The news site GrandPrix.com reports the FIA has released the team/driver entries for the 2007 F1 season. Fernando Alonso, as the world champion, carries the #1 with him to his new team McLaren Mercedes, which apparently inherits the #2 (for GP2 champ & F1 rookie Lewis Hamilton) as a result, leaving the world champion constructor — Renault — with #3 and #4. Interesting…and I assume this means McLaren also gets the first two pit stalls? Midland — which became Spyker MF1 in 2006 with the sale of the team — is now renamed Spyker F1. Renaming a team more than once in five years requires agreement of all teams, so apparently that happened (couldn’t imagine why it shouldn’t).

Update 25 Feb. 2007: With the report this weekend of news that Scott Speed is signed for Toro Rosso, the driver lineup is at last finalized, just three weeks before the season opener in Melbourne (which I will miss since I’m driving down to Florida for the 12 Hours of Sebring).

• 1. Fernando Alonso (McLaren Mercedes)
• 2. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren Mercedes)
• 3. Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault F1 Team)
• 4. Heikki Kovalainen (Renault F1 Team)
• 5. Felipe Massa (Scuderia Ferrari)
• 6. Kimi Raikkonen (Scuderia Ferrari)
• 7. Jenson Button (Honda Racing F1 Team)
• 8. Rubens Barrichello (Honda Racing F1 Team)
• 9. Nick Heidfeld (BMW Sauber F1 Team)
• 10. Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber F1 Team)
• 11. Ralf Schumacher (Panasonic Toyota Racing)
• 12. Jarno Trulli (Panasonic Toyota Racing)
• 14. David Coulthard (Red Bull Racing)
• 15. Mark Webber (Red Bull Racing)
• 16. Nico Rosberg (AT&T Williams)
• 17. Alexander Wurz (AT&T Williams)
• 18. Vitantonnio Liuzzi (Scuderia Toro Rosso)
• 19. Scott Speed (Scuderia Toro Rosso)
• 20. Christijan Albers (Spyker F1 Team)
• 21. Adrian Sutil (Spyker F1 Team)
• 22. Takuma Sato (Super Auguri F1 Team)
• 23. Anthony Davidson (Super Aguri F1 Team)