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The Official Formula 1 Season Review 2007

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“Ferrari and McLaren
  were destined to tough
  it out in the 2007
  Formula 1 Season —
  a season marred by
  scandal and blessed
  with terrific racing talent...”

EACH YEAR FORMULA 1 JUST GETS BETTER. The Official Formula 1 Season Review 2007 is an opportunity for everyone involved in Formula 1 to put together an evaluation of the season with its successes and disappointments; its talented drivers and the performance of the cars.

In his foreword, Bernie Ecclestone acknowledges the scandals and points to the 'best ever' last race. He praises Kimi Räikkönen, Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso and warns that BMW is "clearly going
to be a nuisance to the top teams next year." Singling out new drivers Heikki Kovalainen and Sebastian Vettel, he predicts that the 2008 season will be "very good and I am already looking forward to it."

Certainly, the 2007 FIA Formula One World championship will be remembered as being not only one of the most competitive for many years but also one of the most controversial.

The season was dominated by the epic four-way fight for the drivers' title, between McLaren's Lewis Hamilton — in his sensational debut season — and his team-mate, double World Champion Fernando Alonso, battling with Ferrari's Kimi Räikkönen and Felipe Massa. Meanwhile the off-track excitement provided an intriguing background to a classic year of racing action.

The final outcome could hardly have been closer, as Kimi Räikkönen edged out McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso by a single point to win the World Championship at the final round in Brazil — a race which had fans around the world on the edges of their seats until the chequered flag was waved. It could have gone any way.

The Official Formula 1 Season Review 2007 gives you the complete inside story of the 2007 Formula One Season — a season blighted by the spying scandal but triumphant in its cliff-hanging races. Told by the drivers and personnel involved — including Kimi Räikkönen, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa, Nico Rosberg, Jenson Button, Ron Dennis, Pat Symonds, Adrian Newey and Mike Gascoyne — the stories of each race is chronicled with stunning colour photography supporting the absorbing text. Drivers, team principals and technical directors have the chance to throw a new light on the season's head-lines and incidents — including the luck of Robert Kubica surviving an appalling accident in Canada.

Superb feature content, magnificent photographs and technical illus-trations reflect the behind-the-scenes development of the cars from the eleven teams cars over the year. Every driver who drove in a Grand Prix during 2007 gives an appraisal of his own season and the drivers are ranked according to their performances during 2007 by a panel of former Formula One drivers who have become commentators. Furthermore, an eight-man 'round table' of paddock insiders —
including Mark Webber (Red Bull Driver), Mike Gascoyne (Chief Tech-nical Officer, Spyker), Martin Brundle (ITV Commentator) and John Howett (President, Toyota) — discuss the leading trends and topics of the 2007 season from the Spyker Hospitality Area of the Belgian Grand Prix.

The Official Formula 1 Season Review 2007 is the ultimate record of a truly remarkable season, capturing the excitement and the atmosphere of each Grand Prix weekend. Rare behind-the-scenes glimpses provide an insight into the world of Formula 1.

• A welcome addition to the bookshelves of Formula 1 addicts, The Official Formula 1 Season Review 2007 — with a foreword by Bernie Ecclestone — is out now in hardback format from all good bookshops
at an RRP of £19.99. ISBN: 978 1 84425 453 8.

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