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2007 In Motorsport
The following is an overview of the events of 2007 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people. Annual events The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related :2007 in motorsport, season articles. Disestablished championships/events Deaths See also *List of 2007 motorsport champions References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:2007 In Motorsport 2007 in motorsport, Motorsport by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000
The 2007 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 was an endurance race for V8 Supercars, held on 7 October 2007 at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst in New South Wales, Australia. It was the tenth round of the 2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series. The race was the eleventh running of the Australian 1000, first held in 1997 following an organisational split that occurred with the Bathurst 1000 in that year. It was the 50th race in the combined history of the Bathurst 1000 and the Australian 1000. Entry list 31 cars were entered in the race – 15 Holden Commodores and 16 Ford Falcons. Four drivers would make their Bathurst 500/1000 debuts - Jay Verdnik, Andrew Thompson, Shane van Gisbergen and David Reynolds. Van Gisbergen would become the third youngest starter in the races' history at 17 years, 4 months and 28 days old. A series of drivers would also make their last entries in 2007 - Simon Wills, Damien White, Christian Murchison, Cameron McLean and John Bowe, whilst it woul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of 2007 Motorsport Champions
This list of 2007 motorsport champions is a list of national or international touring auto racing series with a Championship decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races. Open wheel racing Kart * Kart racing * Superkart ** Australian Superkart Championship **:250 International Warren McIlveen **:250 National Jason McIntyre **:125 Gearbox Kristian Stebbing **FIA-CIK European Superkart Championship **: Gavin Bennett **MSA British Superkart Championship **: Trevor Roberts ** BSA National Championship ***Div. 1 Superkarts ***: Paul Kennings ***Div. 2 Superkarts ***: Gavin Bennett ***F125 Open ***:Mark Bramhall ***F125ICC ***:Danny Edwards ***F250 Clubman Challenge ***: Nathan Fearon ***F250 National Superstock Challenge ***: Nick Hull ***F250 National Masters ***: Jason Dredge ***F125 ICC Masters ***: Ian Larder ** Championnat de France Superkart **: Damien Payart ** U.S. Superkart Championship ***Intercontinental E championship ***: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Rally Championship
The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the FIA. There are separate championships for drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers and teams. The series currently consists of 13 three to four-day rally events driven on surfaces ranging from gravel and tarmac to snow and ice. Each rally is usually split into 15–25 special stages which are run against the clock on up to 350 kilometres of closed roads. Drivers Sébastien Loeb, Sébastien Ogier, Juha Kankkunen, Tommi Mäkinen and Colin McRae all became WRC champions. Other drivers who became well known primarily through their WRC careers include Michèle Mouton, Henri Toivonen, Jari-Matti Latvala and Mikko Hirvonen. Rallies that have frequently appeared in the championship have included Monte Carlo Rally, Tour de Corse, Sanremo, Acropolis, Safari Rally, and national rallies of Great Britain, Finland, New Zealand, Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin McRae
Colin Steele McRae, (5 August 1968 – 15 September 2007) was a Scottish rally driver. He was the 1991 and 1992 British Rally Champion, and in 1995 became the first British driver and the youngest person to win the World Rally Championship Drivers' title, a record which stood for 27 years until Kalle Rovanperä took the 2022 season title just a day after his 22nd birthday. McRae's performances with the Subaru World Rally Team enabled the team to win the World Rally Championship Manufacturers' title three times in succession in 1995, 1996 and 1997. After four years with the Ford Motor Co. team, where McRae won nine events, he moved to Citroën World Rally Team in 2003 where, despite not winning an event, he helped them win their first manufacturers' title. He was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to motorsport in 1996. With 25 victories in the WRC, McRae held the record for the most wins in the series from 2002 to 2004, when Carlos Sainz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESPN
ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen along with his son Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan. ESPN broadcasts primarily from studio facilities located in Bristol, Connecticut. The network also operates offices and auxiliary studios in Miami, New York City, Las Vegas, Seattle, Charlotte, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. James Pitaro currently serves as chairman of ESPN, a position he has held since March 5, 2018, following the resignation of John Skipper on December 18, 2017. While ESPN is one of the most successful sports networks, there has been criticism of ESPN. This includes accusations of biased coverage, conflict of interest, and controversies with individual broadcasters and analysts. , ESPN reaches approximately 76 million te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formula One
