New 2017 F1 cars: the Formula One racers revealed this week - pictures

<p dir="ltr"><strong>Sauber C36 </strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-7109-2747-11e7-0533e240d3f1">Sauber is celebrating 25 years in F1, hence the emblem on the rear and the gold trimmings.</span></p>

Meet the new cars set to compete in Formula One this season...

<strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-7108-77d8-5e7e-e8cca38c0f08">Williams FW40 </span></strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-7108-5be7-0dac-2f828fc6ddb9">It will be driven by teenager Lance Stroll and F1 veteran Feli

<p dir="ltr"><strong>Williams FW40 </strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-7107-f7d6-21e0-3999cedbaa34">Williams stole a march on the rest of the field by releasing rendered images of its FW40 earlier than planned.</span></p>

<span><span><strong>Sauber C36</strong> </span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-7109-993e-a501-8dec759ed7ed">The team finished 10th in the constructors championship last season, pipping Manor to a significant windfall whic

<strong>Sauber C36 </strong>For 2017, Sauber has retained Marcus Ericsson and brought in youngster Pascal Wehrlein.

<p dir="ltr"><span><strong>Renault R.S.17 </strong></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-710a-9407-4243-0eea588337a5">With a last-minute takeover of the Lotus team last year, Renault ended up launching temporary colours on the

<strong>Renault R.S.17</strong> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-710a-f8a5-85ad-3ad17db19131">The two-tone livery has been applauded by many, and the French manufacturer hopes the gains to its overall package help the car compete

<strong>Renault R.S.17</strong> Nico Hulkenberg joins from Force India in place of Kevin Magnussen, while Jolyon Palmer remains for a second season.

<p dir="ltr"><strong>Force India VJM10 </strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-710c-5abd-1898-e8b08196f0cd">Force India were the surprise package of 2016, wrestling fourth place in the standings away from Williams.</span></p>

<span><span><strong>Force India VJM10</strong> </span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-710c-cb40-87e1-2ab74726b0c3">This year they are hoping to go one better, with a stated target of third in the constructors championship

<p dir="ltr"><span><strong>Mercedes W08 EQ Power+</strong> </span><span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-710d-2c6f-2f43-442f4072115c">The big question over the winter has been whether or not anyone can catch Mercedes.</span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span><strong>Mercedes W08 EQ Power+</strong> </span><span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-710d-d184-2987-41c4f97243c4">On this evidence, that will be an almighty challenge. Already equipped with the most powerful engine,

<strong>Mercedes W08 EQ Power+ </strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-710e-3e6d-5b80-92e59881b155">Unless Red Bull can work some magic, Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas will be in a straight fight for the title.</span>

<p dir="ltr"><strong>Ferrari SF70H </strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-710e-baf0-90d0-edbd7f0e3e01">Ferrari’s launch was a rather low-key affair, with little said about, well, anything really.</span></p>

<span><span><strong>Ferrari SF70H</strong> </span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-710f-4b90-294a-43fbcf507961">The fabled Italian team endured a torrid year last season in which its performance went backwards compared to

<span><span><strong>Ferrari SF70H</strong> </span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-710f-b7fb-edd7-5b74ca7a1528">Having lost the highly rated engineer James Allison to Mercedes, they Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen face

<p dir="ltr"><span><strong>McLaren-Honda MCL32</strong> </span><span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-7110-3f77-66a0-2c724457f4a1">McLaren-Honda’s launch was the most anticipated of all the teams’ events, not least because of the hints

<strong>McLaren-Honda MCL32 </strong><span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-7110-95a2-412e-e883db9519e9">So it proved when the covers were removed, ushering in a new era following the departure of CEO Ron Dennis during the off-season.<

<p dir="ltr"><span><strong>McLaren-Honda MCL32</strong> </span>Fernando Alonso - who has a new teammate in the shape of Stoffel Vandoorne - has entered the final year of his contract - and unless the team’s fortunes improve, the Spani

<p dir="ltr"><span><strong>Haas F1 VF-17</strong> </span><span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-7fac-74f5-81d2-aa1d01243c72">Debutants Haas finished a creditable eighth in the constructors’ championship last season, albeit with a signi

<strong>Haas F1 VF-17</strong> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-7fac-e362-257e-e19361cea3f4"><span>Frenchman Romain Grosjean scored all of the team’s points in 2016 with a number of standout drives, but a lack of development ensu

<span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-7fad-419f-f6a9-6888162eb4d8"><span><strong>Haas F1 VF-17</strong> With no points to his name Esteban Gutierrez was dropped at the end of the season, with Dane Kevin Magnussen replacing him for 201

<p dir="ltr"><span><strong>Red Bull Racing RB13</strong> </span><span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-7f83-416d-4da6-6f34e6902d5e">Red Bull are expected to be the main challengers to Mercedes this season, having overtaken Ferrari to f

<strong>Red Bull Racing RB13</strong> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-7f83-9753-0932-292784cf55b9"><span>Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen won a race apiece in 2016, and both will be fighting hard for the drivers’ title if the

<p dir="ltr"><span><strong>Scuderia Toro Rosso STR12</strong> </span><span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-7f84-3132-c904-ba171902765c">Red Bull’s sister team are - like Renault - targeting fifth this season, and the Italian outfit wi

<strong>Scuderia Toro Rosso STR12</strong> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-7f84-837a-5d77-7729eccb57ff"><span>Carlos Sainz remains for a third straight season, while Daniil Kvyat retains his place following last season’s embarra

<strong>Scuderia Toro Rosso STR12</strong> <span id="docs-internal-guid-a544a818-7f84-daa2-779c-15d03511e9f7"><span>The Russian will need to be at his best to get his F1 career back on track.</span></span>