2017 Formula One World Championship — 68th season of FIA Formula One World Championship
Lewis Hamilton claimed his fourth Formula One Drivers' Championship as Mercedes secured a fourth consecutive Constructors' title in a season-long battle with Ferrari.
Key Facts
- Season races
- 20 Grands Prix
- Drivers' Champion
- Lewis Hamilton (4th title)
- Hamilton's points margin
- 46 points ahead of Vettel
- Mercedes Constructors' points
- 668 points
- Season span
- 26 March – 26 November 2017
- Championship edition
- 68th Formula One World Championship
By the Numbers
Cause → Event → Consequence
Reigning champion Nico Rosberg retired from Formula One just five days after winning the 2016 title, leaving Mercedes without their defending driver. Ferrari returned to competitiveness with Sebastian Vettel, creating the first genuine inter-team title fight since 2012 and setting up a sustained challenge to Mercedes' dominance.
Twenty Grands Prix were held from Australia to Abu Dhabi across 2017. Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari led the championship for the first twelve rounds, but Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes ultimately outpaced them. Hamilton accumulated 363 points, finishing 46 ahead of Vettel, while Mercedes clinched the Constructors' title at the United States Grand Prix.
Hamilton's fourth Drivers' Championship elevated him further among the sport's all-time greats. Mercedes secured an unprecedented fourth consecutive Constructors' Championship with 668 points to Ferrari's 522, cementing the team's era of dominance while confirming Ferrari's partial resurgence as the closest rival in several years.
Result
at Multiple circuits, Australia to Abu Dhabi