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2017 Season Formula One World Championship
The 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 71st season of Formula One motor racing. It featured the 68th 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, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. Teams and drivers competed in twenty Grands Prix—starting in Australia on 26 March and ending in Abu Dhabi on 26 November—for the World Drivers' and World Constructors' championships.
The reigning Drivers' Champion Nico Rosberg was originally due to drive for Mercedes in 2017. He announced his retirement from the sport in December 2016 after winning his first drivers' World Championship, so the 2017 season was the first since 1994 in which the reigning champion did not compete.
2017 was the first genuine inter-team title battle for five years. Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes had to contend with a resurgent Ferrari team with lead driver Sebastian Vettel heading the championship for the first 12 rounds and challenging deep into the twenty race season. At the conclusion of the championship, Hamilton won his fourth World Drivers' Championship title. Hamilton finished 46 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel in second with 317 points and Valtteri Bottas in third with 305 points. In the World Constructors' Championship, Mercedes won their fourth consecutive title at the 2017 United States Grand Prix and finished with 668 points. Ferrari finished second with 522 points and Red Bull Racing were third with 368 points.
The start of the season was tight between the title contenders, with various analysts describing the Ferrari SF70H as initially the more consistent car in race trim. Sebastian Vettel led the championship for the first 12 rounds (more than half the season) but never by more than 25 points. Vettel's loss of self‑control when he chose to barge Hamilton in Baku was the most incendiary incident between the pair, in a season in which there was a friendly mutual respect. However, Ferrari's challenge faltered towards the end of the season, with setbacks in Singapore and Malaysia (on tracks at which they were favoured to win), costing them vital points in both championships. Lewis Hamilton took the title at the Mexican Grand Prix with 2 races still to go.
Drivers' Champion:
Lewis Hamilton
Constructors' Champion:
Mercedes
Previous Season: 2016 Season
Next Season: 2018 Season
Other Champions:
FIA Formula 2 Championship: Charles Leclerc
GP3 Series: George Russell
FIA Formula E: Lucas di Grassi
IndyCar Series: Josef Newgarden
Indy Lights: Kyle Kaiser
New Zealand Formula First Championship: Bramwell King
Super Formula Championship: Hiroaki Ishiura
Toyota Racing Series: Thomas Randle
World Series Formula V8 3.5: Pietro Fittipaldi
FIA Formula 3 European Championship: Lando Norris
All-Japan Formula Three Championship: Mitsunori Takaboshi
Australian Formula 3 Premier Series: Calan Williams
Fórmula 3 Brasil: Guilherme Samaia
BRDC British Formula 3 Championship: Enaam Ahmed
Euroformula Open Championship: Harrison Scott
Spanish Formula 3 Championship: Devlin DeFrancesco
ADAC Formula 4 Championship: Jüri Vips
Australian Formula 4 Championship: Nick Rowe
F4 British Championship: Jamie Caroline
China Formula 4 Championship: Leong Hon Chio
F4 Danish Championship: Daniel Lundgaard
Italian F4 Championship: Marcus Armstrong
F4 Japanese Championship: Ritomo Miyata
NACAM Formula 4 Championship: Calvin Ming
SMP F4 Championship: Christian Lundgaard
Formula 4 South East Asia Championship: Presley Martono
F4 Spanish Championship: Christian Lundgaard
Formula 4 UAE Championship: Jonathan Aberdein
Formula 4 United States Championship: Kyle Kirkwood
Japan Formula 4: Yuki Tsunoda / Keisuke Ohara
Australian Formula Ford Championship: Max Vidau
F1600 Championship Series: Matthew Cowley
F2000 Championship Series: Brandon Dixon
New Zealand Formula Ford Championship: Liam Lawson
South African Formula Ford Championship: Julian van der Watt
U.S. F2000 National Championship: Oliver Askew
Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0: Sacha Fenestraz
Asian Formula Renault Series: Leong Hon Chio
Formula Renault 2.0 Northern European Cup: Michaël Benyahia
French F4 Championship: Arthur Rougier
| Grands Prix | Date | Winning Driver |
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| 2017-03-26 | ||
| 2017-04-09 | ||
| 2017-04-16 | ||
| 2017-04-30 | ||
| 2017-05-14 | ||
| 2017-05-28 | ||
| 2017-06-11 | ||
| 2017-06-25 | ||
| 2017-07-09 | ||
| 2017-07-16 | ||
| 2017-07-30 | ||
| 2017-08-27 | ||
| 2017-09-03 | ||
| 2017-09-17 | ||
| 2017-10-01 | ||
| 2017-10-08 | ||
| 2017-10-22 | ||
| 2017-10-29 | ||
| 2017-11-12 | ||
| 2017-11-26 |