2007 Alternate Formula One season

2007 Formula One season
Daniel Melrose won his first championship for BMW Sauber, finishing equal on points with Ferrari's Luca Badoer but placing ahead on countback due to scoring seven wins comparing to Badoer's four.
Season
Races	20
Start date	11 March
Start Event	Bahrain Grand Prix
End date	4 November
End Event	Brazilian Grand Prix
Awards
Driver's Champion	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose
Constructor's Champion	Ferrari
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
2006	2008

The 2007 Formula One season was the 58th season of Formula One. It was rocked by a scandal which exposed the fact that several McLaren employees, amongst them former Ferrari test driver Felipe Massa, possessed confidential Ferrari data, and were actively passing it on to others within the team. After a court hearing from the FIA on 13 September 2007, McLaren were found guilty and ordered to pay a record $200 million fine, were excluded from the constructor's championship and lost all their points and were given 50-point penalties for the upcoming two seasons. Their lead driver, reigning world champion James James Davies, retired for the first time ahead of the hearing, directly after the conclusion of the Italian Grand Prix and thus was unable to defend his title. On track, the battles were as tense as ever, with two drivers, BMW Sauber driver Daniel Melrose, and Ferrari driver Luca Badoer, finishing the season on 112 points. Melrose would be declared champion however, due to winning seven races, compared to Badoer winning only four. Melrose had already secured the world championship at the second-to-last Grand Prix of the season. The 2007 season is to date the only Formula One championship title decided by countback. The season marked the debut of 2011 world champion Robert Kubica, who finished a solid 3rd in the championship, winning four races, and 2017 and 2018 world champion Sebastian Vettel, who shocked the world by finishing on the podium at Uruguay in his Toro Rosso.

In the constructors championship, Ferrari retained their title easily, due to McLaren's exclusion and the lacklustre performances throughout the season by the other BMW Sauber driver, Jacques Villeneuve, failing to even finish on the podium, restricting the German squad to 2nd in the constructors. Elsewhere Renault were consistent points scorers, even scoring a few podiums, but were unable to challenge for race wins on merit. The biggest change of form however was Honda, who had a terrible season with the RA107 being a very poor car, seeing the team drop from 4th to 7th in the constructor's championship, scoring less than 20% of the points that they did the previous season. Toyota managed to gain 2 places in the constructors, going from 6th to 4th, although with 3 less points than in 2006. Red Bull also profited from the collapse of Honda, going up to 5th place, scoring 20 points in the process. Williams' first year running Honda engines was difficult, as the team failed to score a podium in a season for the first time in their 30-year existence, although they finished 6th; a position up from 2006. And the Super Aguri team, despite being more competitive this year running the Honda RA106 chassis instead of the Prost AP05 chassis that they ran in 2006, still could not score any points.

Teams and Drivers

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	#	Driver	Rounds	Test Driver
Template:GBR Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-22	Mercedes FO108T	1	Template:GBR James James Davies	1-16	Felipe Massa Template:GBR Lewis Hamilton Pedro de la Rosa
					Pedro de la Rosa	17-20
				2	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	All
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	F2007	Ferrari 056 2007	3	Luca Badoer	All	Giancarlo Fisichella
				4	Robert Kubica	All
Template:FRA ING Renault F1 Team	Renault	R27	Renault RS27	5	Nick Heidfeld	All	None
				6	Template:GBR Jenson Button	All
Honda Racing F1 Team	Honda	RA107	Honda RA807E	7	Fernando Alonso	All	None
				8	Template:AUS Frank Zimmer	All
BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW Sauber	F1.07	BMW P86/7	9	Jacques Villeneuve	All	Template:AUT Christian Klien Template:AUS Dave Simpson
				10	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	All
Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota	TF107	Toyota RVX-07	11	Ralf Schumacher	All	Kazuki Nakajima
				12	Template:AUS Mark Webber	All
Template:GBR Red Bull Racing	Red Bull-Renault	RB3	Renault RS27	14	Template:GBR David Coulthard	All	Vitantonio Liuzzi
				15	Robert Doornbos	1-17
					Adrian Zaugg	18-20
Template:GBR AT&T Williams	Williams-Honda	FW29	Honda RA807E	16	Template:AUS Rhys Davies	All	Template:FRA Jean-Maxime Bachot
				17	Rubens Barrichello	1-19
					Template:FRA Jean-Maxime Bachot	20
Squadra Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR2	Ferrari 056	18	Template:USA Scott Speed	1-12	Template:BEL Sam Baromono
					Sebastian Vettel	13-20
				19	Adrian Zaugg	1-17
					Karun Chandhok	18-20
Spyker Squadron	Spyker-Ferrari	F8-VII F8-VIIB	Ferrari 056	20	Christijan Albers	1-11	Jeroen Bleekemolen Martin Moravec Phoenix McAllister
					Markus Winkelhock	12
					Jeroen Bleekemolen	13
					Andrea Acuri	14-20
				21	Adrian Sutil	All
Super Aguri F1 Team	Super Aguri-Honda	SA07	Honda RA807E	22	Takuma Sato	All	Giedo van der Garde
				23	Template:GBR James Rossiter	All

