Bridgestone have taken over as the only tyre supplier to Formula 1 and Michael Schumacher’s retirement brings about a driver reshuffle, Kimi Räiikönen now leads the Ferrari team and World Champion Fernando Alonso takes up the number one seat at McLaren-Mercedes.

The new season bring with a three year freeze on engine development, but there is dissent amongst the Formula 1 teams. Both Williams and Spyker consider protesting the legality of both the 2007 Toro Rosso and Super Aguri cars, claiming they are not original designs, but merely updated chassis from their parent teams.