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2007
F1 DRIVERS / TEAMS:
ROOKIE DRIVER -
DRIVER TEAM CHANGE
1. Fernando Alonso Vodafone McLaren
Mercedes McLaren Mercedes
2. Lewis Hamilton Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
McLaren Mercedes
3. Giancarlo Fisichella ING Renault F1 Team Renault
4. Heikki Kovalainen ING Renault F1 Team Renault
5. Felipe Massa Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari
6. Kimi Raikkonen Scuderia Ferrari
Marlboro Ferrari
7. Jenson Button Honda Racing F1 Team Honda
8. Rubens Barrichello Honda Racing F1 Team Honda
9. Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber F1 Team BMW
10. Robert Kubica BMW Sauber F1 Team BMW
11. Ralf Schumacher Panasonic Toyota Racing Toyota
12. Jarno Trulli Panasonic Toyota Racing Toyota
14. David Coulthard Red Bull Racing Red Bull Renault
15. Mark Webber Red Bull Racing Red
Bull Renault
16. Nico Rosberg AT&T Williams Williams Toyota
17. Alex Wurz AT&T Williams Williams
Toyota
18. Vitantonio Liuzzi, ITA
Scuderia Toro Rosso STR Ferrari
19. Scott Speed Scuderia Toro Rosso
STR Ferrari
20. Christijan Albers Spyker F1 Team Spyker Ferrari
21. Adrian Sutil Spyker F1 Team Spyker Ferrari
22. Takuma Sato Super Aguri F1 Team Super Aguri Honda
23. Anthony Davidson Super Aguri F1 Team Super
Aguri Honda
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F1 TEAM MANAGEMENT &
DRIVER CHANGES - 2007 SEASON:
- Adrian Sutil to make F1 debut
with Spyker; he replaces Tiago Monteiro
- Olivier Panis and Ricardo Zonta leave Toyota; Panis
retires
- Adam Parr joins Williams as its Chief Executive Officer
- Spanish Marc Gene retained as Ferrari test driver
- Japanese Kazuki Nakajima becomes Williams test driver
- Christian Klien joins Honda as a test driver
- HAMILTON JOINS McLAREN
- TORO ROSSO TO USE FERRARI ENGINE
- RED BULL TO USE RENAULT ENGINE
- M SCHUMACHER RETIRES FROM RACING
- MICHELIN WITHDRAWS
FROM F1
- RAIKKONEN JOINS FERRARI
(3 YR CONTRACT)
- SPYKER F1 BUYS MIDLAND
F1
- WEBBER JOINS RED BULL
- ALONSO JOINS McLAREN
- KOVALAINEN MAKES F1
DEBUT WITH RENAULT
- PIQUET JR. JOINS RENAULT
AS TEST DRIVER
- MASSA RESIGNED TO FERRARI
TILL END OF 2008
- HONDA BUYS INTO SUPER
AGURI
- WILLIAMS TO USE TOYOTA
ENGINE
- SPYKER F1 TO USE FERRARI
ENGINE
2007 F1 ROOKIE DRIVERS:
- h kovalainen, fin - renault
- LEWIS HAMILTON, UK - McLAREN
- A DAVIDSON, UK - SUPER AGURI (debut as a full time
driver; made his F1 debut in 2002 with Minardi
2007
FORMULA 1 GP TEAM STRUCTURE:
BMW SAUBER, Bridgestone
- DRIVERS:
Nick Heidfeld,
GER
Robert Kubica, POL
Sebastian Vettel, GER, test driver
- MANAGEMENT:
Peter Sauber - owner
Willy Rampf, Technical Director
Stephen Taylor, chief designer
HONDA,
Bridgestone
- DRIVERS:
Jenson Button,
UK
Rubens Barrichello,
Brazil
- MANAGEMENT:
Nick Fry, CEO
Gil de Ferran - Sporting Director
Hugh Chambers, Marketing Director
Mike McGuire, Commercial Director
FERRARI, Bridgestone
- DRIVERS:
Kimi Raikkonen,
Finland
Felipe Massa, Brazil
Luca Badoer, Italy - test driver
Marc Gené - test driver
- MANAGEMENT:
Jean Todt, Team director (till end 2006)
Ross Brawn, Tech director
Paolo Martinelli, Engine director
Rory Byrne, Chief designer
Luca Baldisserri, Engineering
McLAREN MERCEDES, Bridgestone
- DRIVERS:
Fernando Alonso,
Spain
Lewis Hamilton, UK *rookie
Alexander Wurz, Austria
- test driver (height: 1.82m)
Pedro de la Rosa - test driver
Gary Paffett - test driver
- MANAGEMENT:
Ron Dennis - CEO/Manager
RED BULL, RENAULT,
Bridgestone
- DRIVERS:
David Coulthard,
UK
Mark Webber,
Australia
- MANAGEMENT:
Christian Horner - Sporting Director
Adrian Newey, chief technical officer
Günther Steiner - Technical Director
Mark Smith - Deputy Technical Director
Anton Stipinovich - Head of development
(ex Jaguar team members: Mark Gillan - Head of Vehicle Performance
, John Hogan - Sporting & Commercial Director, Ian Pocock - Director
of Engineering
Steve Nichols - Chief designer, Ben Agathangelou - Head of Aerodynamics)
RENAULT, Bridgestone
- DRIVERS:
Giancarlo
Fisichella, Italy
Heikki Kovalainen - Fin
Nelson Piquet Jr, Brazil - test driver
- MANAGEMENT:
Renault, owner
Jean-Jacques His, MD
Flavio Briatore, Team Managing Director
Bob Bell, Technical Director
Pat Symonds, Engineering Director
SPYKER F1, TOYOTA, Bridgestone
- DRIVERS:
Christijan Albers (NED)
Adrian Sutil (GER)
Markus Winkelhock - test driver replaces Pastorelli*
(*Nicky Pastorelli loses sponsor)
Fabrizio del Monte, Italy - test driver (from April 2006)
- NEW MANAGEMENT:
Mike Gascoyne, Tech Director
SQUADRA TORO ROSSO, FERRARI,
Bridgestone
- DRIVERS:
Vitantonio Liuzzi, ITA
Scott Speed, USA
Neel Jani , test driver
- MANAGEMENT:
Franz Tost - Team Principal
*SUPER AGURI, HONDA,
Bridgestone
- DRIVERS:
T Sato, JPN
Anthony Davidson, UK
- MANAGEMENT:
Aguri Suzuki, Team Principal
Mark Preston, Chief Technical Officer
TOYOTA, Bridgestone
- DRIVERS:
Jarno Trulli,
Italy
Ralf Schumacher,
Germany
Ryan Briscoe - test driver
- ENGINE: RVX-06 2.4-litre V8
- MANAGEMENT:
Tsutomu Tomita, Team Principal
Gustav Brunner, Chief Designer
Luca Marmorini, Tech Director Engine
WILLIAMS, TOYOTA, Bridgestone
- DRIVERS:
Nico Rosberg,
Germany
Alex Wurz - Austria
Kazuki Nakajima, Japan, test driver
Narain Karthikeyan - India; 2nd test driver
- MANAGEMENT:
Frank Williams, Owner
Adam Parr, CEO
Patrick Head, Director
Sam Michaels, Technical Director
Gavin Fischer, Chief Designer
Geoff Willis, Chief Aerodynamist
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