The 2018 Formula 1 World Championship season is shaping up with calendar dates almost set and most driver line-ups for the various teams finalised.
Next year’s season is set to feature 21 races. although the Chinese Grand Prix has yet to be confirmed, with talk doing the rounds that the Shanghai race may be swapped with the Bahrain round.
Seven race seats remain to be filled, however it is expected that Lance Stroll will remain at Williams and Fernando Alonso likely to remain with McLaren.
Sauber may field two Ferrari young drivers Antonio Giovinazzi and Charles Leclerc, while at Toro Rosso, who will be powered by Honda for the first time, anything can happen.
2018 Formula 1 World Championship Calendar
| Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | Date March 25 April 8 April 15 April 29 May 13 May 27 June 10 June 24 July 1 July 8 July 22 July 29 August 26 September 2 September 16 September 30 October 7 October 21 October 28 November 11 November 25 | Race Australian Grand Prix Chinese Grand Prix* Bahrain Grand Prix Azerbaijan Grand Prix Spanish Grand Prix Monaco Grand Prix Canadian Grand Prix French Grand Prix Austrian Grand Prix British Grand Prix German Grand Prix Hungarian Grand Prix Belgian Grand Prix Italian Grand Prix Singapore Grand Prix Russian Grand Prix Japanese Grand Prix United States Grand Prix Mexican Grand Prix Brazilian Grand Prix Abu Dhabi Grand Prix | Venue Melbourne Shanghai Sakhir Baku Barcelona Monaco Montreal Le Castellet Spielberg Silverstone Hockenheim Budapest Spa-Francorchamps Monza Marina Bay Sochi Suzuka Austin Mexico City Sao Paulo Yas Marina |
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2018 Pre-Season & In-Season Testing
| Date February 26-March 1 March 6-9 May 15-May 16 July 31-August 1 | Venue Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona Hungaroring, Budapest |
2018 Drivers & Teams
| Team Mercedes Ferrari Red Bull Force India Williams McLaren Toro Rosso Haas Renault Sauber | Engine Mercedes Ferrari Renault Mercedes Mercedes Renault Honda Ferrari Renault Ferrari | Driver Lewis Hamilton Sebastian Vettel Daniel Ricciardo Sergio Perez TBC Stoffel Vandoorne TBC Romain Grosjean Nico Hulkenberg TBC | Driver Valtteri Bottas Kimi Raikkonen Max Verstappen Esteban Ocon TBC TBC TBC Kevin Magnussen Carlos Sainz TBC |