2027 Formula One season

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The 2027 Formula One season was the 16th Formula One championship. It was contested over 16 countries in accordance with cycle one of the Grand Prix calendar cycle. The points system had been changed for the second year in succession – it was changed to 10-7-5-4-3-2-1 (top seven), whereas for the 2026 season, it was 10-6-4-3-2-1 (top six).

The story of the pre-season was that, following several impressive seasons at Ferrari, American Tiger Abraham moved to Sauber to fight his compatriot Kesley Martinson for championships, following their hat trick of season successes. Unfortunately his move was badly timed; as the season has played out, it became clear that Sauber had lost ground on its 3 top-tier rivals Toyota, Williams and Ferrari, the last of which brought an end to Sauber's domination of the sport with Jean-Eric Vergne at the helm, the duo putting together a very strong end to the season to secure both the drivers' and constructors' championships with two rounds to spare. With Toyota engines in 2 of the 4 top-tier teams, however, the Italian outfit struggled to fight for the engines' championship, which went to Toyota for the fourth time consecutively.

Calendar[edit | edit source]

Round Name Date L? Conditions
1 Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix October 7, 2013 Dry-wet qualifying, dry race
2 The United States United States Grand Prix in Austin October 8, 2013 Dry
3 Canada Canadian Grand Prix October 9, 2013 Dry
4 China Chinese Grand Prix October 10, 2013 Dry qualifying, dry-damp-dry race
5 Singapore Singapore Grand Prix October 18, 2013 Dry qualifying, dry-wet-dry race
6 Spain Spanish Grand Prix in Catalunya November 9, 2013 Dry
7 Germany German Grand Prix in Hockenheim November 11, 2013 Dry qualifying, wet-dry race
8 Monaco Monaco Grand Prix November 17, 2013 Dry
9 The United Kingdom United Kingdom Grand Prix at Brands Hatch November 20, 2013 Wet qualifying, dry-wet-dry race
10 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix November 21, 2013 Dry-wey qualifying, dry race
11 Italy Italian Grand Prix December 2, 2013 Dry
12 France French Grand Prix December 18, 2013 Dry
13 Sweden Swedish Grand Prix April 29, 2016
14 The United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Grand Prix May 2, 2016
15 Australia Australian Grand Prix May 2, 2016
16 Japan Japanese Grand Prix May 2, 2016

Signed team and drivers[edit | edit source]

Team name Constructor Engine No. Driver Rds Test drivers
Switzerland Nvidia Sauber F1 Team Sauber–Toyota Japan Toyota 1 The United States Kelsey Martinson 1–9, 11–16 Saudi Arabia Badr Hussain
Brazil Marcelino Cardozo
Saudi Arabia Badr Hussain 10
2 The United States Tiger Abraham All
The United Kingdom BMW Williams F1 Team Williams–BMW Germany BMW 3 Sweden Marcus Ericsson All Greece Maria Michelakakis
Germany Lutz Steen
4 France Philbert Rome 1–11
Greece Maria Michelakakis 12–16
Japan Anicom Toyota Formula Toyota Japan Toyota 5 Germany Timo Glock All Italy Tore Notaro
Japan Gorou Kurosawa
6 France Darnell Salvage All
Italy Scuderia ATR Ferrari Ferrari Italy Ferrari 7 France Jean-Eric Vergne All The United Kingdom Abner Ashley
8 Finland Tapani Kulmala 1–5, 12–16
The United Kingdom Abner Ashley 6–12
Europe Team EADS EADS–BMW Germany BMW 9 Canada Bernard Babineaux 1–14 Germany Lutz Steen
The United States Raleigh Huddleson
Germany Lutz Steen 15–16
10 Morocco Dawood Amjad All
The United States Lockheed Martin Ford Team Ford The United States Ford 11 France Guatier Faure All Belgium Wim Seghers
12 Mexico Carlos Perez All
The United Kingdom Honda McLaren F1 Team McLaren–Honda Japan Honda 14 France Romain Grosjean All Australia Mark Reier
India Sudarshan Bachchan
15 Japan Tarou Wakahisa All
Italy Scuderia Minardi Minardi–Honda Japan Honda 16 The Netherlands Izaak Aaldenberg 1–14, 16 Australia Mark Reier
The United States Royal Beck
The United States Mark Reier 15
17 Greece Sotiris Dimitriou All

Team changes[edit | edit source]

