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#F1 2017 PREDICTIONS SERIES#

2015 GP2 Series champion Stoffel Vandoorne joined McLaren as a full-time driver.

Massa was partnered by 2016 European Formula 3 Championship winner Lance Stroll, who was originally hired by the team to replace Massa. Felipe Massa, who had intended to retire from Formula One at the end of the 2016 season, extended his contract with Williams to replace his former teammate. Valtteri Bottas was released by Williams to sign with Mercedes as Rosberg's replacement.

#F1 2017 PREDICTIONS DRIVER#

Reigning champion and Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg announced his shock retirement from the sport at the end of the 2016 season, ending Formula One career after 11 season when he clinched the title in Abu Dhabi.Esteban Ocon moved from MRT to Force India, filling the seat left vacant by Nico Hülkenberg's departure to Renault.

Gutiérrez later moved to the Formula E championship. As a result of the agreement with Magnussen and the team's decision to take up an option on Grosjean, Esteban Gutiérrez's contract with the team was not renewed.

Kevin Magnussen turned down an offer to stay with Renault and instead signed a deal with Haas to drive alongside Romain Grosjean.

His place at Mercedes was taken by Valtteri Bottas (right). Nico Rosberg (pictured left) retired from Formula One shortly after winning the 2016 World Drivers' Championship. The team had previously used Renault power units in 20 before the relationship between Renault and sister team Red Bull Racing broke down, prompting Toro Rosso to seek out an alternative supplier.

Toro Rosso returned to using Renault power units (badged with their own name) in 2017, having used 2015-specification Ferrari power units in 2016.

Sauber used one year-old Ferrari power units in 2017, mirroring the arrangement between Ferrari and Scuderia Toro Rosso in 2016.

The company collapsed later that same month, ultimately closing down entirely in March after administrators were unable to find a buyer for MRT.

Just Racing, the parent company of MRT, went into administration in January 2017.

#F1 2017 PREDICTIONS DRIVERS#

Antonio Giovinazzi, Sergey Sirotkin, Charles Leclerc and Sean Gelael served as free practice drivers for Haas, Renault, Sauber and Scuderia Toro Rosso respectively. and George Russell both served as free practice driver for Force India. Six drivers drove as free practice drivers over the course of the season. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Pirelli. The following teams and drivers took part in the 2017 Formula One World Championship.

5.4 World Constructors' Championship standings.

5.3 World Drivers' Championship standings.

Ferrari finished second with 522 points and Red Bull Racing were third with 368 points. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes won their fourth consecutive title at the 2017 United States Grand Prix and finished with 668 points. Hamilton finished 46 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel in second with 317 points and Valtteri Bottas in third with 305 points. At the conclusion of the championship, Hamilton won his fourth World Drivers' Championship title.

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes had to contend with a resurgent Ferrari team with lead driver Sebastian Vettel heading the championship for the first 12 rounds and challenging deep into the twenty race season. Ģ017 was the first genuine inter-team title battle for five years. Mercedes started the season as the defending Constructors' Champion, having secured their third consecutive title at the 2016 Japanese Grand Prix. Teams and drivers competed 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.Īs the reigning Drivers' Champion Nico Rosberg announced his retirement from the sport in December 2016, the 2017 season was the first since 1994 in which the reigning champion did not compete. It featured the 68th 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. The 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 71st season of Formula One motor racing.

Pictured is the W08 EQ Power+, the car entered by the team in 2017. Mercedes retained the Constructors' Championship for a fourth consecutive year.