The FIA has issued the official numbers of the 2007 season with no big surprises on the list, which is led by World Champion Fernando Alonso, who takes his number one to McLaren. The full list is as follows:
1. Fernando Alonso (Vodafone McLaren Mercedes)
2. Lewis Hamilton (Vodafone McLaren Mercedes)
3. Giancarlo Fisichella (ING Renault F1 Team)
4. Heikki Kovalainen (ING Renault F1 Team)
5. Felipe Massa (Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro)
6. Kimi Raikkonen (Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro)
7. Jenson Button (Honda Racing F1 Team)
8. Rubens Barrichello (Honda Racing F1 Team)
9. Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber F1 Team)
10. Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber F1 Team)
11. Ralf Schumacher (Panasonic Toyota Racing)
12. Jarno Trulli (Panasonic Toyota Racing)
14. David Coulthard (Red Bull Racing)
15. Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing)
16. Nico Rosberg (AT&T Williams)
17. Alexander Wurz (AT&T Williams)
18. TBA (Scuderia Toro Rosso)
19. TBA (Scuderia Toro Rosso)
20. Christijan Albers (Spyker F1 Team)
21. TBA (Spyker F1 Team)
22. Takuma Sato (TBA Super Auguri F1 Team)
23. Anthony Davidson (TBA Super Aguri F1 Team).
Ok, I know BMW bought a well established Sauber in 2004 and so on but I can't stop saying that it's so cool of BMW to get ahead of Toyota which have been around for 6 seasons now.
One BIG respect for Renault who won the last V10 era and also won the first V8 era. RESPECT!
Notice that's it's not West McLaren Mercedes anymore but now it's Vodafone McLaren Mercedes.
It's still weird to not see Michael's name on the list and even weirder to see Kimi on the ferrari list. It will take a long time for me to warm up to that idea.