2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
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Race Details
Date	June 25, 2017
Official Name	2017 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Location	Baku City Circuit Baku, Azerbaijan
Course	Temporary street circuit 6.003 km (3.730 mi)
Distance	51 laps, 306.153 km (190.235 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Lewis Hamilton Mercedes
Time	1:40.593
Fastest Lap
Driver	Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Time	1:43.441 on lap 47
Podium
First	Daniel Ricciardo
Second	Valtteri Bottas
Third	Lance Stroll
Lap Leaders

The 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix (officially the 2017 Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix) was the eighth race of the 2017 Formula One season, the first Azerbaijan Grand Prix, and the second time a race has been held at the Baku City Circuit following the 2016 European Grand Prix. It was held between 23 June and 25 June 2017.

In qualifying, Lewis Hamilton took his second consecutive pole position, outqualifying his teammate Valtteri Bottas within the final minutes of the session, while Kimi Räikkönen outqualified teammate Sebastian Vettel for the second time of the season.

Background

Weather Conditions
Practice 1	Sunny
Practice 2	Sunny
Practice 3	Sunny
Qualifying	Sunny
Race	Sunny

Available Tyres
Softest	Supersoft
Mid	Soft
Hardest	Medium
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
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Practice Overview

Practice Results

No	Driver	Team	FP1		FP2		FP3
			Time	Pos	Time	Pos	Time	Pos
2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	1:47.446	15	1:46.174	17	1:45.143	16
3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:44.880	2	1:43.473	3	1:43.287	4
5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	1:44.967	3	1:43.615	5	1:44.344	12
7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	1:46.000	9	1:43.489	4	1:42.837	2
8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	1:46.837	13	1:47.722	20	1:45.491	17
9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	1:49.937	20	1:47.347	19	1:45.645	18
11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	1:45.398	4	1:44.306	7	1:44.138	10
14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	1:47.551	17	1:45.515	12	1:44.741	14
18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	1:46.649	11	1:44.113	6	1:44.040	9
19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	1:45.968	8	1:44.609	11	1:43.738	7
20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	1:46.721	12	1:45.831	14	1:44.926	15
26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	1:46.617	10	1:44.321	8	1:43.908	8
27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	1:47.217	14	1:46.003	15	1:44.312	11
30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	1:48.525	18	1:46.061	16	1:53.040	20
31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	1:45.752	7	1:44.484	9	1:43.344	5
33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	1:44.410	1	1:43.362	1	1:43.614	6
44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	1:45.497	5	1:44.525	10	1:43.158	3
55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso	1:47.501	16	1:45.733	13	1:44.401	13
77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	1:45.737	6	1:43.462	2	1:42.742	1
94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	1:49.048	19	1:47.150	18	1:45.722	19
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Qualifying

Qualifying Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team		Q1			Q2			Q3		Grid
					Pos	Time		Pos	Time		Pos	Time
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes		1	1:41.983		1	1:41.275		1	1:40.593	1
2	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes		7	1:43.026		2	1:41.502		2	1:41.027	2
3	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari		3	1:42.678		5	1:42.090		3	1:41.693	3
4	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari		6	1:42.952		3	1:41.911		4	1:41.841	4
5	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer		2	1:42.544		4	1:41.961		5	1:41.879	5
6	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes		9	1:43.162		8	1:42.467		6	1:42.111	6
7	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes		8	1:43.051		10	1:42.751		7	1:42.186	7
8	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes		12	1:43.613		7	1:42.284		8	1:42.753	8
9	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes		10	1:43.165		9	1:42.735		9	1:42.798	9
10	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer		4	1:42.857		6	1:42.215		10	1:43.414	10
11	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso		5	1:42.927		11	1:43.186				11
12	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso		11	1:43.489		12	1:43.347				15*
13	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari		14	1:44.029		13	1:43.796				12
14	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault		13	1:43.930		14	1:44.267				13
15	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari		15	1:44.317		15	1:44.603				14
16	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda		16	1:43.334							19†
17	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari		17	1:44.468							16
18	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari		18	1:44.795							17
19	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda		19	1:45.030							18‡
107% time: 1:49.121
—	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault		20	no time							20§
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• * Sainz was given a three-place grid penalty for colliding with Grosjean in the previous race in Canada.
• ^† Alonso was given a forty-place grid penalty for using a fifth and sixth TC and MGU-H, and a fifth ICE and MGU-K.
• ^‡ Vandoorne was given a 35-place grid penalty for using a sixth and seventh TC and MGU-H, and making an unscheduled gearbox change.
• ^§ Palmer did not compete due to his car catching fire in FP3, so he had to be given permission from the stewards to race.

Grid

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

Source

• * Sainz was given a three-place grid penalty for colliding with Grosjean in the previous race in Canada.
• ^† Vandoorne was given a 35-place grid penalty for using a sixth and seventh TC and MGU-H, and making an unscheduled gearbox change.
• ^‡ Alonso was given a forty-place grid penalty for using a fifth and sixth TC and MGU-H, and a fifth ICE and MGU-K.
• ^§ Palmer did not compete in qualifying due to his car catching fire in FP3, so he had to be given permission from the stewards to race.

