Look back: Kimi crowned champion in 2007

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It was on this day nine years ago that Kimi Raikkonen clinched the 2007 Formula One world championship by a single point from McLaren duo Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso. Raikkonen sealed the title by winning the final race of the season in Interlagos, with his Ferrari team mate Felipe Massa crossing the line leaving Alonso in third place.

Here's Ferrari celebrating its achievement of not only winning the driver title but also securing the constructors title. They would win it again in 2008, but since then it's been a lean period for the scuderia.

Pictured with Raikkonen are his race engineer Chris Dyer (left), team mate Massa and his race engineer Rob Smedley (right), and team principal Jean Todt (top) who is now the president of the FIA.

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.