Season Calendar

	Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Drive of the Race	Reject of the Race
1	Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit	11 March	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	BMW Sauber	Nick Heidfeld	Robert Kubica
2	Template:MAS Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit	25 March	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Template:GBR James James Davies	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	BMW Sauber	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Rubens Barrichello
3	Template:AUS Qantas Australian Grand Prix	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit	1 April	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Robert Kubica	Ferrari	Robert Kubica	Ralf Schumacher
4	Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	Fuji Speedway	15 April	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Template:GBR James James Davies	Template:GBR McLaren-Mercedes	Template:GBR McLaren-Mercedes	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose
5	Gran Premio Foster's di San Marino	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	29 April	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	Template:GBR McLaren-Mercedes	Template:GBR David Coulthard	Nick Heidfeld
6	Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland	Hockenheimring	13 May	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Template:GBR James James Davies	Template:GBR McLaren-Mercedes	Fernando Alonso	Jacques Villeneuve
7	Gran Premio Marlboro de España	Circuit de Catalunya	27 May	Template:GBR James James Davies	Robert Kubica	Robert Kubica	Ferrari	Honda	Template:GBR McLaren-Mercedes
8	Grand Prix de Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	3 June	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Template:GBR James James Davies	Luca Badoer	Ferrari	Template:GBR Red Bull-Renault	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose
9	Grand Prix du Canada	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	17 June	Robert Kubica	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Template:GBR James James Davies	Template:GBR McLaren-Mercedes	Toyota	Engines
10	Template:USA United States Grand Prix	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	23 June	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	BMW Sauber	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Toyota
11	Template:GBR Santander British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	8 July	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Template:GBR James James Davies	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	BMW Sauber	Jacques Villeneuve	Robert Kubica
12	Großer Preis von Europa	Nürburgring	22 July	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Template:GBR James James Davies	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	BMW Sauber	Markus Winkelhock	Fernando Alonso
13	Template:FRA Grand Prix de France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	29 July	Template:GBR James James Davies	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Luca Badoer	Ferrari	Template:FRA Renault	Template:GBR James James Davies
14	Marlboro Magyar Nagydij	Hungaroring	12 August	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	BMW Sauber	Template:GBR James James Davies	Template:GBR Williams-Honda
15	Template:TUR Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix	Istanbul Park	2 September	Template:GBR James James Davies	Template:GBR James James Davies	Robert Kubica	Ferrari	Template:AUS Rhys Davies	Adrian Zaugg
16	Gran Premio DHL d'Italia	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	9 September	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	Template:GBR James James Davies	Robert Kubica	Ferrari	Ferrari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari
17	Template:BEL Gauloises Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	23 September	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Luca Badoer	Ferrari	Template:AUS Mark Webber	Template:GBR McLaren-Mercedes
18	Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit	7 October	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Pedro de la Rosa	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	BMW Sauber	Template:GBR David Coulthard	Jacques Villeneuve
19	Gran Premio Mercedes-Benz del Uruguay	Street Circuit of Punta del Este	28 October	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	Template:GBR McLaren-Mercedes	Sebastian Vettel	Luca Badoer
20	Grande Prêmio do Brasil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	4 November	Template:GBR Sammy Jones	Template:AUS Daniel Melrose	Luca Badoer	Ferrari	Ferrari	Template:FRA Jean-Maxime Bachot

