It is 15 years to the day since Kimi Raikkonen won the Drivers' title at Ferrari. thomasmaheronf1 looks back on how Kimi etched his name into the record books and the Ferrari failures that have followed since. F1
The 15-year anniversary Ferrari won’t want to be reminded ofWith the 2022 World Championship eluding Ferrari once again, Friday October 21st marks an unwelcome reminder of how long ago title glory has been…
Leclerc’s defeat now means it’s a decade and a half since the Scuderia actually managed to wrap up a Drivers’ title. The now-retired Kimi Raikkonen, who turned 43 earlier this week, remains Ferrari’s most recent World Champion – snatching a title as the underdog in the season finale back in 2007.The 2007 World Championship was one of the most dramatic in living memory, as F1 behemoths Ferrari and McLaren slugged it out on track.
With McLaren allowing Hamilton to challenge Alonso, the partnership deteriorated to the point of hostility as the season progressed, although never quite reached the point of on-track collisions. However, off-track, a whole separate storyline sensationally exploded during the latter half of the season as McLaren were found to be in possession of car design blueprints belonging to Ferrari.
Qualifying certainly seemed to go McLaren’s way, despite Felipe Massa clinching a popular pole position for his home race. With Hamilton qualifying second ahead of Raikkonen in third and Alonso in fourth, all was in hand for the rookie to win the title at his first attempt. Up front, the Ferraris had the pace to manage any challenge from Alonso as they pulled away from the McLaren. A longer stint from Raikkonen allowed him to pull out enough of a gap on Massa , with the Finn coming out in the lead. Victory, with Massa in second and Alonso in third, would be enough for Raikkonen to clinch his long-awaited title – dependent on where Hamilton finished.
Raikkonen’s title win remains the Scuderia’s most recent, despite several strong title challenges since. Massa’s Singapore race was undone by Ferrari releasing his car with the fuel hose still attached – causing him to fall down to last. This stop was triggered by Renault’s Nelson Piquet crashing his car on purpose, a tactical move to help team-mate Fernando Alonso to take the lead as the Spaniard had already pitted.
A first-lap collision for Vettel handed the advantage to Alonso as Red Bull evaluated the damage to the German’s car by looking at photographs of the sidepods. Vettel’s pace was still intimidatingly strong as he recovered back to sixth as Alonso came home second – enough to give the Red Bull driver his third successive title as Alonso gazed off into the distance in disbelief at another failed title campaign.
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