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2017 Formula One season

Wednesday, 18 January 2017 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: Around the World / Rund um die Welt
Category/Kategorie: General, Sport Reading Time:  10 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Formula One (officially the FIA Formula One World Championship) is the highest class of single-seat auto racing that is sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA). The FIA Formula One World Championship has been the premier form of racing since the inaugural season in 1950, although other Formula One races were regularly held until 1983. The formula, designated in the name, refers to a set of rules, to which all participants’ cars must conform. The F1 season consists of a series of races, known as Grands Prix (from French, meaning grand prizes), held worldwide on purpose-built F1 circuits and public roads. The results of each race are evaluated using a points system to determine two annual World Championships, one for drivers, one for constructors. The racing drivers are required to be holders of valid Super Licences, the highest class of racing licence issued by the FIA. The races are required to be held on tracks graded 1 (formerly A), the highest grade a track can receive by the FIA. Most events are held in rural locations on purpose-built tracks, but there are several events in city centres throughout the world, with the Monaco Grand Prix being the most famous example.

Formula One cars are the fastest road course racing cars in the world, owing to very high cornering speeds achieved through the generation of large amounts of aerodynamic downforce. Formula One cars race at speeds of up to approximately 380 km/h (240 mph) with engines currently limited in performance to a maximum of 15,000 RPM. The cars are capable of lateral acceleration in excess of five g in corners. The performance of the cars is very dependent on electronics – although traction control and other driving aids have been banned since 2008 – and on aerodynamics, suspension, and tyres. The formula has radically evolved and changed through the history of the sport. While Europe is the sport’s traditional base, and hosts about half of each year’s races, the sport’s scope has expanded significantly and an increasing number of Grands Prix are held on other continents. F1 had a total global television audience of 425 million people during the course of the 2014 season. Grand Prix racing began in 1906 and became the most popular type internationally in the second half of the twentieth century. The Formula One Group is the legal holder of the commercial rights. With the cost of designing and building mid-tier cars being of the order of $120 million, Formula One’s economic effect and creation of jobs are significant, and its financial and political battles are widely reported. Its high profile and popularity have created a major merchandising environment, which has resulted in great investments from sponsors and budgets in the hundreds of millions for the constructors. Since 2000 the sport’s spiraling expenditures and the distribution of prize money favoring established top teams have forced complaints from smaller teams and led several teams to bankruptcy. For an overview of records and statistics see list of Formula One records. The race dates and racetracks of the 2017 season are:

26 March: Australian Grand Prix, Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia

Website of the Albert Park Circuit.

9 April: Chinese Grand Prix, Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Website of the Shanghai International Circuit.

16 April: Bahrain Grand Prix, Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain

Website of the Bahrain International Circuit.

30 April: Russian Grand Prix, Sochi Autodrom, Sochi, Russia

Website unavailable due to Russia’s war of aggression and annihilation against Ukraine.

14 May: Spanish Grand Prix, Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló, Spain

Website of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

28 May: Monaco Grand Prix, Circuit de Monaco, Monte-Carlo und La Condamine, Monaco

Website of the Automobile Club de Monaco.

11 June: Canadian Grand Prix, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Notre Dame Island, Montreal, Canada

Wikipedia Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve.

25 June: Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Baku City Circuit, Baku, Azerbaijan

Website of the Baku City Circuit.

9 July: Austrian Grand Prix, Red Bull Ring, Spielberg (Styria), Austria

racingcircuits.info – Red Bull Ring

16 July: British Grand Prix, Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, England, United Kingdom

Website of the Silverstone Circuit.

30 July: Hungarian Grand Prix, Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary

Website of the Hungaroring.

27 August: Belgian Grand Prix, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium

Website of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.

3 September: Italian Grand Prix, Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy

Website of the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

17 September: Singapore Grand Prix, Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay, Singapore

Website of the Marina Bay Street Circuit.

1 Oktober: Malaysian Grand Prix, Sepang International Circuit, Sepang, Malaysia

Website of the Sepang International Circuit.

8 Oktober: Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Japan

Website of the Suzuka International Racing Course.

22 Oktober: United States Grand Prix, Circuit of the Americas, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Website of the Circuit of the Americas.

29 Oktober: Mexican Grand Prix, Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico

Website of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.

12 November: Brazilian Grand Prix, Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil

26 November: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Website of the Yas Marina Circuit.

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