DRIVER CHANGES

• 2005 and 2006 World Champion Fernando Alonso has announced he has signed a deal to drive for McLaren starting in 2007. He will have been with Renault for 5 years.
• It was announced on July 9, 2006 that Juan Pablo Montoya would be leaving McLaren to race for Ganassi Racing in the NASCAR Nextel Cup series for 2007, effectively ending his Formula 1 career.
• On August 2, 2006 Williams announced that test and reserve driver Alexander Wurz would step up to a race seat for 2007, replacing Australian Mark Webber.
• On August 7, 2006, Red Bull Racing announced their 2007 driver line-up of David Coulthard and Mark Webber, displacing Christian Klien.
• On August 7, 2006, BMW Sauber announced that Jacques Villeneuve's contract has been terminated immediately and for the rest of the season would be replaced by test driver Robert Kubica. Kubica was later announced on October 19, 2006 to retain the race seat for the 2007 season, with Sebastian Vettel remaining as the team's test driver. On December 21, 2006 BMW announced GP2 driver Timo Glock as their second test driver.
• On September 6, 2006, Renault confirmed Heikki Kovalainen as the team's replacement for Fernando Alonso.
• On September 10, 2006, Scuderia Ferrari confirmed Kimi Räikkönen as a replacement for the retiring Michael Schumacher.
• On November 15, 2006, Super Aguri confirmed Anthony Davidson as Sakon Yamamoto's replacement.
• On November 24, 2006, McLaren confirmed Lewis Hamilton as their second driver.
• On December 21, 2006, Spyker confirmed Adrian Sutil as their second driver.