2017 Formula One season

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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.

Signed teams and drivers[edit | edit source]

Team name Constructor Engine No. Driver Rds Test driver
The United Kingdom Team Lotus Ford Lotus-Ford The United States Ford 1 Finland Kimi Raikkonen All Canada Jarod Wells
2 France Romain Grosjean 1–7, 9-20
Canada Jarod Wells 8
Italy Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari Italy Ferrari 3 China Ma Quinghua All Spain Fernando Alonso
The United Kingdom Arron Cotterill
4 Germany Timo Glock All
France Red Bull Renault Works Team Renault France Renault 5 Sweden Marcus Ericsson All Venezuela Pastor Maldonado
Indonesia Raja Harta
6 Brazil Fabiano Cruz All
The United Kingdom BAE McLaren Honda McLaren-Honda Japan Honda 7 Taiwan Tu Yu 1–10 The United Kingdom Jenson Button
The United Kingdom Jenson Button 11–20
8 Australia Daniel Ricciardo All
Germany Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team Mercedes Germany Mercedes 9 Canada Ferdinand Wells All Germany Sebastian Vettel
10 France Jean-Eric Vergne All
Switzerland Sauber F1 Team Sauber-Ferrari Italy Ferrari 11 Germany Dieter Aschelman 1–5 The United Kingdom Paul di Resta
Spain Fernando Alonso 5–8
The United Kingdom Paul di Resta 9–20
12 Canada Bernard Babineaux All
Russia Com Hem Marussia Cosworth Marussia-Cosworth The United Kingdom Cosworth 14 Italy Federico Piazza All The United Kingdom Zeke Porter
15 Mexico Godofredo Belmonte All
Europe Team Aethra EADS EADS-BMW Germany BMW 16 Russia Ilya Alkaev All China Zhi Jiang
Russia Spyridon Lagunov
17 Italy Nino Magro All
The United Kingdom Williams F1 Team Williams-BMW Germany BMW 18 Germany Nico Rosberg All The United Kingdom Abner Ashley
Japan Tarou Wakahisa
19 The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton All
Malaysia Caterham F1 Team Caterham-Cosworth The United Kingdom Cosworth 20 The Netherlands Giedo van der Garde All Mexico Carlos Pérez
21 The United States Alexander Rossi All
Italy Scuderia Minardi Minardi-Honda Japan Honda 22 France Philbert Rome All South Africa Callan O'Keeffe
23 Brazil Eugenio Guerrero All
South Korea Hyundai F1 Team Hyundai-BMW Germany BMW 24 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne All Spain Jaime Alguersuari
25 The United States Tiger Abraham All

Team changes[edit | edit source]

  • 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.

Driver changes[edit | edit source]

  • 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.

Mid-season[edit | edit source]

  • 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.

Results and standings[edit | edit source]

