#Mercedes f1 2017 driver#

More consistent performance by Hamilton and teammate Valtteri Bottas allowed Mercedes to pull away from Ferrari and Red Bull in the constructors’ championship early on. Vettel led the drivers’ championship for much of the season, and Red Bull has won two races. Mercedes hasn’t had as tight a stranglehold on the championship this season as it did in the past three. Hamilton won it in 20, while Nico Rosberg won in 2016, and retired shortly after. Mercedes has won the constructors’ championship for the past three years in a row, and has monopolized the drivers’ championship as well. The German automaker has held a major advantage since current rules requiring hybrid powertrains were introduced in 2014. While the outcomes of individual races are always unpredictable, Mercedes was always the team to beat. F1 legend and Mercedes team advisor Niki Lauda called it “the worst I’ve ever seen” in an interview with Racer. The penalty has also attracted criticism from outside the team. Race stewards claimed Verstappen drove off the track while making his move, a decision Red Bull disputes. Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen (who started in 16th place), passed Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen on the last lap to take third place, but the the move was deemed illegal and Verstappen was hit with a five-second penalty. Vettel fell further down the field, but managed to claw his way back to second by the end of the race.Ĭontroversy surrounded the third spot on the podium. The race marked the forty-seventh running of the United. Vettel’s challenge only lasted six laps, though, at which point Hamilton took the lead and held onto it. The 2017 United States Grand Prix (formally known as the 2017 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on October 22, 2017, at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, United States as the seventeenth round of the 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship.

#Mercedes f1 2017 driver#

But Vettel managed to pass the British driver shortly after the start of the race. Hamilton started strong, setting a track record and taking pole position in qualifying. The car was driven by three-time World Drivers' Champion Lewis Hamilton, who remained with the team for a fifth season, and Valtteri Bottas, who joined the team after 2016 World Champion Nico Rosberg's. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton extended his lead by winning in Austin, but his main rival, Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, finished second, giving him enough points to stay in the fight. The Mercedes AMG F1 W08 EQ Power+ was a Mercedes-Benz Formula One racing car designed and developed under the direction of Paddy Lowe, Aldo Costa, Geoff Willis, Loc Serra, Russell Cooley, John Owen, Mike Elliott and Jarrod Murphy to compete during the 2017 Formula One World Championship. While rivals Ferrari and Red Bull Racing have put up more of a fight this year, Mercedes remains the dominant team in F1.įormula One awards championships for both constructors (the teams) and drivers, and the drivers’ championship is still up for grabs as the season heads into its final three races. Mercedes-Benz clinched its fourth straight Formula One constructors’ championship at the 2017 United States Grand Prix, held at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.