Kimi Räikkönen won the 2007 Drivers' Championship by a single point at the season finale, the last F1 race to feature traction control.
Key Facts
- Race length
- 71 laps
- Championship margin
- 1 point (Räikkönen over Hamilton)
- Race winner
- Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari)
- Season round
- 17th and final race of 2007
- Traction control
- Last race to permit traction control in F1
- Date
- 21 October 2007
By the Numbers
Location
Cause → Event → Consequence
Heading into the final race, Lewis Hamilton led the championship by four points over Alonso and seven over Räikkönen, making him the strong favourite. However, Hamilton's McLaren suffered an early gearbox problem that cost him significant time and positions, reopening the title to his rivals.
The 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix was held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace on 21 October 2007. Kimi Räikkönen won the race ahead of teammate Felipe Massa, with Fernando Alonso third. Hamilton recovered from his gearbox failure to finish seventh but could not prevent Räikkönen from claiming maximum points.
Räikkönen clinched the 2007 World Drivers' Championship by a single point over both Hamilton and Alonso, completing one of the most dramatic title reversals in Formula One history. The race also marked the end of traction control in Formula One, with a standardised ECU introduced for the 2008 season banning all such driver-aid electronics.