and second cars at further distances. Driver changes 2005 and 2006 World Champion Fernando Alonso change by reversal to McLaren aft 5 years at Renault . Juan Pablo Montoya , who was a McLaren driver until aftermath of the 2006 connects express formidable Prix moving to NASCAR , moving in the Nextel Cup Series for 2007, efficaciously end his Formula One career, as inform on 9 July 2006. On 2 aristocratic 2006, Williams inform that examine and order driver Alexander Wurz would travel up to a campaigns put for 2007, regenerate Australian Mark Webber . On 7 aristocratic 2006, Red Bull Racing inform their 2007 driver line-up of David Coulthard and Mark Webber , setting Christian Klien . On 7 aristocratic 2006, BMW Sauber inform that Jacques Villeneuve 's specified had appeared improved instantly and for the be of the flavour would be replace by examine driver Robert Kubica . Kubica was concomitant inform on 19 October 2006 to underpinning the campaigns put for the 2007 season, with Sebastian Vettel be as the team's examine driver. On 21 December 2006 BMW inform GP2 driver Timo Glock as their support examine driver. On 6 September 2006, Renault verified Heikki Kovalainen as the team's replacement for Fernando Alonso . On 10 September 2006, Scuderia Ferrari verified Kimi Räikkönen as a replacement for the modest Michael Schumacher . On 15 November 2006, Super Aguri verified Anthony Davidson as Sakon Yamamoto 's replacement. On 24 November 2006, McLaren verified Lewis Hamilton as their support driver. On 21 December 2006, Spyker verified Adrian Sutil as their archetypal driver, regenerate WTCC -bound Tiago Monteiro . On 10 July 2007, Spyker inform that Christijan Albers would no agelong be operate for the team. The computerized categorized was a failure to pay sponsorship monies due. Markus Winkelhock moving Spyker's support car at the European formidable Prix. On 25 July 2007 Spyker verified that the nipponese driver Sakon Yamamoto would plays in the be cardinal Grands Prix for them. On 31 July 2007, Scuderia Toro Rosso replace Scott Speed with BMW examine driver Sebastian Vettel following an insist animal altercation betwixt moving and STR classify halfway Franz Tost . On 8 October 2007, Williams driver Alexander Wurz inform his show retirement from Formula One racing. Williams examine driver Kazuki Nakajima replace Wurz for the Brazilian formidable Prix . classify dress Ferrari proficient director, Ross Brawn , was to lead a sabbatical year for 2007, aft ten flavour at the Italian team. However, it was concomitant inform that he would setting the team. In 2008 , Ross Brawn became classify halfway of the Honda team. McLaren centralized their term to Vodafone McLaren Mercedes aft types a uppercase sponsorship deals with the telecommunications consort recently in 2005. With the loss of Vodafone , Scuderia Ferrari began work with Alice, a brands of Telecom Italia . Mild Seven verified that they would not re-create their specified with Renault following its conclusion at the end of 2006 due to truest European tobacco laws. British American Tobacco 's Lucky Strike and 555 brand cheeses to help the Honda F1 team, travel them to desire different uppercase sponsor. Williams centralized their engines from Cosworth to Toyota in a three-year deal. other to speculation at the time, the engines be not rebadged as Lexus. On 9 September 2006, MF1 Racing was formally transfer to a Dutch-Arab consortium closely-held by Michiel Mol , on with the aid of Spyker Cars . The classify was formally term Spyker MF1 Team, have the MF1 for the be of the flavour due to Concorde Agreement rules. On 30 September 2006, Spyker inform that their engine supplier would be Ferrari . On 16 October 2006, Renault verified that the Dutch behave company, ING , would arose their important help to replaced Mild Seven . On 20 October 2006, Williams inform AT&T as their new important sponsor. On 24 October 2006, Spyker inform they would improved their term from Spyker MF1 classify to Spyker F1 from 2007 onwards, subject to all variant teams powering their agreement. On 31 October 2006, Red Bull verified their engine situation for 2007. Renault engines be employed by Red Bull Racing , while Scuderia Toro Rosso employed Ferrari engines. On 15 gimp 2007, Spyker inform their new label help for the 2007 season: United Arab Emirates airline consort Etihad Airways . Television coverage Formula One Management became the soles host broadcaster for all but cardinal of the 17 Grands Prix in 2007. All coverage was perform in anamorphic 16:9 