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 Australia France Romain Grosjean Sweden Marcus Ericsson France Romain Grosjean The United Kingdom Lotus The United States Ford France Romain Grosjean 7 The United Kingdom Lotus 22 The United States Ford 22
2 Malaysia Malaysia Sweden Marcus Ericsson China Ma Quinghua Brazil Eugenio Guerrero Italy Minardi Japan Honda 18 38 9
3 China China Sweden Marcus Ericsson Finland Kimi Raikkonen Germany Timo Glock Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari 10 62 33
4 Bahrain Bahrain Sweden Marcus Ericsson France Jean-Eric Vergne Sweden Marcus Ericsson France Renault France Renault 20 34 29
5 Spain Spain China Ma Quinghua Germany Timo Glock China Ma Quinghua Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari 17 13 Italy Ferrari 23
6 Monaco Monaco Sweden Marcus Ericsson Finland Kimi Raikkonen Sweden Marcus Ericsson France Renault France Renault 20 8 18
7 Canada Canada China Ma Quinghua Germany Timo Glock China Ma Quinghua Italy Ferrari Germany BMW 20 9 27
8 Europe Europe Canada Jarod Wells Germany Timo Glock Brazil Fabiano Cruz Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari 8 Italy Ferrari 17 57
9 The United Kingdom United Kingdom Brazil Fabiano Cruz France Romain Grosjean Brazil Fabiano Cruz France Renault France Renault 14 France Renault 3 41
10 Germany Germany Brazil Fabiano Cruz Brazil Fabiano Cruz Brazil Fabiano Cruz France Renault France Renault Brazil Fabiano Cruz 11 36 8
11 Hungary Hungary Germany Timo Glock Italy Federico Piazza France Romain Grosjean The United Kingdom Lotus The United States Ford France Romain Grosjean 2 33 France Renault 4
12 Belgium Belgium Sweden Marcus Ericsson Brazil Fabiano Cruz China Ma Quinghua Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari Brazil Fabiano Cruz 13 44 0
13 Italy Italy Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson France Renault France Renault 7 71 27
14 Singapore Singapore Germany Timo Glock France Romain Grosjean The United States Tiger Abraham South Korea Hyundai Germany BMW France Romain Grosjean 3 67 37
15 Japan Japan Brazil Fabiano Cruz China Ma Quinghua Brazil Fabiano Cruz France Renault France Renault Brazil Fabiano Cruz 12 79 57
16 South Korea Korea France Romain Grosjean Finland Kimi Raikkonen France Romain Grosjean The United Kingdom Lotus The United States Ford 5 72 69
17 India India France Romain Grosjean China Ma Quinghua France Romain Grosjean Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari France Romain Grosjean 10 70 66
18 The United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi France Romain Grosjean France Romain Grosjean Brazil Fabiano Cruz France Renault France Renault Brazil Fabiano Cruz 0 82 82
19 The United States United States China Ma Quinghua Finland Kimi Raikkonen Canada Ferdinand Wells Germany Mercedes Germany Mercedes 18 100 100
20 Brazil Brazil Brazil Fabiano Cruz Sweden Marucs Ericsson Brazil Fabiano Cruz France Renault France Renault 31 105 105

Final standings[edit | edit source]

Driver Constructor Engine
1 Brazil Fabiano Cruz (Renault) 1 France Renault 1 France Renault
2 France Romain Grosjean (Lotus) 2 The United Kingdom Lotus-Ford 2 The United States Ford
3 Sweden Marcus Ericsson (Renault) 3 Italy Ferrari 3 Italy Ferrari
4 China Ma Quinghua (Ferrari) 4 South Korea Hyunda-BMW 4 Germany BMW
5 Germany Timo Glock (Ferrari) 5 Germany Mercedes 5 Japan Honda
6 Finland Kimi Raikkonen (Lotus) 6 Italy Minardi-Honda 6 Germany Mercedes
7 The United States Tiger Abraham (Hyundai) 7 Russia Marussia-Cosworth 7 The United Kingdom Cosworth
8 Brazil Eugenio Guerrero (Minardi) 8 Europe EADS-BMW N/A
9 Canada Ferdinand Wells (Mercedes) 9 The United Kingdom McLaren-Honda
10 Mexico Godofredo Belmonte (Marussia) 10 Switzerland Sauber-Ferrari
11 France Jean-Eric Vergne (Mercedes 11 The United Kingdom Williams-BMW
12 Italy Nino Magro (EADS) 12 Malaysia Caterham-Cosworth
13 Canada Bernard Babineaux (Sauber) N/A
14 Italy Federico Piazza (Marussia)
15 The United Kingdom Paul di Resta (Sauber)
16 The United Kingdom Jenson Button (McLaren)
17 Taiwan Tu Yu (McLaren)
18 Russia Ilya Alkaev (EADS)
19 Australia Daniel Ricciardo (McLaren)
20 France Philbert Rome (Minardi)
21 Belgium Stoffel Vandoorne (Hyundai)
22 Germany Nico Rosberg (Williams)
23 Canada Jarod Wells (Lotus)
24 Germany Dieter Aeschelman† (Sauber)
25 The United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton (Williams)
26 The United States Alexander Rossi (Caterham)
27 Spain Fernando Alonso (Sauber)
28 The Netherlands Giedo van der Garde (Caterham)