The 2017 Formula One season was the 6th Formula One championship contested over 20 circuits in 19 countries. Fabiano Cruz and Renault outmatched Lotus–Ford for the first time, winning all three championships. It was the last season to see a twenty-race calendar, before the Grand Prix cycle was introduced, mandating sixteen races per season.
It saw the first and, to date, only death in Formula One: Dieter Aeschelman was killed during the Spanish Grand Prix race. Sauber continued to honor his death with some representation of him on their car, and by always having at least two test drivers.
Team name
|
Constructor
|
Engine
|
No.
|
Driver
|
Rds
|
Test driver
|
Team Lotus Ford
|
Lotus-Ford
|
Ford
|
1 |
Kimi Raikkonen |
All
|
Jarod Wells
|
2 |
Romain Grosjean |
1–7, 9-20
|
Jarod Wells |
8
|
Scuderia Ferrari
|
Ferrari
|
Ferrari
|
3 |
Ma Quinghua |
All
|
Fernando Alonso Arron Cotterill
|
4 |
Timo Glock |
All
|
Red Bull Renault Works Team
|
Renault
|
Renault
|
5 |
Marcus Ericsson |
All
|
Pastor Maldonado Raja Harta
|
6 |
Fabiano Cruz |
All
|
BAE McLaren Honda
|
McLaren-Honda
|
Honda
|
7 |
Tu Yu |
1–10
|
Jenson Button
|
Jenson Button |
11–20
|
8 |
Daniel Ricciardo |
All
|
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
|
Mercedes
|
Mercedes
|
9 |
Ferdinand Wells |
All
|
Sebastian Vettel
|
10 |
Jean-Eric Vergne |
All
|
Sauber F1 Team
|
Sauber-Ferrari
|
Ferrari
|
11 |
Dieter Aschelman |
1–5
|
Paul di Resta
|
Fernando Alonso |
5–8
|
Paul di Resta |
9–20
|
12 |
Bernard Babineaux |
All
|
Com Hem Marussia Cosworth
|
Marussia-Cosworth
|
Cosworth
|
14 |
Federico Piazza |
All
|
Zeke Porter
|
15 |
Godofredo Belmonte |
All
|
Team Aethra EADS
|
EADS-BMW
|
BMW
|
16 |
Ilya Alkaev |
All
|
Zhi Jiang Spyridon Lagunov
|
17 |
Nino Magro |
All
|
Williams F1 Team
|
Williams-BMW
|
BMW
|
18 |
Nico Rosberg |
All
|
Abner Ashley Tarou Wakahisa
|
19 |
Lewis Hamilton |
All
|
Caterham F1 Team
|
Caterham-Cosworth
|
Cosworth
|
20 |
Giedo van der Garde |
All
|
Carlos Pérez
|
21 |
Alexander Rossi |
All
|
Scuderia Minardi
|
Minardi-Honda
|
Honda
|
22 |
Philbert Rome |
All
|
Callan O'Keeffe
|
23 |
Eugenio Guerrero |
All
|
Hyundai F1 Team
|
Hyundai-BMW
|
BMW
|
24 |
Stoffel Vandoorne |
All
|
Jaime Alguersuari
|
25 |
Tiger Abraham |
All
|
- Toro Rosso is renamed back to Minardi after Red Bull GmbH gives up their shares in the team.
- EADS gets a European licence from the FIA. It was previously running under a Dutch licence, since that's where the company is headquartered.
- McLaren secures as title sponsor deal with Aerospace defense contractor BAE Systems. The deal was to last 6-years.
- Marcus Ericsson: Ferrari → Renault.
- Ma Quinghua: Renault → Ferrari.
- Fernando Alonso retires.
- Timo Glock: Marussia → Ferrari.
- Federico Piazza: EADS → Marussia.
- Nino Magro joins EADS.
- Paul di Resta sits a year out of Sauber due to injury.
- Bernard Babineax joins Sauber.
- Felipe Massa retires.
- Lewis Hamilton: Marussia → Williams.
- Godofredo Belmonte joins Marussia.
