[Russ]

Formula One 2017

The 2017 Formula One Season kicks off again on March 23rd in Australia

Coverage is split again this year in the UK with Sky Sports F1 showing all the races live and Channel 4 showing just 10 races live. This year sees the Monaco Grand Prix back on free-to-view. I still think Channel 4 should be showing the Australian Grand Prix though, its the opening race dammit!

I may have to upgrade my Sky subscription, I don't want to miss any and watching later or via a stream doesn't really cut it.

With the shock retirement of Rosberg last season, who will team up with Hamilton? Massa returning to replace Bottas, who'll join Hamilton? Rumours are that Bottas will team up with Hamilton at Mercedes. Wehrlein to race for Sauber in 2017

Calendar

March
26/03/17 | Australia | Australian GP | Albert Park Circuit

April
09/04/17 | China | Chinese GP | Shanghai International Circuit
16/04/17 | Bahrain | Bahrain GP | Bahrain International Circuit
30/04/17 | Russia | Russian GP | Sochi Autodrom

May
14/05/17 | Spain | Spanish GP | Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya
28/05/17 | Monaco | Monaco GP | Monte Carlo

June
11/06/17 | Canada | Canadian GP | Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve
25/06/17 | Azerbaijan | European GP | Streets of Baku

July
09/07/17 | Austria | Austrian GP | Red Bull Ring
16/07/17 | United Kingdom | British GP | Silverstone
30/07/17 | Hungary | Hungarian GP | Hungaroring

August
27/08/17 | Belgium | Belgian GP | Spa-Francorchamps

September
03/09/17 | Italy | Italian GP | Monza
17/09/17 | Singapore | Singapore GP | Singapore Street Circuit

October
01/10/17 | Malaysia | Malaysian GP | Sepang International Circuit
08/10/17 | Japan | Japanese GP | Suzuka
22/10/17 | United States | United States GP | Circuit of the Americas
29/10/17 | Mexico | Mexican GP | Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez

November
12/11/17 | Brazil | Brazilian GP | Interlagos
26/11/17 | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi GP | Yas Marina Circuit

Teams & Drivers

Mercedes AMG Petronas | Lewis Hamilton | Valtteri Bottas

Red Bull Racing | Daniel Ricciardo | Max Verstappen

Scuderia Ferrari | Sebastian Vettel | Kimi Raikkonen

Sahara Force India F1 | Sergio Perez | Esteban Ocon

Williams Martini Racing | Felipe Massa | Lance Stroll

McLaren Honda | Stoffel Vandoorne | Fernando Alonso

Scuderia Toro Rosso | Daniil Kvyat | Carlos Sainz Jr

Haas F1 Team | Roman Grosjean | Kevin Magnussen

Renault | Nico Hulkenberg | Jolyon Palmer

Sauber F1 Team | Marcus Ericsson | Pascal Wehrlein

Edits

Spoiler

• Manor Removed - Manor went into administration before the season started and have failed to find a buyer so won't be participating in this years championship.
  
• Driver Lineups - With the retirement of Rosberg, Bottas moves to Mercedes and Massa comes out of retirement and rejoins Williams.
  

[Connor]

I thought Bottas was moving to Mercedes?

[Russ]

It's not confirmed yet.

Manor in administration though bad times

[Connor]

Mate dont I know... This CANNOT happen to another one of my favourite teams!

[Russ]

Two out of the 10 teams have revealed their 2017 challengers.


Williams FW40


Sauber C36


Sauber C36

[Roy]

And Renault revealed their 'R.S. 17' today!

[Russ]

That looks pretty sweet Roy! Hope they do better this year

[Roy]

And Force India revealed their 'VJM10' today:




The fin on this car looks like they did not put any work in it. But thats my opinion :p

Tomorrow Mercedes will be launching their car, expecting a lot from them.

[[TC]►Carl◄]

Mercedes tomorrow?

Looking forward to theirs =)

[Roy]

And today the Mercedes!:









Looks very cool with the wets if you ask me.
What stands out on the WO8 in comparison with the other F1-cars released yet is that the Mercedes has almost no sharkfin.

As a Dutchie and Verstappen-fan my worst fear came true this morning
"Mercedes has made unprecedented step with 2017 engine"

I can only hope Mercedes made a big mistake in their aerodynamics or other vital parts in the car, but that's probably false hope.