2017 Formula One season

2017 FIA Formula One
World Championship
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Nico Rosberg, the 2016 World Drivers' Champion, who retired from Formula One shortly after winning the title.
Mercedes are the defending World Constructors' Champions. Pictured is the F1 W07 Hybrid, the car entered by the team in 2016.

The 2017 Formula One season is scheduled to be the 68th season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Formula One World Championship, a motor racing championship for Formula One cars which is recognised by the sport's governing body, the FIA, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. Teams and drivers are scheduled to compete in twenty Grands Prix—starting in Australia on 26 March and ending in Abu Dhabi on 26 November—for the World Drivers' and World Constructors' championships.

As the reigning Drivers' Champion Nico Rosberg announced his retirement from the sport in December 2016, the 2017 season is set to be the first since 1994 in which the reigning champion did not compete.[1] Mercedes is set to start the season as the defending Constructors' Champion, having secured their third consecutive title at the 2016 Japanese Grand Prix.[2]

Contracted teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers are currently under contract to take part in the 2017 Formula One World Championship:

Entrant Constructor Chassis Power unit Tyres No. Drivers
Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari TBA Ferrari P 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel[3]
7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen[4]
India Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India-Mercedes TBA Mercedes[5] P 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez[6]
31 France Esteban Ocon[7]
United States Haas F1 Team Haas-Ferrari VF-17[8] Ferrari[9] P 8 France Romain Grosjean[10]
20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen[8]
United Kingdom McLaren Honda Formula 1 Team McLaren-Honda TBA Honda[11] P 14 Spain Fernando Alonso[12]
TBA Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne[13]
Germany Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team[14] Mercedes TBA Mercedes P 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton[15]
TBA TBA[1]
United Kingdom Manor Racing MRT MRT-Mercedes TBA Mercedes[16] P TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Austria Red Bull Racing[17] Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer RB13[18] TAG Heuer[18] P 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo[19]
33 Netherlands Max Verstappen[20]
France Renault Sport Formula One Team[21] Renault TBA Renault P 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg[22]
30 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer[23]
Switzerland Sauber F1 Team[24] Sauber-Ferrari C36[25] Ferrari 061[26] P 9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson[27]
TBA TBA
Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso-Renault STR12[28] Renault[29] P 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat[28]
55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr.[30]
United Kingdom Williams Martini Racing Williams-Mercedes FW40[31] Mercedes[32] P 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas[33]
TBA Canada Lance Stroll[33]
Sources:[34]

Team changes

Driver changes

Provisional schedule

Nations which are scheduled to host a Grand Prix in 2017 are highlighted in green, with circuit locations marked with a black dot. Former host nations are shown in dark grey, and former host circuits are marked with a white dot.

The following twenty Grands Prix are scheduled to take place in 2017:[42]

Round Grand Prix Circuit Date
1 Australian Grand Prix Australia Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne 26 March
2 Chinese Grand Prix China Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai 9 April
3 Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 16 April
4 Russian Grand Prix Russia Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 30 April
5 Spanish Grand Prix Spain Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona 14 May
6 Monaco Grand Prix Monaco  Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo 28 May
7 Canadian Grand Prix Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal 11 June
8 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Azerbaijan Baku City Circuit, Baku 25 June
9 Austrian Grand Prix Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 9 July
10 British Grand Prix United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 16 July
11 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungary Hungaroring, Budapest 30 July
12 Belgian Grand Prix Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 27 August
13 Italian Grand Prix Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 3 September
14 Singapore Grand Prix Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore 17 September
15 Malaysian Grand Prix Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur 1 October
16 Japanese Grand Prix Japan Suzuka International Race Course, Suzuka 8 October
17 United States Grand Prix United States Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas 22 October
18 Mexican Grand Prix Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City 29 October
19 Brazilian Grand Prix Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 12 November
20 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 26 November
Source:[42]

Calendar changes

Changes

General changes

Technical regulations

Sporting regulations


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