2017 Formula One season

2017 FIA Formula One World Championship
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The 2017 Formula One season will be the 68th season of the FIA 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. Teams and drivers will compete for the World Drivers' and World Constructors' Championships.

Signed teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers are currently signed to take part in the 2017 Formula One World Championship:

Entrant	Constructor	Power unit	No.	Drivers
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	Ferrari	5	Sebastian Vettel[1]
			TBA	TBA
Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India-Mercedes	Mercedes[2]	27	Nico Hülkenberg[3]
			TBA	TBA
Haas F1 Team	Haas-Ferrari	Ferrari[4]	TBA	TBA
			TBA	TBA
Manor Racing MRT	MRT-Mercedes	Mercedes[5]	TBA	TBA
			TBA	TBA
McLaren Honda Formula 1 Team	McLaren-Honda	Honda[6]	14	Fernando Alonso[7]
			TBA	TBA
Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team[8]	Mercedes	Mercedes	44	Lewis Hamilton[9]
			TBA	TBA
Red Bull Racing[10]	Red Bull-TBA	TBA	3	Daniel Ricciardo[11]
			33	Max Verstappen[12]

List of planned races

The following eighteen Grands Prix are currently under contract to take place in 2017.

Grands Prix contracted for 2017
Grand Prix	Circuit
Abu Dhabi Grand Prix[13]	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi
Australian Grand Prix[14]	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne
Austrian Grand Prix[15]	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg
Belgian Grand Prix[16]	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot
Brazilian Grand Prix[17]	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo
British Grand Prix[18]	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone
Canadian Grand Prix[19]	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal
Chinese Grand Prix[20]	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai
Grand Prix of Europe[21]	Baku City Circuit, Baku
Hungarian Grand Prix[22]	Hungaroring, Budapest
Japanese Grand Prix[23]	Suzuka International Race Course, Suzuka
Malaysian Grand Prix[24]	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur
Mexican Grand Prix[25]	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City
Monaco Grand Prix[26]	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo
Russian Grand Prix[27]	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi
Singapore Grand Prix[28]	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore
Spanish Grand Prix[29]	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona
United States Grand Prix[30]	Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas
Grands Prix under contract for 2016, but not for 2017
Bahrain Grand Prix[31]	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir
German Grand Prix[32]	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim[33]
Italian Grand Prix[34]	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza[35]

Changes

Technical regulations

• The technical regulations governing bodywork design will be revised with the objective of improving lap times by four to five seconds over the 2016 generation of cars.^[36]
• 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.^[37]
• Restrictions will be placed on the dimensions, weight and the materials used to build each individual component of the power unit.^[38]
• The cost of a power unit supply will be reduced by €1 million in 2017 ahead of a further reduction in 2018.^[38]
• Cameras will no longer be permitted to be mounted on stalks, located on the nose of the car.^[39]

Sporting regulations

• Power unit suppliers will have an "obligation to supply", mandating that they supply power units to any team without an agreement.^[37] The rule was introduced following the breakdown in the relationship between Red Bull Racing, sister team Scuderia Toro Rosso and power unit supplier Renault at the end of the 2015 season that left both teams in limbo until deals could be arranged.

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