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2017 Formula One season


The 2017 Formula One season is scheduled to be the 68th season of the Formula One World Championship, a motor racing championship for Formula One cars. It 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 are scheduled to compete 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.

As the reigning Drivers' Champion Nico Rosberg announced his retirement from the sport in December 2016, the 2017 season is set to be the first since 1994 in which the reigning champion did not compete.Mercedes is set to start the season as the defending Constructors' Champion, having secured their third consecutive title at the 2016 Japanese Grand Prix.

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

The following twenty Grands Prix are scheduled to take place in 2017:



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