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
Season Calendar
Standings
Driver's Championship
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Key
| Colour |
Result
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| Gold |
Winner
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| Silver |
2nd place
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| Bronze |
3rd place
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| Green |
Points finish
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| Blue
|
Non-points finish
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| Non-classified finish (NC)
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| Purple |
Did not finish (Ret)
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| Orange
|
Did not qualify (DNQ)
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| Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
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| Black |
Disqualified (DSQ)
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| Pale Blue
|
Withdrawn (WD)
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| Blank
|
Did Not Enter (No text)
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| Excluded (EX)
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| Did not Start (DNS)
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| Did not Arrive (DNA)
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| Event cancelled (C)
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| Injured (INJ)
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| Bold denotes pole position
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| Italics denote fastest lap
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| † Classification despite retirement
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| ‡ Race not run to scheduled distance
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Constructor's Championship
| Pos
|
Constructor
|
#
|
BHR
|
MAL
Template:MAS
|
AUS
Template:AUS
|
JPN
|
SMR
|
GER
|
ESP
|
MON
|
CAN
|
USA
Template:USA
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GBR
Template:GBR
|
EUR
|
FRA
Template:FRA
|
HUN
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TUR
Template:TUR
|
ITA
|
BEL
Template:BEL
|
CHN
|
URU
|
BRA
|
Pts
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| 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
|
|
Bahrain Grand Prix
Brazilian Grand Prix
Ferrari
