2007 Formula One Season
Just a few hours away from the beginning of new Formula 1′07 Season …. go go go ….
The 2007 Formula One season is the 58th FIA Formula One World Championship season. Scheduled to begin on 18 March, it will end on 21 October, after seventeen Grands Prix.
The 2007 season is significant in that it will herald 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) have a number of outstanding disagreements with the FIA and Ecclestone, on financial and technical grounds. They had threatened even 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.
The 2007 Australian Grand Prix will be the first time since the 1986 Spanish Grand Prix that there would be a Formula One field without a Cosworth engine, as well as the first Grand Prix to have a black driver in the field, Lewis Hamilton (expect him to see there in top filed ….. a bright and future star)
With the announcement on 26 February that Honda F1 will run with a “new” Earth livery on their RA107 car, it will also be the first time since 1968, when sponsorship in the sport became widespread, that a team may run sponsor-free for an entire season.
2007 Formula One Teams and Drivers
01. Vodafone McLaren Mercedes [MP4-22]
Fernando Alonso & Lewis Hamilton
02. ING Renault F1 Team [R27]
Giancarlo Fisichella & Heikki Kovalainen
03. Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro [F2007]
Felipe Massa & Kimi Räikkönen
04. Honda Racing F1 Team [RA107]
Jenson Button & Rubens Barrichello
05. BMW Sauber F1 Team [F1.07]
Nick Heidfeld & Robert Kubica
06. Panasonic Toyota Racing [TF107]
Ralf Schumacher & Jarno Trulli
07. Red Bull Racing [RB3]
David Coulthard & Mark Webber
08. AT&T Williams [FW29]
Nico Rosberg & Alexander Wurz
09. Scuderia Toro Rosso [STR2]
Vitantonio Liuzzi & Scott Speed
10. Etihad Aldar Spyker F1 Team [F8-VII]
Christijan Albers & Adrian Sutil
11. Super Aguri F1 [SA07]
Takuma Sato & Anthony Davidson
2007 Formula One Race Schedule
The championship will take place on 17 tracks around the world. Australian, Melbourne, track starting the season on 18th March and Brazillian, Sao Paulo, finishing and deciding the champion of 2007 on 21st October.
Complete Schedule
World Tracks
European Tracks
My top drivers for this season:
- Lewis Hamilton (Mclaren-Mercedes) - started liking him from his style in GP2
- Alex Wurz (Williams-Toyota) - hope he can bring more to team than Webber (never liked him, neither expected from him) did, as he is exceptionally good and talented pilot and work out nicely with Nico
- Robert Kubica (BMW-Sauber) - you saw what this young guy can do from his ‘06 races
The rest are there of course, and this is not my list of top scoring drivers but my personal favourites for this year.
I want to definitely see this year Williams climbing back on charts, and hope with Toyota engine they will be able to raise them.
Good luck to all the teams and the drivers …
March 16th, 2007 at 8:17 pm
[...] As only few hours are left for the season to begin, I have posted a small post on my personal blog with some details for this season …. interested -> check it out. [...]
March 17th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
Almost all the drivers have switched teams! None, except maybe Ralf Schumacher and a couple more are in the same teams as 2 years ago. And there is no more Montoya. Who’s going to be the most aggressive… Raikkonen? I’d say him or Alonso in the Mercedes. I’d bet on Alonso in the Mercedes to win.
I’m more of a Le Mans or American Le Mans fan, even some Rally racing, but this F1 season could be good to watch if there is finally going to be some real competition from Toyota and Honda.
July 28th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
[...] As only few hours are left for the season to begin, I have posted a small post on my personal blog with some details for this season …. interested -> check it out. [...]
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