Standings

Driver's Championship

Pos Driver BHR MAL Template:MAS AUS Template:AUS JPN SMR GER ESP MON CAN USA Template:USA GBR Template:GBR EUR FRA Template:FRA HUN TUR Template:TUR ITA BEL Template:BEL CHN URU BRA Pts 1 Template:AUS Daniel Melrose 1 1 5 11 7 2 Ret Ret Ret 1 1 1 4 1 3 3 3 1 4 Ret 112 2 Luca Badoer 5 5 4 10 5 3 2 1 2 5 3 10 1 2 5 4 1 3 11 1 112 3 Robert Kubica Ret 3 1 4 3 Ret 1 Ret 3 3 7 4 Ret 7 1 1 5 2 2 2 106 4 Template:GBR James James Davies 2 2 2 1 2 1 Ret 3 1 2 2 2 Ret 4 6 6 103 5 Template:GBR Sammy Jones 4 4 3 2 1 Ret 6 2 7 4 Ret 3 10 3 Ret 2 6 6 1 3 94 6 Template:GBR Jenson Button Ret 6 6 9 4 4 3 Ret 6 6 4 6 2 Ret 2 7 7 Ret Ret 14 56 7 Nick Heidfeld 3 8 Ret 6 12 6 11 4 9 8 6 8 3 5 7 10 2 16† 17 5 47 8 Template:AUS Mark Webber 6 Ret 7 3 9 5 10 5 4 11 Ret 5 Ret 8 13 8 13† Ret 9 4 35 9 Jacques Villeneuve 7 9 8 5 10 15 4 6 8 9 5 9 5 6 9 5 Ret 14 5 11 35 10 Template:GBR David Coulthard Ret 7 12 7 6 Ret 9 7 Ret 22† 8 7 7 9 Ret 9 9 5 Ret Ret 18 11 Pedro de la Rosa 4 4 6 7 15 12 Template:AUS Rhys Davies 9 Ret Ret 8 13 10 Ret 12 Ret 21† Ret 13 6 Ret 4 17 Ret 8 13 6 13 13 Fernando Alonso 8 11 Ret 13 14 7 5 Ret 14 12 10 Ret Ret 14 8 16 10 7 10 10 10 14 Ralf Schumacher 15† 10 15 Ret 8 8 8 Ret 5 13 Ret 11 Ret Ret 10 13 Ret Ret 15 8 8 15 Sebastian Vettel 9 12 14 Ret Ret 13 3 9 6 16 Rubens Barrichello Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 9 12 8 Ret 7 9 12 8 Ret Ret 12 8 12 8 6 17 Adrian Zaugg Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 16 13 15 Ret 16 Ret 19† 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 7 15 2 18 Template:AUS Frank Zimmer 11 14 Ret 14 15 Ret 7 13 13 14 12 14 Ret 10 12 11 Ret 10 12 17 2 19 Robert Doornbos 12 Ret 10 Ret 16 12 16† 9 10 18 13 17 12 Ret 11 14 Ret 0 20 Takuma Sato 13 Ret 9 15 17 13 15 Ret 11 10 14 16 Ret 11 15 15 11 11 Ret 13 0 21 Template:GBR James Rossiter 10 13 11 17 20 11 Ret 10 15 17 15 15 13 13 17 18 12 Ret 14 16 0 22 Template:USA Scott Speed Ret 12 Ret 12 11 14 Ret 11 12 15 11 18 0 23 Template:FRA Jean-Maxime Bachot 12 0 24 Jeroen Bleekemolen 13 0 25 Adrian Sutil 14 15 14 19 19 17 14 14 Ret 19 17 Ret 15† 15 16 Ret Ret 15 16 18 0 26 Christijan Albers Ret 16 16† 18 18 18 Ret 16 16 20 16 0 27 Andrea Acuri 16 18 19 Ret Ret 18 Ret 0 28 Karun Chandhok Ret 19 Ret 0 29 Markus Winkelhock Ret 0

