The season started dramatically with massive crash on opening lap of
Hockenheim race. As a result,
Tom Kristensen and
Alexandre Prémat were forced to sit out races. The season also included many controversial moments. In
Lausitzring, the safety car caught the wrong driver and this shook up race results almost completely. Organizers admitted that
Mika Häkkinen deserved the win and
Paul di Resta second place, but other drivers were not in the places where they should have been. As a result, half points were awarded and thus race director
Roland Bruynseraede was sacked on 31 May 2007. At Zandvoort, Audi drivers swapped positions on the start/finish straight on the final lap, handing the race win to
Martin Tomczyk instead of Prémat. Audi Motorsport Director
Wolfgang Ullrich denied the presence of team orders and instead said that Prémat did the move on his own. At the
Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona before 42,000 spectators, Häkkinen collided with
Martin Tomczyk and
Daniel la Rosa with
Mattias Ekström. This and couple of other incidents caused that all Audi drivers withdrew from the race on the instruction of Audi Motorsport Director Wolfgang Ullrich with nine laps to go. Häkkinen and la Rosa were excluded from the race (which was meaningless as both drivers retired in the incidents), fined and given 10-place grid penalty for final race of the season. This was the final season that
Vodafone was a front windscreen sponsor as well as
Blaupunkt as a front vehicle plate sponsor. ==Teams and drivers==