The Formula 1 pre-season testing is now complete so we know who was fastest, fiercest, went furthest and we are more excited than ever for the furious fun to kick off on 26^th March with The Australian Grand Prix.

The 10 teams and 22 drivers all faced off over two, four day test spells at the Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona and it was Ferrari that set the pace coming out on top with the fastest lap being clocked by Kimi Raikkonen just under 1minute 19 seconds.

There was only 5 seconds between the whole pack, with Mercedes, Williams and Red Bull hot on Ferraris heels.

Now it’s not just about the speed, the best way to look at a team’s performance is the reliability which can be seen in how many laps were completed and with how long between pit stops – and on this front it was the Mercedes engine cars that came out on top with McLaren’s Honda engine bringing up the rear.

Finally the drivers: with the unexpected retirement of last season’s champ Nico Rosberg its Valtteri Bottas who joins former champion Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes. There is the usual switching and changing between teams and then another driver change on the retirement front is Felipe Massa coming out of retirement to race alongside Lance Stroll as team mates at Williams.

Tune in to channel 4 and on sky sports for all the seasons action.

Formula 1 2017 line up

April

9^th Chinese Grand Prix
16^th Bahrain Grand Prix
30^th Russian Grand Prix

May

14^th Spanish Grand Prix
28^th Monaco Grand Prix

June

11^th Canadian Grand Prix
25^th European Grand Prix - Azerbaijan

July

9^th Austrian Grand Prix
16^th British Grand Prix at Silverstone
30^th Hungarian Grand Prix

August

27^th Belgian Grand Prix

September

3^rd Italian Grand Prix
17^th Singapore Grand Prix

October

1^st Malaysian Grand Prix
8^th Japanese Grand Prix
22^nd USA Grand Prix
29^th Mexican Grand Prix

November

12^th Brazilian Grand Prix
26^th Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Formula 1 2017 team and driver line up

Mercedes – Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas

Red Bull – Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen

Ferrari – Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi

Force India – Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon

Williams – Felipe Massa and Lance Stroll

McLaren – Fernando Alonso, Stoffel Vandoorne and Jenson Button 

Toro Rosso – Carlos Sainz and Daniil Kvyat

Haas – Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen

Renault – Nico Hulkenberg and Jolyon Palmer

Sauber – Marcus Ericsson and Pascal Wehrlein