2017 Formula One World Championship
The 2017 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 71st season of Formula One motor racing. It featured the 68th Formula One World Championship, a motor racing championship for Formula One cars which is recognised by the sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. Teams and drivers competed in twenty Grands Prix—starting in Australia on 26 March and ending in Abu Dhabi on 26 November—for the World Drivers' and World Constructors' championships.
Lewis Hamilton won his fourth Drivers' Championship
Sebastian Vettel was runner-up, driving for Ferrari.
Valtteri Bottas finished third in his first year at Mercedes.
Mercedes retained the Constructors' Championship for a fourth consecutive year
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is a Formula One motor racing event. The first race took place on 1 November 2009, held at the Hermann Tilke-designed Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island, near Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
The main straight
Turn 7 (2009–2021), Turn 5 (2021–present)
Differences between the 2009 and 2021 layouts