Race

Report

In the race, Hamilton kept the lead at the start. Valtteri Bottas made contact with Kimi Räikkönen as the latter made a move past the former at the second corner, giving Bottas a puncture and damaging one of Räikkönen's bargeboards. Bottas came into the pits to change his tyres and front wing, but was already lapped by some of the runners. Daniil Kvyat's car stalled on the side of the track on lap 10, eventually bringing out the safety car. Moments after the restart, the safety car was deployed again, after debris from Räikkönen's car spread out across the start/finish straight. At the second restart, as Hamilton bunched up the field, Vettel made contact with him twice. The two Force Indias collided at the second corner while Räikkönen received a puncture, deploying the safety car for a third time, then bringing out the red flag on lap 23 when there was more debris on the track. Soon after the race was restarted, Hamilton was forced to pit from the lead at the end of lap 31 when his headrest came loose, and had to have it replaced, while Vettel had to later come into the pits to serve a ten-second stop-go penalty for what the stewards called "dangerous driving" against Hamilton earlier in the race. However, Vettel emerged out in front of Hamilton, and was able to hold him off as they fought their way through the field to come into fourth and fifth place respectively. Daniel Ricciardo, who started tenth on the grid after hitting the wall during qualifying, inherited the lead after Vettel pitted, and went on to take his and Red Bull's first win of the season, while Bottas, having to fight through the field after the safety car periods helped him unlap himself, overtook Lance Stroll just before the finish line to take second. Stroll finished third, earning his first ever podium and becoming the second youngest driver to finish on the podium.

Pierre Waché Red Bull team joined on the podium to receive the winning manufacturer’s award.

Results

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	51	2:03:55.573s	10	25
2	77	Valtteri Bottas	Mercedes	51	+3.904	2	18
3	18	Lance Stroll	Williams-Mercedes	51	+4.009	8	15
4	5	Sebastian Vettel	Ferrari	51	+5.976	4	12
5	44	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes	51	+6.188	1	10
6	31	Esteban Ocon	Force India-Mercedes	51	+30.298	7	8
7	20	Kevin Magnussen	Haas-Ferrari	51	+41.753	12	6
8	55	Carlos Sainz, Jr.	Toro Rosso	51	+49.400	15	4
9	14	Fernando Alonso	McLaren-Honda	51	+59.551	19	2
10	94	Pascal Wehrlein	Sauber-Ferrari	51	+1:29.093	14	1
11	9	Marcus Ericsson	Sauber-Ferrari	51	+1:31.794	17
12	2	Stoffel Vandoorne	McLaren-Honda	51	+1:32.160	18
13	8	Romain Grosjean	Haas-Ferrari	50	+1 Lap	16
14	7	Kimi Räikkönen	Ferrari	46	Water pressure	3
Ret	11	Sergio Pérez	Force India-Mercedes	39	Seat	6
Ret	19	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes	25	Suspension	9
Ret	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Renault	24	Accident	13
Ret	33	Max Verstappen	Red Bull-TAG Heuer	12	Electrical	5
Ret	26	Daniil Kvyat	Toro Rosso	9	Battery	11
Ret	30	Jolyon Palmer	Renault	7	Power unit	20
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Milestones

• Lewis Hamilton's 66th pole of his career, moving into second place all time, ahead of Ayrton Senna's total of 65.
• Lance Stroll's first podium finish of his career, also putting him second on the list of youngest drivers who scored a podium, behind Max Verstappen.
• McLaren-Honda's first points of the season.

Standings after race

Drivers' World Championship Pos. Driver Pts +/- 1 Sebastian Vettel 153 — 2 Lewis Hamilton 139 — 3 Valtteri Bottas 111 — 4 Daniel Ricciardo 92 ▲ 1 5 Kimi Räikkönen 73 ▼ 1 6 Max Verstappen 45 — 7 Sergio Pérez 44 — 8 Esteban Ocon 35 — 9 Carlos Sainz, Jr. 25 — 10 Felipe Massa 20 — 11 Nico Hülkenberg 18 — 12 Lance Stroll 17 ▲ 4 13 Kevin Magnussen 11 — 14 Romain Grosjean 10 ▼ 2 15 Pascal Wehrlein 5 ▼ 1 16 Daniil Kvyat 4 ▼ 2 17 Fernando Alonso 2 — 18 Antonio Giovinazzi 0 ▼ 1 18 Stoffel Vandoorne 0 ▼ 1 18 Jolyon Palmer 0 ▼ 1 18 Marcus Ericsson 0 ▼ 1 18 Jenson Button 0 ▼ 1 Source:

Constructors' World Championship Pos. Team Pts +/- 1 Mercedes 250 — 2 Ferrari 226 — 3 Red Bull-TAG Heuer 137 — 4 Force India-Mercedes 79 — 5 Williams-Mercedes 37 ▲ 1 6 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 33 ▼ 1 7 Haas-Ferrari 21 ▲ 1 8 Renault 18 ▼ 1 9 Sauber-Ferrari 5 — 10 McLaren-Honda 2 — Source:

Notes

V T E	Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Circuits	Baku City Circuit (2017–2019, 2021-present)
Races	2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024

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