2017 Austrian Grand Prix

2017 Austrian Grand Prix
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Red Bull Ring
Race details
Date	July 9, 2017
Official Name	Formula 1 Großer Preis von Österreich 2017
Location	Red Bull Ring Spielberg, Styria, Austria
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.318km (2.684mi)
Distance	71 laps, 306.452km (190.461 miles)
Pole Position
Driver	Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
Time	1:04.251
Fastest Lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:07.411 on lap 69
Podium
First	Valtteri Bottas Mercedes
Second	Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Third	Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull-TAG Heuer
Lap Leaders

The 2017 Austrian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Großer Preis von Österreich 2017) was the ninth race of the 2017 Formula One season, and the 31st time the Austrian Grand Prix was held. It was run between 7 July and 9 July 2017.

In qualifying, Valtteri Bottas took his second pole position, while championship leader Sebastian Vettel joined him on the front row. Lewis Hamilton qualified third, though he would be dropped down to eighth on the grid with a five-place grid penalty from an unscheduled gearbox change. This put Vettel's teammate Kimi Räikkönen third on the grid.

The race was won by Bottas in a Mercedes, who just held off Vettel's fast-closing Ferrari at the end. Likewise, Daniel Ricciardo in a Red Bull held off a late charge by Bottas's teammate Hamilton for third.

Background

Since the previous Grand Prix, the motorcycle body FIM had made some minor revisions to their description of the track, and the FIA adopted those changes as official. The kink in the straight after Turn 1 was labeled as Turn 2, with the total amount of corners increased by one. And the track had been remeasured as 4.318km, down from the old 4.326km figure used.

Weather conditions
Practice 1	Sunny
Practice 2	Cloudy
Practice 3	Sunny
Qualifying	Cloudy
Race	Cloudy

Available Tyres
Softest	Ultrasoft
Mid	Supersoft
Hardest	Soft
Inters	Intermediate
Wets	Wet

Entry list

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W08 EQ Power+	Mercedes	M08 EQ Power+	P
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	W08 EQ Power+	Mercedes	M08 EQ Power+	P
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB13	TAG Heuer	TAG Heuer	P
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB13	TAG Heuer	TAG Heuer	P
5	Sebastian Vettel	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF70H	Ferrari	062	P
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	SF70H	Ferrari	062	P
11	Sergio Pérez	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM10	Mercedes	M08 EQ Power+	P
31	Esteban Ocon	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM10	Mercedes	M08 EQ Power+	P
19	Felipe Massa	Williams Martini Racing	Williams	FW40	Mercedes	M08 EQ Power+	P
18	Lance Stroll	Williams Martini Racing	Williams	FW40	Mercedes	M08 EQ Power+	P
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren Honda	McLaren	MCL32	Honda	RA617H	P
2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren Honda	McLaren	MCL32	Honda	RA617H	P
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault Sport F1 Team	Renault	R.S.17	Renault	R.E.17	P
30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault Sport F1 Team	Renault	R.S.17	Renault	R.E.17	P
26	Daniil Kvyat	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR12	Renault	R.E.17	P
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR12	Renault	R.E.17	P
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-17	Ferrari	062	P
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas F1 Team	Haas	VF-17	Ferrari	062	P
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C36	Ferrari	061	P
94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber F1 Team	Sauber	C36	Ferrari	061	P
Free Practice 1 only
34	Alfonso Celis, Jr.	Sahara Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM10	Mercedes	M08 EQ Power+	P
46	Sergey Sirotkin	Renault Sport F1 Team	Renault	R.S.17	Renault	R.E.17	P
source

Practice Overview

FP2

Shortly after the session, Hamilton's gearbox was changed, resulting in a five-place grid penalty, as he failed to complete six consecutive races with his previous gearbox while he finished the previous race in Baku.