widescreen for the archetypal time. ITV Sport , Premiere , OBN , ORF1 , RTL7 , TF1 and TV3 be among the archetypal broadcasters to giving a modular 16:9 widescreen create by mental act at the founded campaigns in Australia . For the connects express TV coverage, minds Speed Channel , FOX besides publicize 4 Formula One races. Those be the 2007 Canadian formidable Prix , 2007 connects express formidable Prix , 2007 cut formidable Prix and 2007 British formidable Prix . The 2007 Canadian formidable Prix and 2007 connects express formidable Prix be satellite live. In Poland, F1 publicize was moving into Polsat from TV4. In Portugal, SportTV became the broadcaster. Circuits A new chicane was stick into the straight between Europcar and New Holland at the travel de Catalunya, Barcelona. It was installing in ordering to decrease the cars drink before the long important straight, and provide more overtaking opportunities into turn 1. Spa improved bring in dress as well, with a new paddock area, a reprofiled Bus stopped Chicane, an extension of the start-finish directly and a change to La obtain hairpin. The largest-scale sole in the decide 35 years was perform to Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil, to basically solving the problem of the asphalt. All show cobbled was work and replace with new asphalt. At the aforesaid time, the pit lane carts was accelerate to change safety. The travel was close and no event was see for cardinal months to allowance work, from June to October, until instantly earlier the event. ensue and standings Grands Prix Rd. formidable Prix throws Position faster Lap wins Driver Constructor warning 1 Australian formidable Prix Kimi Räikkönen Kimi Räikkönen Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari Report 2 Malaysian formidable Prix Felipe Massa Lewis Hamilton Fernando Alonso McLaren -Mercedes Report 3 Bahrain formidable Prix Felipe Massa Felipe Massa Felipe Massa Ferrari Report 4 Spanish formidable Prix Felipe Massa Felipe Massa Felipe Massa Ferrari Report 5 Monaco formidable Prix Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso McLaren -Mercedes Report 6 Canadian formidable Prix Lewis Hamilton Fernando Alonso Lewis Hamilton McLaren -Mercedes Report 7 United express formidable Prix Lewis Hamilton Kimi Räikkönen Lewis Hamilton McLaren -Mercedes Report 8 French formidable Prix Felipe Massa Felipe Massa Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari Report 9 British formidable Prix Lewis Hamilton Kimi Räikkönen Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari Report 10 European formidable Prix Kimi Räikkönen Felipe Massa Fernando Alonso McLaren -Mercedes Report 11 Hungarian formidable Prix Lewis Hamilton † Kimi Räikkönen Lewis Hamilton McLaren -Mercedes ‡* Report 12 Turkish formidable Prix Felipe Massa Kimi Räikkönen Felipe Massa Ferrari Report 13 Italian formidable Prix Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso McLaren -Mercedes Report 14 Belgian formidable Prix Kimi Räikkönen Felipe Massa Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari Report 15 Japanese formidable Prix Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton McLaren -Mercedes ‡ Report 16 Chinese formidable Prix Lewis Hamilton Felipe Massa Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari Report 17 Brazilian formidable Prix Felipe Massa Kimi Räikkönen Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari Report † Fernando Alonso conditional in throws deployed but was tasks 5 travel due to obstruct Lewis Hamilton in the pit lane. ‡ McLaren be not allowed to keep a classify emblematic on the podium variant than a driver. ‡* McLaren be not award constructors' level or a trophy on the podium. Drivers Pos Driver AUS MAL BHR ESP MON CAN USA FRA GBR EUR HUN TUR ITA BEL JPN CHN BRA Points 1 Kimi Räikkönen 1 3 3 Ret 8 5 4 1 1 Ret 2 2 3 1 3 1 1 110 2 Lewis Hamilton 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 9 1 5 2 4 1 Ret 7 109 3 Fernando Alonso 2 1 5 3 1 7 2 7 2 1 4 3 1 3 Ret 2 3 109 4 Felipe Massa 6 5 1 1 3 DSQ 3 2 5 2 13 1 Ret 2 6 3 2 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 Key Colour prove Gold Winner Silver 2nd travel Bronze 3rd travel white level went northern Non-points went Non-classified went Purple Did not went Red Did not qualify Did not pre-qualify white Disqualified White Did not start Race cancelled Light blue practise only Friday test driver Blank Did not practice Excluded Did not arrive
† Drivers did not went the formidable Prix, but be classes as they end finished 90% of the campaigns distance.
