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F1 2018: Launch dates, calendar, line-ups and testing schedule
All the information you need about the 2018 Formula 1 season in one place.
Edited: Feb 15, 2018, 8:20 PM
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Formula 1 2018
The 2018 Formula 1 World Championship is the 69th season of the world’s leading open-wheel single-seater series. Sanctioned by the sport’s governing body, the FIA, its 10 teams and 20 drivers will compete in 21 Grands Prix around the world, beginning in Australia on March 25 and ending in Abu Dhabi on November 25. <p>The French Grand Prix, at Circuit Paul Ricard, returns to the calendar for the first time since 2008. The German Grand Prix, at Hockenheim, reappears after a one-year absence. The Malaysian Grand Prix, run since 1999 at Sepang, has dropped off the 2018 calendar.</p> <p>The main technical change for the new season is the adoption of the Halo cockpit protection system to all cars.</p>
2018 Formula 1 car launch dates:
Team Date 
Mercedes February 22 
Ferrari February 22 
Red Bull February 19 
Force India 
Williams February 15 Photos 
Renault February 20 Toro Rosso February 26 
Haas February 14 Photos McLaren February 23 
Sauber February 20
2018 Formula 1 calendar:
DateEventVenue March 25 
Australian GP Melbourne April 8 
Bahrain GP Sakhir April 15 
Chinese GP Shanghai April 29 
Azerbaijan GP Baku May 13 
Spanish GP Barcelona May 27 
Monaco GP Monte Carlo June 10 
Canadian GP Montreal June 24 French GP Le Castellet July 1 Austrian GP Spielberg July 8 British GP Silverstone July 22 German GP Hockenheim July 29 
Hungarian GP Budapest August 26 
Belgian GP Spa-Francorchamps September 2 Italian GP Monza September 16 
Singapore GP Marina Bay September 30 
Russian GP Sochi October 7 
Japanese GP Suzuka October 21 United States GP Austin October 28 
Mexican GP Mexico City November 11 
Brazilian GP Sao Paulo November 25 
Abu Dhabi GP Yas Marina
2018 Formula 1 driver line-up:
Driver/numberDriver/numberTeam****Engine Lewis Hamilton #44 
Valtteri Bottas #77 Mercedes Mercedes Sebastian Vettel #5 Kimi Raikkonen #7 Ferrari Ferrari Daniel Ricciardo #3 
Max Verstappen #33 Red Bull Renault Sergio Perez #11 Esteban Ocon #31 Force India Mercedes Lance Stroll #18 Sergey Sirotkin #35 Williams Mercedes Nico Hulkenberg #27 Carlos Sainz #55 Renault Renault Pierre Gasly #10 
Brendon Hartley #28 Toro Rosso Honda Romain Grosjean #8 
Kevin Magnussen #20 Haas Ferrari Fernando Alonso #14 Stoffel Vandoorne #2 McLaren Renault 
Marcus Ericsson #9 Charles Leclerc #16 Sauber Ferrari
2018 Formula 1 testing schedule:
Date****Venue February 26-March 1 Barcelona March 6-9 Barcelona May 15-May 16 Barcelona July 31-August 1 Hungaroring
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