2017 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 71st season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)'s Formula One motor racing. It is scheduled to feature the 68th Formula One World Championship, a motor racing championship for Formula One cars which is recognized 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 are 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 Grand Prix drivers
No. Driver name Rounds
Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari SF70H[3] Ferrari 062[4] P 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel TBA
7 Finland Kimi Räikkönen TBA
India Sahara Force India F1 Team Force India-Mercedes VJM10[5] Mercedes M08 EQ Power+[6] P 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez TBA
31 France Esteban Ocon TBA
United States Haas F1 Team Haas-Ferrari VF-17[7] Ferrari 062[4] P 8 France Romain Grosjean TBA
20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen TBA
United Kingdom McLaren Honda Formula 1 Team McLaren-Honda MCL32[8] Honda RA617H[9] P 2 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne TBA
14 Spain Fernando Alonso TBA
Germany Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport Mercedes F1 W08 EQ Power+[6] Mercedes M08 EQ Power+[6] P 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton TBA
77 Finland Valtteri Bottas TBA
Austria Red Bull Racing Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer RB13[10] TAG Heuer[11][N 1] P 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo TBA
33 Netherlands Max Verstappen TBA
France Renault Sport Formula One Team Renault R.S.17[13] Renault R.E.17[13] P 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg TBA
30 United Kingdom Jolyon Palmer TBA
Switzerland Sauber F1 Team Sauber-Ferrari C36[14] Ferrari 061[15] P 9 Sweden Marcus Ericsson TBA
94 Germany Pascal Wehrlein TBA
Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso-TBA STR12[16] Renault R.E.17[11] P 26 Russia Daniil Kvyat TBA
55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. TBA
United Kingdom Williams Martini Racing Williams-Mercedes FW40[17] Mercedes M08 EQ Power+[6] P 18 Canada Lance Stroll TBA
19 Brazil Felipe Massa TBA
Sources:[18][19]

Team changes

  • The parent company of MRT went into administration in January 2017.[20] The administrators failed to find a buyer and the company collapsed later that same month,[21][22] ultimately closing down entirely in March.[23]
  • Sauber will use one year-old Ferrari power units in 2017, mirroring the arrangement between Ferrari and Scuderia Toro Rosso in 2016.[15]
  • Toro Rosso will return to using Renault power units in 2017, having used 2015-specification Ferrari power units in 2016.[11] 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.[24][25]

Driver changes

Season calendar

Nations that 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:[40]

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 Racing 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:[40]

Calendar changes

Changes

General changes

  • In September 2016, Liberty Media purchased a minority stake in the sport from CVC Capital Partners,[43] and completed the purchase ahead of the 2017 season,[44] with the long-term goal of adopting a model similar to that used by the U.S. National Football League and Major League Baseball, with teams entitled to purchase a stake in the sport.[45] The commercial operation of the sport underwent a restructuring in January 2017, with Bernie Ecclestone leaving his position as chief executive of Formula One Group after forty years in the role.[46]
  • With the acquisition of the sport by Liberty Media, teams were given more control over creating and uploading content to social media.[47] Under Bernie Ecclestone's previous management, all footage filmed in the paddock was automatically controlled by Formula One Management with tight restrictions on the release of content.
  • As a response to widespread changes in the technical regulations expected to increase cornering speeds by up to 40 km/h (24.9 mph), the FIA requested that every circuit on the calendar undergo revisions to update safety features.[48]

Technical regulations

New technical regulations led to a significant change in car design of the new 2017 cars (McLaren MCL32 pictured, bottom) compared to their 2016 counterparts (McLaren MP4-31 pictured, top).
  • 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.[49] These changes include:[50]
    • An increase of the overall width of the cars to 2,000 mm (78.7 in).[51]
    • Bodywork allowed to reach a maximum width of 1,600 mm (63.0 in).[51]
    • 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 moving its position back by 200 mm (7.9 in).
    • Bigger and longer rear diffuser, now extending ahead of the rear axle.[51]
    • 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 (around 25% wider than previous tyres) to allow cars to generate more mechanical grip.[51]
    • 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.[52]
  • Restrictions are to be placed on the dimensions, weight and the materials used to build each individual component of the power unit.[53]
  • Teams are restricted to four power units per season regardless of the number of Grands Prix in the season.[54] 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.[53]
  • Cameras will no longer be permitted to be mounted on stalks, located on the nose of the car.[55]
  • Pirelli continued to be Formula One's sole tyre supplier in 2017, beating out a bid by Michelin to provide tyres for the series.[56] Continuing from previous seasons, the company offered a range of seven different tyre compounds, five for dry and two for wet conditions. While both wet compounds are available for every Grand Prix, only a choice of three dry compounds are made available to teams for a single race weekend.[57][58] As in the previous season, teams are allowed to choose ten out of 13 sets of tyres for a race weekend freely from the three compounds made available by Pirelli. However, due to limited testing time for the new compounds during the winter break, Pirelli chose to provide teams with a mandatory number of sets for the first five races.[59]

Sporting regulations

  • Under rules introduced in 2015, grid penalties for exceeding a driver's quota of power unit 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.[60]
  • Power unit suppliers will have an "obligation to supply", mandating that they supply power units to any team, should a team end up without an agreement.[52] 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.[61]
  • 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.[62]


Notes

  1. ^ Red Bull Racing use Renault R.E.17 power units. For sponsorship purposes, these engines are rebadged as "TAG Heuer".[12]

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