SPARK-MODEL - MERCEDES GP - F1 W08 EQ POWER+ TEAM MERCEDES AMG N 44 MEXICO GP LEWIS HAMILTON 2017 WORLD CHAMPION - WITH PANEL HAMMER TIME AND FIGURE + ENGLISH FLAG

In 2017, the year in which CVC, Bernie Ecclestone's company, sold Formula 1 to Liberty Media, Mercedes started again as favorite with Hamilton and the new driver Bottas, coming from Williams, who being powered by Mercedes, favored the transition. Only four GPs were enough for Bottas to get his first victory, in Russia. The season lived from the duel between Mercedes and Ferrari: Hamilton and Bottas against Sebastian Vettel, who in most cases could not count on the help of his teammate, Kimi Raikkonen, who was very evanescent. Lewis Hamilton became champion with 363 points and 9 wins, ahead of Vettel (317 points, 5 wins) and Bottas (305 points, 3 wins). Mercedes also won the constructors' title, ahead of Ferrari and Red Bull.