BMW Sauber F1.07, chassis 05
Chassis F1.07-05 was used as the race chassis of Nick Heidfeld from race 1 Melbourne until Race 11 Budapest. Car and driver scored their best results with P2 in Montreal and P3 in Budapest.
The story...
On 19 October 2006, BMW announced that Robert Kubica would partner Nick Heidfeld for the 2007 Formula One season with Sebastian Vettel taking the test and reserve driver role. Timo Glock was later signed as the team's second test driver.The team launched its 2007 car, the F1.07, on January 16, 2007.
In the early races of the season, Heidfeld and Kubica scored a series of points finishes and established BMW Sauber as the third-fastest team, behind Ferrari and McLaren.
The Canadian Grand Prix brought mixed fortunes for the team. While Heidfeld scored BMW Sauber's best result thus far with a second-place finish, Kubica suffered a huge crash that resulted in a long safety car period. Vettel took his place in the United States Grand Prix, finishing in eighth place and therefore becoming the youngest driver to score a Formula One World Championship point.
Kubica returned to racing action at the French Grand Prix and proved his recovery by finishing in fourth position. Over the remainder of the season, he and Heidfeld continued their form to score a total of 101 points, which secured the team second in the Constructors' Championship after McLaren's disqualification. Heidfeld scored another podium finish at the Hungarian Grand Prix and scored 61 points to Kubica's 39, while Vettel's sole appearance produced an additional point.
In the 2007 Constructors Championship BMW Sauber finished 2nd with 101 points.
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BMW Sauber F1.07, chassis 05
Everything you need to know
The BMW Sauber F1.07 is a Formula One racing car built by BMW Sauber for the 2007 Formula One World Championship. The chassis was designed by Willy Rampf, Walter Reidl, Jörg Zander and Willem Toet with the powertrain being designed by Heinz Paschen. The car was the first to have been designed fully by BMW, following their purchase of the former Sauber team. Initial pre-season testing was very positive, with many speculating that BMW could surprise some of the top teams with their performances when the season got underway.
The car was a significant step up from 2006's F1.06, scoring 2 podium positions in a season in which 46 of the possible 51 podium positions were occupied by Scuderia Ferrari and McLaren in a dominant season. Both of these were by Nick Heidfeld — a 2nd at the 2007 Canadian Grand Prix and 3rd at the 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix. However, they scored points on 26 out of the possible 34 occasions. They scored points with at least one car in every single race, and points with both cars six races in a row between the French and Italian Grands Prix. Robert Kubica had 4th places in Spain, France and Britain, which were his best results. Sebastian Vettel scored points for 8th place in his only appearance for the team, the United States Grand Prix.
Heidfeld was the only driver to frequently break the Ferrari/McLaren deadlock at the front of qualifying, with his best result being 2nd on the grid in Hungary. The BMW Sauber cars qualified in the top 10 every race apart from Kubica qualifying 14th in Belgium.
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The engine's name, P86-7, is indicative of the fact that it is not a new engine, since it is heavily based on the P86 used in the 2006 F1.06 car. This is a requirement of the homologation rules introduced by the FIA. The P86-7 is a 2,4 litre V8 engine delivering …..hp at 19.000 rpm. The engine mounted in the BMW Sauber F1.07-05 chassis only ran only 868 km so far, which is 35% of the total running cycle of the engine.
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