The FIA has issued the 2017 F1 entry list... with just four seats still to be filled.

No surprises that the most noticeable gap is that where everyone expected to see world champion Nico Rosberg’s name alongside Lewis Hamilton, the German having opted to retire just days after securing the title.

Sauber has one vacant seat alongside Marcus Ericsson, while Manor still has two vacancies.

Though previously linked with both Sauber and Manor, Pascal Wehrlein is now looking a little further up the grid, hoping that Toto Wolff will give him the ultimate Christmas present.

Despite using Renault engines, Red Bull will continue as Red Bull-Tag Heuer, the deal having been extended through to 2018.

Sister team Toro Rosso, which switches back to Renault from Ferrari next year, is also expected to re-badge its power units though there is currently no idea as to whose name might adorn the French engines.

Rookies Stoffel Vandoorne and Lance Stroll will race with the numbers 2 and 18, respectively, though the Belgian raced with the number 47 in Bahrain earlier this year.

No.	Driver	Nat	Team	Car
44	Hamilton	GBR	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes
	TBC		Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes
3	Ricciardo	AUS	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull-Tag Heuer
33	Verstappen	NED	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull-Tag Heuer
5	Vettel	GER	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari
7	Raikkonen	FIN	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari
11	Perez	ME	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India-Mercedes
31	Ocon	FRA	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India-Mercedes
77	Bottas	FIN	Williams Martini Racing	Williams-Mercedes
18	Stroll	CAN	Williams Martini Racing	Williams-Mercedes
14	Alonso	ESP	McLaren Honda	McLaren-Honda
2	Vandoorne	BEL	McLaren Honda	McLaren-Honda
55	Sainz	ESP	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso-Renault
26	Kvyat	RUS	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso-Renault
8	Grosjean	FRA	Haas F1 Team	Haas-Ferrari
20	Magnussen	DEN	Haas F1 Team	Haas-Ferrari
27	Hulkenberg	GER	Renault Sport Formula One Team	Renault
30	Palmer	GBR	Renault Sport Formula One Team	Renault
9	Ericsson	SWE	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber-Ferrari
	TBC		Sauber F1 Team	Sauber-Ferrari
	TBC		Manor Racing Team	MRT-Mercedes
	TBC		Manor Racing Team	MRT-Mercedes