The Ferrari F2007 is a
Formula One
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motor racing
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car that was constructed by
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro to compete in the
2007 FIA Formula One World Championship
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. The F2007 was the fifty-third single-seater car which the team have built to use in Formula One.
The chassis was designed by
Aldo Costa
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,
Simone Resta
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, Tiziano Battistini,
Marco Fainello,
John Iley
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After graduating from Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry, while studying at Imperial College, ...
and
Marco de Luca
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with
Mario Almondo playing a vital role in leading the production of the car as the team's Executive Technical Director and with
Giles Simon in charge of the engine and electronics division assisted by David Salters (engine design and development) and
Mattia Binotto
Mattia Binotto (born 3 November 1969) is a Swiss-born Italian engineer and the former team principal of Scuderia Ferrari in Formula One. He was appointed to the role on 7 January 2019, replacing Maurizio Arrivabene. His parents are Italian.
C ...
(engine operations).
As part of new FIA rules for the
2008
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season which included banning driver aids via the introduction of a standard ECU for all teams, the F2007 was the last Ferrari Formula One car to use traction control.
The car is best known for providing
Kimi Räikkönen
Kimi-Matias Räikkönen (; born 17 October 1979), nicknamed "The Iceman", is a Finnish racing driver who competed in Formula One between 2001 and 2021 for Sauber, McLaren, Ferrari, Lotus, and Alfa Romeo. Räikkönen won the 2007 Formula One Wo ...
with his first World Championship title and the team with its first Constructor's title since
Michael Schumacher
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helped them win the
2004 Formula One season
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The championship was d ...
. , this is the last Ferrari F1 car to win the drivers' title.
The car was unveiled to the public on January 14, 2007 at Ferrari's
Fiorano test track in
Maranello
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,
Italy
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.
Chassis
The chassis was significantly altered from the
248 F1, the car Ferrari used during
2006
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to finish as runners-up to
Renault
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in the Constructors' Championship. The wheelbase is 85mm longer, from 3050mm to 3135mm, with the extra length added between the cockpit and front wheels, in order to maximize aerodynamic performance.
["Big, bold and clever", Ferrari F2007 launch article, '']Autosport magazine
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Autosport began life as a weekly magazine in 1950 ...
'', 18 January 2007.
Aerodynamics
![Ferrari F2007](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Ferrari_F2007.jpg)
The launch model was shown with the front and rear wings from the 248 F1.
This was to keep various aerodynamic features secret from rival F1 teams.
Mechanicals
The gearbox itself, which is still mounted longitudinally, is fitted with an innovative quick-shift system (seven plus reverse). The
suspension
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adopts a
zero-keel configuration, a first for Ferrari.
The dropping of the
single-keel is most likely due to the departure of previous designer
Rory Byrne
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Byrne-designed cars have won ninety-nine Grands Pri ...
, whose previous, ultra-successful designs (notably his championship-winning Ferrari and Benetton cars) all featured a single keel.
2007 season livery
![2007 Monaco Grand Prix - Kimi Raikkonen at Anthony Noghès](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/2007_Monaco_Grand_Prix_-_Kimi_Raikkonen_at_Anthony_Nogh%C3%A8s.jpg)
Ferrari were the only team to receive tobacco sponsorship for the 2007 season. The team's principal sponsor is
Philip Morris International
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, parent company of
Marlboro cigarettes.
[BBC News article "Ferrari extend tobacco contract]
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ban, the car's livery did not feature the brand name. A simple red and white "barcode" was used and, hence the advertising at European Grands Prix was purely through association
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. Ferrari used 'Marlboro' logos in Bahrain
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, Monaco
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and China
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.
The livery featured significantly less white than in previous years. The cars, driven by Felipe Massa
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and Kimi Räikkönen
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, raced with the numbers 5 and 6 respectively as the team finished second in the 2006 Constructors' Championship. Ordinarily, this would mean numbers 3 and 4 for the following season but owing to World Champion Fernando Alonso
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changing teams to McLaren
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, Renault received these numbers as Fernando Alonso took his number 1 (and thus, number 2) to his new team.
At the Monaco Grand Prix, Ferrari changed the colour of their cars from Marlboro (light) red to Rosso corsa
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(racing) red, and kept it for the duration of the season.
Other
The 2007 season was the first in which the use of two different rubber compounds was required during a race.
The Ferrari F2007 is featured in the games ''Gran Turismo 5
is a 2010 racing video game developed by Polyphony Digital and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released for the PlayStation 3 on November 24, 2010 in Europe and North America, and November 25, 2010 in Japan and Australasia, and ...
'', ''Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
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'', ''Gran Turismo PSP
is a 2009 racing video game developed by Polyphony Digital and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation Portable. The game was announced at Sony's E3 press conference on May 11, 2004, alongside the original PSP. Following fi ...
'', '' F1 2017'', '' F1 2018'' , '' F1 2019'' and '' F1 2020''.
Complete Formula One results
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) (results in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
References
External links
F2007 Website
Official Scuderia Ferrari Website, F2007
{{F1 cars 2007
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2007 Formula One season cars
Formula One championship-winning cars