2007 Formula One World Championship — 61st season of Formula One motor racing
Kimi Räikkönen won the 2007 Drivers' Championship by one point, while McLaren were excluded from the Constructors' Championship amid an espionage scandal.
Key Facts
- Season number
- 61st FIA Formula One season
- Races
- 17 events
- Drivers' Champion
- Kimi Räikkönen (Ferrari)
- Championship margin
- Won by 1 point
- Constructors' Champion
- Ferrari (McLaren excluded)
- Season span
- 18 March – 21 October 2007
By the Numbers
Cause → Event → Consequence
McLaren became embroiled in an espionage controversy after obtaining confidential Ferrari technical data, prompting the FIA to exclude the team from the Constructors' Championship. Meanwhile, three drivers — Räikkönen, Lewis Hamilton, and Fernando Alonso — entered the final race separated by just a few points, leaving the Drivers' title unresolved until the closing laps of the Brazilian Grand Prix.
The 2007 FIA Formula One World Championship ran across seventeen races from March to October. Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen, lying third in the standings before the final race, overtook both Hamilton and Alonso to claim the Drivers' title by a single point. Ferrari also secured the Constructors' Championship after McLaren's exclusion, while Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel made their Formula One debuts during the season.
McLaren's exclusion from the Constructors' standings and the rejection of their subsequent appeal by the International Court of Appeal confirmed Ferrari's titles. The season also marked the final year traction control was permitted, as standardised ECUs were mandated from 2008. As of 2026, Räikkönen's title remains the last Drivers' Championship won by a Ferrari driver and the last by a Finnish driver.