Practice Results

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	1:07.283	7	1:06.859	12	1:06.578	13
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:06.620	5	1:05.873	5	1:05.896	6
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:06.424	4	1:05.630	2	1:05.092	1
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:06.848	6	1:06.144	6	1:05.611	4
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:08.074	16	1:06.763	10	1:06.015	8
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:10.853	20	1:08.870	20	1:07.378	19
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	DNP	21 !	1:07.509	17	1:06.875	18
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:07.510	9	1:06.732	8	1:06.599	15
18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:08.041	15	1:07.468	16	1:06.776	16
19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:07.550	11	1:07.065	14	1:06.865	17
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:07.594	12	1:06.591	7	1:05.936	7
26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:07.437	8	1:06.906	13	1:06.279	9
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	DNP	22 !	1:06.735	9	1:06.563	12
30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:07.649	14	1:07.623	18	1:06.595	14
31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:07.511	10	1:06.849	11	1:06.374	11
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:06.165	2	1:05.832	4	1:05.784	5
34	Alfonso Celis, Jr.	Force India-Mercedes	1:09.280	18	DNP	23 !	DNP	23 !
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:05.975	1	1:05.483	1	1:05.361	2
46	Sergey Sirotkin	Renault	1:08.586	17	DNP	24 !	DNP	24 !
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:07.633	13	1:07.100	15	1:06.284	10
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:06.345	3	1:05.699	3	1:05.515	3
94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	1:09.323	19	1:08.782	19	1:07.468	20
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Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos	Time		Pos	Time		Pos	Time
1	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes		5	1:05.760		1	1:04.316		1	1:04.251	1
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari		3	1:05.585		2	1:04.772		2	1:04.293	2
3	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		1	1:05.064		3	1:04.800		3	1:04.424	8*
4	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari		2	1:05.148		5	1:05.004		4	1:04.779	3
5	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer		7	1:05.854		6	1:05.161		5	1:04.896	4
6	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer		6	1:05.779		4	1:04.948		6	1:04.983	5
7	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari		8	1:05.902		7	1:05.319		7	1:05.480	6
8	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes		9	1:05.975		8	1:05.435		8	1:05.605	7
9	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes		11	1:06.033		10	1:05.550		9	1:05.674	9
10	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso		4	1:05.675		9	1:05.544		10	1:05.726	10
11	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault		14	1:06.174		11	1:05.597				11
12	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda		13	1:06.158		12	1:05.602				12
13	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda		15	1:06.316		13	1:05.741				13
14	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso		10	1:05.990		14	1:05.884				14
15	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari		12	1:06.143		15	no time				15
16	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault		16	1:06.345							16
17	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes		17	1:06.534							17
18	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes		18	1:06.608							18
19	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari		19	1:06.857							19
20	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari		20	1:07.011							PL†
107% time: 1:09.618
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• * Hamilton was given a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.
• ^† Wehrlein started from the pit lane due to work done to his car under parc fermé conditions.

Grid

	Pos	Pos
	Driver	Driver
	______________
Row 1	1	______________
	Valtteri Bottas	2
	______________	Sebastian Vettel
Row 2	3	______________
	Kimi Räikkönen	4
	______________	Daniel Ricciardo
Row 3	5	______________
	Max Verstappen	6
	______________	Romain Grosjean
Row 4	7	______________
	Sergio Pérez	8
	______________	Lewis Hamilton*
Row 5	9	______________
	Esteban Ocon	10
	______________	Carlos Sainz, Jr.
Row 6	11	______________
	Nico Hülkenberg	12
	______________	Fernando Alonso
Row 7	13	______________
	Stoffel Vandoorne	14
	______________	Daniil Kvyat
Row 8	15	______________
	Kevin Magnussen	16
	______________	Jolyon Palmer
Row 9	17	______________
	Felipe Massa	18
	______________	Lance Stroll
Row 10	19	______________
	Marcus Ericsson	20
	______________	Pascal Wehrlein

• * Hamilton was given a five-place grid penalty for an unscheduled gearbox change.
• ^† Wehrlein started from the pit lane due to work done to his car under parc fermé conditions.

Race

Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	71	1:21:48.523s	1	25
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	71	+0.658	2	18
3	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	71	+6.012	4	15
4	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	71	+7.430	8	12
5	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	71	+20.370	3	10
6	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	71	+73.160	6	8
7	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	7	6
8	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	9	4
9	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	17	2
10	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	18	1
11	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	70	+1 Lap	16
12	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	70	+1 Lap	13
13	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	70	+1 Lap	11
14	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	PL
15	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	69	+2 Laps	19
16	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	68	+3 Laps	14
Ret	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso	44	Power unit	10
Ret	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	29	Hydraulics	15
Ret	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	0	Collision damage	12
Ret	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	0	Collision damage	5
Source:

Milestones

• Jolyon Palmer's 30th entry (29th start).
• Stoffel Vandoorne's 10th entry (9th start).
• Kevin Magnussen's 50th entry (49th start).
• Valtteri Bottas' first double.

Standings after race

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts +/- 1 Sebastian Vettel 171 — 2 Lewis Hamilton 151 — 3 Valtteri Bottas 136 — 4 Daniel Ricciardo 107 — 5 Kimi Räikkönen 83 — 6 Sergio Pérez 50 ▲ 1 7 Max Verstappen 45 ▼ 1 8 Esteban Ocon 39 — 9 Carlos Sainz, Jr. 29 — 10 Felipe Massa 22 — 11 Nico Hülkenberg 18 — 11 Lance Stroll 18 ▲ 1 11 Romain Grosjean 18 ▲ 2 14 Kevin Magnussen 11 ▲ 1 15 Pascal Wehrlein 5 ▼ 1 16 Daniil Kvyat 4 — 17 Fernando Alonso 2 — 18 Antonio Giovinazzi 0 — 18 Stoffel Vandoorne 0 — 18 Jolyon Palmer 0 — 18 Marcus Ericsson 0 — 18 Jenson Button 0 — Source:

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts +/- 1 Mercedes 287 — 2 Ferrari 254 — 3 Red Bull-TAG Heuer 152 — 4 Force India-Mercedes 89 — 5 Williams-Mercedes 40 — 6 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 33 — 7 Haas-Ferrari 29 — 8 Renault 18 — 9 Sauber-Ferrari 5 — 10 McLaren-Honda 2 — Source:

Notes

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