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Orange Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Pale Blue Withdrawn (WD) Blank Did Not Enter (No text) Excluded (EX) Did not Start (DNS) Did not Arrive (DNA) Event cancelled (C) Injured (INJ) Bold denotes pole position Italics denote fastest lap † Classification despite retirement ‡ Race not run to scheduled distance

Constructor's Championship

Pos Constructor # BHR MAL Template:MAS AUS Template:AUS JPN SMR GER ESP MON CAN USA Template:USA GBR Template:GBR EUR FRA Template:FRA HUN TUR Template:TUR ITA BEL Template:BEL CHN URU BRA Pts 1 Ferrari 3 5 5 4 10 5 3 2 1 2 5 3 10 1 2 5 4 1 3 11 1 216 4 Ret 3 1 4 3 Ret 1 Ret 3 3 7 4 Ret 7 1 1 5 2 2 2 2 BMW Sauber 9 7 9 8 5 10 15 4 6 8 9 5 9 5 6 9 5 Ret 14 4 11 147 10 1 1 5 11 7 2 Ret Ret Ret 1 1 1 4 1 3 3 3 1 5 Ret 3 Template:FRA Renault 5 3 8 Ret 6 12 6 11 4 9 8 6 8 3 5 7 10 2 16† 17 5 103 6 Ret 6 6 9 4 4 3 Ret 6 6 4 6 2 Ret 2 7 7 Ret Ret 14 4 Toyota 11 15† 10 15 Ret 8 8 8 Ret 5 13 Ret 11 Ret Ret 10 13 Ret Ret 15 8 43 12 6 Ret 7 3 9 5 10 5 4 11 Ret 5 Ret 8 13 8 13† Ret 9 4 5 Template:GBR Red Bull-Renault 14 Ret 7 12 7 6 Ret 9 7 Ret 22† 8 7 7 9 Ret 9 9 5 Ret Ret 20 15 12 Ret 10 Ret 16 12 16† 9 10 18 13 17 12 Ret 11 14 Ret 9 7 15 6 Template:GBR Williams-Honda 16 9 Ret Ret 8 13 10 Ret 12 Ret 21† Ret 13 6 Ret 4 17 Ret 8 13 6 19 17 Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 9 12 8 Ret 7 9 12 8 Ret Ret 12 8 12 8 12 7 Honda 7 8 11 Ret 13 14 7 5 Ret 14 12 10 Ret Ret 14 8 16 10 7 10 10 12 8 11 14 Ret 14 15 Ret 7 13 13 14 12 14 Ret 10 12 11 Ret 10 12 17 8 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 18 Ret 12 Ret 12 11 14 Ret 11 12 15 11 18 9 12 14 Ret Ret 13 3 9 6 19 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 16 13 15 Ret 16 Ret 19† 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret 9 Super Aguri-Honda 22 13 Ret 9 15 17 13 15 Ret 11 10 14 16 Ret 11 15 15 11 11 Ret 13 0 23 10 13 11 17 20 11 Ret 10 15 17 15 15 13 13 17 18 12 Ret 14 16 10 Spyker-Ferrari 20 Ret 16 16† 18 18 18 Ret 16 16 20 16 Ret 13 16 18 19 Ret Ret 18 Ret 0 21 14 15 14 19 19 17 14 14 Ret 19 17 Ret 15† 15 16 Ret Ret 15 16 18 EX Template:GBR McLaren-Mercedes 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 Ret 3 1 2 2 2 Ret 4 6 6 4 4 6 7 0 (212) 2 4 4 3 2 1 Ret 6 2 7 4 Ret 3 10 3 Ret 2 6 6 1 3