BMW Sauber F1.07

The BMW Sauber F1.07 is a Formula One single-seater racing car built by BMW Sauber for the 2007 Formula One World Championship. The chassis was designed by Willy Rampf, Walter Riedl, Jörg Zander and Willem Toet, with the powertrain designed by Heinz Paschen, and it was the first car designed fully by BMW following its 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 once the season began. The rear wing is mounted by the endplates rather than the pylon-mounted arrangement used by some rivals such as the McLaren MP4-22. The engine, named P86/7, is heavily based on the P86 used in the 2006 F1.06 car, as the FIA homologation rules require, and the team adopted a seamless shift sequential transmission known as QuickShift.