- Alexander Rossi joins Caterham.
- Narain Karthikeyan retires.
- Eugenio Guerrero joins Toro Rosso.
- Callan O'Keeffe demoted to Toro Rosso test driver.
- Tiger Abraham joins Hyundai.
- Jaime Alguersuari demoted to Hyundai test driver.
- Sauber: Dieter Aeschelman → Fernando Alonso → Paul di Resta. The death of Dieter Aeschelman at the Spanish Grand Prix on the Circuit de Catalunya prompted his replacement by Fernando Alonso. Paul di Resta would've replaced him, but was still injured from a nasty accidental last year. He would, instead, replace the Ferrari test driver when he recovers, which ended up being for the German Grand Prix.
- Lotus: Jarod Wells replaces Romain Grosjean for one round. Grosjean's injury during the Canadian Grand Prix prevented him from attending the following event, promoting Canadian test driver and brother of Ferdinand, Jarod Wells, to full driver for the weekend.
- McLaren: Tu Yu → Jenson Button. Former McLaren driver Jenson Buttons stepped in to replace a seriously-injured Tu Yu following a first-lap incident at the German Grand Prix. The Taiwanese, Yu, could not participate in the rest of the season.
|
Sending
|
Team
|
Replacing
|
Driver
|
Length
|
Conditions
|
Renault
|
—
|
Fabiano Cruz
|
2019
|
|
—
|
Ma Quinghua
|
2019
|
|
Either (1)
|
Ilya Alkaev Bernard Babineaux × (20/9) Marcus Ericsson
|
2019
|
Empty seat, win rivalry
|
Either
|
Raja Harta
|
2018
|
Empty seat
|
Ferrari
|
—
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
2018
|
|
Either (1)
|
Timo Glock Lewis Hamilton
|
2018
|
Win rivalry
|
Either (1)
|
Dieter Aescheiman Ilya Alkaev Bernard Babineaux × (20/9) Fabiano Cruz Marcus Ericsson Ma Quinghua
|
2018
|
Empty seat, win rivalry
|
Either
|
Arron Cotterill
|
2019
|
Empty seat
|
Sauber
|
Both
|
Dieter Aeschelman Bernard Babineaux
|
2018
|
|
Either (both)
|
Jaime Alguersuari Callan O'Keeffe Narain Karthikeyan Nino Magro Giedo van der Garde Stoffel Vandoorne
|
2018
|
Empty seat, win rivalry
|
Williams
|
Either (both)
|
Dieter Aescheiman Ilya Alkaev Bernard Babineaux × (20/9) Timo Glock Lewis Hamilton Felipe Massa Federico Piazza Nico Rosberg
|
2019
|
Win rivalry
|
Either
|
Abner Ashley Tarou Wakahisa
|
2018
|
Empty seat
|
EADS
|
Federico Piazza
|
Ilya Alkaev Federico Piazza
|
2018
|
Win rivalry
|
Either
|
Nino Magro
|
2018
|
|
Either (one)
|
Dieter Aescheiman Jaime Alguersuari Ilya Alkaev Bernard Babineaux × (20/9) Fabiano Cruz Marcus Ericsson Timo Glock Lewis Hamilton Narain Karthikeyan Felipe Massa Callan O'Keeffe Federico Piazza Ma Quinghua Nico Rosberg Giedo van der Garde Stoffel Vandoorne
