![]() We finished the 2017 Formula 1 season in seventh place on 53 points. In Austin, the team fielded a new line-up of Daniil Kvyat and the New Zealand rookie Brendan Hartley.įor the last three races of the season, the team decided to try the pairing of Pierre Gasly and Brendan Hartley in order to test their potential for the future. As a result, 2017’s cars are significantly quicker than last season (so much so that drivers complained of neckache from all the G-force during pre-season testing), and F1 2017 benefits from. In the meantime, Sainz was the man in demand and moved to Renault from the USA Grand Prix onwards. Pierre Gasly made his F1 debut with us, taking part in the Malaysian and Japanese Grands Prix, replacing Kvyat. In the last part of the season, with things up in the air on the driver market, we made some changes to our line-up. The pair took part in the majority of races that year and the Spaniard scored our best result of the season, finishing fourth in the Singapore GP. The start of the season saw Daniil Kvyat and Carlos Sainz taking to the track. There were now new shades of red and blue, whilst a silver bull from the Red Bull brand adorned the engine cover, replacing the red bull which we had used since we had started out in Formula 1.įour drivers drove the STR12 that year. ![]() We also created a beautiful new livery which broke with tradition from previous years. The biggest change was the return of the Renault hybrid power unit. The STR12 was built in Faenza to the new regulations. The minimum weight of the car increased from 702 to 722kg. ![]() The tyres also got bigger to ensure maximum traction: the front tyres increased in width from 245 to 305mm and the rears increased from 325 to 405mm, a 25% increase compared to the previous ones. The front wing became longer and went back to being 1.8m and with an arrow-shaped profile. The silhouette of the cars changed, becoming wider with an overall width of 2 metres (as in 1997). The 2017 Formula 1 World Championship featured a large number of changes to the technical regulations, some aimed at reducing lap times by 4 seconds. Spanning from 1988 to 2010, Codemasters’ F1 2017 features 12 different cars from five different teams. ![]()
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