![]() ![]() With Paddy Lowe leaving the team to join Williams, James Allison steps in as their new Technical Director. Valtteri Bottas joins the team as driver, replacing the retiring champion, Nico Rosberg. There’s plenty of change at Mercedes this year. Race drivers: Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas UPDATE: Following the announcement of an additional sponsor, BWT, Force India also revealed a revised livery for the 2017 season. Sahara Force India recently announced a new partner in eyewear specialists, Foresight & Vision, for the 2017 season. Race drivers: Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon It has also been announced that Alain Prost will join the team as a Special Advisor. Renault recently announced that Pete Machin will join the team in July, from Red Bull Racing, as head of aerodynamics. Race drivers: Nico Hulkenberg and Jolyon Palmer Pascal Wehrlein, has been passed fit after his incident at the Race of Champions. Sauber's team colours have been royal blue since 2015, with this year's livery celebrating 25 years in F1. Sauber were the first team to officially launch their 2017 car via social media. ![]() Race drivers: Marcus Ericsson and Pascal Wehrlein Williams have appointed Paddy Lowe as Chief Technical Officer from Mercedes, with former driver Valtteri Bottas heading in the opposite direction. Williams were the first F1 team to release images of their 2017 race car, named the FW40 in reference to this being Williams' 40th year of racing in Formula 1. Race drivers: Felipe Massa and Lance Stroll Both Force India cars finished in the points, a good finish for them after they both failed to make it into the third qualifying session on Saturday.īelow are the standings for the Drivers Championship and below that are the standings for the Constructors Championship.What do the Formcars look like? What is the Formula 1 schedule 2017? You'll find everything you're looking for here. Fernando Alonso finished sixth to pick up eight points. McLaren continued its streak of scrapping at the back-end of the points standings, and managed to finish another race without cars retiring due to engine issues. Williams missed out on the top 10 entirely with Paul di Resta, filling in for Felipe Massa, retiring from the race on Lap 63 and Lance Stroll sitting outside the points for most of the race. It wasn’t a great day for Red Bull, which had podium finishes on the mind for both drivers but ended up with both outside of the top four, with one of them out on the first lap. He couldn’t get it, and took home the fifth-place points. Verstappen waited about 10 more laps before he did his pit stop, and after serving his penalty came out in fifth place, where he finished despite a late charge to try and take Bottas’ fourth spot. The first set of pit stops came around Lap 31, with all but Verstappen coming in and rejoining in about the same place as they were before. Nico Hulkenberg made it past teammate Jolyon Palmer under Renault team orders, but most drivers were driving their own races. There were no serious battles on the track at this point. Romain Grosjean became the next driver to retire, much later in the race, around Lap 25. Verstappen took a 10-second time penalty for his role in the crash. Verstappen lost control and understeered right into his teammate. Ricciardo was hit by teammate Max Verstappen despite giving Verstappen plenty of room around the first corners. Bottas remains in third in the Drivers Championship, but not too far back of Vettel.ĭaniel Ricciardo of Red Bull lost out on a chance to improve his and his team’s standings in both championships when he had to retire from the race on Lap 1. Valtteri Bottas switched spots with Hamilton on the final lap to secure third place and 15 points for himself. Hamilton, one point back of Vettel going into the race, picked up 12 points and will now trail by a healthy margin. ![]() Ferrari as a team picked up 43 points thanks to Raikkonen earning 18 in second. Vettel had pole position for the race and he took it to the end for a crucial 25 points and a secure lead in the Drivers Championship going into the midseason break. More importantly, Vettel extended his one-point lead over Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes in the Drivers Championship. Ferrari improved its standing in the Constructors Championship with a one-two finish for Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen. ![]()
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