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, which became the FIA Formula One World Championship in 1981, has been one of the premier forms of racing around the world since its inaugural season in 1950. The word ''formula'' in the name refers to the set of rules to which all participants' cars must conform. A Formula One season consists of a series of races, known as ''Grands Prix'', which take place worldwide on both purpose-built circuits and closed public roads. A points system is used at Grands Prix to determine two annual World Championships: one for drivers, the other for constructors. Each driver must hold a valid Super Licence, the highest class of racing licence issued by the FIA. The races must run on tracks graded "1" (formerly "A"), the highest grade-rating issued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Formula Toyota Season
The 2007 Formula Toyota season was the 18th and last season for this racing class. Drivers and teams All cars are Bridgestone shod Toyota FT30 cars with a Toyota 4A-GE engine. Event calendar and results Final standings {, class="wikitable" , - ! Position !! Driver !! Points , - , 1 , , Kei Cozzolino, , 103 , - , 2 , , Keisuke Kunimoto , , 98 , - , 3 , , Takuto Iguchi , , 82 , - , 4 , , Masuda Teishin , , 48 , - , 5 , , Matsushita Akira , , 48 , - , 6 , , Kanai AkiraTadashi , , 45 , - , 7 , , Jiro AzumaToru , , 30 , - , 8 , , Shirasaka Takuya , , 27 , - , 9 , , Matsui Takayoshi , , 21 , - , 10 , , Kunimoto Press , , 18 , - , 11 , , Adachi Genki , , 9 , - , 12 , , Kobayashi Ichiumi , , 9 , - , 13 , , Inagaki Tomohiko , , 9 , - , 14 , , Yoshifumi Kubota , , 6 , - , 15 , , Nakamura Shinya , , 6 , - , 16 , , Matsubara Ryoji , , 2 , - , 17 , , Ishii Zenta , , 1 , - , 18 , , Abiko Kiyofumi , , 1 , - , 19 , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Race Of Champions
The 2007 Race of Champions took place on December 16 at the Wembley Stadium. Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel of the German team beat Finland to the Nation's Cup, however Mattias Ekström of Sweden and the Scandinavian team won the Driver's Cup after beating Schumacher in the three-heat final. The event itself was overshadowed by the recent death of former World Rally Champion Colin McRae who died in a helicopter accident on the 15 September. He was due to represent Scotland alongside David Coulthard. Colin's position was filled by his rally driver brother Alister McRae. Participants Cars * Abarth Grande Punto S2000 * Aston Martin Vantage N24 * Ford Focus RS WRC * ROC Car * Solution F Prototype Driver's Cup Final Nations Cup Quarterfinals Semifinals Final See also *Race of Champions References External links2007 Race of Champions at Official Site {{Race of Champions years Race of Champions Race of Champions Race of Champions The Race of Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Macau Grand Prix
The 2007 Macau Grand Prix (formally the 54th Polytec Macau Grand Prix) was a motor race for Formula Three cars that was held on the streets of Macau on 18 November 2007. Unlike other races, such as the Masters of Formula 3, the 2007 Macau Grand Prix was not a part of any Formula Three championship, but was open to entries from all Formula Three championships. The race itself was made up of two races: a ten-lap qualifying race that decided the starting grid for the fifteen-lap main race. The 2007 race was the 54th running of the Macau Grand Prix and the 25th for Formula Three cars. The Grand Prix was won by TOM'S driver Oliver Jarvis, having won the event's Qualification Race the previous afternoon. Jarvis started from pole position and led the majority of the race meeting which included every lap of the main race to take his first and only victory in Macau. Second place went to Koudai Tsukakoshi of Manor Motorsport, while the podium was completed by another Japanese driver and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Masters Of Formula 3 ...
The 2007 Zandvoort Masters of Formula 3 @ Zolder was the seventeenth Masters of Formula 3 race held at Zolder on 5 August 2007. It was won by Nico Hülkenberg, for ASM Formule 3. Drivers and teams Classification Qualifying 1 Group A drivers are highlighted in green. Even numbers Odd numbers Qualifying 2 Group A Group B Starting grid Race See also * 2007 Formula 3 Euro Series season * 2007 British Formula 3 season References External links RaceResults.nu {{Use dmy dates, date=September 2013 Masters of Formula Three Masters Masters of Formula 3 Masters of Formula Three Master or masters may refer to: Ranks or titles * Ascended master, a term used in the Theosophical religious tradition to refer to spiritually enlightened beings who in past incarnations were ordinary humans * Grandmaster (chess), National Maste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