|
2019
|
Empty seat, win rivalry
|
Either
|
Zhi Jiang
|
2018
|
Empty seat
|
Marussia
|
—
|
Lewis Hamilton
|
2018
|
|
Timo Glock
|
Dieter Aescheiman Jaime Alguersuari Ilya Alkaev Fabiano Cruz Marcus Ericsson Timo Glock Lewis Hamilton Narain Karthikeyan Felipe Massa Callan O'Keeffe Federico Piazza Ma Quinghua Nico Rosberg Giedo van der Garde Stoffel Vandoorne
|
2019
|
Win rivalry
|
Either
|
Godofredo Belmonte Zeke Porter
|
2018
|
Empty seat
|
Toro Rosso
|
Callan O'Keeffe
|
Eugênio Guerrero
|
2019
|
|
Caterham
|
—
|
Giedo van der Garde
|
2018
|
|
Narain Karthikeyan
|
Nino Magro Alexander Rossi
|
2018
|
|
Either (both)
|
Jaime Alguersuari Nino Magro Callan O'Keeffe Narain Karthikeyan Giedo van der Garde Stoffel Vandoorne
|
2018
|
Empty seat, win rivalry
|
Hyundai
|
Stoffel Vandoorne
|
Jaime Alguersuari Stoffel Vandoorne
|
2019
|
Win rivalry
|
Either
|
Tiger Abraham Isaiah Beckett
|
2019
|
Empty seat
|
|
Receiving
|
Driver
|
Offer from
|
Dri
|
Res
|
Tiger Abraham
|
Hyundai
|
Yes
|
Confirmed
|
Dieter Aeschelman
|
Ferrari
|
Yes (1)
|
Taken
|
Sauber
|
Yes (2)
|
'Confirmed
|
Williams
|
Yes (3)
|
|
EADS
|
Yes (4)
|
|
Marussia
|
Yes (5)
|
|
Jaime Alguersuari
|
Sauber
|
Yes (1)
|
|
Hyundai
|
Yes (2)
|
|
EADS
|
Yes (3)
|
|
Marussia
|
Yes (4)
|
|
Caterham
|
Yes (5)
|
|
Ilya Alkaev
|
Ferrari
|
Yes (1)
|
Taken
|
Renault
|
Yes (2)
|
Taken
|
EADS
|
Yes (3)
|
Confirmed
|
Williams
|
Yes (4)
|
|
Marussia
|
Yes (5)
|
|
Abner Ashley
|
Williams
|
Yes
|
|
Bernard Babineaux
|
Renault
|
Yes (1)
|
Taken
|
Ferrari
|
Yes (2)
|
Taken
|
Sauber
|
Yes (3)
|
Confirmed
|
Williams
|
No
|
|
EADS
|
No
|
|
Isaiah Beckett
|
Hyundai
|
Yes
|
|
Godofredo Belmonte
|
Marussia
|
Yes
|
Confirmed
|
Arron Cotterill
|
Ferrari
|
Yes
|
Taken
|
Fabiano Cruz
|
Renault
|
Yes (1)
|
Confirmed
|
Ferrari
|
Yes (2)
|
|
EADS
|
Yes (3)
|
|
Williams
|
No
|
|
Marussia
|
No
|
|
Paul di Resta
|
Ongoing contract with Sauber
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
Renault
|
Yes (1)
|
Confirmed
|
Ferrari
|
Yes (2)
|
|
EADS
|
Yes (3)
|
|
Marussia
|
No
|
|
Timo Glock
|
Ferrari
|
Yes (1)
|
Confirmed
|
Williams
|
Yes (2)
|
|
EADS
|
Yes (3)
|
|
Marussia
|
Yes (4)
|
|
Romain Grosjean
|
Ongoing contract with Lotus
|
Eugenio Guerrero
|
Toro Rosso
|
Yes
|
Confirmed
|
Lewis Hamilton
|
Ferrari
|
Yes (1)
|
Taken
|
Williams
|
Yes (2)
|
Confirmed
|
EADS
|
Yes (3)
|
|
Marussia
|
No
|
|
Raja Harta
|
Renault
|
Yes
|
|
Zhi Jiang
|
EADS
|
Yes
|
|
Narain Karthikeyan
|
Sauber
|
Yes (1)
|
Taken
|
EADS
|
Yes (2)
|
Taken
|
Marussia
|
Yes (3)
|
Taken
|
Caterham
|
Yes (4)
|
Taken
|
Nino Magro
|
Sauber
|
Yes (1)
|
