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Revision as of 05:02, 11 November 2016

Mercedes will be the defending World Constructors' Champions.

The 2017 Formula One season is scheduled to be the 68th season of the FIA Formula One World Championship, a motor racing championship for Formula One cars which is recognised by the sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. Teams and drivers are planned to compete for the World Drivers' and World Constructors' championships.

Mercedes is scheduled to start the season as the defending Constructors' champions, having secured their third consecutive title at the 2016 Japanese Grand Prix.[1]

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[2]
7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen[3]
India Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India-Mercedes TBA Mercedes[4] P 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez[5]
31 France Esteban Ocon[6]
United States Haas F1 Team Haas-Ferrari TBA Ferrari[7] P 8 France Romain Grosjean[8]
TBA TBA
United Kingdom McLaren Honda Formula 1 Team McLaren-Honda TBA Honda[9] P 14 Spain Fernando Alonso[10]
TBA Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne[11]
Germany Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team[12] Mercedes TBA Mercedes P 1 Germany Nico Rosberg[13]
44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton[14]
United Kingdom Manor Racing MRT MRT-Mercedes TBA Mercedes[15] P TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Austria Red Bull Racing[16] Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer TBA TAG Heuer[17] P 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo[18]
33 Netherlands Max Verstappen[19]
France Renault Sport Formula One Team[20] Renault TBA Renault P 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg[21]
30 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer[22]
Switzerland Sauber F1 Team[23] Sauber-Ferrari C36[24] Ferrari 061[25] P TBA TBA
TBA TBA
Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso-Renault TBA Renault[17] P 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat[26]
55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr.[27]
United Kingdom Williams Martini Racing Williams-Mercedes FW40[28] Mercedes[29] P 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas[30]
TBA Canada Lance Stroll[30]
Sources:[31]

Team changes

  • Sauber signed a deal to use one year-old Ferrari power units in 2017, mirroring the arrangement between Ferrari and Scuderia Toro Rosso in 2016.[25]
  • Scuderia Toro Rosso agreed a return to using Renault power units in 2017, having used 2015 Ferrari power units in 2016.[17] The team had previously used Renault power units in 2014 and 2015 before the relationship between Renault and sister team Red Bull Racing broke down, prompting Toro Rosso to seek out an alternative supplier.[citation needed]

Driver changes

Provisional schedule

The following twenty-one Grands Prix are provisionally scheduled to take place in 2017:[37]

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 European Grand Prix Azerbaijan Baku City Circuit, Baku 18 June
9 Austrian Grand Prix Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 2 July
10 British Grand Prix United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone 9 July
11 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungary Hungaroring, Budapest 23 July
12 German Grand Prix‡ Germany Hockenheimring, Hockenheim 30 July
13 Belgian Grand Prix Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot 27 August
14 Italian Grand Prix Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 3 September
15 Malaysian Grand Prix Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur 17 September
16 Singapore Grand Prix Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore 1 October
17 Japanese Grand Prix Japan Suzuka International Race Course, Suzuka 8 October
18 United States Grand Prix United States Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas 22 October
19 Mexican Grand Prix Mexico Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City 5 November
20 Brazilian Grand Prix‡ Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 12 November
21 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 26 November
Source:[37]
Notes
  • ‡ — Subject to confirmation.

Calendar changes

Changes

General changes

Technical regulations

  • The technical regulations governing bodywork design were revised for 2017, with the objective of improving lap times by four to five seconds over the 2016 generation of cars.[42] These changes include:[43]
    • An increase of the width of the front wing to 1,800 mm (70.9 in).
    • Lowering the rear wing by 150 mm (5.9 in) and its position moved back by 200 mm (7.9 in).
    • The leading edge of the barge boards being brought forward to allow teams more freedom in controlling airflow.
    • An increase of the width of the front and rear tyres to allow cars to generate more mechanical grip.
    • The minimum weight of the car including the driver being raised by 20 kg to 722 kg, with teams allowed to use 105 kg of fuel to account for the increase in minimum weight.
  • The token system used to regulate power unit development—where the power unit was divided into individual areas, and each area assigned a points value with development of these areas deducting points from a manufacturer's overall points quota—will be abandoned.[44]
  • Restrictions are to be placed on the dimensions, weight and the materials used to build each individual component of the power unit.[45]
  • Teams are restricted to four power units per season regardless of the number of Grands Prix in the season.[46] Previous seasons had included a provision for a fifth power unit if the number of Grands Prix in a season exceeded twenty; from 2017, this provision is to be abandoned.
  • The cost of a power unit supply is reduced by €1 million in 2017 ahead of a further reduction in 2018.[45]
  • Cameras will no longer be permitted to be mounted on stalks, located on the nose of the car.[47]

Sporting regulations

  • Under rules introduced in 2015, grid penalties for exceeding a driver's quota of components carried over from one race to the next if the penalty could not be fully served when issued. When this carry-over system was abandoned, teams could build up a reserve of spare components by introducing several at once while only serving a single grid penalty. From 2017, teams will only be able to use one new component over their quota per race, with any additional components incurring further penalties. This change prevents teams from "stockpiling" spare power unit components.[48]
  • Power unit suppliers will have an "obligation to supply", mandating that they supply power units to any team, if any ends up without an agreement.[44] The rule was introduced following the breakdown in the relationship between Renault and their customer teams Red Bull Racing and Scuderia Toro Rosso at the end of the 2015 season that left both teams in limbo until deals could be arranged.[49]
  • In the event that a race is declared wet and must start behind the safety car, the grid will follow normal starting procedures once conditions are declared satisfactory for racing. Drivers will line up on the grid for a standing start once the safety car pulls into pit lane, although any laps completed behind the safety car will count towards the total race distance.[50]

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