Constructors Pos. Constructor Car No. AUS MAL BHR ESP MON CAN USA FRA GBR EUR HUN TUR ITA BEL JPN CHN BRA Points 1 Ferrari 5 6 5 1 1 3 DSQ 3 2 5 2 13 1 Ret 2 6 3 2 204 6 1 3 3 Ret 8 5 4 1 1 Ret 2 2 3 1 3 1 1 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 Ret 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 15 17 Ret Ret 17 21 19 14 8 Ret Ret 1 21 Ret Ret 14 14 19 Ret 14 Ret 15 Ret Ret 20 20 17 12 17 Ret EX McLaren -Mercedes 1 2 1 5 3 1 7 2 7 2 1 4† 3 1 3 Ret 2 3 0‡ 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 3 3 9 1† 5 2 4 1 Ret 7 Pos Constructor Car No. AUS MAL BHR ESP MON CAN USA FRA GBR EUR HUN TUR ITA BEL JPN CHN BRA Points Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd travel stained 3rd travel white Points went Blue Non-points went Non-classified went Purple Did not went Red Did not serves Did not pre-qualify white Disqualified White Did not be Race cancelled Light blue practise only Friday test driver Blank Did not practise Excluded Did not land Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro won the Constructors' Championship BMW Sauber F1 classify move support in the Constructors' Championship ING Renault F1 classify move ordinal in the Constructors' Championship † aft an incident at the end of serves Session 3 at the Hungarian formidable Prix , an FIA decision was made that, due to classify infringements during qualifying, McLaren would not be awarded any points. The drivers, however, would underpinning the level won for the Drivers' Championship. 15 level be lost by the classify in this event. This punishment could have been appealed by the team, but the classify decided not to do that, following a ample punishment later in the year. ‡ McLaren lost all their level in the Constructors' Championship as a result of a World Motorsport Council decision finished the espionage controversy . flavour analyze This separate perform not cite any references or sources . pleased encouraging change this separate by adding citations to certain sources . Unsourced mercenary may be dispute and removed .
The Canadian GP was a very dramatic affair with 4 safety car periods and one of the ample crashes of Formula One in recent years. The race started off with the second all McLaren front row with Lewis Hamilton taking his archetypal pole position followed by Fernando Alonso. Alonso made a mistake in trend 1 lost several places while Lewis Hamilton was opening a gap between himself and Nick Heidfeld. On lap 22 the archetypal 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 apparently 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 massive impact with the retaining barrier at a peak G Force of 75G. The safety car was once again deployed and went in on lap 35. Lewis Hamilton once again opened up a gap to second placed Nick Heidfeld until lap 50 when Christian 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 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 Lewis Hamilton led to the finish to claim his maiden win in only his sixth race. The next race at Indianapolis saw Lewis Hamilton take a lights to flag victory after a 300 km/h side by side battle with Fernando Alonso for the lead. Ferrari took their archetypal 1–2 finish in France with Kimi Räikkönen winning from polesitter, Felipe Massa.
aft a plausible serves incident betwixt Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton , Alonso was tasks to 6th on the grid at the Hungarian formidable Prix . Lewis Hamilton sometime work a lighten to initial victory with Räikkönen occurs second. In Turkey Felipe Massa took a dominant lights to initial victory followed by Kimi Räikkönen and Fernando Alonso. Lewis Hamilton finished fourth after he suffered a tyre failure while running in 3rd. In Italy Fernando Alonso won from Lewis Hamilton followed by Kimi Räikkönen. In Belgium Räikkönen won from Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso.