Sunday 18th March 2007

Finnish driver Kimi Raikkonen won on his Ferrari debut at the first round of the 2007 championship, held in Australia. He had defected from previous team McLaren after a number of race victories but no championships. McLaren had replaced him with young hotshot Lewis Hamilton who impressed everyone in the paddock and around the world with his measured and mature drive to third in his fist ever Formula One race. There was criticism for Bridgestone, as the markings on the softer of the two tyre options could not be easily seen when the car was on track, at the following race the small dot was replaced with a white line in the second groove of the tyre.