  • Ford: Team Ford → Lockheed Martin Ford Team. Aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin began a 3 year title sponsor contract with Ford. The deal was rumored to be relatively cheap for Lockheed, as Ford were happy to accommodate such a large and respectable partner, who also offered non-monetary support in the form of aerodynamicists, engineers, material scientists and general techniques.
  • Ferrari: Scuderia Ferrari → Scuderia ATR Ferrari. Following in Lockheed's footsteps, French-Italian aviators ATR signed a similar 4 year deal with Ferrari.
  • McLaren: BAE McLaren Honda → Honda McLaren F1 Team. BAE elected to not renew their title sponsorship of McLaren following several disappointing seasons. They remained a partner and small sponsor of the team however.

Driver changes[edit | edit source]

Driver Team Role Team Role
The United Kingdom Abner Ashley Switzerland Sauber full driver Italy Ferrari test driver
The United States Tiger Abraham Italy Ferrari full driver Switzerland Sauber full driver
Finland Tapani Kulmala Italy Ferrari test driver Italy Ferrari full driver
The United States Royal Beck Italy Minardi full driver Italy Minardi test driver
Portugal Anselmo Rosario Italy Minardi full driver retirement
Japan Gorou Kurosawa Italy Minardi full driver Japan Toyota test driver
The Netherlands Izaak Aldenberg Italy Minardi test driver Italy Minardi full driver
Greece Sotiris Dimitriou Italy Minardi test driver Italy Minardi full driver

The main movement this season was Sauber's announcement that they would not renew Abner Ashley's contract, after a four year stint with the Swiss outfit. The Brit had failed to live up to expectations – while his rookie teammate was off winning three championships in a row, Ashley could only manage 5th, 4th and 2nd. Ferrari driver Tiger Abraham, who had had some impressive runs against seasoned teammate Jean-Eric Vergne, replaced him, and replacing that American was Finnish test driver Tapani Kulmala, who had already scored a second place at the team while filling in for the injured Jean-Eric Vergne during 2025.

As per tradition, Minardi replaced their driver lineup after a 3-year stint with Royal Beck. Darnell Salvage, who joined the team alongside Beck, progressed up to a new team last year. Former Minardi driver Anselmo Rosario and former Cloud driver Gorou Kurosawa replaced Salvage last year with a split driver, but they too were dropped. Izaak Aldenberg and Sotiris Dimitriou replaced the outgoing drivers. Rosario retired, whereas Kurosawa moved to the Toyota testing team, thanks in some part due to his local sponsorship money.

Mid-season[edit | edit source]

An injury at the Singapore Grand Prix put rookie Tapani Kulmala out for seven rounds. Replacing him was ex-Sauber driver Abner Ashley, who would scored 35 points compared to eventual-championship winner Jean-Eric Vergne's 24 points in the same period. Kulmala made a comeback for the Swedish Grand Prix.

Philbert Rome was also injured during the Italian Grand Prix and was forced to miss the remainder of the season. Replacing him was Renault Driver Academy hopeful and female driver Maria Michelakakis, who outdrove 3-time world champion Marcus Ericsson in only her second race.

Bernard Babineaux and Izaak Aaldenberg were also injured during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Both were forced to miss a race but fit to run in the last round of the season, but Babineaux elected to retire from the sport early and let Lutz Steen gain some experience by running the two final rounds of the season. McLaren hopeful Mark Reier covered for Aaldenberg, ahead of his first full season in F1 with South McLaren next year. McLaren promoted Sudarshan Bachchan to test driver early to replace Reier.

Young driver programmes[edit | edit source]

Programme Teams Drivers
Japan Toyota Switzerland Sauber
Japan Toyota
Brazil Marcelino Cardozo
Japan Yasu Himura
Hong Kong Hong Hou
Saudi Arabia Badr Hussain
Italy Tore Notaro
The United Arab Emirates Yakub Zaman
Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari Australia Cordell Dudley
Australia Zak Henry
Norway Tor Horn
Japan Daisuke Nakamura
France Renault The United Kingdom Williams
Europe EADS
The United States Ford
Spain Nacho Dominguez
Germany Isidor Falkenrath
The United States Raleigh Huddleson
Denmark Axel Jespersen
Germany Rochus Lichtenberg
Greece Maria Michelakakis
Germany Lutz Steen
The United Kingdom McLaren The United Kingdom McLaren
Italy Minardi
India Sudarshan Bachchan
Poland Tomek Bernard
Switzerland Max Diefenbach
Germany Fester Maus
Brazil Octavio Paredes
Australia Mark Reier