Taken
|
EADS
|
Yes (2)
|
Confirmed
|
Caterham
|
No
|
|
Felipe Massa
|
EADS
|
Yes (1)
|
Taken
|
Williams
|
Yes (2)
|
Taken
|
Marussia
|
No
|
|
Callan O'Keeffe
|
Sauber
|
Yes (1)
|
Taken
|
EADS
|
Yes (2)
|
Taken
|
Marussia
|
Yes (3)
|
Taken
|
Caterham
|
Yes (4)
|
Taken
|
Federico Piazza
|
Williams
|
Yes (1)
|
Taken
|
EADS
|
Yes (2)
|
Taken
|
Marussia
|
Yes (3)
|
Confirmed
|
Zeke Porter
|
Marussia
|
Yes
|
Taken
|
Ma Quinghua
|
Ferrari
|
Yes (1)
|
Confirmed
|
Renault
|
Yes (2)
|
|
EADS
|
No
|
|
Marussia
|
No
|
|
Kimi Raikkonen
|
Ongoing contract with Lotus
|
Daniel Ricciardo
|
Ongoing contract with McLaren
|
Philbert Rome
|
Ongoing contract with Toro Rosso
|
Nico Rosberg
|
Williams
|
Yes (1)
|
Confirmed
|
EADS
|
Yes (2)
|
|
Marussia
|
No
|
|
Alexander Rossi
|
Caterham
|
Yes
|
Confirmed
|
Giedo van der Garde
|
Sauber
|
Yes (1)
|
Taken
|
EADS
|
Yes (2)
|
Taken
|
Marussia
|
Yes (3)
|
Taken
|
Caterham
|
Yes (4)
|
Confirmed
|
Stoffel Vandoorne
|
Sauber
|
Yes (1)
|
Taken
|
Hyundai
|
Yes (2)
|
Confirmed
|
EADS
|
Yes (3)
|
|
Caterham
|
Yes (4)
|
|
Marussia
|
Yes (5)
|
|
Jean-Eric Vergne
|
Ongoing contract with Mercedes
|
Tarou Wakahisa
|
Williams
|
Yes
|
Taken
|
Ferdinand Wells
|
Ongoing contract with Mercedes
|
Tu Yu
|
Ongoing contract with McLaren
|
|
- See also: Results sheet
Rd
|
Grand Prix
|
Pole position
|
Fastest lap
|
Winning
|
Championship leaders
|
driver
|
constructor
|
engine
|
Driver
|
Lead
|
Constructor
|
Lead
|
Engine
|
Lead
|
1
|
Australia
|
Romain Grosjean
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
Romain Grosjean
|
Lotus
|
Ford
|
Romain Grosjean
|
7
|
Lotus
|
22
|
Ford
|
22
|
2
|
Malaysia
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
Ma Quinghua
|
Eugenio Guerrero
|
Minardi
|
Honda
|
18
|
38
|
9
|
3
|
China
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
Kimi Raikkonen
|
Timo Glock
|
Ferrari
|
Ferrari
|
10
|
62
|
33
|
4
|
Bahrain
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
Jean-Eric Vergne
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
Renault
|
Renault
|
20
|
34
|
29
|
5
|
Spain
|
Ma Quinghua
|
Timo Glock
|
Ma Quinghua
|
Ferrari
|
Ferrari
|
17
|
13
|
Ferrari
|
23
|
6
|
Monaco
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
Kimi Raikkonen
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
Renault
|
Renault
|
20
|
8
|
18
|
7
|
Canada
|
Ma Quinghua
|
Timo Glock
|
Ma Quinghua
|
Ferrari
|
BMW
|
20
|
9
|
27
|
8
|
Europe
|
Jarod Wells
|
Timo Glock
|
Fabiano Cruz
|
Ferrari
|
Ferrari
|
8
|
Ferrari
|
17
|
57
|
9
|
United Kingdom
|
Fabiano Cruz
|
Romain Grosjean
|
Fabiano Cruz
|
Renault
