![]() ![]() There were some gripping regulation changes regarding the design of the car, which means that (unlike last year) the cars look remarkably different. The 2017 Cars.Īt the time of writing, seven out of the ten competing teams have presented their cars, the rest are assumed to present their car tomorrow. Gutièrrez was replaced by Magnussen at Haas, while 18-year-old Lance Stroll will get to prove his worth alongside Felipe Massa at Williams. This meant that Wehrlein’s former teammate at the now defunct Manor team and fellow Mercedes-junior Esteban Ocon gets to drive the number two car at Force India.Īs was widely known for about a year, Vandoorne will replace the retired Jenson Button at McLaren, having previously scored a point for the team in Bahrain after Alonso’s big crash in the 2016 Australian Grand Prix forced him to sit out the second race of the season. ![]() Nico Hülkenberg switched from Force India to Renault, citing the opportunity to drive for a ‘works’-team (team with official backing from a car/engine manufacturer) was too tempting. Other driver’s changes saw Pascal Wehrlein being confirmed at Sauber, replacing Felipe Nasr who had lost his Banco do Brasil sponsorship money meaning that he could not continue paying for his seat at the struggling-for-money outfit. While they did have the design for their new car largely completed, 2017 will see the grid be reduced once again to ten teams, fielding a total of twenty drivers. Sadly, this off-season saw Manor Racing go bankrupt, and the outfit which entered the sport in 2010 failed to find a buyer. The now defunct Manor design-team posing with their model. In turn, Bottas departure from the Williams F1 team prompted his retired teammate Felipe Massa to return from his own retirement, which had only lasted for 50 days. Rosberg’s sudden departure led to a chain reaction started by the frantic search for Hamilton’s new teammate, which was ultimately found in Valtteri Bottas. This promptly led Rosberg to retire from racing, having achieved the goals he set out to achieve as a young kid. While Lewis Hamilton took the checkered flag first, it was his teammate Nico Rosberg who had the biggest smile on the podium as his second place finishing position guaranteed him to win the 2016 WDC trophy. On the 27th of November at around 18:30 local time (GMT+4), the final lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was completed. ![]() As we look ahead to the coming season, I will also look back at what happened in these three months when F1 was on hiatus, and do a little math on what to expect from the next few weeks of testing. The moment when the newly developed cars take to the track to prepare for the upcoming 2017 season, next monday in Barcelona. In these 90 days, us fans have eagerly been waiting for this moment to arrive. At the moment of writing, it has been exactly 90 days since the flag dropped in Abu Dhabi, which saw Nico Rosberg crowned World Driver’s Champion, snatching the title from his teammate Lewis Hamilton who had won the previous years and was the favourite to take the title in 2016 by a mile. Long have us Formula 1 fans waited for this. ![]()
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