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 Brazil Brazil France Jean-Eric Vergne The United States Kelsey Martinson France Jean-Eric Vergne Italy Ferrari Japan Toyota France Jean-Eric Vergne 3 Italy Ferrari 1 Japan Toyota 7
2 The United States United States France Darnell Salvage The United States Tiger Abraham Germany Timo Glock Japan Toyota Japan Toyota Germany Timo Glock 7 Japan Toyota 13 27
3 Canada Canada The United States Tiger Abraham The United States Tiger Abraham The United States Tiger Abraham Switzerland Sauber Japan Toyota 1 Switzerland Sauber 4 38
4 China China The United States Tiger Abraham Finland Tapani Kulmala Finland Tapani Kulmala Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari The United States Tiger Abraham 4 10 36
5 Singapore Singapore Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson The United Kingdom Williams Germany BMW France Jean-Eric Vergne 3 7 33
6 Spain Spain The United States Kelsey Martinson The United States Tiger Abraham The United Kingdom Abner Ashley Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari 0 Italy Ferrari 2 24
7 Germany Germany France Philbert Rome France Jean-Eric Vergne The United Kingdom Abner Ashley Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari 0 12 21
8 Monaco Monaco France Darnell Salvage The United States Kelsey Martinson France Darnell Salvage Japan Toyota Japan Toyota Sweden Marcus Ericsson 1 8 42
9 The United Kingdom United Kingdom The United States Kelsey Martinson France Jean-Eric Vergne France Jean-Eric Vergne Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari France Jean-Eric Vergne 7 11 42
10 Belgium Belgium Sweden Marcus Ericsson Sweden Marcus Ericsson The United Kingdom Abner Ashley Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari 12 27 31
11 Italy Italy Sweden Marcus Ericsson The United States Kelsey Martinson The United States Kelsey Martinson Switzerland Sauber Japan Toyota 5 21 40
12 France France France Darnell Salvage Germany Timo Glock France Darnell Salvage Japan Toyota Japan Toyota 5 15 57
13 Sweden Sweden France Jean-Eric Vergne France Jean-Eric Vergne France Jean-Eric Vergne Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari 13 27 48
14 The United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Finland Tapani Kulmala Finland Tapani Kulmala France Jean-Eric Vergne Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari 21 39 43
15 Australia Australia Germany Timo Glock France Jean-Eric Vergne Finland Tapini Kulmala Italy Ferrari Japan Toyota 16 44 48
16 Japan Japan France Jean-Eric Vergne France Jean-Eric Vergne France Jean-Eric Vergne Italy Ferrari Italy Ferrari 24 54 45

Final standings[edit | edit source]

Driver Constructor Engine
1 France Jean-Eric Vergne (Ferrari) 1 Italy Ferrari 1 Japan Toyota
2 Germany Timo Glock (Toyota) 2 Japan Toyota 2 Italy Ferrari
3 The United States Tiger Abraham (Sauber) 3 Switzerland Sauber–Toyota 3 Germany BMW
4 The United States Kesley Martinson (Sauber) 4 The United Kingdom Williams–BMW 4 Japan Honda
5 France Darnell Salvage (Toyota) 5 The United Kingdom McLaren–Honda 5 The United States Ford
6 Sweden Marcus Ericsson (Williams) 6 The United States Ford N/A
7 Finland Tapini Kulmala (Ferrari) 7 Italy Minardi–Honda
8 The United Kingdom Abner Ashley (Ferrari) 8 Europe EADS–BMW
9 France Philbert Rome (Williams) N/A
10 Japan Tarou Wakahisa (McLaren)
11 Mexico Carlos Perez (Ford)
12 France Romain Grosjean (McLaren)
13 Morocco Dawood Amjad (EADS)
14 Greece Sotiris Dimitriou (Minardi)
15 The Netherlands Izaak Aaldenberg (Minardi)
16 Greece Maria Michelakakis (Williams)
17 France Guatier Faure (Ford)
18 Canada Bernard Babineaux (EADS)
19 Saudi Arabia Badr Hussein (Sauber)
20 Germany Lutz Steen (EADS)
21 Australia Mark Reier (Minardi)