|
Renault
|
14
|
Renault
|
3
|
41
|
10
|
Germany
|
Fabiano Cruz
|
Fabiano Cruz
|
Fabiano Cruz
|
Renault
|
Renault
|
Fabiano Cruz
|
11
|
36
|
8
|
11
|
Hungary
|
Timo Glock
|
Federico Piazza
|
Romain Grosjean
|
Lotus
|
Ford
|
Romain Grosjean
|
2
|
33
|
Renault
|
4
|
12
|
Belgium
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
Fabiano Cruz
|
Ma Quinghua
|
Ferrari
|
Ferrari
|
Fabiano Cruz
|
13
|
44
|
0
|
13
|
Italy
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
Marcus Ericsson
|
Renault
|
Renault
|
7
|
71
|
27
|
14
|
Singapore
|
Timo Glock
|
Romain Grosjean
|
Tiger Abraham
|
Hyundai
|
BMW
|
Romain Grosjean
|
3
|
67
|
37
|
15
|
Japan
|
Fabiano Cruz
|
Ma Quinghua
|
Fabiano Cruz
|
Renault
|
Renault
|
Fabiano Cruz
|
12
|
79
|
57
|
16
|
Korea
|
Romain Grosjean
|
Kimi Raikkonen
|
Romain Grosjean
|
Lotus
|
Ford
|
5
|
72
|
69
|
17
|
India
|
Romain Grosjean
|
Ma Quinghua
|
Romain Grosjean
|
Ferrari
|
Ferrari
|
Romain Grosjean
|
10
|
70
|
66
|
18
|
Abu Dhabi
|
Romain Grosjean
|
Romain Grosjean
|
Fabiano Cruz
|
Renault
|
Renault
|
Fabiano Cruz
|
0
|
82
|
82
|
19
|
United States
|
Ma Quinghua
|
Kimi Raikkonen
|
Ferdinand Wells
|
Mercedes
|
Mercedes
|
18
|
100
|
100
|
20
|
Brazil
|
Fabiano Cruz
|
Marucs Ericsson
|
Fabiano Cruz
|
Renault
|
Renault
|
31
|
105
|
105
|
Driver
|
Constructor
|
Engine
|
1
|
Fabiano Cruz (Renault)
|
1
|
Renault
|
1
|
Renault
|
2
|
Romain Grosjean (Lotus)
|
2
|
Lotus-Ford
|
2
|
Ford
|
3
|
Marcus Ericsson (Renault)
|
3
|
Ferrari
|
3
|
Ferrari
|
4
|
Ma Quinghua (Ferrari)
|
4
|
Hyunda-BMW
|
4
|
BMW
|
5
|
Timo Glock (Ferrari)
|
5
|
Mercedes
|
5
|
Honda
|
6
|
Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus)
|
6
|
Minardi-Honda
|
6
|
Mercedes
|
7
|
Tiger Abraham (Hyundai)
|
7
|
Marussia-Cosworth
|
7
|
Cosworth
|
8
|
Eugenio Guerrero (Minardi)
|
8
|
EADS-BMW
|
N/A
|
9
|
Ferdinand Wells (Mercedes)
|
9
|
McLaren-Honda
|
10
|
Godofredo Belmonte (Marussia)
|
10
|
Sauber-Ferrari
|
11
|
Jean-Eric Vergne (Mercedes
|
11
|
Williams-BMW
|
12
|
Nino Magro (EADS)
|
12
|
Caterham-Cosworth
|
13
|
Bernard Babineaux (Sauber)
|
N/A
|
14
|
Federico Piazza (Marussia)
|
15
|
Paul di Resta (Sauber)
|
16
|
Jenson Button (McLaren)
|
17
|
Tu Yu (McLaren)
|
18
|
Ilya Alkaev (EADS)
|
19
|
Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren)
|
20
|
Philbert Rome (Minardi)
|
21
|
Stoffel Vandoorne (Hyundai)
|
22
|
Nico Rosberg (Williams)
|
23
|
Jarod Wells (Lotus)
|
24
|
Dieter Aeschelman† (Sauber)
|
25
|
Lewis Hamilton (Williams)
|
26
|
Alexander Rossi (Caterham)
|
27
|
Fernando Alonso (Sauber)
|
28
|
Giedo van der Garde (Caterham)
|