Driver Changes
- 2005 and 2006 World Champion Fernando Alonso switched to McLaren after 5 years at Renault.
- Juan Pablo Montoya, who was a McLaren driver until aftermath of the 2006 United States Grand Prix moved to NASCAR, racing in the Nextel Cup series for 2007, effectively ending his Formula One career, as announced on 9 July 2006.
- On 2 August 2006, Williams announced that test and reserve driver Alexander Wurz would step up to a race seat for 2007, replacing Australian Mark Webber.
- On 7 August 2006, Red Bull Racing announced their 2007 driver line-up of David Coulthard and Mark Webber, displacing Christian Klien.
- On 7 August 2006, BMW Sauber announced that Jacques Villeneuve's contract had been terminated immediately and for the rest of the season would be replaced by test driver Robert Kubica. Kubica was later announced on 19 October 2006 to retain the race seat for the 2007 season, with Sebastian Vettel remaining as the team's test driver. On 21 December 2006 BMW announced GP2 driver Timo Glock as their second test driver.
- On 6 September 2006, Renault confirmed Heikki Kovalainen as the team's replacement for Fernando Alonso.
- On 10 September 2006, Scuderia Ferrari confirmed Kimi Räikkönen as a replacement for the retiring Michael Schumacher.
- On 15 November 2006, Super Aguri confirmed Anthony Davidson as Sakon Yamamoto's replacement.
- On 24 November 2006, McLaren confirmed Lewis Hamilton as their second driver.
- On 21 December 2006, Spyker confirmed Adrian Sutil as their first driver, replacing WTCC-bound Tiago Monteiro.
- On 10 July 2007, Spyker announced that Christijan Albers would no longer be driving for the team. The given reason was a failure to pay sponsorship monies due. Markus Winkelhock raced Spyker's second car at the European Grand Prix.
- On 25 July 2007 Spyker confirmed that the Japanese driver Sakon Yamamoto would compete in the remaining seven Grands Prix for them.
- On 31 July 2007, Scuderia Toro Rosso replaced Scott Speed with BMW test driver Sebastian Vettel following an alleged physical altercation between Speed and STR Team Principal Franz Tost.
- On 8 October 2007, Williams driver Alexander Wurz announced his immediate retirement from Formula One racing. Williams test driver Kazuki Nakajima replaced Wurz for the Brazilian Grand Prix.
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