Formula One (F1)

The 2017 Formula One season is the 68th season of the highest class of open-wheel racing, starting in Australia on 26 March and finishing in Abu Dhabi on 26 November. Eleven teams and 22 drivers compete in 20 Grands Prix. Germany's Nico Rosberg is the reigning Drivers' Champion but he retired at the end of the 2016 season after securing a first world title.

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Ferrari plans to produce fewer than 500 of its new two-seat Monza Sp2 (left) and single-seat Monza SP1 supercars, which were launched this week. Photo: Ferrari

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Red Bull Racing's Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo on his way to victory in the Monaco Grand Prix. Photo: AFP

Ricciardo overcomes power loss to win Monaco GP

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Shanghai wins right to host the 1,000th Formula One race next year

14 May 2018 - 10:43pm

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates with his crew after winning the Spanish Grand Prix. Photo: AP

Hamilton wins Spanish GP to extend championship lead

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Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton (centre) celebrates next to second placed Kimi Raikkonen (left) and third placed Force India's Sergio Perez. Photo: AFP

Hamilton wins chaotic Azerbaijan Grand Prix

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German Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel passes through some classic architecture on his way to pole in Baku. Photo: EPA

‘Greedy’ Vettel relieved, Raikkonen feels the pain at Azerbaijan GP

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Bruno Mars (centre), who won a Grammy award for his album, ‘24K Magic’, will be performing his 24K Magic World Tour show on the day of qualifying, at this year’s United States Grand Prix in Austin Texas, on October 20.

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In this June 21, 2017 file photo, motorbikes and cars fight for space on a street in Hanoi, Vietnam. More Formula One races are coming to Asia, and a street race in the Vietnamese capital Hanoi could be the first addition. Photo: AP

Hanoi street race, Beijing grand prix lined up by Formula One

25 Apr 2018 - 11:48am

Red Bull's Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo drinks champagne out of his shoe as he celebrates on the podium after winning the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai. Photo: AFP

Ricciardo celebrates with ‘shoey’ after shock Shanghai win

15 Apr 2018 - 5:04pm

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel (right), of Germany, and Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, of Britain, spray champagne after the first race of the season at the Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne. Photo: AP

Vettel holds off Hamilton to win Australian GP thriller

25 Mar 2018 - 10:41pm

Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton takes a selfie as he gets ready for the second Formula One practice session in Melbourne. Photo: AFP

Hamilton’s blistering lap claims pole for Australian GP

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Toro Rosso unveils its new car for 2018.

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22 Mar 2018 - 2:43pm

Kate Elizabeth Hallam as a grid girl in 2004 and, more recently, as a model. Photos: Facebook/Himanshu Shekhar

‘Feminism gone too far’: ex-F1 and Top Gear model slams grid girls ban

4 Feb 2018 - 12:09pm

Lewis Hamilton recently lambasted his nephew for wearing a princess dress on his Instagram account. Photo: AP

Hamilton Instagram account emptied

30 Dec 2017 - 6:36pm

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton celebrates after winning the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Photo: AP

F1 champion Hamilton apologises for video mocking nephew

27 Dec 2017 - 10:10am 3

Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton at Interlagos during the final race meeting of the season. Photo: EPA

F1 champ Lewis Hamilton’s dig at Formula E backfires

5 Dec 2017 - 4:04pm 1

Mercedes' Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas celebrates at the end of the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix. Photo: AFP

Bottas beats Hamilton to win season-ending Abu Dhabi GP

26 Nov 2017 - 11:13pm

Lewis Hamilton walks from the track after the Brazilian Grand Prix, at the Interlagos racetrack. Photo: EPA

I’ve still got fire in my heart, says Hamilton after Brazil GP rescue mission

13 Nov 2017 - 9:44pm

Recently crowned F1 champion Hamilton takes to Twitter to voice his concerns after teammates robbed in their minivan while leaving Interlagos circuit

Mercedes team members robbed at gunpoint in Brazil

11 Nov 2017 - 11:21pm

Kimi Raikkonen in action for Scuderia Ferrari at the recent Grand Prix of Mexico. But the Italian team could be set to quit the sport. Photo: AFP

Formula One without stalwarts Ferrari? Surely not

3 Nov 2017 - 9:00pm

Lewis Hamilton celebrates on the podium after winning the United States Grand Prix. Photo: AFP

Hamilton set to join Senna, Schumacher as F1 great

26 Oct 2017 - 10:09pm

Race winner Lewis Hamilton celebrates in parc ferme during the United States Formula One Grand Prix at Circuit of The Americas after taking another step towards regaining his world title. Photo: AFP

Hamilton stunned by Vettel lack of fight

23 Oct 2017 - 9:50am

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton takes a picture after securing pole for the US Grand Prix. Photo: AP

Hamilton takes pole at US Grand Prix

22 Oct 2017 - 11:51am

Lewis Hamilton looks on during previews at the Circuit of The Americas. Photo: AFP

Hamilton smashes track record ahead of US Grand Prix

21 Oct 2017 - 11:00am

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen is coming of age in this his second season on the F1 circuit. Photo: AP

Red Bull finally hitting form expected when the F1 season began

20 Oct 2017 - 4:44pm

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