Ladies and gentlemen, Formula One is back!



We're kicking off our fifth year of LA F1 viewings at Tom's Urban at LA Live. This is a live viewing, so throw on your favorite F1 team shirt and come ready for a great time!



2016 Formula One Season Primer:



The first race of the season is often the most interesting, as each team builds a new car every year. The pecking order often shifts - sometimes dramatically - in this first race.



The world's best designers, engineers and drivers have spent the past year perfecting two machines for battle. Their first salvo is to be exchanged in Melbourne, Australia this month.



Last year, Mercedes-Benz dominated Formula One. The Silver Arrows won all but three of the 19 races - one of the most successful campaigns in the sport's history. The team's undisputed number one driver, Lewis Hamilton cruised to what appeared to be an almost easy title in 2015.



That leads to the theme for this year: Determination.



The most likely challenger to Lewis' title this year is team mate Nico Rosberg. Son of 1982 World Champion Keke Rosberg, Nico has been the bride's maid two years in a row and he'll be starting his 2016 campaign looking for a fight.



Ferrari has posted the fastest times of pre-season testing. The Scuderia (Italian for stable) is focused, razor sharp and has over half a century of knowledge built into its latest challenger. Will Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen be able to take the fight to the reigning champs this year? It's hard to say, Mercedes-Benz has yet to show its full potential, having chosen to not run the two fastest tire compounds in pre-season testing.



English team McLaren Honda seems to be a long shot for any grand prix victories this year, but the latest car from Woking has massively improved since McLaren's disastrous season last year. The team has two masterful drivers in Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button, so its hard to count them out of anything, especially with the engineering prowess of McLaren and Honda backing their efforts. If they pull off a win this year, it will be a big deal.



Red Bull saw a major slip back in the running since switching to the new engines were put into action for the 2014 season. The team still seems to be in a rebuilding year, but the team hopes to challenge Ferrari this year. Its drivers, Daniel 'Honeybadger' Ricciardo and Danil Kvyat have proven talented, extremely entertaining to watch and fast as hell. Don't count them out yet.



Bonafide NASCAR institution Gene Haas is launching his first attempt at the World Championship this year. This marks the first US-based team to compete in Formula One since 1986. Look for them to celebrate this year after it scores its first constructor's points (to do this, it needs to finish in 10th place or higher).



The Renault team name will return to the pit lane as a manufacturer this year - having bought its team back from Lotus. The team has the ability to build a championship-winning car, but they'll be fighting in the middle this year.



Still unmentioned in this article are Williams (Has one of the best paint jobs in F1 and a shot at a GP win), Sauber (I would be shocked), Scuderia Toro Rosso (This team switched to Ferrari engines in an 11th hour deal, and will likely play catch up for most, if not all of 2016), Manor (They'd be happy to not be dead last).